NVC FILERS - FOR October - 2010

[LotofPatience 65]

Thanks Loto! Just feeling anxious to get the next steps done....

Now you can talk to a live operator and get IIN, so that you can check online payment site to see the invoices are ready to pay.

Loto

[Heather&Matt 0]

Now you can talk to a live operator and get IIN, so that you can check online payment site to see the invoices are ready to pay.

Loto

Oh, so I should be calling to get my IIN now? Or should I be waiting for them to receive/confirm my DS-3032 email?

Edited October 13, 2010 by Heather&Matt

[johndoe12-Senior 0]

Updates: Dear Friends,

Today I have FEDEXED the DS-230 package out to NVC. Maybe it will help colleagues on VJ, and maybe it will not, but below I provide the itemized list of the documents which have been submitted along with the DS-230 IV package to NVC:

• Printed DOCUMENT COVERSHEETS with barcode of CASE NUMBER & IV FEE.

• DS-230 Part 1 completed and signed by beneficiary.

• DS-230 Part 2 completed by beneficiary - unsigned, as of yet, per instructions.

• Two (2) Passport Size [2” x 2”] Photographs of Beneficiary (NVC Case Number, beneficiary’s full name, and date of birth are written on back of both).

• Copy of Petitioner’s Naturalization Certificate issued from USCIS, USA.

• Photocopy of the Notarized Biographic Data Page(s) of Beneficiary’s Passport - 4 pages stapled together.

• Affidavit in lieu of Original Birth Certificate of beneficiary from her mother, and a copy in the set of PHOTOCOPIES.

• Original Marriage Certificate.

• Original & One Notarized copy of the Passport Office Police Clearance Certificate for Beneficiary.

• SIX Photographs (NVC Case Number, beneficiary’s full name, and date of birth are written on back of all the photographs) taken during the marriage ceremony.

• Original Police Clearance Certificates (3 of them: 1st issued on MONTH DATE, YEAR, 2nd issued on MONTH DATE, YEAR and 3rd issued on October 06, 2010) for Beneficiary.

• Original Bills from the hotels where guests stayed & marriage took place on MONTH DATE, YEAR.

• Supporting Evidence of Marriage:

o Affidavit from mother of beneficiary, the principal applicant, to prove that marriage between the Petitioner & Beneficiary is bonafied.

o Original marriage invitation cards are not included with this DS-230 package, but will be furnished at the time of personal interview at the Mumbai US consulate.

o Notarized affidavits from Hindu priest & relative(s) (with an attested translation provided) to prove that marriage between the Petitioner & Beneficiary is bonafied.

o Notarized copies of the petitioner’s US passport pages where travel stamps placed to prove that he traveled to India in MONTH YEAR, and came back to USA on MONTH DATE, YEAR.

• Original itinerary & original boarding passes of the Air travel of the petitioner to India in MONTH YAER, and original receipts of the marriage ring and other jewelry which petitioner bought to show that marriage is bonafied.

• Original journey cum reservation tickets from Indian Railways to show that petitioner, relatives, guests and the beneficiary (the principal applicant) traveled together in MONTH YAER.

• Original Bus reservation ticket from XXXXXXXX State Tourism, India to show that petitioner and the beneficiary (the principal applicant) traveled together in MONTH YEAR.

• Original domicile certificate [English & Hindi both with attached translation] of beneficiary from CITY, STATE.

• Original employment letter of beneficiary addressed to USCIS, USA.

• Original Benefits Elections Confirmation Statement of the petitioner showing that beneficiary listed as spouse of the petitioner.

• Affidavit of petitioner & beneficiary together - joint photo - as husband and wife.

• Copy [original not available as it was submitted to Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, Passport Office, CITY, STATE in MONTH YEAR] of the affidavit of petitioner & beneficiary together as husband and wife which was submitted for the endorsement by the Passport Office - see the attached photocopy of the Notarized Biographic Data Page(s) of Beneficiary’s Passport: 4 pages stapled together.

