Helping a friend with her husband's visa

[Ray-J 2]

As the title of this post eludes to, I'm trying to help a friend understand what her next steps are in trying to get her husband to the States from Ethiopia. From what I understand, she's at the point where she's filed her DS-230 and paid the associated fees. This whole process is kind of Greek to me as I'm starting my journey for a K-1 for my bride-to-be. She's a little confused as to what her next steps are. From what she's told me, it almost sounds to me like she's just about at the point where her immigrant husband should start preparing for his interview. How far off base am I?

[Inky 1,110]

Have your friend come on the VJ website and view the guides and NVC guides. It would be a lot more beneficial for your friend to see these and read them than for you to try and tell her all the long steps.

[Ray-J 2]

Have your friend come on the VJ website and view the guides and NVC guides. It would be a lot more beneficial for your friend to see these and read them than for you to try and tell her all the long steps.

Actually, she's a member here. I guess the guides aren't worded simply enough for her. You have to admit, there's a lot of jargon that's used on this site. It can be quite daunting for someone not really familiar with everything to fully understand. So, what do you say, Inky? Having been through it yourself, already, does it sound like she should start getting her husband's documents ready to send for his interview?

[Maida&Edin 0]

Have you read the guides? there is absolutely not "jargon", its really straight forward.... I am myself was not familiar at all with immigration and could understand so if she got this far she should be able to understand the guides.

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

[Ray-J 2]

Have you read the guides? there is absolutely not "jargon", its really straight forward.... I am myself was not familiar at all with immigration and could understand so if she got this far she should be able to understand the guides.

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

Thank you. I hadn't come across that page yet. I think it'll be a big help to her. As for the jargon, while it may be well explained in the guides it has taken a while to be able to wrap my head aroudn what exactly some of the abbreviations mean; such as NVC, NOA, etc. I guess it all comes with practice and exposure to the system. Thanks for everything, everyone.