hello everyone

[RAJAWI73 0]

am new to this forum,i just want to say assalamo alikoum wa ramadan karim to every body ,yes,am also going through the i212,i601 process and i look forward for some advice and little help

[amal 4]

welcome, ahlan wa sahlan, wa alaykom alsalam wa rahmatula wa barrakatu!

[Sandrila 1]

WELCOME, which visa are you filing?

[RAJAWI73 0]

WELCOME, which visa are you filing?

right now i submitt my i130on nov08 , got approved on april09 they sent it to nvc to complete the case and ill be soon going for i212 and i601.am still waiting for the 1rst interview.

my background:

ive been deported 7 years ago for overstayng my tourist visa (10year ban),also have three ofences, disturbing peace 11 years ago,shoplifting over 250$ 9 years ago,and one assault 8 years ago .my question is that the fact that the last offences was 8 years ago will be good to show rehabilitation to apply for i601 and i212 or should we wait more to apply ????never been in jail,end up with probation and fines.how tough to go through rome (italy).thanks a lot.

one more Q please ,like i said ,we start the the i130 on nov 08,do you what is the timline for them to call me to the 1rst interview?????

merci beaucoup pour votre temps.

[Y's_habibitk 2]

WELCOME, which visa are you filing?

right now i submitt my i130on nov08 , got approved on april09 they sent it to nvc to complete the case and ill be soon going for i212 and i601.am still waiting for the 1rst interview.

my background:

ive been deported 7 years ago for overstayng my tourist visa (10year ban),also have three ofences, disturbing peace 11 years ago,shoplifting over 250$ 9 years ago,and one assault 8 years ago .my question is that the fact that the last offences was 8 years ago will be good to show rehabilitation to apply for i601 and i212 or should we wait more to apply ????never been in jail,end up with probation and fines.how tough to go through rome (italy).thanks a lot.

one more Q please ,like i said ,we start the the i130 on nov 08,do you what is the timline for them to call me to the 1rst interview?????

merci beaucoup pour votre temps.

It's been at NVC for 4 months now? Is the case complete? when was it completed? You should have an interview date not long after case completion at NVC.

The waiver questions might be best answered in the waiver forum of this site. There are some ladies and gentleman with lots of experience with them. I can tell you though, you need a STRONG case to prove that your USC needs you here. I miss him/her is not going to be enough.

Good Luck!

[CnT4ever 1]

I don't think I ever heard of a case like this You will be at the mercy of the consulate, which is very harsh, in Morocco!

[RAJAWI73 0]

WELCOME, which visa are you filing?

right now i submitt my i130on nov08 , got approved on april09 they sent it to nvc to complete the case and ill be soon going for i212 and i601.am still waiting for the 1rst interview.

my background:

ive been deported 7 years ago for overstayng my tourist visa (10year ban),also have three ofences, disturbing peace 11 years ago,shoplifting over 250$ 9 years ago,and one assault 8 years ago .my question is that the fact that the last offences was 8 years ago will be good to show rehabilitation to apply for i601 and i212 or should we wait more to apply ????never been in jail,end up with probation and fines.how tough to go through rome (italy).thanks a lot.

one more Q please ,like i said ,we start the the i130 on nov 08,do you what is the timline for them to call me to the 1rst interview?????

merci beaucoup pour votre temps.

It's been at NVC for 4 months now? Is the case complete? when was it completed? You should have an interview date not long after case completion at NVC.

The waiver questions might be best answered in the waiver forum of this site. There are some ladies and gentleman with lots of experience with them. I can tell you though, you need a STRONG case to prove that your USC needs you here. I miss him/her is not going to be enough.

