Juarez Consulate

[sanfranguy 0]

If your fiance in Mexico has a computer with internet access you can also use MSN messenger, yahoo messenger, or any of those other messenger services to talk for free.

In the beginning, my husband and I would talk with calling cards, but then he got internet access in his house and it was much better. I am not kidding, we would talk for hours at a time using a headset. We even had webcams so we would see each other. The longest we ever talked on there was about 8 hours, nonstop AND I AM NOT KIDDING!!!

Any of you can use this method to communicate as long as you both have computers with internet access. The headsets you can buy for $15 at any office store. We used MSN messenger and it worked great!

yea...using the internets cheap thats for sure but i cant sit in front of pc that long and she works all day in front of one too so she wont either. damn..eight hours.. your butt musta gone numb ucla.

[torrent29 0]

My fiance doesn't have his passport yet. How long does it take to get issued in Mexico, and what is the cost?

It does not take long to get the Passport in mexico. If you are in Mexico City you will need to make an appointment at the local delegacion, depending on which one you are near. Though Venustiano Carranza seemed to be taking walk ins about a month ago when we went and got my fiance's.

You really need your birth certificate and your 'credencial de elector' (?)

If you need to get one for a child, s/he will need to get a medical exam as well.

Basically it was a lot of running around and getting this formed copied, and that form copied and taking a reciept over to the local Banamex to pay it and then taking that reciept back to the Delegation to get it affirmed.

[torrent29 0]

hello - anyone recently back from Cuidad Juarez, I need to ask some questions about the airport.

I am meeting my fiance on Wednesday to go to the Consulate. We put aside about a week and a half for the whole process, which is hopefully enough.

The problem though is that I am flying into El Paso airport and then hopping it over to Ciudad Juarez Airport, she is herself flying from Mexico City into Ciudad Juarez.. I arrive in El Paso about 2 hours earlier then she does but I am not sure where to meet her in the airport. We have agreed that she should stay in the airport. In US airports the baggage claim is always after the secured area exit, but I've noticed that in Mexico it is a bit different. First you get the baggage then you leave the secured area.

So is there a good meeting place? What is the layout of the airport? We had though we would meet at the ticketing counters for the airline she is flying in on.

Bleh I'm super nervous about all of this.

[rugbydude05 0]

If your fiance in Mexico has a computer with internet access you can also use MSN messenger, yahoo messenger, or any of those other messenger services to talk for free.

In the beginning, my husband and I would talk with calling cards, but then he got internet access in his house and it was much better. I am not kidding, we would talk for hours at a time using a headset. We even had webcams so we would see each other. The longest we ever talked on there was about 8 hours, nonstop AND I AM NOT KIDDING!!!

Any of you can use this method to communicate as long as you both have computers with internet access. The headsets you can buy for $15 at any office store. We used MSN messenger and it worked great!

yea...using the internets cheap thats for sure but i cant sit in front of pc that long and she works all day in front of one too so she wont either. damn..eight hours.. your butt musta gone numb ucla.

If your international sweetheart has high speed internet, try using a VOIP phone line (Vonage). Between Vonage and its many competitors you can find plans for 10-20 bucks per month that have really low international calling rates and unlimited incoming calls. Ive been using it to talk with my fiancee in Mexico and we talk for hours every day for free. The company we use is voipvoip.com. We save hundreds of dollars per month, and lets be honest, who wants to give telmex more money?

Also in regard to meeting in the Ciudad Juarez International Airport, they have an inspection after baggage claim so the only place to meet is in the main lobby/hall area where the ticket counters are.

[caityrose 0]

Hey everyone- I am in need of a little bit of advice. It may be silly to ask this, because I can probably figure it out on my own... but...

My fiance and I are really hoping to get married in the US next summer (2009). We will be filing the K-1 petition at the CSC, and since I understand that approval times usually take longer in CA, I was planning on sending in the petition late March (2008). Now, I realize that usually it takes around 8 or so months from the petition sending to having the visa in hand, so that only brings us to November-ish... however, once the NOA2 is issued, my fiance has 4 months to go to the interview, and then 6 months to come to the US, correct? I guess I'm just starting to get nervous and wondering what would happen if we had some miraculous speedy approval and he had to come here before we had planned. I will be graduating from college May 2009, which is why we were hoping to get married then. Does anyone have any advice? Did anyone get married at a court house before the actual big wedding just because they weren't prepared for a big wedding by the time their fiance came to the US? I suppose it wouldn't be the most horrible thing if he and I were able to be together sooner than we planned, but I'm just starting to worry that we shouldn't send the petition just yet.

