B-2 visa for spouse while waiting on I-130 to be processed questions.

[Boiler 45,733]

So cut to the the end I looked it up on the Consulate web site.

Current wait for a non immigrant visa application is 24 days.

Payment is made through Citibank.

The only time you need to go to the Consulate is for your interview.

No idea what she has been doing, as described makes no sense.

[DRAGOY79 0]

Well,

In Honduras for those that have never been or understand poor true third world country this is how it works.

First, you show up at 5 am to wait to get a ticket DMV style. If you don't know what that is, it is the slowest wait time to get anything done in the U.S. For driver license and car related things. You will most likely get seen around 12-1 as there are people that is there around 3-4 am that gets priority. Many people want to come to the U.S. For different things tier 1 is there to weed out the one that will make it or not.

Second, you go to tier 1 use to weed out people. This is Honduran nationals who gets paid a fraction of what the U.S. Folks gets paid ($200/month maybe). If tier one deemed you worthy after checking out your case (passport, paperwork, stories, supporting doc) you may pay and proceed if the tier 2 folks have time for you to file and pay. However if you are lacking anything like letters from your spouse or AOS of sort then you come back and repeat the same process.

My wife did not have her paperwork as she was lacking a letter from myself and my (C.O.) validating her purpose for B-2 visa. She has everyhting else though. She left there then without paying or applying because she couldn't and asked me for the letters. I gave her the letters last week and she was going to repeat the process this coming Tuesday. But now that my I-130 is approved and I will ask for NVC to expedite my case due to a deployment. The end results of her coming to the U.S. Will be close to the same time period. I can get her through NVC in close to 21 days with my expedite and possibly interview date by Christmas. We are looking at about 2 weeks difference between getting her over here on IR1 or B-2 visa.

Does this answers your questions? If anyone interject and try to say "no thats not how it works" then please tell me the last time you went to Honduras. It is not the way it suppose to work but this is the way it is so I /we are dealing with it as best as we can

[Boiler 45,733]

Well,

In Honduras for those that have never been or understand poor true third world country this is how it works.

First, you show up at 5 am to wait to get a ticket DMV style. If you don't know what that is, it is the slowest wait time to get anything done in the U.S. For driver license and car related things. You will most likely get seen around 12-1 as there are people that is there around 3-4 am that gets priority. Many people want to come to the U.S. For different things tier 1 is there to weed out the one that will make it or not.

Second, you go to tier 1 use to weed out people. This is Honduran nationals who gets paid a fraction of what the U.S. Folks gets paid ($200/month maybe). If tier one deemed you worthy after checking out your case (passport, paperwork, stories, supporting doc) you may pay and proceed if the tier 2 folks have time for you to file and pay. However if you are lacking anything like letters from your spouse or AOS of sort then you come back and repeat the same process.

My wife did not have her paperwork as she was lacking a letter from myself and my (C.O.) validating her purpose for B-2 visa. She has everyhting else though. She left there then without paying or applying because she couldn't and asked me for the letters. I gave her the letters last week and she was going to repeat the process this coming Tuesday. But now that my I-130 is approved and I will ask for NVC to expedite my case due to a deployment. The end results of her coming to the U.S. Will be close to the same time period. I can get her through NVC in close to 21 days with my expedite and possibly interview date by Christmas. We are looking at about 2 weeks difference between getting her over here on IR1 or B-2 visa.

Does this answers your questions? If anyone interject and try to say "no thats not how it works" then please tell me the last time you went to Honduras. It is not the way it suppose to work but this is the way it is so I /we are dealing with it as best as we can

Something weird is going on, the way it works is basically the same throughout the world.

To apply for a visa, you have to pay.

You can read all about the process first hand at the Consulate web site for Honduras.

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Not saying that OP is incorrect but I would feel better if the process as mentioned is validated.

For now it sounds unbelievable.

BTW, OP, thanks for the service. Personally I think you Guys should be able to take your beneficiary to the embassy and get a visa.

[Boiler 45,733]

Call Center representatives are available Mondays through Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (except on holidays).

