NVC Filers - March 2014

[BOS_LHR 829]

I got a false checklist tonight too! Calling again to make sure, because I don't trust just one answer from them.

Awesome! I mean, in the weird kind of way that incorrect information and misleading updates have always been exciting on VJ =x Did your checklist have the same text as mine re: IV civil docs?

[Saylin 1,605]

Do NVC actually mail us a letter to let us know they have received our file?

No.

[rickkant 21]

nvc lines are soo busy, 25 minutes and still on hold,

[Pugpig 15]

Curious that I got an email invoice to pay the IV package and it shows up as a yellow triangle with a pay button but no checkbox to actually pay the thing yet. Government, take my money!

Lots of people have been getting that lately. It was incredibly annoying! All I wanted to do was pay the fee. Thankfully, that frustration only lasted a few days. I'm still laughing about how slow they were to actually let me pay the fee and how quick they were to take the money from my bank account.

[gabeRao 43]

I filed my 2013 taxes about 2 weeks ago by paper. I was wondering can I send my 2012 tax info with the AOS package since its before April 15th and then give them the 2013 transcript at the interview? Or should I just wait until my 2013 taxes is completed then send the AOS package?

They won't give your other half a visa without the 2013 return

[gwenstar 66]

Oh gosh! That's a whole new dimension of ####### to deal with. I can't stand when people go off on rants about illegals when they hear my husband is immigrating. I guess it's the only awareness of immigration they have, but they're not even close to the same thing! Fortunately Boston is a liberal city and I rarely get that reaction :/

I did not know much about immigration before this process - no strong opinion about it either way. It has opened my eyes and really given me more compassion for what people,go through. I live in NYC but work in Long Island. Two different worlds! The part of LI I work in is where the people who made all their money go to retire and be conservative haha

I too am very thankful for this forum and for everything that VJ has taught me about this process. The worst part about it is that my husband lives in a small town, filled with, ahem, older people who are constantly going on about how in their day you just got married and that was it. Your spouse could come live with you in the US and it was perfectly legal. They don't understand how much the immigration process has changed..

If I had a dollar for every time I heard that, I could have paid all the visa fees with that!!! Lol

[va.ma 16]

Hi Ms. Saylin: Mailed the IV package today. Please update my records in your spreadsheet. Thanks.

Now working on the DS-260. Anyone with questions on the DS-260 can ask here.

hi,

I am confused in question regarding Work/education/training information, were you previously employed? I have not started to fill out the DS260 yet, i am just reviewing the question from a copy I got from a vj member.

[gabeRao 43]

Question regarding the I-864 (trying to be prepared!)... would it be worth including an additional page noting that although I have filed my US returns in 11/12/13, the income received will be non-recurring as it was earned in Australia? And that I will look to secure employment/income in the US on relocation? We satisfy the assets test and also have a sponsor just in case, so we shouldn't have any issues on that front. I'm just not sure if because my tax was filed as foreign income if I should include an explanation on it. I was considering sending copies of my Australian tax returns just to re-confirm the lodgement here and that I have actually paid tax. Is that overkill?

Only US income matters to the Consular Officers (and by extension to the NVC).

[gwenstar 66]

Awesome! I mean, in the weird kind of way that incorrect information and misleading updates have always been exciting on VJ =x Did your checklist have the same text as mine re: IV civil docs?

Too funny and too true!

[Kaylara 814]

They won't give your other half a visa without the 2013 return

I was told by Agent Jack back on 2/27/2014 that 2012 is fine for the AOS until tax day. If you're sending in your AOS before that, you're fine, but if your interview will be after tax day, then you will need to bring the 2013 return to the interview.

[Kaylara 814]

Awesome! I mean, in the weird kind of way that incorrect information and misleading updates have always been exciting on VJ =x Did your checklist have the same text as mine re: IV civil docs?

Mine says the following:

____-Fee Payment

You still need to pay the immigrant visa fee. You can pay online.... yaddada yaddada yaddada

When I called before and spoke to Agent Ariel: She told me that I got it because my AOS was reviewed and accepted, and it looked like it was all good. I'm calling now to double check that and make sure that they're showing my IV package is in the building.

[Leetita 0]

nvc lines are soo busy, 25 minutes and still on hold,

Same here! I've been calling everyday now.

[meehan 43]

Only US income matters to the Consular Officers (and by extension to the NVC).

Thanks. So I won't include any corresponding Australian documents. I have to list my my taxable income on the I-864 so that they know I have filed, so do I worry about including an additional page saying it will cease and that's why we have included our assets/sponsor?

[Kaylara 814]

Oh gosh! That's a whole new dimension of ####### to deal with. I can't stand when people go off on rants about illegals when they hear my husband is immigrating. I guess it's the only awareness of immigration they have, but they're not even close to the same thing! Fortunately Boston is a liberal city and I rarely get that reaction :/

I don't even listen to it anymore. I cut them off and tell them that it has nothing to do with me, my husband is coming in legally.

Them: "Oh yeah, then you should totally hate those line jumpers!"

Me: Um, no. I completely understand why they do it. I've been without my husband for over a year. But that's neither here nor there because legal immigration has nothing to do with illegal immigration.

Them: "But... But..."

Me: No, now you stop talking. You have no idea what you're talking about, and you're trying to tell me, who has been going through it for over a year, how it works. You have no &^%%$#%@$ clue. So now you shut up. Unless you have something profound and helpful to tell me about the LEGAL process, I don't want to hear a goddamn thing you have to say about immigration. Go be xenophobic and racist somewhere else.

Understand, I'd come to expect that behavior in the Netherlands. I was subjected to that ####### on a daily basis. I've had the most vile and obnoxious comments thrown my way because I have dark hair and eyes, and I can get tan instead of burning to a crisp in the sun. I expected better of people in NJ. (Especially people in my own family. If I hear that my husband doesn't count as an immigrant because he's a white, red-head who speaks English one more time, I'm going to seriously lose it on a cousin or two of mine.) Being subjected to those kinds of attitude is terrible and depressing and dehumanizing, and I will not subject anyone else to it nor let it pass by unchallenged in my presence.

[gabeRao 43]

I JUST GOT My CASE NUM

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH