January 2010 CR 1 filers

[Wife of Mohammed 0]

My husband is going to start on collecting his papers for his IV packet. I think were going to give the Electronic Process a try...since there are scanners in Egypt (lol, I just had to ask him.) I'm going to start scanning my papers. Got everything together, just collecting my check stubs as they come.

I have a question about form I-864 the AOS # 8, 9, 10 and 21.

8. I "X" the box "I am sponsoring the principle immigrant named in Part 2" and also check "Yes"? He's the only one I'm sponsoring.

9. "I am sponsoring the following family members immigrating at the same time or within six months of the principal immigrant named in Part 2 above. Do not include any relative listed on a separate visa petition." I don't check this box...right?

10. "Enter the total number of immigrants you are sponsoring on this form from Part 3, Items 8 and 9." I put "01"?

21. "a. Enter the number you entered on line 10", "b. Yourself", and "c. If you are currently married, enter 1 for your spouse" So I would put 1 for a,b&c. And finally on "h. Add together and enter the number here. Household size:"...I would put 2 right? Because it says not to count anyone twice...where my husband would count for a and c.

I'm not sure if I filled these in correctly, could someone verify or correct me. I don't want to fill in anything wrong.

Thanks so much..and have a fabulous Monday!

[deepdawg 3]

deepdawg,

Question :

I heard from one of the people I know is that his I130 petition was transferred a local USCIS office and is pending an interview (his is a AOS case). The online status for him is showing that the case is transferred but the stage is "initial review". So is it possible that some of the initial review cases (which are transferred to a local office) are no longer processed by CSC [but still show up] ?

Thanks

sim

Yes that would certainly be the case.

[bwoo 1]

NOA2!! Received text message this morning that case status had changed, logged into USCIS website to see case approved and the NOA2 was mailed on 3/17. Should be getting it in the mail any day! Just under 2 months! A LOT Better than 5 months..

Good luck everyone, may your approval come soon, we're headed to NVC. Going to try e-processing for Canada. Too bad interviews are taking so long to be scheduled in Montreal..

[FireRay 1]

NOA2!! Received text message this morning that case status had changed, logged into USCIS website to see case approved and the NOA2 was mailed on 3/17. Should be getting it in the mail any day! Just under 2 months! A LOT Better than 5 months..

Good luck everyone, may your approval come soon, we're headed to NVC. Going to try e-processing for Canada. Too bad interviews are taking so long to be scheduled in Montreal..

Congrats I too am going for the electronic filing. I just was able to give my e-mails to the NVC.

[KenN 0]

Just got an approval notice (NOA2) in the email a few minutes ago and still waiting for hard copy. Hopefully I will get it in the next few days. . Time to move to the next step.

Edited March 23, 2010 by KenN

[sim2010 0]

Yes that would certainly be the case.

Deepdawg,

So if that is the case, I was wondering if the initial review (over 75% or around 12000 cases) in your statistics does contain some percentage of these kind of cases.

My understanding is that , the initial review cases for Jan to be handled by CSC (ignoring the 'transferred cases') would be less than 75% say may be around 60% assuming about 15% is for cases which are 'transferred to local office'.

Thanks

sim

[zenaxe 22]

WOW since 2007!! That must've been difficult and expensive, thats definately love if you ask me! One more proof of bonafide marriage to add. That's so romantic that you proposed in Sedona. Once we visited the pyramids, and I saw a guy proposing by the pyramids...proposals are always so sweet and lovely. I don't get to see my husband for 5 months at a time. The tix for Egypt are around the 1500 dollar range. Hopefully this will be the last summer I have to got to Egypt for a while. Not to mention the longest flight I've ever been on. I already got my tix, and I'm always price hunting too...even after I bought my tix, just to see if I got the best price.

I was thinking about filing electronically...it all depends on the timing of the NO2. I'm leaving to Egypt during the end of May. I don't have any of my husbands documents except the DS3032 and DS230 completed. I'm not even sure if I can access a scanner in Egypt. He's going to start working on the translations for his birth certificate, passport, and police certificate in April. It would be awesome if we found a scanner to work with in Egypt, it would definately speed up the process. I'm going to keep the EP option open. I will keep tabs on the process, you seem very knowledgable about it...so if I have any questions, you'll be the first person that comes to mind.

Oh about the passport and tax information, that is pertaining to the W-7 I just filed today. I filed joint married, and I just submitted all the paperwork to the IRS office in Flagstaff. I was worried about getting a copy of his passport notarized, because my bank said that he had to be present. So I just took it to the IRS office, submitted everything and they copied the passport and gave it back to me. They said to wait 6-8 weeks. So, im glad that hurdle is out of the way. Now I have to mail it back to him so he can get a new one that will match his name on the marriage certificate. "Mohammed" on the marriage certificate and "Mohamed" on the passport. I don't think NVC will accept that.