When tracking your case status, please go to the Visa Status Check websiteand use the drop down to choose the right option:

• Visa Application Type: Non Immigrant Visa (NIV).
• Select a Location: Honduras, Tegucigalpa.
• Application ID/Case: Confirmation's bar code number.

The U.S. Embassy strongly urges all individuals to apply for their visa at least three months in advance of planned travel.

NOTICE:

As of August 1, 2013, for all questions and comments relating to applications for non-immigrant visas to the United States, please contact the Visa Information Center directly.

E-Mail: support-honduras@ustraveldocs.com
Telephone from the U.S.A.: (703) 745-5478
Telephone from Honduras: 2284-4922
Webpage: http://www.ustraveldocs.com/hn

We apologize for the inconvenience, but we will no longer be able to respond directly to inquiries sent to tggniv@state.gov, unless it is in response to an email that we have sent directly from this address.

Thank you for understanding, and we wish you an excellent day.

Non-Immigrant Visa Unit
U.S. Embassy / Tegucigalpa, Honduras

At present, the waiting time for an appointment is approximately 24 days.

The Consular Section is responsible for issuing non-immigrant visas for travel to the United States. However, it is the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and not the Consular Section, which has authority to grant/deny entry, and to decide upon the length of stay permitted. At the port of entry to the U.S., a DHS official must authorize the traveler's entry. To extend a visit beyond the date authorized, the traveler must contact DHS to request a form I-539 (Application to Extend Status). The decision to authorize or deny that extension can only be made by DHS.

Foreign visitors arriving in the U.S. —only via air or sea— who need to prove their legal-visitor status —to employers, schools/universities or government agencies— are able to access their U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrival/departure record information online since the agency started its records automation on April 30, 2013.

Since the electronic rollout began on April 30, CBP no longer requires international non-immigrant visitors to fill out a paper Form I-94 Arrival/Departure Record upon arrival to the U.S. by air or sea.

Because advance information is only transmitted for air and sea travelers, CBP still issues a paper form I-94 at land border ports of entry.

Following automation, if travelers need the information from their Form I-94 admission record to verify immigration status or employment authorization, the record number and other admission information are available at the CBP website.

With the new CBP process, a CBP officer stamps the travel document of each arriving non-immigrant traveler. The admission stamp shows the date of admission, class of admission, and the date that the traveler is admitted until. Travelers also receive on arrival a flier alerting them to go to the CBP website for their admission record information.

Travelers do not need to do anything differently upon exiting the U.S. Travelers previously issued a paper Form I-94 would surrender it to the commercial carrier or to CBP upon departure. If travelers did not receive a paper Form I-94, CBP records the departure electronically via manifest information provided by the carrier or by CBP.

For more information and for answers to frequently asked questions, visitCBP's Form I-94 webpages.

[DRAGOY79 0]

Call Center representatives are available Mondays through Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (except on holidays).

When tracking your case status, please go to the Visa Status Check websiteand use the drop down to choose the right option:

• Visa Application Type: Non Immigrant Visa (NIV).
• Select a Location: Honduras, Tegucigalpa.
• Application ID/Case: Confirmation's bar code number.

The U.S. Embassy strongly urges all individuals to apply for their visa at least three months in advance of planned travel.

NOTICE:

As of August 1, 2013, for all questions and comments relating to applications for non-immigrant visas to the United States, please contact the Visa Information Center directly.

E-Mail: support-honduras@ustraveldocs.com

Telephone from the U.S.A.: (703) 745-5478

Telephone from Honduras: 2284-4922

Webpage: http://www.ustraveldocs.com/hn

We apologize for the inconvenience, but we will no longer be able to respond directly to inquiries sent to tggniv@state.gov, unless it is in response to an email that we have sent directly from this address.

Thank you for understanding, and we wish you an excellent day.

Non-Immigrant Visa Unit

U.S. Embassy / Tegucigalpa, Honduras

At present, the waiting time for an appointment is approximately 24 days.

The Consular Section is responsible for issuing non-immigrant visas for travel to the United States. However, it is the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and not the Consular Section, which has authority to grant/deny entry, and to decide upon the length of stay permitted. At the port of entry to the U.S., a DHS official must authorize the traveler's entry. To extend a visit beyond the date authorized, the traveler must contact DHS to request a form I-539 (Application to Extend Status). The decision to authorize or deny that extension can only be made by DHS.

Foreign visitors arriving in the U.S. only via air or sea who need to prove their legal-visitor status to employers, schools/universities or government agencies are able to access their U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrival/departure record information online since the agency started its records automation on April 30, 2013.

Since the electronic rollout began on April 30, CBP no longer requires international non-immigrant visitors to fill out a paper Form I-94 Arrival/Departure Record upon arrival to the U.S. by air or sea.

Because advance information is only transmitted for air and sea travelers, CBP still issues a paper form I-94 at land border ports of entry.

Following automation, if travelers need the information from their Form I-94 admission record to verify immigration status or employment authorization, the record number and other admission information are available at the CBP website.

With the new CBP process, a CBP officer stamps the travel document of each arriving non-immigrant traveler. The admission stamp shows the date of admission, class of admission, and the date that the traveler is admitted until. Travelers also receive on arrival a flier alerting them to go to the CBP website for their admission record information.

Travelers do not need to do anything differently upon exiting the U.S. Travelers previously issued a paper Form I-94 would surrender it to the commercial carrier or to CBP upon departure. If travelers did not receive a paper Form I-94, CBP records the departure electronically via manifest information provided by the carrier or by CBP.

For more information and for answers to frequently asked questions, visitCBP's Form I-94 webpages.

Seriously you are starting to piss me off lady. I can read, I can see what the website said and I have been to the embassy twice before posting in this site where everyone seems to know what the hell they are talking about but some seldom does. Tegulcigalpa process is what I put in my earlier post. There is nothing else to it. I don't care what the website said, it is inaccurate. The process is what it is. It is not the standard nor how it should be done but it is what it is.

I cannot make it any clearer for you. You have no idea what you are talking about and neither does anyone else unless you have been to the consulate in Tegulcigalpa. Have you been there? No? Then please limit your comment and stop trying to make it a pissing contest. You are wrong so leave it.

Better yet, did you know up until about 12 years ago our country has (u.s., not wales) exactly the same process I am describing. You show up butt early to wait in line for INS, you are screened by an officer to make sure you have all the documents, you get a ticket to wait to be seen by another officer. Pending if it is legit and you have your ducks in a row you may file whatever it is you want or come back another day with an appointment. You also cannot make an appointment until they see all of your documents. Why do I know this? Because I did it for myself back in 2001 when I got my naturalization. My father did all this when he got his and my mother did the same process when she got hers. I don't care if the process stated on the website said 24 days. It is not always 24 days, or even 30 days. I have a friend who has been trying to get his to visit his significant other since June. Is that 24 days? The process for I-130 is 10.5 months, I know people on this site been waiting since September 2012.

Admit you are wrong and don't know anything about Honduras and go try and help out other folks that cares for your inputs. I started the post to see if anyone that has been through the same process in the same country not to start a pissing contest to see who knows more about the process in any country other than Honduras. This post is about Military, Honduras, and B-2 while the I-130 is being process. If you have info on that you are welcome to post. But if you don't have all 4 criteria checked don't bother because you don't know sh*t about it.

[DRAGOY79 0]

Not saying that OP is incorrect but I would feel better if the process as mentioned is validated.

For now it sounds unbelievable.

BTW, OP, thanks for the service. Personally I think you Guys should be able to take your beneficiary to the embassy and get a visa.

Thanks Gowan read my earlier post. The U.S. Had the same process 12-13 years ago when I had to go to the INS and get my stuff done so it is not uncommon to see it elsewhere in the world that hasn't gotten the upgrades. I have a question that you may know about. When your spouse got the NVC stuff done, did they get an appointment with the Embassy medical folks. As in appointed one or did they get their own and just give it to NVC for the report?

Thanks and you're welcome.

[Boiler 45,733]

You can lead a horse to water....

Believe what you want to believe, it seems that the actuality is irrelevant.

[DRAGOY79 0]

You can lead a horse to water....