Good Luck!

thank you ,yes its been at nvc for i think 5 months,they sent the 1rst packet back to my lawyer and she didnt answer them yet,my case is not complet yet,how long the case takes to get complete knowing that its been there(nvc) for 5 months ;again thanks lot for your time

[Y's_habibitk 2]

WELCOME, which visa are you filing?

right now i submitt my i130on nov08 , got approved on april09 they sent it to nvc to complete the case and ill be soon going for i212 and i601.am still waiting for the 1rst interview.

my background:

ive been deported 7 years ago for overstayng my tourist visa (10year ban),also have three ofences, disturbing peace 11 years ago,shoplifting over 250$ 9 years ago,and one assault 8 years ago .my question is that the fact that the last offences was 8 years ago will be good to show rehabilitation to apply for i601 and i212 or should we wait more to apply ????never been in jail,end up with probation and fines.how tough to go through rome (italy).thanks a lot.

one more Q please ,like i said ,we start the the i130 on nov 08,do you what is the timline for them to call me to the 1rst interview?????

merci beaucoup pour votre temps.

It's been at NVC for 4 months now? Is the case complete? when was it completed? You should have an interview date not long after case completion at NVC.

The waiver questions might be best answered in the waiver forum of this site. There are some ladies and gentleman with lots of experience with them. I can tell you though, you need a STRONG case to prove that your USC needs you here. I miss him/her is not going to be enough.

Good Luck!

thank you ,yes its been at nvc for i think 5 months,they sent the 1rst packet back to my lawyer and she didnt answer them yet,my case is not complet yet,how long the case takes to get complete knowing that its been there(nvc) for 5 months ;again thanks lot for your time

usually, it should have been done by now. ?? Some people get out of NVC with a case complete in as little as a month, other take 3-4 months...sometimes longer. As long as your lawyer hasnt sent anything back to them, it will just sit there. I would call and ask the lawyer why she hasnt sent back what they need.

Good Luck

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

I was wondering, if he got deported 7 yrs ago with a 10 yr ban, then arent you banned for 3 more years from here???

[allousa 1]

My husband and I went through the I-601 and I-212 process. Here is some background:

My husband was here on a student visa when we met. We got married after 11 months. We were in the process of filing paperwork HERE in the states, but ran into a lot of difficulty because my husband is Palestinian and all of his paperwork is processed as such EVEN THOUGH he was born in Morocco. While our marriage was approved from our interview, we were still waiting for it to be processed when my husband's mother became very, very ill. He flew home to see her. EVEN THOUGH we were in process, my husband's student visa had expired while he was still here and he was considered out of status and USCIS considered him to have voluntarily deported himself. So he was not able to re-enter the country. We were told that we would have to file an I-601 waiver and the I-212.

I'm going to be brutally honest with you. This was a TOUGH, TOUGH, NIGHTMARE PROCESS. It took us over 4 years. I had to refile everything here in the states first through the local office. Then it went on to the NVC. This took no less than a year. It finally was sent to the Consulate in Morocco. After it had been there for about 6 months, he went in for an interview which we thought was going to be for the waiver case. It was a quick interview that didn't go well and then my husband was put in AP for the next year and a half....even though much of this had already been done when we were processing our case in the States before he left. He finally had an interview scheduled in Morocco, but as he was riding the train to his interview...a bomb attack happened a couple of blocks from the Consulate's office. They shut it down completely for two months! Finally, he did receive his interview, that went very well and we were told the file/case then had to be sent to Rome for the waiver processing. It took several months to get there and for them to log it in. Once it was finally reviewed (6-8 months after getting there), it was finally approved and things happened very fast after that. I think he was approved in January and was able to get his passport stamped and stuff my the beginning of March.

I know that we had to have a lawyer because of the difficulty of Hicham's country and the paperwork associated with that. I feel certain because of your past history, you are definitely going to need a lawyer. You are correct that you have to have a REALLY, REALLY good case to get a waiver approved. Rome is tough and they look at everything. I will say that they are pretty good as far as communicating where you are at in the process and responding to emails. I don't know what their backlog is now, but I imagine that it is alot. My husband and I had a very good case according to our lawyer because we had so much evidence to show the validity of our marriage and also because we had a child together, but also because we had alot of photographs with both of our families in them.