• Current pay stub [October 15, 2010] of the petitioner as direct deposit into his checking account in US to show proof of continuous income.

• Proof of ongoing communication [we communicate mostly over the phone almost on a daily basis - attached are the call logs from MONTH/DATE/YEAR onwards etc., occasionally via e-mails, and petitioner have had sent gifts - see receipts - as well as flowers to beneficiary] between petitioner and beneficiary, the principal applicant, to show that our marriage is bonafied union.

• One set of PHOTOCOPIES of all the above civil / original documents.

JD Senior

[DebbyNSeyi 15]

Updates: Dear Friends,

Today I have FEDEXED the DS-230 package out to NVC. Maybe it will help colleagues on VJ, and maybe it will not, but below I provide the itemized list of the documents which have been submitted along with the DS-230 IV package to NVC:

• Printed DOCUMENT COVERSHEETS with barcode of CASE NUMBER & IV FEE.

• DS-230 Part 1 completed and signed by beneficiary.

• DS-230 Part 2 completed by beneficiary - unsigned, as of yet, per instructions.

• Two (2) Passport Size [2” x 2”] Photographs of Beneficiary (NVC Case Number, beneficiary’s full name, and date of birth are written on back of both).

• Copy of Petitioner’s Naturalization Certificate issued from USCIS, USA.

• Photocopy of the Notarized Biographic Data Page(s) of Beneficiary’s Passport - 4 pages stapled together.

• Affidavit in lieu of Original Birth Certificate of beneficiary from her mother, and a copy in the set of PHOTOCOPIES.

• Original Marriage Certificate.

• Original & One Notarized copy of the Passport Office Police Clearance Certificate for Beneficiary.

• SIX Photographs (NVC Case Number, beneficiary’s full name, and date of birth are written on back of all the photographs) taken during the marriage ceremony.

• Original Police Clearance Certificates (3 of them: 1st issued on MONTH DATE, YEAR, 2nd issued on MONTH DATE, YEAR and 3rd issued on October 06, 2010) for Beneficiary.

• Original Bills from the hotels where guests stayed & marriage took place on MONTH DATE, YEAR.

• Supporting Evidence of Marriage:

o Affidavit from mother of beneficiary, the principal applicant, to prove that marriage between the Petitioner & Beneficiary is bonafied.

o Original marriage invitation cards are not included with this DS-230 package, but will be furnished at the time of personal interview at the Mumbai US consulate.

o Notarized affidavits from Hindu priest & relative(s) (with an attested translation provided) to prove that marriage between the Petitioner & Beneficiary is bonafied.

o Notarized copies of the petitioner’s US passport pages where travel stamps placed to prove that he traveled to India in MONTH YEAR, and came back to USA on MONTH DATE, YEAR.

• Original itinerary & original boarding passes of the Air travel of the petitioner to India in MONTH YAER, and original receipts of the marriage ring and other jewelry which petitioner bought to show that marriage is bonafied.

• Original journey cum reservation tickets from Indian Railways to show that petitioner, relatives, guests and the beneficiary (the principal applicant) traveled together in MONTH YAER.

• Original Bus reservation ticket from XXXXXXXX State Tourism, India to show that petitioner and the beneficiary (the principal applicant) traveled together in MONTH YEAR.

• Original domicile certificate [English & Hindi both with attached translation] of beneficiary from CITY, STATE.

• Original employment letter of beneficiary addressed to USCIS, USA.

• Original Benefits Elections Confirmation Statement of the petitioner showing that beneficiary listed as spouse of the petitioner.

• Affidavit of petitioner & beneficiary together - joint photo - as husband and wife.

• Copy [original not available as it was submitted to Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, Passport Office, CITY, STATE in MONTH YEAR] of the affidavit of petitioner & beneficiary together as husband and wife which was submitted for the endorsement by the Passport Office - see the attached photocopy of the Notarized Biographic Data Page(s) of Beneficiary’s Passport: 4 pages stapled together.

