DCF Mexico

[ctracyjr 0]

lucasrk, a list would be a real time saver. If you don't mind posting we would appreciate it greatly. Congrats on receiving the green card!

Chuck

CTRACYJR---

Let me know if you would like a list of what my husband and I included with the 260 for the interview. It was quite a process of getting everything together.

Best of luck!

BTW, we received my husband's official plastic Greencard last week, just a little over a month after entering the US with his temporary passport stamp. They said it would be 3-6 months!

[lucasrk 0]

Here you go! Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions. I got a TON of help from people on this forum and would love to repay the favor.

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Subject: Documents to accompany CR-1 Immigration Visa Interview from [Petitioner] and [Applicant]

To whom it may concern:

I am an American citizen currently residing in Mexico with my Mexican husband. We wish to move to the United States together, and therefore are applying for a long-term/permanent residence permit for him. Please find the attached forms and supporting documents attached for Jesús Alberto Reyes Herrera and myself:

1. 2 visa size photos of [Applicant]

2. Confirmation page for form DS-260

3. Documents proving identity of [Applicant]

   1. Copy of Mexican passport bio page

   2. Copy of birth certificate with English translation

4. Documents proving US citizenship of [Petitioner]

   1. Copy of United States passport bio page

   2. Copy of birth certificate

5. Marriage certificate proving legal marriage of [Petitioner] and [Applicant]

6. I-864 support documents

   1. I-864 from [Petitioner] and supporting documents

   2. I-864 from xxxxxxxxxxxx (Petitioner's mother) and supporting documents

7. Approval letter from the United States Department of Homeland Security approving I-130 petition

8. Evidence of bona fide marriage

   1. Affidavits from friends and family

   2. Photos documenting relationship with descriptions on the back of each photo

   3. Document of text and Facebook message history

9. Approval letter from the United States Consulate in Ciudad Juarez informing us that [Applicant] is eligible to schedule an interview.

10. Confirmation page with interview appointment schedule

Copies of the submitted documents are exact photocopies of unaltered documents, and I understand that I may be required to submit original documents to the Consular officer.

I appreciate your review of these documents.

Sincerely,

[Petitioner]

Contact Information for [Applicant]

Contact Information for

[ctracyjr 0]

Here you go! Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions. I got a TON of help from people on this forum and would love to repay the favor.

Thank you very much! We'll let you know how it goes.

[panda1983 1]

If you are in the Guadalajara area and need a cheque de caja in Dollars, in English, and from a US Bank, go to the CI Banco inside Galerias mall. Not all CI Bancos will do it, but the one in galerias will. Some are more like banks like Bancomer, etc., and others are more like exchange places like at the airport. This one is the latter.

[ctracyjr 0]

Hi All,

We're getting ready to set our appointment for an interview and I need to determine which DHL office in Juarez to have the visa sent to. Can anyone provide any advice? Thanks.

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[panda1983 1]

Hi All,

We're getting ready to set our appointment for an interview and I need to determine which DHL office in Juarez to have the visa sent to. Can anyone provide any advice? Thanks.

Sorry I cant help you with that..But I do have a question.. Are you setting your own appointment date or did the consulate in Juarez do it for you?

Im just one step behind you in the process and Im not sure what comes next.

Good luck.

[ctracyjr 0]

Sorry I cant help you with that..But I do have a question.. Are you setting your own appointment date or did the consulate in Juarez do it for you?

Im just one step behind you in the process and Im not sure what comes next.

Good luck.

As per their instructions, we are setting the appointment. I just can't decide whether to try and get the visa in Juarez or have it sent to our town in Mexico.

[lucasrk 0]

Yes, you have to make your own appointment for the interview, and also an appointment for processing the day before. Two days before the interview you also need to the medical exam. You can't make and appointment (though someone at the embassy told me you could --- they were wrong) as it is first come first served. We went super early (like 6:00 am) and it took 3-4 hours.

We had my husband's visa sent to the DHL office in DF (where we live) and it took like five days. Very easy. I believe if you don't want to have it sent it means staying another few days in Juarez.

[panda1983 1]

Hi All,

We're getting ready to set our appointment for an interview and I need to determine which DHL office in Juarez to have the visa sent to. Can anyone provide any advice? Thanks.

I don't remember which page, but I believe someone posted something about a DHL office NOT to use in Juarez in this fórum. You might check some of the earlier posts.

[panda1983 1]

Here you go! Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions. I got a TON of help from people on this forum and would love to repay the favor.