Perhaps I'm just looking for some reassurance or some personal experiences that can help me. Or maybe I just needed to talk it through for myself. Either way, any advice is appreciated. Thanks guys!!!

Caity

[zeroland 0]

Hey everyone- I am in need of a little bit of advice. It may be silly to ask this, because I can probably figure it out on my own... but...

My fiance and I are really hoping to get married in the US next summer (2009). We will be filing the K-1 petition at the CSC, and since I understand that approval times usually take longer in CA, I was planning on sending in the petition late March (2008). Now, I realize that usually it takes around 8 or so months from the petition sending to having the visa in hand, so that only brings us to November-ish... however, once the NOA2 is issued, my fiance has 4 months to go to the interview, and then 6 months to come to the US, correct? I guess I'm just starting to get nervous and wondering what would happen if we had some miraculous speedy approval and he had to come here before we had planned. I will be graduating from college May 2009, which is why we were hoping to get married then. Does anyone have any advice? Did anyone get married at a court house before the actual big wedding just because they weren't prepared for a big wedding by the time their fiance came to the US? I suppose it wouldn't be the most horrible thing if he and I were able to be together sooner than we planned, but I'm just starting to worry that we shouldn't send the petition just yet.

Perhaps I'm just looking for some reassurance or some personal experiences that can help me. Or maybe I just needed to talk it through for myself. Either way, any advice is appreciated. Thanks guys!!!

Caity

Ha ha....with all due respect, that is a funny one, Caity. Follow your heart. But I think most people would suggest starting the process whenever you are ready, because you never know-there could be something that comes up and makes it take longer than you are expecting. Then just get married within the time frame that is convenient for you. What a problem....You might be together too soon? Most people would envy that situation. Good luck to you and yours...

[caityrose 0]

Hey everyone- I am in need of a little bit of advice. It may be silly to ask this, because I can probably figure it out on my own... but...

My fiance and I are really hoping to get married in the US next summer (2009). We will be filing the K-1 petition at the CSC, and since I understand that approval times usually take longer in CA, I was planning on sending in the petition late March (2008). Now, I realize that usually it takes around 8 or so months from the petition sending to having the visa in hand, so that only brings us to November-ish... however, once the NOA2 is issued, my fiance has 4 months to go to the interview, and then 6 months to come to the US, correct? I guess I'm just starting to get nervous and wondering what would happen if we had some miraculous speedy approval and he had to come here before we had planned. I will be graduating from college May 2009, which is why we were hoping to get married then. Does anyone have any advice? Did anyone get married at a court house before the actual big wedding just because they weren't prepared for a big wedding by the time their fiance came to the US? I suppose it wouldn't be the most horrible thing if he and I were able to be together sooner than we planned, but I'm just starting to worry that we shouldn't send the petition just yet.

Perhaps I'm just looking for some reassurance or some personal experiences that can help me. Or maybe I just needed to talk it through for myself. Either way, any advice is appreciated. Thanks guys!!!

Caity

Ha ha....with all due respect, that is a funny one, Caity. Follow your heart. But I think most people would suggest starting the process whenever you are ready, because you never know-there could be something that comes up and makes it take longer than you are expecting. Then just get married within the time frame that is convenient for you. What a problem....You might be together too soon? Most people would envy that situation. Good luck to you and yours...

Haha maybe all I needed was you to say "follow your heart" See- I got the advice I was looking for My fiance just sent me his completed forms and passport pictures today, so it looks like we'll be filing the petition by the end of the month! I'm ready to put my future in the government's hands haha

[nm123 0]

Hey everyone- I am in need of a little bit of advice. It may be silly to ask this, because I can probably figure it out on my own... but...

My fiance and I are really hoping to get married in the US next summer (2009). We will be filing the K-1 petition at the CSC, and since I understand that approval times usually take longer in CA, I was planning on sending in the petition late March (2008). Now, I realize that usually it takes around 8 or so months from the petition sending to having the visa in hand, so that only brings us to November-ish... however, once the NOA2 is issued, my fiance has 4 months to go to the interview, and then 6 months to come to the US, correct? I guess I'm just starting to get nervous and wondering what would happen if we had some miraculous speedy approval and he had to come here before we had planned. I will be graduating from college May 2009, which is why we were hoping to get married then. Does anyone have any advice? Did anyone get married at a court house before the actual big wedding just because they weren't prepared for a big wedding by the time their fiance came to the US? I suppose it wouldn't be the most horrible thing if he and I were able to be together sooner than we planned, but I'm just starting to worry that we shouldn't send the petition just yet.

Perhaps I'm just looking for some reassurance or some personal experiences that can help me. Or maybe I just needed to talk it through for myself. Either way, any advice is appreciated. Thanks guys!!!

