CR-1 "Agent" Advice Needed For Friend...

[antda 13]

Hi Everyone,

Good luck on your immigration journeys. Before I begin, let me say that this message thread is not about me or my situation (see my timeline for my situation). Rather, it is for a friend of my husband's and mine. I am just asking for an opinion from the rest of the VJ community about this, in hopes to share this information for this friend of ours, as he is concerned about this.

Ok, the friend's situation is (Note: He, a USC, is in the process of a CR-1 Visa, petitioning for someone in the Philippines):

“I was wondering if most people who don't have lawyers list the Petitioner's name or the Alien's for the Agent? Maybe I'd (the Petitioner) prefer to be the agent so I'd get to see all the forms (the Agent would be the Petitioner in this case) and I'd guess I'd be required or allowed to make them out then and send them to NVC (I'm guessing that is where they'd be sent and come from). I'm just assuming the forms are always sent out by NVC in Vermont and sent back to that place. If it was that I think my being the Agent would be best even if I have to send them to the Alien to ever sign (I'm not sure who signs the forms the Agent or Alien). But then it could be one extra step involved for each leg of sending and receiving forms to and from overseas. However if the Alien was listed as the Agent she'd get them directly and send them back directly without the other person involved each time. So I'm not sure what to do. Maybe it's better if I see the forms whether it takes longer or not, and whether I have to pay to send them all mail, to make sure I was aware of everything on the forms and if I could make most of them out for our case to make sure they were done right. Yet, what if the forms are sent by the Government from the overseas Manila embassy instead of NVC to whoever the Agent is? Then it would be much easier to have the Alien be the Agent if that were the case since it takes 5-30 days for most letters to go back and forth from the US to the Philippines. Any advice?”

Any ideas, comments, questions, or concerns, are apprecaited, and will be forwarded to our friend.

Thanks in advance.

Ant

[devblt 0]

Hi Everyone,

Good luck on your immigration journeys. Before I begin, let me say that this message thread is not about me or my situation (see my timeline for my situation). Rather, it is for a friend of my husband's and mine. I am just asking for an opinion from the rest of the VJ community about this, in hopes to share this information for this friend of ours, as he is concerned about this.

Ok, the friend's situation is (Note: He, a USC, is in the process of a CR-1 Visa, petitioning for someone in the Philippines):

“I was wondering if most people who don't have lawyers list the Petitioner's name or the Alien's for the Agent? Maybe I'd (the Petitioner) prefer to be the agent so I'd get to see all the forms (the Agent would be the Petitioner in this case) and I'd guess I'd be required or allowed to make them out then and send them to NVC (I'm guessing that is where they'd be sent and come from). I'm just assuming the forms are always sent out by NVC in Vermont and sent back to that place. If it was that I think my being the Agent would be best even if I have to send them to the Alien to ever sign (I'm not sure who signs the forms the Agent or Alien). But then it could be one extra step involved for each leg of sending and receiving forms to and from overseas. However if the Alien was listed as the Agent she'd get them directly and send them back directly without the other person involved each time. So I'm not sure what to do. Maybe it's better if I see the forms whether it takes longer or not, and whether I have to pay to send them all mail, to make sure I was aware of everything on the forms and if I could make most of them out for our case to make sure they were done right. Yet, what if the forms are sent by the Government from the overseas Manila embassy instead of NVC to whoever the Agent is? Then it would be much easier to have the Alien be the Agent if that were the case since it takes 5-30 days for most letters to go back and forth from the US to the Philippines. Any advice?â€

Any ideas, comments, questions, or concerns, are apprecaited, and will be forwarded to our friend.

Thanks in advance.

Ant

I would and I think most would recommend that the USC be assigned as the Choice of Agent rather than the oversea's beneficary. It really helps from two areas.. 1) it shortens the timeline significantly with the forms being sent within the US rahter than abroad. 2) You never know what the postal system is like abroad, and the NVC sends these documents regular mail, so the chances of it being lost is increased.

Have your friend go the the NVC forum.. pinned at the top is a thread that discusses shortcuts that can be leveraged during the time at the NVC. Those short cuts will save significant time as well.

Edited March 6, 2007 by devblt

[antda 13]

Hi Everyone,

Good luck on your immigration journeys. Thank you for the helpful information for this message thread, which I will forward to our friend.

Ant