March 2010 CR1 filers

[rvince 0]

KB's wife is from Brazil so Portuguese would be her language. Tagalog would not help her much...haha... Cali's wife is from PI where almost everyone speaks some English. Matter of fact their schools and most legal documents that I know of are written in English. Strange huh... Then you get into the Providences and everyone speak their own dialect. WHOA... now I am confused. But that's the way it is.

My wife is a much better speller than I am. However she gets confused when speaking English with me sometimes which is surprising to me as she has a Masters Degree. They just seldom hear English as we speak it and when they speak it its sometimes less than clear to me anyway. She will eventually get it. I know I would be lost if I had to speak Tagalog. I would have to resort to being a Caveman... and use hand signs...

I ask Annie if she has been on this site because I ask her to get on long ago. Well she said YES!!! Once....lol oh boy... But to be fair she is still working at her job and her time is limited. Now she is getting the last bits of her info together to send to me. I have scrubbed her paperwork and we are go just waiting for the NBI Police Certificate. I know she is stressing cause she stops speaking with me haha.

As I am a late March NOA1 we still (in my view) have lots of time to get it. If our process takes too long say October then I will fly back to PI and we can return together after taking a short Trip to Thailand.

Good luck to all the earlier filers I need you to move before I can get my hopes up...

Take Care ALL

I took time to learn a bit of tagalog when I met my wife. When I finally visited her family I learned that they spoke Visaya and my wife was the only person in the family that knew tagalog. She types English much better than she can speak, and its the same with me speaking tagalog or visaya. I found it shocking to see an entire barangay that had very little knowledge of Tagalog. They often laugh at me, because sentences are often mixed with tagalog, visaya and English . But That's a wonderful Idea to take a short trip to Thailand. They've had trouble there recently, I am not sure if it is safe for tourism.

What paper work does she need to send to you? I was looking at the immigration Guides and it shows no indication that she must send me anything. She lives on in a province that has very slow mail service. Sometimes it takes 2 weeks to recieve mail from her.

[hunniraine 0]

hey thanks for all ur replies! and Gratz Teya! u got ur case number, YaY! and Cali- u can help ur wife by sending her the websites that u know are informative that way she could read them and tell her not to get frustrated, i know its a lot of reading and it takes forever for the process, but theres time for everyone of us, just stay positive. For me, im not worried about getting my NOA2 yet, i checked my timeline and it says July 8 to Aug 24, 2010 (still hoping earlier than that though, hehe) Anyways, For now i play my online game (World of Warcraft) me and my hubby play our toons together when he's off-work, thats what keeps me busy.

[rvince 0]

hey thanks for all ur replies! and Gratz Teya! u got ur case number, YaY! and Cali- u can help ur wife by sending her the websites that u know are informative that way she could read them and tell her not to get frustrated, i know its a lot of reading and it takes forever for the process, but theres time for everyone of us, just stay positive. For me, im not worried about getting my NOA2 yet, i checked my timeline and it says July 8 to Aug 24, 2010 (still hoping earlier than that though, hehe) Anyways, For now i play my online game (World of Warcraft) me and my hubby play our toons together when he's off-work, thats what keeps me busy.

Wow, wish my wife and I could do that. Her connection is so slow we are like Yipeeeeee if we can even get literati to work in Yahoo messenger. I got her an Iphone for our Anniversary, and now we are both on cam with our heads down trying to beat each other's score in bejeweled, Doodle Jump or flight control. I cant beat her.

[BigSigh 12]

Tom, I know that they speak Portuguese in Brazil. I was referring to CaliPhil who had originally asked. Even if his wife speaks English, it is always easier to understand in your native dialog. Apparently, that could be anything in the PI. I learned something new.

There is still tonight and tomorrow to receive good news from USCIS.

[rvince 0]

WOW now i am depressed. Nothing from USCIS since early last week. This really stinks.

Yeah they seem to be focused on K1 visas. K1 approvals are popping up like popcorn. Lets pray that they think of those who already made the commitment of marriage.

[TomD 4]

I took time to learn a bit of tagalog when I met my wife. When I finally visited her family I learned that they spoke Visaya and my wife was the only person in the family that knew tagalog. She types English much better than she can speak, and its the same with me speaking tagalog or visaya. I found it shocking to see an entire barangay that had very little knowledge of Tagalog. They often laugh at me, because sentences are often mixed with tagalog, visaya and English . But That's a wonderful Idea to take a short trip to Thailand. They've had trouble there recently, I am not sure if it is safe for tourism.