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Subject: Documents to accompany CR-1 Immigration Visa Interview from [Petitioner] and [Applicant]

To whom it may concern:

I am an American citizen currently residing in Mexico with my Mexican husband. We wish to move to the United States together, and therefore are applying for a long-term/permanent residence permit for him. Please find the attached forms and supporting documents attached for Jesús Alberto Reyes Herrera and myself:

• 2 visa size photos of [Applicant]

• Confirmation page for form DS-260

• Documents proving identity of [Applicant]

  • Copy of Mexican passport bio page

  • Copy of birth certificate with English translation

• Documents proving US citizenship of [Petitioner]

  • Copy of United States passport bio page

  • Copy of birth certificate

• Marriage certificate proving legal marriage of [Petitioner] and [Applicant]

• I-864 support documents

  • I-864 from [Petitioner] and supporting documents

  • I-864 from xxxxxxxxxxxx (Petitioner's mother) and supporting documents

• Approval letter from the United States Department of Homeland Security approving I-130 petition

• Evidence of bona fide marriage

  • Affidavits from friends and family

  • Photos documenting relationship with descriptions on the back of each photo

  • Document of text and Facebook message history

• Approval letter from the United States Consulate in Ciudad Juarez informing us that [Applicant] is eligible to schedule an interview.

• Confirmation page with interview appointment schedule

Copies of the submitted documents are exact photocopies of unaltered documents, and I understand that I may be required to submit original documents to the Consular officer.

I appreciate your review of these documents.

Sincerely,

[Petitioner]

Contact Information for [Applicant]

Contact Information for

What documents and evidence did you include with your i864 to show intent to reestablish domicile in the USA?

I am planning on including:

SSN card

Bank statements from USA with my USA addess

student loan payments from USA with my USA address

Life insurance policy

copy of drivers license with intent to renew it because it expired last year

copy of proof of applying for jobs

letter signed by my mom saying we will live with her for a while

letter to my boss resigning my job when we get the green card

letter to landlord to break the lease when we get the green card

screen capture print of plane tickets for December to Dallas one way

What else should I. include?

[lucasrk 0]

I included tax records for the past three years and bank statements to show my savings.

My mother included tax records, pay stubs from her job, mortgage statements, and bank statements.

Since I was still working in Mexico and didn't have a huge savings in the states, it was more important for my mom to show her financial stability.

In the interview my husband was not even asked about our future plans in the states. They asked if I was working in Mexico, but not about future jobs.

[ctracyjr 0]

Hi All,

We're in Juarez with our interview appointment set for Thursday. We're staying at the La Quinta Inn which is a couple of blocks away from the consulate. There are other hotels that are closer (a Holiday Inn Express, an Ibis, a Quality Inn, come to mind) and within easy walking distance, but are probably a little pricier. La QUinta has a shuttle, but we are not using it as we ended up driving here. Overall, the area seems safe enough and the security at the hotel is very good.

Today, we did the medical exam. We had to go today since my stepson needed to get a TB test and there is a three-day waiting period to get the result. We got up this morning and had breakfast at the hotel (it was actually good) and then drove over to the clinic at 7:00 am. There were not a ton of people there and we ended up going to the Clinica Medical Internacional. That is the first clinic closest to the road. You actually enter into a large waiting area in the second building from the road and then they take people across a street to the other building where the exams take place. Upon enter, they took our appointment letters and my wife and son's passports and we filled out a very simple form with our address and contact information in Mexico. We also had to put an address for the U.S. My wife also had to list the birth dates of our kids. After filling those forms, she was taken to the front of the room and waited for a couple of minutes and then was taken up to a booth where they were photographed and fingerprinted. My wife doesn't speak Spanish well but they got someone to interpret for her into English. After doing that, they both took an eye exam and sat for a couple of minutes, then were escorted across the street for the exams. I stayed with our youngest son in the waiting room. They left about 7:30. About an hour later, I was paged to go to the cashier (my wife left the credit card with me) and I went across the street to give it to her and she paid the bill.

She told me that the people at the clinic were very nice and they made sure that someone was there to speak English to her at every step of the way. Her and my son were put in a line with women and children. She had the exams, blood drawn, an xray and three vaccines. My son also got the exam and three vaccines but didn't have to have blood drawn. He did, however, need a TB test. They told her we could go back today and pick up her results at 2pm. We need to wait until Wed to get the results for the TB test.

We have the ASC appointment scheduled for Wednesday at 12:50 and the interview on Thursday at 7:45. We'll check back in when we get more information.

Chuck

[Eric & Idalia 56]

Thank you Chuck for the information.

So guys, in my case, CR1 visa, how much time before i have to get the medical exam?

For example, can I get it on Monday, ASC Tuesday and in Wednesday the interview? or is it recommended to get the medical with more days before?

[ctracyjr 0]

Thank you Chuck for the information.

So guys, in my case, CR1 visa, how much time before i have to get the medical exam?

For example, can I get it on Monday, ASC Tuesday and in Wednesday the interview? or is it recommended to get the medical with more days before?

Based on our experience and that of others in this forum, I think you can safely do it the day before the interview. Of course, an extra day just in case something goes awry might not be a bad idea either. My wife checked in at 7:15, was done by 8:30 and got the results at 2:00 pm. There were not a ton of people there, so more traffic will probably slow those times down a bit.