WAITING PERIOD AFTER FILING I-130

[MrsHips 0]

*ISSUE REGARDING MY DS260 IS FINALLY FIXED.

I just finished answering my DS260(found out that the problem is the internet connection )

what will be the next step after it?cause it says there the DS260 will be reviewed by nvc and then after that theyre gonna send a letter to my petitioner(my husband) regarding the schedule of my interview.is that right?

[Lhanz0729 52]

You did DCF right?

If yes, you can now set your interview appointment and medical.

*ISSUE REGARDING MY DS260 IS FINALLY FIXED.

I just finished answering my DS260(found out that the problem is the internet connection )

what will be the next step after it?cause it says there the DS260 will be reviewed by nvc and then after that theyre gonna send a letter to my petitioner(my husband) regarding the schedule of my interview.is that right?

[MrsHips 0]

Thank you @lhanz0729!

[bellashay 14]

so.. does that mean I can't use my married name yet in any legal transactions?

Not sure how to answer this... but in my experience, after I got married I made sure to have at least 2 government IDs (driver's license, Postal ID) in my married name so I can legally change my bank account's name, have no issues with CFO, and finally renew my passport using my husband's name. We then filed the I- 130 petition with my married (legal) name- it's more consistent this way.

What legal transactions are we talking about here? I believe so long as you can prove that it's your legal name, you can use your married name for sure. This can be in a form of an ID, government issued to be certain.

[jannapalmer 10]

coz in my case.. we filed for the petition first before I could have my name on passport changed. I don't have any IDs with my married name on it. I had my PRC ID updated to have my married name on it but it wouldn't be released until July. My NBI clearance would be with my married name. I tried to sched to renew my passport at DFA just to have my name changed on it to use my married name, but the earliest sched available is July.. I already scheduled for the CFO seminar which would be May. But the thing is, our petition already got approved and we're now just waiting for the case number.... I just wonder if its gonna delay my visa process, if say, they ask me to have my passport changed to married name first..

[bellashay 14]

@jannapalmer your petition won't get delayed just because your passport is in your maiden name, especially if the petition is in your maiden name as well. It's a matter of preference which name you go for, but like I said all documents such as your Green card, Visa, and Social security card will be the name written on your current and valid passport

[MrsHips 0]

Regarding I-864s,i just noticed that my joint sponsor is filing his tax jointly with his wife.if thats the case do they still need to fill out the I-864A(both of them)or just his wife?cause right now we just got my joint sponsor's I864 and tax return and transcript from 2013-2015 and I-8644A filled out by his wife.thank you.

Edited May 2, 2016 by MrsHips