• Current pay stub [October 15, 2010] of the petitioner as direct deposit into his checking account in US to show proof of continuous income.

• Proof of ongoing communication [we communicate mostly over the phone almost on a daily basis - attached are the call logs from MONTH/DATE/YEAR onwards etc., occasionally via e-mails, and petitioner have had sent gifts - see receipts - as well as flowers to beneficiary] between petitioner and beneficiary, the principal applicant, to show that our marriage is bonafied union.

• One set of PHOTOCOPIES of all the above civil / original documents.

JD Senior

Wow! But why did you include ALL this documentation in the DS-230 packet in particular? I front-loaded my I-130 packet with a lot of this documentation. Why would I send all of it again? wouldn't you bring it to the interview instead?

[Heather&Matt 0]

Wow! But why did you include ALL this documentation in the DS-230 packet in particular? I front-loaded my I-130 packet with a lot of this documentation. Why would I send all of it again? wouldn't you bring it to the interview instead?

I was thinking the same thing. Other than what we sent in the I-130 packet, I thought all the original documents and evidence of relationship things was what you needed to bring to the interview???

[LotofPatience 65]

Wow! But why did you include ALL this documentation in the DS-230 packet in particular? I front-loaded my I-130 packet with a lot of this documentation. Why would I send all of it again? wouldn't you bring it to the interview instead?

Front-loaded documents at USCIS level may NOT be forwarded to NVC.

Technically, NVC has to forward this entire IV package to the foreign consulate.

But if they don't or missing, it is good idea to bring the same at the interview time as well.

$Senior, Thanks buddy for the detailed update! You're all set now

I plan to send only the required to NVC and bring all the secondary evidences at the interview time. This is what I did last time too and had no hassles.

Loto

[LotofPatience 65]

Bad news turned to Good news today - They corrected my DOB:star:

Loto

[johndoe12-Senior 0]

Bad news turned to Good news today - They corrected my DOB:star:

Loto

Congrats x 10⁸ - see FEDEXING overnight to NVC saved you lot of time..., so I give you 8

[LotofPatience 65]

Congrats x 10⁸ - see FEDEXING overnight to NVC saved you lot of time..., so I give you 8

You are my mentor and I just followed your advice. Now following your signature too

Loto

[johndoe12-Senior 0]

You are my mentor and I just followed your advice. Now following your signature too

Loto

"You are my mentor" not really! I am your friend and since I am a bit older than you, I suggested to you based on my past experience(s). I am glad it worked.

hmmmmmmmm... you are following my signature. Is my signature that useful?

[LotofPatience 65]

Is my signature that useful?

Yup, yup, yup, yup, yup......................

Loto

[BigSigh 12]

Wow Senior!

I hope the SIF happens quickly for you...as well as everything else has moved quickly for you!

[Rich and Bey 1]

We should have a category that says SIF. wow this wait is really exhausting. i called again today and they keep telling me 6-8 weeks. i feel like saying that is how long its been since i have been approved. i am tired. so they are telling me basically to wait until november. this i know is not right but come on. it seems endless here.

[johndoe12-Senior 0]

Wow Senior!

I hope the SIF happens quickly for you...as well as everything else has moved quickly for you!

Thank you Teya Ji. I too hope that my SIF will happen quickly.

Again, I wish you "All The Best" for your rest of the NVC journey, interview at Lima US consulate in PERU, and that your husband joins you & your little cutie in the US quickly.

[DebbyNSeyi 15]

Front-loaded documents at USCIS level may NOT be forwarded to NVC.

Loto

Are you sure about that, Loto? Because when my husband went for his K1 visa interview, our front-loaded I-129F petition was right there in the hands of the CO. Why would the USCIS keep all the I-130 docs and NOT forward it to NVC? Why would anyone front-load at all then? That makes no sense!