Help.....

[Khehra 0]

. ..I am so0o lost when comes to filing an application... I wantd to kno or ask if i got this straight...,..I have to apply for a I-130.. and pay the fee.. when the centre gets bak to me then i nhave to file the !-29F and pay the fee also.. My husband and I also met through a mtrimonial service.. does anyone now the procedures for that?.. does the American embassy in India give a hard time.. OMG>.. I dontnoe wat to do.. I jus cant be aprat for so0o long. . someonme plz. help me....

[mendeleev 68]

If you are organized, detail oriented, and patient, then the process is merely a big nuisance and occasional source of heartache. If you don't have those traits, you might want to talk with an attorney. But the process, even with an attorney (or maybe even more so with an attorney) remains a big nuisance and occasional source of heartache.

Yes, first you file the I-130 and pay the fee. Then you file the I-129F, if you want to, and you pay that fee.

The I-129F asks questions about whether you meant through an internet-based matrimonial agency. (They don't call it exactly that, and not all internet dating sites qualify as the sorts of sites they are interested in. I never figured that part out thoroughly, since I was first introduced, in person, to the woman who became my wife. There was never an agency involved. If your matrimonial agency does not work through the internet, you don't get caught up in that aspect of the process.

Read the forms, read the guides, ask questions, and be prepared to pay USCIS and the Department of State money at irregular, but (hopefully) frequent intervals as you and your wife go through the process. Most forms have their associated fees.

Edited March 5, 2007 by novotul

[Rob and Melinda 0]

Make sure that you disclose the fact of the way you met on the I-129F form. It is very important

Rob