Guides and FAQ cleanup

[Captain Ewok 1,891]

Capt., thanks for the link to the 125% poverty guide, but I still haven't been able to find it in a forum search. Looking in the guides and/or Visa FAQs would make it easier to find quickly. Would you consider placing a copy there, please?

Will do. I will linkify portions of the Guides and FAQ's even better .

[Captain Ewok 1,891]

IMPORTANT!

Make TWO copies of the entire package before you send it in. This includes the the money orders too. You want to have a perfect replica of the package you are sending in. Retain ALL originals. The USCIS has the right to check them by issuing an RFE (Request For Evidence). If you receive an RFE, follow the direction exactly, and make two copies of what you sent back

This has confused several people lately.

All FORMS must be originals with original signatures.

All EVIDENCE may be photocopies. Retain originals to present at the interview.

I will have to revise many different pages to add your language above. This should as you said help to make it even more clear what to send and keep.

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

with all the questions i've seen on the i-693a, i'd like to see that expanded with more info along with a link to find a uscis civil surgeon easier:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;page=k1k3aos

also include a rough price range for the i-693a (between say $15-60), that they should get a sealed package for submission with aos along with a duplicate copy.

link

a few times i've seen several people not get a ds-3025 for later transcribing onto the i-693a. somewhere, i'm not sure where it's best to have it, it should be noted that the beneficiary NEEDS the ds-3025 for later use on aos.

[Ladylethal 12]

Yes, Charles, it should be in the first part of the process's guides, to ask for a copy of the form 'cus it WILL be needed later for AOS. Also, a lot of people fail to fly to the US with a official translation of the BC, and at least from what I've seen, one is needed to get the marriage license.

[Captain Ewok 1,891]

I have revised the Remind statements as follows:

IMPORTANT!

Make TWO copies of the entire package before you send it in. This includes the money orders too. You want to have a perfect replica of the package you are sending in. All Forums that you submit must be originals with original signatures. Supporting Evidence that you submit may be photocopies. Retain ALL original supporting Evidence since the USCIS has the right to check them by issuing an RFE (Request For Evidence). If you receive an RFE, follow the direction exactly, and make two copies of what you sent back. During any future interviews the USCIS may also want to examine the original supporting evidence.

[meauxna 15]

I have revised the Remind statements as follows:

IMPORTANT!

Make TWO copies of the entire package before you send it in. This includes the money orders too. You want to have a perfect replica of the package you are sending in. All Forums that you submit must be originals with original signatures. Supporting Evidence that you submit may be photocopies. Retain ALL original supporting Evidence since the USCIS has the right to check them by issuing an RFE (Request For Evidence). If you receive an RFE, follow the direction exactly, and make two copies of what you sent back. During any future interviews the USCIS may also want to examine the original supporting evidence.

Forms?

(I do that one a lot too )

[Captain Ewok 1,891]

I have revised the Remind statements as follows:

IMPORTANT!

Make TWO copies of the entire package before you send it in. This includes the money orders too. You want to have a perfect replica of the package you are sending in. All Forums that you submit must be originals with original signatures. Supporting Evidence that you submit may be photocopies. Retain ALL original supporting Evidence since the USCIS has the right to check them by issuing an RFE (Request For Evidence). If you receive an RFE, follow the direction exactly, and make two copies of what you sent back. During any future interviews the USCIS may also want to examine the original supporting evidence.

Forms?

(I do that one a lot too )

Oooops! Fixing now .

[no name 1]

I would like to see a list of civil surgeons who don't rip you off. It comes up quite frequently.

USCIS link: https://egov.immigration.gov/crisgwi/go?act...office_type=CIV

VJers have used these:

NY:

$25

Dr. Lev J. Paukman

396 Avenue X

Brooklyn, NY 11223

Tel: (718) 376-6500

The doctor said my husband didn't need any additional shots, but if you know that you need certain shots you can get them for free from one of the walk-in immunization clinics sponsored by the NYC Dept of Health. (You can get the shots anyplace, as long as you have an approved civil surgeon fill out the supplement form.)

CA:

San Francisco

$35

Albert A. Gomez

Meridian Medical Group

2460 Mission Street #112

San Francisco, CA 94110

(415) 642-8449

San Diego

$25

Centro Medico Latino

345 N Magnolia, Ste 104

El Cajon, CA 92020

Tel: (619)401-0404

Santa Ana

$20 for transferring records to I-693A and $60 for a shot that he said my wife needed.

Dr. Sunita Lohiya, Royal Medical Group

1120 West Warner Avenue, Suite A, Santa Ana, CA 92707

(714) 444-4448

$35

Dr. George M. Martinez

2844 Summit Street, Suite 108

Oakland, CA 94609

Tel: (510)763-3005

Texas:

$10

Dr. L.E. Arnold

4534 Westgate Boulevard, Suite 106

Austin, TX 78745

Tel: (512)444-3131

Fax: (512)447-4699

Missouri:

$50

Forest Park Medical Clinic, Inc.