What paper work does she need to send to you? I was looking at the immigration Guides and it shows no indication that she must send me anything. She lives on in a province that has very slow mail service. Sometimes it takes 2 weeks to recieve mail from her.

Vince,

Well Good for you. I havent taken the time yet to learn it. If I do I think I will get Rosetta Stone CDs but the words just dont stick with me. Old dogs learn slower I guess.

Have you read the LingChe Short Cut yet? If not you need to read it. I have decided that I will be doing most of the mailing and communication with the NVC so the Documents she needs to provide me are

DS 3032- Signed but not dated, her DS 230 completed with Part I signed, Her original or Certificed Birth Certificate, her certified Police Record and so on Read the short cut and it will be clearer . I have to go as I have a diliver at my door..

[Kitten24 5]

Does anyone know that it's true that people with a military background get their approvals later than those who do not? Any mythbusters out there?

And really, is the CSC consumed with World Cup fever just like everyone here? Is that why they aren't working??

[Kitten24 5]

Does anyone know that it's true that people with a military background get their approvals later than those who do not? Any mythbusters out there?

And really, is the CSC consumed with World Cup fever just like everyone here? Is that why they aren't working??

[rvince 0]

Vince,

Well Good for you. I havent taken the time yet to learn it. If I do I think I will get Rosetta Stone CDs but the words just dont stick with me. Old dogs learn slower I guess.

Have you read the LingChe Short Cut yet? If not you need to read it. I have decided that I will be doing most of the mailing and communication with the NVC so the Documents she needs to provide me are

DS 3032- Signed but not dated, her DS 230 completed with Part I signed, Her original or Certificed Birth Certificate, her certified Police Record and so on Read the short cut and it will be clearer . I have to go as I have a diliver at my door..

Wow thats extremely Valuable. Thanks for the tip. I must get started ASAP. It's certainly better than sitting and waiting

[rvince 0]

Does anyone know that it's true that people with a military background get their approvals later than those who do not? Any mythbusters out there?

And really, is the CSC consumed with World Cup fever just like everyone here? Is that why they aren't working??

Hmmmm I thought it was the opposite. I thought Military people got approvals faster.

[totosan 0]

Teya It is good to see someone is moving forward on getting the visa.

No approval or touch or anything here. I can´t stop checking my CIS file and e-mail. Good luck to all VJ members.

[March2010 2]

No touches here also.

[rvince 0]

No touches here also.

Well if you and totosan are not getting touches, then, I must go to bed and sleep until june 20th for a touch. My God! I'm going crazy!!! someone slap me please. I need to get a grip.

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I would suggest getting everything ready now. I know we all say that but once I got to the NVC stage, I thought, "Oh no! What do I do now? Wait, what did it say in LingChe? I keep telling everyone to read it and I have read it but what does it say??!?!?!?!?" I'm sending off the DS3032 by e-mail. Here is the format (the same that they have on VJ)Mine of course has all of my info in it:

Subject: <NVC Case Number - C. L., V. O.>

NVC Case No:

CIS Case No: <WAC blah blah blah>

Petitioner's Name: C. W., A., M. (these names are all typed out of course)

Petitioner's Date of Birth: September 6th, 1987

Beneficiary's Name: C. L., V. O. (these names are all typed out of course)

Beneficiary's Date of Birth: September 1st, 1981

Re: Declaration of Choice of Address and Agent for Immigrant Visa applicant

To whom it may concern:

My name is V. O. C. L., my visa case number is (NVC Case Number).

Per the DS-3032 (Choice of Address and Agent for Immigrant Visa Applicants), I would like to appoint my wife as my agent of choice to receive all future correspondence from the U.S. Department of State. Her contact information is provided below:

Name: C. W., A., M.

Address:

(In put the address of who you want all of the NVC correspondance to go to)

Phone: (Phone number of the person receiving NVC correspondance)

Email: (E-mail of person remaining in contact with NVC)

All mail from the U.S. Department of State concerning my immigrant visa should be sent to the address above.

Please let me know if you need additional information. Thank you for your help.

Sincerely yours,

C. L., V., O.

Telephone: (Foreign SO's (cell) phone number)

Email: (Foreign SO's e-mail)

Ok, there it is.

[BigSigh 12]

OH!!!! That e-mail goes to: NVCINQUIRY@state.gov