I-130s for Beneficiaries Approved

[marriedtomrg 141]

OH MY GOD.

Rick e-mailed me the notices from USCIS that our I-130s (for me and my daughter Pippo) have been approved. I was so stunned!

But the Feds still have our I-129F pending...if they don't send it to us with the same date as our approved I-130s I know we will be in trouble...it would mean we cannot apply for K3 and K4, right?

Can someone help me understand what we are going to do if we proceed with CR1? Because from what I understand, I have to become a permanent resident first before our daughter can submit her visa application...is this correct?

The main reason why we want to do a K3 and K4 is so that both Pippo and I can get visas at the same time...if the Feds don't give us an I-129F approval with the same date, then we will be forced into CR1, which is not what we planned...I don't like the idea of leaving Pippo here for any amount of time...

Please help...am happy about the approvals but that was sort of shortlived because there is no approval yet for the I-129F.

[Jen F 0]

OH MY GOD.

Rick e-mailed me the notices from USCIS that our I-130s (for me and my daughter Pippo) have been approved. I was so stunned!

But the Feds still have our I-129F pending...if they don't send it to us with the same date as our approved I-130s I know we will be in trouble...it would mean we cannot apply for K3 and K4, right?

Can someone help me understand what we are going to do if we proceed with CR1? Because from what I understand, I have to become a permanent resident first before our daughter can submit her visa application...is this correct?

The main reason why we want to do a K3 and K4 is so that both Pippo and I can get visas at the same time...if the Feds don't give us an I-129F approval with the same date, then we will be forced into CR1, which is not what we planned...I don't like the idea of leaving Pippo here for any amount of time...

Please help...am happy about the approvals but that was sort of shortlived because there is no approval yet for the I-129F.

Hello, i think we r on the same shoes, I-129 and I-130 approved at the same time and my husband got both the mails but the prob about our petition is that NVC mailed back the approved I-129 to USCIS and they didnt say what was the reason behind. My husband also got mail from NVC about the AOS billing. We are planning to do the I-130 instead but i heard that our kids need to have separate petition for I-130, It means that more more waiting.

Did u file separate I-130 petition for ur daughter?coz u said here "Rick e-mailed me the notices from USCIS that our I-130s (for me and my daughter Pippo) have been approved" or just K3/K4 petition?

***As wht i understand (well, ive been reading coz of this scenario we r having) I-129 is a non-immigrant visa where in the spouse (and child/ren of spouse) of US citizen can go to US TEMPORARILY and u need to adjust ur status before the 2 years time. In I-130 which is an immigrant visa once approved u dont need to adjust ur status when u go there. They said CR1 is cheaper and better than k3 petition. But for spouses with kids like us we want to go to US with them.

I hope everything turns out good for both of us

***THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING ABOUT I-129 and I-130, IT COULD BE WRONG, any comments and corrections are welcome

[Dakine 26]

The CR-1/CR-2 are MUCH MUCH better than the K3/K4. Been there done that.

Google Ling che's NVC shortcuts. They will help and speed things up a LOT.

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/...he_NVC_ShortCut

Edited August 30, 2009 by Haole

[marriedtomrg 141]

Hi Haole.

When my husband and I were preparing the I-130 petition, we read somewhere that while it was not necessary for us to file an I-130 yet for our daughter that it was okay to file one in advance...so we went ahead and prepared one anyway.

We filed both I-130s - one for myself and one for our daughter - and they have the same NOA1 date: May 14.

When Rick got the e-mail notice from USCIS to inform him the I-130s have been approved, our daughter and I have the same approval date: August 28.

Does this mean we can proceed with CR1 and CR2? No other conditions apply? We were made to think that I had to land in the U.S. first on a CR1 before my daughter could join me. So we didn't want to do CR1 and CR2. That's why we were so keen to do K3 and K4, because it was clear that we both could get visas and leave for the U.S. at the same time. We have no intention of leaving her behind for any given amount of time.

Hope you can help us clarify this, as we are now preparing the NVC package that will be requested from us. We are waiting for the NOA2 hardcopies to arrive.

The CR-1/CR-2 are MUCH MUCH better than the K3/K4. Been there done that.

Google Ling che's NVC shortcuts. They will help and speed things up a LOT.

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/...he_NVC_ShortCut

[Dakine 26]

Hi Haole.

When my husband and I were preparing the I-130 petition, we read somewhere that while it was not necessary for us to file an I-130 yet for our daughter that it was okay to file one in advance...so we went ahead and prepared one anyway.

We filed both I-130s - one for myself and one for our daughter - and they have the same NOA1 date: May 14.

When Rick got the e-mail notice from USCIS to inform him the I-130s have been approved, our daughter and I have the same approval date: August 28.

Does this mean we can proceed with CR1 and CR2? No other conditions apply? We were made to think that I had to land in the U.S. first on a CR1 before my daughter could join me. So we didn't want to do CR1 and CR2. That's why we were so keen to do K3 and K4, because it was clear that we both could get visas and leave for the U.S. at the same time. We have no intention of leaving her behind for any given amount of time.

Hope you can help us clarify this, as we are now preparing the NVC package that will be requested from us. We are waiting for the NOA2 hardcopies to arrive.

The CR-1/CR-2 are MUCH MUCH better than the K3/K4. Been there done that.

Google Ling che's NVC shortcuts. They will help and speed things up a LOT.

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/...he_NVC_ShortCut

Your daughter will take the CR-2 interview when you do your CR-1 interview and can come to the US with you at the same time.

[marriedtomrg 141]

We got an e-mail notice that the I-129F has been approved, same date as I-130s (08-28-2009).

How fast are CR1s processed considering you have a complete case at NVC and all the bills (for AOS and IV) are paid?

Hi Haole.

When my husband and I were preparing the I-130 petition, we read somewhere that while it was not necessary for us to file an I-130 yet for our daughter that it was okay to file one in advance...so we went ahead and prepared one anyway.

We filed both I-130s - one for myself and one for our daughter - and they have the same NOA1 date: May 14.

When Rick got the e-mail notice from USCIS to inform him the I-130s have been approved, our daughter and I have the same approval date: August 28.

Does this mean we can proceed with CR1 and CR2? No other conditions apply? We were made to think that I had to land in the U.S. first on a CR1 before my daughter could join me. So we didn't want to do CR1 and CR2. That's why we were so keen to do K3 and K4, because it was clear that we both could get visas and leave for the U.S. at the same time. We have no intention of leaving her behind for any given amount of time.

Hope you can help us clarify this, as we are now preparing the NVC package that will be requested from us. We are waiting for the NOA2 hardcopies to arrive.

The CR-1/CR-2 are MUCH MUCH better than the K3/K4. Been there done that.

Google Ling che's NVC shortcuts. They will help and speed things up a LOT.

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/...he_NVC_ShortCut

Your daughter will take the CR-2 interview when you do your CR-1 interview and can come to the US with you at the same time.