I-130 August 2017 Filer

[natasha-mehdito 137]

12 hours ago, Jhonny said:

 

Unfortunatelly Texas Center Still closed due to Harvey's still near land affecting it :

 

Office	Status
USCIS Field Office in Houston, Texas	Closed August 28, 2017 and August 29, 2017
USCIS Asylum Office in Houston, Texas	Closed August 28, 2017 and August 29, 2017
USCIS Application Support Centers in Houston, Texas	Closed August 28, 2017 and August 29, 2017

 

USCIS official information, what I reccomend, to register in the website and get the updates via e-mail!

Good luck in your Journey!

I think that the USCIS TEXAS SERVICE CENTER is actually in Dallas, no? 

[Jhonny 472]

I  would be lying  if I said yes, I don't know  really ...

The thing is that until next Monday are going to be closed! 

I hope they run process fast knowing that they are slowest than the other centers.

 

[star6 25]

11 hours ago, natasha-mehdito said:

Thats awesome!!! Congrats!!!!

Thank you! The distance is really stressing me out tho....moreso since finding out im pregnant.....sighhh

[natasha-mehdito 137]

On August 29, 2017 at 9:59 AM, star6 said:

Thank you! The distance is really stressing me out tho....moreso since finding out im pregnant.....sighhh

Of course! Thats understandable. Mehdi & I are actually more relaxed once we married. We feel more calm somehow. I try really hard to not think about the length of time we need to wait. Instead we focus on the "now". It helps! 

Its a joyous thing that you are pregnant!! How wonderful! put your focus thee and watch how the time flies by!!!

 

[star6 25]

On 8/30/2017 at 8:03 PM, natasha-mehdito said:

Of course! Thats understandable. Mehdi & I are actually more relaxed once we married. We feel more calm somehow. I try really hard to not think about the length of time we need to wait. Instead we focus on the "now". It helps! 

Its a joyous thing that you are pregnant!! How wonderful! put your focus thee and watch how the time flies by!!!

 

Thank u .....ive been gettin so much conflicting info on whether i can go to the states to visit now....but i have a 10 ur visitors visa and have been vacationing there past 4 years...always been given 6 mths to stay by immigration there but never stayed more than a month....have any of u travelled there since starting this process? Can u advise on this? 

[Jhonny 472]

10 minutes ago, star6 said:

Thank u .....ive been gettin so much conflicting info on whether i can go to the states to visit now....but i have a 10 ur visitors visa and have been vacationing there past 4 years...always been given 6 mths to stay by immigration there but never stayed more than a month....have any of u travelled there since starting this process? Can u advise on this? 

Well, if you have a Tourist Visa, but, you are in the process, they know it, so you have to enforce that you are going to return, buying a round trip ticket, proving in some way that you are going to go back and be aware at Border Officer questions, because you are going to be red flagged in attemp to stay and if they don't see you in intention to go back, they can deny you the entry and have faculties to do that! 

Edited September 2, 2017 by Jhonny

[star6 25]

On 9/2/2017 at 8:59 AM, Jhonny said:

Well, if you have a Tourist Visa, but, you are in the process, they know it, so you have to enforce that you are going to return, buying a round trip ticket, proving in some way that you are going to go back and be aware at Border Officer questions, because you are going to be red flagged in attemp to stay and if they don't see you in intention to go back, they can deny you the entry and have faculties to do that! 

Thank you.....i plan to go on a return ticket and take a job letter with me.....hope that would suffice!

[Jhonny 472]

1 minute ago, star6 said:

Thank you.....i plan to go on a return ticket and take a job letter with me.....hope that would suffice!

Yes , that should be enough, try to let clear that you have family back there in Trinidad and Tobago also! Just to be sure of that...