VJ has an excellent section on waivers and you can get alot of great advice there.

Good luck!

[jpaula 20]

My husband and I went through the I-601 and I-212 process. Here is some background:

My husband was here on a student visa when we met. We got married after 11 months. We were in the process of filing paperwork HERE in the states, but ran into a lot of difficulty because my husband is Palestinian and all of his paperwork is processed as such EVEN THOUGH he was born in Morocco. While our marriage was approved from our interview, we were still waiting for it to be processed when my husband's mother became very, very ill. He flew home to see her. EVEN THOUGH we were in process, my husband's student visa had expired while he was still here and he was considered out of status and USCIS considered him to have voluntarily deported himself. So he was not able to re-enter the country. We were told that we would have to file an I-601 waiver and the I-212.

I'm going to be brutally honest with you. This was a TOUGH, TOUGH, NIGHTMARE PROCESS. It took us over 4 years. I had to refile everything here in the states first through the local office. Then it went on to the NVC. This took no less than a year. It finally was sent to the Consulate in Morocco. After it had been there for about 6 months, he went in for an interview which we thought was going to be for the waiver case. It was a quick interview that didn't go well and then my husband was put in AP for the next year and a half....even though much of this had already been done when we were processing our case in the States before he left. He finally had an interview scheduled in Morocco, but as he was riding the train to his interview...a bomb attack happened a couple of blocks from the Consulate's office. They shut it down completely for two months! Finally, he did receive his interview, that went very well and we were told the file/case then had to be sent to Rome for the waiver processing. It took several months to get there and for them to log it in. Once it was finally reviewed (6-8 months after getting there), it was finally approved and things happened very fast after that. I think he was approved in January and was able to get his passport stamped and stuff my the beginning of March.

I know that we had to have a lawyer because of the difficulty of Hicham's country and the paperwork associated with that. I feel certain because of your past history, you are definitely going to need a lawyer. You are correct that you have to have a REALLY, REALLY good case to get a waiver approved. Rome is tough and they look at everything. I will say that they are pretty good as far as communicating where you are at in the process and responding to emails. I don't know what their backlog is now, but I imagine that it is alot. My husband and I had a very good case according to our lawyer because we had so much evidence to show the validity of our marriage and also because we had a child together, but also because we had alot of photographs with both of our families in them.

VJ has an excellent section on waivers and you can get alot of great advice there.

Good luck!

Agree with everything except that last sentence. VJ's waiver forum is pretty rife with misinformation and judgmental BS. Go to www.immigrate2us.net.

Also note that getting a waiver approved for multiple CIMTs is even more difficult than for an overstay so please take the time to research the process and the get a very strong hardship letter/evidence.

[allousa 1]

jpaula....HOW ARE YOU??????? Have not talked to you in such a long time! Hope all is well with you.

It's been quite sometime since I have been on the Waiver Forum. I just know that it was helpful at the time I was going through it....mostly because of advice I got from jpaula!!!

I didn't really find alot of people going through what we were at the time.

Were you forcefully deported?

[Y's_habibitk 2]

I was wondering, if he got deported 7 yrs ago with a 10 yr ban, then arent you banned for 3 more years from here???

Thats why people file waivers...they are "waiving" the ban

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

I was wondering, if he got deported 7 yrs ago with a 10 yr ban, then arent you banned for 3 more years from here???

Thats why people file waivers...they are "waiving" the ban

yah but from what he wrote, it looked like he didnt file the waiver yet and thats hes waiting on a first interview???

[Y's_habibitk 2]

I was wondering, if he got deported 7 yrs ago with a 10 yr ban, then arent you banned for 3 more years from here???

Thats why people file waivers...they are "waiving" the ban

yah but from what he wrote, it looked like he didnt file the waiver yet and thats hes waiting on a first interview???

ya. you file the spousal visa, go thru the whole process of that and then just get a "you arent eligible for the visa" response at your interview...then come the waviers.