Believe what you want to believe, it seems that the actuality is irrelevant.

Exactly. You do the same and believe what you want to believe. There's only one truth and my wife is in Honduras seeing it first hand. I believe her more than anyone on this post anyday of the week.

[Husakovic 31]

I don't want to come off as a brat, but your post where you get pissed off at Boiler REALLY made me laugh and I've had two very depressing days behind me....so thank You Dragoy

[DRAGOY79 0]

I don't want to come off as a brat, but your post where you get pissed off at Boiler REALLY made me laugh and I've had two very depressing days behind me....so thank You Dragoy

You're good man. I just hate repeating myself that's all. I know people means well on this site but sometime they can come off as condescending which can be extremely annoying. Good luck on your journey.

[RhettVoe 282]

And yet Mr. KNOW IT ALL came to this site for "advice"......perhaps your CO would like to see how you speak to those trying to help...there must be something under the UCMJ that can rectify your responses.

[DRAGOY79 0]

And yet Mr. KNOW IT ALL came to this site for "advice"......perhaps your CO would like to see how you speak to those trying to help...there must be something under the UCMJ that can rectify your responses.

Don't start a fight man. I came for advice from someone with knowledge of my situation. Apparently everyone that came forward to help was not very helpful. Rather everyone thinks it is a pissing contest trying to tell me how things should be but no first hand experience. It is either I saw someone, I read somewhere, or I heard that this one time. I don't care and it is not very helpful. If you go to a restaurant and asked a waiter for red wine list but he keeps bringing me white wine list. is it the same? No, and That is my frustration. I am asking about a Chianti and you guys continue to give me information on Riesling, Moscato, and Chardonnay. I don't care it is not what I want or need.

My C.O. Is fully aware of my language and attitude. This is one of my greatest asset as I take sh*t from no one unless they are in my chain of command and the mission will always come first. Never once did I fail in my professional life so leave it at that. My mother is also aware of my TUDE in case you were wondering and she is still proud of the man I became. If You don't like it you can get of my thread and go whine elsewhere.

[JayJayH 546]

So,

As we discuss this to an infinite possibilities just received this in the email:

Application Type: I130 , IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN

Your Case Status: Post Decision Activity

On November 8, 2013, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283.

I am guessing it would be silly to get her the tourist visa now isn't it? I do not know the process for NVC, so should I even bother with the B-2 now that my I-130 case was approved by the USCIS? If not, anyone got experience in which how long it takes for NVC?

Thanks everyone.

Congrats!!

And honestly, at this point I wouldn't bother pursuing the tourist visa, and rather focus all my energy on the NVC process and eventual interview date in Tegucigalpa. The USCIS process is the longest, where there's nothing really to do but wait. The NVC stage is basically dependent on how ready you and your wife are, and that the determines the pace of the process. The fastest anyone has gone through NVC on here is A little less than 2 weeks. Some take months. It depends how ready you are. Figure about 2 - 6 weeks until the NVC has your file in their system (depending on which service center), but do start calling them in 1 - 2 weeks for a case number. Call twice a day. Once they have a case number for you, it's all on you to get the case completed at NVC ASAP. Read the LingChe guide in the VJ wiki. Read it twice, three times. Once the case is complete, the NVC will schedule an interview date for your wife.

She will have an immigrant visa now fairly soon, at which point you'll never have to deal with the embassy in Tegucigalpa ever again. You're nearing the finishing line.

And yet Mr. KNOW IT ALL came to this site for "advice"......perhaps your CO would like to see how you speak to those trying to help...there must be something under the UCMJ that can rectify your responses.

I don't think the OP has been rude - he's just trying to see his wife, whatever it takes, and he has done his homework very well.

OP, do keep in mind that most posters on here mean well, even if they don't tell you what you want to hear.

Edited November 12, 2013 by yang-ja

[RhettVoe 282]

All of this asking for advice, all about getting some special consideration which is not merited...and now we are supposed to be impressed with your "tude?"...not me..not even a blip on the bad a$$ screen. If you already (supposed ly knew all of the answers, why ask questions?