Dr. James Greenwald

1034 S. Brentwood Boulevard, Suite 1250

St. Louis, MO 63108

(314)367-6600

Note: this office is located in the University Club Tower; 12th floor. There is a parking garage and the cost is $1.00/hour for parking, or one can park across the street at the St. Luois Galleria shopping mall and walk across.

Maryland

$30

Dr. J.M. Anchors

16220 Frederick Road,

Suite 210,

Gaithersburg. MD. 20877

(301) 990-6061

Minnesota

$30

West Side Health Center

153 Concord Street

St. Paul, MN 55107

Tel: (651)222-1816. Busy place, a little chaotic but CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP! Extra vaccinations around $20

Ramsey County Public Health Center

555 Cedar St.

St. Paul, MN

$20 for the Td shot, $60 to have the forms filled up by the Civil Surgeon. Picked up the sealed envelope and copy in 2 days.

Mississippi

$25

Dr Steven Brandon, located in Starkville, Mississippi.

Ohio:

Cincinnati

$20

Dr. Stephen Bell, Bethesda Good Samaritan Occupational Medicine Centers - Queensgate

1150 West 8th Street, Suite 120

Cincinnati, OH 45203

Tel: (513) 241-4135

bring picture ID & vacc. card

Monday-Friday 8 - 4:30

Cleveland

$25. I am not sure if they do it by mail but it is a place called MedGroup on Cedar Rd. in Cleveland OH. it could be listed under Warrensville Center Rd.

Oregon

$5 if you bring your DS-3025 with you

Dr. Al Torres

2220 NW Pettygrove Street

Portland, OR 97210

(503)224-0103

$35

Dr. Michael J. O'Neill

356 SE Ninth Ave

Hillsboro, OR 97123

(503)693-9050

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Ohio:

Cincinnati

$20

Dr. Stephen Bell, Bethesda Good Samaritan Occupational Medicine Centers - Queensgate

1150 West 8th Street, Suite 120

Cincinnati, OH 45203

Tel: (513) 241-4135

bring picture ID & vacc. card

Monday-Friday 8 - 4:30

Ooh! Copied & pasted into my ever-growing list of Stuff Wot I Need To Remember. Cheers, D.

Um... sorry for the off-topic interruption... next time I post in this thread, it'll be with something useful, promise!

[Minya's wife 24]

Hello, I was reading throught the Guides and came upon something that could be a mistake...I'm not sure since I'm not at that stage of the process, but I'm confused about the sentence. I'll point it out, perhaps is it incorrect.

On page: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;page=k1k3aos

Step-by-Step Guide on How to File for Adjustment of Status for K1 and K3 Visa Holders

The first item of instruction now reads:

1. Payment(s) as required by USCIS. Be sure to include the payment for both the I-485 and the the fingerprinting fee*. Use a money order so you can track the payment. If a personal check is allowed, use that instead.

Shouldn't this read as follows:?

1. Payment(s) as required by USCIS. Be sure to include the payment for both the I-485 and the the fingerprinting fee*. Use a money order personal check so you can track the payment. If a personal check is allowed, use that instead. A money order may also be used for payment.

How can you use a money order to track the payment, I thought we could only do that if we paid by check and have "online banking"?

I'm only going by the procedures for payment of the K-1 petition, where the Guide state to use a personal check to track payment, but here the Guide says money order.

Thanks,

-P

[Sheriff Uling 3]

This suggestion is minor:

Maintain the consistency between the labels for the links and the titles on the pages they open/reference. For example the "How to get a Social Security Number" (link) opens up a page with a title that reads, "Step-by-Step Guide to getting a Social Security Number (SSN)." However there are other links and titles that do not match. Like I wrote before... this is very, very, minor but will add that touch of consistency with a polished touch that I believe you are trying to achieve as well as supplying valuable information.

Cheers!!!

Sheriff Uling

p.s. By the by, keep up the good work. I notice the majority of upgrades that you have been making over the past few months...

[Tinker 0]

I was checking out the medical guide, http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;page=medical

I went to the bottom and clicked on the I-163 form, it took me to the Forum's home page, hmmmm

Unless I'm missing something AGAIN..........

Um the other three links at the bottom of the page are coming up 404, contact administrator

Edited March 31, 2007 by Tinker

[Captain Ewok 1,891]

Fixing now.

[Sheriff Uling 3]

I have not seen a section where it lists the membership levels and how many posts it lakes to reach each level of membership. Does that exist? This may already exist, but I have not seen it. If not, can we add a section that covers membership status/levels?

[MichelleandCraig 1]

I've been around 2 1/2 years and I honestly don't know if such a thread exists (member status,etc.) but I think it's a good idea to pin it somewhere or something. I have seen THAT thread time and time and TIME again...how many posts until I can change my title or get another blue box or...? I'm sure I was guilty of it myself in the beginning.... M.