I-130 Blue Paper

[bryan&nicole 0]

Well it’s been a couple of years since I have been on here. The last time I was on here I was a lot younger in the heart and mind, I was so interested in trying to learn how to get my wife and newborn children out of Mexico and unite my family. Now it just so depressing it literally makes me sick just to think about my life and my torn family and the absolute mess that the United States is. My newborns are now pushing 6 and 7 are marriage has been nonexistent my children do not know who I am and it’s a life I would wish on no one. That said I have a few questions that I really have not been able to find an answer to.

I think our I-130 was approved in 2008 but we never went to the interview because many lawyers, (including one that is often praised on the website) told that just going to the interview could be a violation of her 20 year bar, thus resulting in a lifetime bar. Well I can tell you now that this is not true, and anyone may go to the embassy that has an interview without fear of any ramifications. It’s a moot point now but I thought it was worth mentioning because it impacted our life until I finally thought to have my congressman ask the officers at the embassy, and I received an official letter stating there were no ramifications. I guess if we would of went in 2008 and not been scared off by misinformation, I would have had a better understanding of what I am in for now, by now, and thus the questions I have which are already a day after I was supposed to mail in the 212 & 601 waivers .

My wife had a few children and one was about to age out so I filed an I-130 for my step daughter and her appointment was 12-18-2012. Since we had to go to the place we had feared for so long anyways ( "Juarez", and I must admit, It wasn't bad, we met nice people and walked to the store every day no problems no issues), I had my state congressman make my wife’s I-130 appointment on the same day and time, just to go and see what would happen, she had given up on any hope of ever getting into the USA and did not want to go but I talked her into it. Turned out to be good news and my wife was jumping for joy. My daughter got her visa, she was mad she did not want to go to the US. (Teenagers?), then they said to my wife, and I quote, The Embassy officer said, “ that he had good news and bad news, the bad news is that you’re not eligible to receive your visa today, but we have looked at your situation, and the good news is that as of march 11th 2013 you will have been outside the USA for ten years, and when you file your pardon, the (I-212) we are going to approve it, mail it in one week after the day you were deported in 2003, call us before you mail it,- congratulations “. He instructed me to mail my application on March 18th this date reflects me being outside the USA for 10 years and 1 week" .

Well I wish the excitement of that day was still going but it’s not. I called Juarez Embassy last Monday on the eleventh, but had already had my congressman trying to get ahold of them to see what they wanted us to call for, I had not thought about it until a week prior, and then thought to myself “ call the Juarez embassy and have someone actually answer the phone, then tell them I had an interview on DEC. 18th and was told to call, I did not even know what I was calling for, my wife did not think to ask, “ why do we have to call, and what do we ask”, she was too busy jumping up and down according to my daughter. Well to try and shorten the story which you can tell by now I am not very good at, I actually got through, told them I had to call, and I did not know why. They took my wife’s info. And, bam punched in the gut. They said my wife had to file an I-601, yikes we were not expecting that, those are hard to get approved, this is not good news. My wife was under the impression at the interview she would have to file the I-212 and welcome to the US.

They went on to say, do not do anything yet, were going to send you and instruction packet you will get it in two or three days. I jumped in, mad, shocked, upset, is it instructions on how to fill out the I-212 and I-601, I said, I have that, the forms are filled out and ready to send. She would not say, she repeated herself please wait for the instructions. Well what’s another few days I thought; it’s already pushing a decade. So I and my wife are checking our mail boxes ten times a day and then OH MY GOD I cannot believe this email I get. I get an email one week later that says “Our records indicate that Ms. #### may proceed with the filing of her waiver applications. Instructions have been sent to the DHL office that Ms. #### selected. Please advise her to monitor her DHL registry at: http://mexico.usvisa-info.com in the next few days."

Some of you may know where this is going, I am still in shock. When we made her I-130 appointment we had to select a DHL location, we done a little research, we knew our daughter was going to get her visa so we selected DHL in Juarez. My daughter got her packet; my wife did not, done deal on with your life, right? Oh know I have found out, and believe I have been on the phone with everyone you can think of and a few you can’t. When my wife’s interview was over, and we were given a blue paper that was checked with all the laws she broke and on the bottom is said cant apply till march 2013. We thought that chapter of our lives was over, and we will see what happens in March. Wrong! I live in northern Indiana, my wife, southern Mexico, Now we have to fly to Juarez just to get are mail, and then again, every single time we have mail, for however for as long as this ordeal is going to last we will have to fly to Juarez just to get our mail, am I stupid, maybe, dose the government have a million legal ways to make it just absolutely and purposely difficult to prevent one more immigrant from making it to the USA, I think yes, they are brilliant, hats off to them.

Questions

1 what is this instruction packet there sending me, anyone know, do I really need it. If it’s a generic letter, couldn’t I just mail the 212 and 601 in?

2 I have been told since I am the petitioner I can fly to Juarez and get the mail at the DHL center with proof of relation to the applicant “my wife “, but if I had a nickel left, I would bet when I get down their, there is a problem and they will not give it to me, then I have to buy another round trip ticket to fly my wife there!

3 I sure there plenty of people who have been in my shoes, my wife had a 20 year bar I-212(a)(9)© as of 3-11-2013 she had been outside of the USA for ten years and the I-212 takes care of that, The I-601 will be for violations of course, The immigration officer told my wife congratulations were going to approve your visa when you file your pardon, as anyone ever been told this, is it normal to hear that. Has anyone herd that, then not been approved. Without getting into details of the 601 approval, because it will either be approved or it won’t so theirs no sense talking about it. What are our next steps in the process, is there a topic or forum already written for me to read. Right now I do not know what transition period I am in, I do not even know what these instruction I am going to be receiving at the DHL center are commonly referred to, thus I do not know what to start looking for, or what to start reading.

Thanks for the help

I Think there should be a big sign on the moon that everyone could see from the earth that says “ IF YOUR GOING TO JUAREZ AND YOU DO NOT KNOW FOR SURE IF YOU WILL BE GETTING YOUR VISA, DO NOT CHOSE JUAREZ AS YOUR DHL CENTER”