Thanks for the info about the I-864, I got all that done...just collecting my pay stubs as they come. I think it could be any day for any of us! This truly is a journey that most married couples don't go through. Going through this process is probably equivilant to an online college course! LOL

Flagstaff is really beautiful too !! Yes the waiting is tough. I'm lucky that I don't have to wait 5 months at a time. I was there in Feb and am planning on going next week for a week. If I don't go it'll be 3 months and that is a long time. Lol no scanners in Egypt? haha too funny although you are probably serious. I'd love to see Eygpt.

We made a few calls to USCIC and got the usual stuff blah blah...the second call gave us more information but it amounted to the same thing....you have to wait out the process. I had also emailed them hoping to get some information and got a reply today....apparently these petitions take 5 months!! Ya nothing new there. What can you do.

[zenaxe 22]

NOA2!! Received text message this morning that case status had changed, logged into USCIS website to see case approved and the NOA2 was mailed on 3/17. Should be getting it in the mail any day! Just under 2 months! A LOT Better than 5 months..

Good luck everyone, may your approval come soon, we're headed to NVC. Going to try e-processing for Canada. Too bad interviews are taking so long to be scheduled in Montreal..

Congrats to you guys !! Good stuff...wish they would hurry the #&$#@ up and complete ours.

Just got an approval notice (NOA2) in the email a few minutes ago and still waiting for hard copy. Hopefully I will get it in the next few days. . Time to move to the next step.

Congrats !! You are on your way !

[Nj328 2]

yahoo!!! we are approved.... my wife got an email and text from uscis that our I130 petition for spouse is approved, and today my wife receives a hardcopy...we are so happy,, now we are going into the next step of NVC... hope all jan.filer here got the approvall soon,...

[complicatedmuch 0]

hubby is now approved! on to NVC! see you guys there!

[Wife of Mohammed 0]

Congrats to all you that got your NOA2!! It looks like it won't be long for the rest of us January filers. I'll be definately reading up on your stats so that I'm prepared.

I've decided to file EP as well. Sounds easy enough *knocks on wood*.

My husband is going to begin getting his IV documents ready, so things are moving along slowly but surely. I guess I'll start scanning my documents. When I scan them, is it best to save as a .pdf? or .jpg?...and of course they would have to be saved as seperate attachment or does anyone know of some software to save as one file with multiple pages?

[deepdawg 3]

Deepdawg,

So if that is the case, I was wondering if the initial review (over 75% or around 12000 cases) in your statistics does contain some percentage of these kind of cases.

My understanding is that , the initial review cases for Jan to be handled by CSC (ignoring the 'transferred cases') would be less than 75% say may be around 60% assuming about 15% is for cases which are 'transferred to local office'.

Thanks

sim

Yes, I just checked the stats... of the 75% of cases in Initial Review, 2401 cases have been transferred to local offices (presumably the cases that you've mentioned). But that's just little over 2%.

Anyways, do not look at my stats too closely... Some cases' status is over a week old.

[babyfaith30 0]

According to your timeline graph, you should:

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=79235

Mike

[babyfaith30 0]

Hi everyone! just feeling lucky today. i received NOA2 today and called NVC right away to ask for my case number but NVC said they dont have a case no. for me yet. just wondering how long does it takes before NVC assign a case no. pls help. thanks

[Nj328 2]

Hi everyone! just feeling lucky today. i received NOA2 today and called NVC right away to ask for my case number but NVC said they dont have a case no. for me yet. just wondering how long does it takes before NVC assign a case no. pls help. thanks

asking a question...

the shortcuts of LingChe are great http://www.visajourn...he_NVC_ShortCut

here's Christeen's time tested formula to get you through NVC in one piece alive:

Petitioner: Get NVC # + give operator your email IDs + receive AOS fee bill + pay 70$ online + wait to show paid + print cover sheet + send I-864 AOS with all documents and case # written on each page.

Beneficiary: Get NVC# + receive DS3032 + send DS3032+ DS3032 accepted + IV fee bill available to be paid + pay & wait to show paid + print IV cover sheet + mail DS230 package with all original/certified documents

= wait for case complete + wait for interview to be scheduled.

Currently the # of business days NVC is taking:

3-5 days for NVC to receive your case and assign a case #.

3-5 days to receive emailed links after case # has been assigned and email addresses been given to NVC operator.

1-2 days for the AOS bill to show as PAID.

5-6 days for DS3032 to be accepted.

1-2 days for IV bill to be PAID.

7-9 days for case complete after all your documents have been sent in.