Caity

Ha ha....with all due respect, that is a funny one, Caity. Follow your heart. But I think most people would suggest starting the process whenever you are ready, because you never know-there could be something that comes up and makes it take longer than you are expecting. Then just get married within the time frame that is convenient for you. What a problem....You might be together too soon? Most people would envy that situation. Good luck to you and yours...

Haha maybe all I needed was you to say "follow your heart" See- I got the advice I was looking for My fiance just sent me his completed forms and passport pictures today, so it looks like we'll be filing the petition by the end of the month! I'm ready to put my future in the government's hands haha

I agree, follow your heart! And if you are together sooner than later, you can just have your court house wedding and not really celebrate it, and then have your big wedding later. That's how my fiance and I are planning to go about it.

And back to the phone question, Skype is having a promotion until the end of the month where you can call landlines in Mexico for 2 cents per minute, or cell phones for 20 cents per minute. Here is more info: http://www.skype.com/campaigns/callmexico/...80304-_-landing

It's not much time for the promotion, but at least when April comes around, you can figure out if you want to use Voip, Skype, or enjoyprepaid.com...

[ucla_cutie26 0]

Sanfranguy,

I didn't actually sit in front of the computer for 8 whole hours, yeah right! My computer is right next to my bed, so I would take turns. I would sit in front of the computer, then lie down on the bed and talk, it was actually not too bad. I would even get food and eat while I would talk to him. My husband would do the same.

Caity,

Upon reading your post, I realized that I had to respond. My husband and I got married in a super, quick ceremony in Las Vegas. About 2 weeks after Juan arrived in the U.S. my brother decided to go for a weekend to las vegas (we live in los angeles). Juan and I decided to go along, since we had never gone to Vegas. Before going I looked it up online and found out that it was fairly easy to marry there, we didn't even need a social security number for Juan. We decided to get married there. We got married in a drive thru ceremony, very quick and inexpensive. We did not have much money with all that was used up in CDJ, so it was actually the best route for us. Now, it has been almost a year since we got married (April 23rd) and we are now planning our big, religious wedding for this summer. We are going back to Jalisco, Mexico in the little pueblo where Juan and I met back in 1999 for our wedding. Now, this time we will really have a huge party with both of our families present. Plus, Juan is now a permanent resident, so he can travel as he pleases. Many couples from VJ do it this way because of lack of money upon arrival. First you have the money spent obtaining a visa overseas and then you have the costs while going through AOS here in the U.S.

The only thing you need to keep in mind is that once your fiance arrives in the U.S., you guys MUST MARRY WITHIN 90 DAYS, or else he will not be able to adjust to permanent resident status.

[torrent29 0]

My and my fiance and our daughter are here in Juarez now.

So far everything is going good. Thankfully I set aside about a week and a half to get all of this worked out.

The one question that I have right now is whether or not the visa interview fee that we have to pay at banamex is poor passport or per application?

Do I have to pay 260$ or the $131 ?

The visa is a K-1 visa with a k-2 visa for our daughter.

The letter that was sent along didn't make it very clear though, just said that a fee needed to be paid.

Thanks in advance.

If anyone has any questions about Juarez and such let me know please and I would be more then happy to relate my experiences and answer any questions.

[nm123 0]

My and my fiance and our daughter are here in Juarez now.

So far everything is going good. Thankfully I set aside about a week and a half to get all of this worked out.

The one question that I have right now is whether or not the visa interview fee that we have to pay at banamex is poor passport or per application?

Do I have to pay 260$ or the $131 ?

The visa is a K-1 visa with a k-2 visa for our daughter.

The letter that was sent along didn't make it very clear though, just said that a fee needed to be paid.

Thanks in advance.

If anyone has any questions about Juarez and such let me know please and I would be more then happy to relate my experiences and answer any questions.

I saw you received answers to your question in another thread. I wanted to see, since you are there in CDJ now, can you find out where the new consulate will be this summer and if they have an idea of when it will open?

[sanfranguy 0]

My and my fiance and our daughter are here in Juarez now.

So far everything is going good. Thankfully I set aside about a week and a half to get all of this worked out.

The one question that I have right now is whether or not the visa interview fee that we have to pay at banamex is poor passport or per application?

Do I have to pay 260$ or the $131 ?

The visa is a K-1 visa with a k-2 visa for our daughter.

The letter that was sent along didn't make it very clear though, just said that a fee needed to be paid.

Thanks in advance.

