IR1/CR1 letter - what now???

[liawilson1978 0]

Hi all, I'm Lia and I'm new here

Ok here's the story...

My husband is military, we're here in Germany until the end of the month when he's scheduled to PCS to Arizona.

We received a letter about notice of approval of "relative immigrant visa petition", about 2 weeks ago.

It says here "that petition to classify the beneficiary as an immediate relative of a united states citizen has been FWD to the american consulate in frankfurt."

Ok one question is - what does this letter mean - i'm a total newbie to all of this - and my end basic down to the bone want/wish is to be able to be with my husband asap...

we received the "yellow check list" and my case number the day we filed here in frankfurt, along with the I-864 and the I-865 forms which my husband still needs to fill out

now as far as i understand i need to get a medical and contact the consulate in order for them to give me an appointment once i have all the documents i need - only waiting on my german police clearance...

I'm sorry this is coming up all jumbled.

I visited the States before on a J-1 visa - so I have a SSN, does this help us in anyway - considering that I might be in the "system"?

Since my husband is leaving in about 3 weeks - does anyone think I'll be able to get an appointment that soon?

If not I'll be going back to SA where I hope we can carry on with things timeously.

So if anyone can offer advice - anything - like how far we are in the whole prosess,what to expect e.t.c... you'd only be helping me!

thanks all!

[Thai family 0]

Welcome, Lia,

Get your DS-230 and the checklist filled out and get them to the consulate. Make sure that they have a copy of your husband's PCS orders and request an expedite. Get all of the paperwork listed on the checklist filled out ASAP and do whatever you can to speed up the police clearance and medical. The legal office at the post or base should be able to advise you, as they've dealt with such situations before. Since the petition has already been forwarded to Frankfurt it would be a huge headache to process it from South Africa. I wouldn't recommend leaving Germany without the visa. With a PCS move coming up, do as much of this yourself as possible, as your husband will have many things to take care of before he leaves. He still has to at least sign the I-864 and I-865. There are guides on here that will show yo how to fill the forms out if you have questions.

Here are links to the consulate for further direction:

http://germany.usembassy.gov/visa/visaproc..._frankfurt.html

http://germany.usembassy.gov/visa/visaproc..._frankfurt.html

Arizona's a great state and I think you'll like it there.

Thia Mom

[liawilson1978 0]

hi and thank you for your response!!!!

we had our interview yesterday, and as far as i was told all our papers were fine and in order, the only thing missing was the medical which had not been FWD to them - i had called the doctor the day before and the day before that to ensure that all was in order, and they had told me that my file had been sent on monday to the consulate - so i think my medical is somewhere out there in the consulate floating around.

should i be worried?

this whole prosess has left me so paranoid...

the embassy told me to come next week to pick up my visa, so i'm hoping all's ok!

thanks for the heads up on AZ...I just want to GET THERE!