[Alicia W 19]

Good afternoon,  how is our August filers doing. It's almost 1 month already or so for others. We are getting closer yeah!!! Just being enthusiastic😊. However I'm getting excited to see that service centers ( Potomac and Texas) are working nicely along. The wait has become bearable or somewhat. I try to think of it like we are still dating ...we video chat and hussy comes to visit once or thrice a year and the time flies by. So keep the faith our time will be here before we know it. Have a great day guys

[hannahs 0]

Hi everyone,

 

UK beneficiary and U.S petitioner living in Australia.

i-130 sent to Chicago Lockbox on August 16th. 

NOA1 date August 21st. Our petition was sent to Nebraska. 

Excited to finally be moving forward with this process. Good luck to you all!  

[ms_bobdog 501]

Dear all,

 

Been reading for a few days and decided to join in!

 

I am a Singapore Citizen beneficiary, U.S. petitioner living in the United States.

i-130 and i-130a sent to Chicago Lockbox.

NOA1 Date August 24 2017. Petition sent to Potomac Service Centre

 

We have known each other online for 17 years now. Met in person in March 2014, and did a courthouse marriage in June this year when I visited him. All in, I have visited him 5 times (difficult to travel as a school teacher, and all that distance-- over 20 hours by flight!) and he is coming to Singapore end November to see me as I am not comfortable visiting him with a pending case. Definitely not looking forward to coming off over 20 hours of flying and being put on the next flight back. We are hoping that it would be a straightforward case that won't take too long, as we are planning a wedding reception in August 2018 in Illinois. I know it sounds weird, but it is pretty common in Singapore for people to be legally married and holding a reception only much later. Needless to say, trying to plan for a reception living so far away and on completely opposite time zones has been rather interesting.

 

For proof of marriage, we submitted the following:

Marriage certificate

Copies of my insurance policies with him as beneficiary

Nomination of him as beneficiary of my retirement account savings here in Singapore

Notarised letter from his mother

Copy of my divorce certificate

 

We have lots of photographs together, as well as all my plane tickets, chat logs etc. but we didn't think they were necessary to submit at this stage and were planning to take them at the interview stage. I hope this won't slow things down!

 

 

[Alicia W 19]

8 hours ago, ms_bobdog said:

Dear all,

 

Been reading for a few days and decided to join in!

 

I am a Singapore Citizen beneficiary, U.S. petitioner living in the United States.

i-130 and i-130a sent to Chicago Lockbox.

NOA1 Date August 24 2017. Petition sent to Potomac Service Centre

 

We have known each other online for 17 years now. Met in person in March 2014, and did a courthouse marriage in June this year when I visited him. All in, I have visited him 5 times (difficult to travel as a school teacher, and all that distance-- over 20 hours by flight!) and he is coming to Singapore end November to see me as I am not comfortable visiting him with a pending case. Definitely not looking forward to coming off over 20 hours of flying and being put on the next flight back. We are hoping that it would be a straightforward case that won't take too long, as we are planning a wedding reception in August 2018 in Illinois. I know it sounds weird, but it is pretty common in Singapore for people to be legally married and holding a reception only much later. Needless to say, trying to plan for a reception living so far away and on completely opposite time zones has been rather interesting.

 

For proof of marriage, we submitted the following:

Marriage certificate

Copies of my insurance policies with him as beneficiary

Nomination of him as beneficiary of my retirement account savings here in Singapore

Notarised letter from his mother

Copy of my divorce certificate

 

We have lots of photographs together, as well as all my plane tickets, chat logs etc. but we didn't think they were necessary to submit at this stage and were planning to take them at the interview stage. I hope this won't slow things down!

 

 

Welcome!! You're at a great time center they work faster than the other centers. With your husband being ble to visit the time will fly fast. 😊

[MR-SAUDI 122]

Welcome to Everyone!

[sunil1 81]

Hi all. August filer here with priority date of Aug 4.

[Jhonny 472]

1 hour ago, sunil1 said:

Hi all. August filer here with priority date of Aug 4.

Welcome to our group, the good news are that we are not the latest one...