If anyone has any questions about Juarez and such let me know please and I would be more then happy to relate my experiences and answer any questions.

im going to juarez in april also with my fiance and daughter. its a seperate visa that will be issued to the child so you have to pay 131 x2 . you need to have 1 packet also for the child. so basically every fee x2,exam, and visa. child will also need her own affidavit and own set of 156,156k docs.

[웃 910]

I believe torrent has been in Juarez since Wednesday or Thursday. I hope he comes back with good news and good tips. My SO will be going to Juarez as soon as we get packet 3 which should be next week if I am lucky, or the week after.

[sanfranguy 0]

I believe torrent has been in Juarez since Wednesday or Thursday. I hope he comes back with good news and good tips. My SO will be going to Juarez as soon as we get packet 3 which should be next week if I am lucky, or the week after.

yea..every tip helps. my girls app is on april 11th. im already reading up on the aos stage. damn im gonna be broke for the next few months!

[YGandMAT 0]

HI EVERYONE!!!

Well, it's been about a week since we came back from Ciudad Juarez!!! And THANK GOD my husband's visa was approved and issued on the same day of our appointment 03.03.08. And we are finally TOGETHER. I just want to share a few things from our experience.

Medical exam-My husband decided to chose the smaller clinic next to the consulate. It appeared to be the best choice. He arrived at the clinic at 6:00 am, and he was out of there by 11:00 am. He was then scheduled to pick up his results at 4:00 p.m. on the same day. I think this clinic was the best choice because it went a little faster than the large clinic which was across the street from the consulate (they were givinig the medical results after 5:00 p.m.).

Interview-My husband had the interview on a Monday and was scheduled at 7:30 am. We got there at 6 am and there was already a biiig line. However, the security guards from the consulate were telling people to GET OUT (and wait across the street) of the line if they had their appointment scheduled after 7:45 am. So if you have a 9 am interview, there is no point in getting there super early, cause they will tell you to get out and they will not let you inside the consulate until your interview time.

So it was around 7:15 am when my husband entered the consulate...I waited for a few minutes outside of the consulate (with two other VJ members who I met thorugh VJ, in Juarez, Song kim and Liz Leija, very cool people...and their spouses also got their K-3 visas...yeahh) just to make sure that everything went ok. There were a lot of people outside of the consulate waiting. I must say that it was REALLY cold, people were waiting in line with blankets, and while we were there it even started to snow...just for a little bit.

So I went back to the hotel to wait for my husband, and to my surprise he came back at 12 pm. YEP, I thought that was early, but thank god everything went well and he had his visa in hand. He said that when he was interviewed they did not ask to see anything of evidence...they did not request evidence of our marriage (just the marriage certificate), they did not see pictures, emails, letters, or evidence to bonafide our marriage. NOTHING. All they asked him was when he met me, how he met me, how long we had dated and if he had ever been in the U.S. Oohh and they also asked him if we were also married religiously, to what he answered yes, we are also married by the Catholic church. Then the lady said, congratulations, your visa has been approved. Then he waited for a little longer then he got his visa and the yellow envelope (with all your forms) that tells you what crossing(port of entry) you must go through. There are five crossing points in Ciudad Juarez. Our envelope said we had to go to the Fabens, Texas POE to give the yellow envelope to the immigration officer. There you get your I-94 and a stamp (and pay $6) . Fabens is the farthest crossing point and the cab ride from Ciudad Juarez to Fabens, Texas and then to El Paso was $140 dollars. So be prepared.

Hotel-I would recommend the Holiday Inn Lincoln, which is about 65-70 dollars per night (book it online). It's about a 5 minute walk to the consulate, and they have internet which you can use. It is safe and clean.

Taxis-They are very expensive in Juarez, so be careful and be prepared to pay a lot.

Food-Food at the holiday inn was also expensive, it was even more than the US. We also went to restaurants around the area and paid about $30 dollars for both of us. I think this is expensive for Mexico. If you eat in the mall, it's not too bad.

Taxi from El Paso to Ciudad Juarez-the cab ride from El paso airport to ciudad juarez was $45 dollars.

Mall-We went to Las Misiones mall which was nice, big and have a nice movie theater. This mall is far from the holiday inn and consulate area...about a $16 dollar cab ride. Ohh by the way, the new consulate is being built just across the street from this mall.

El Centro- We decided to go to church on Sunday, to the Cathedral. The mass was nice but I would not recommend going to el centro (down town Ciudad Juarez). It did not look safe at all. People looked kind of evil and the men there stared at you...it was not cool. My husband decided we should head back to the hotel and not look around, cause it did not look like a safe place to be. We didn't go out at night, just during day time.

If any of you have any questions let me know. I will gladly answer your questions and concerns.

Best of luck to all of you.