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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Taiwan
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"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Canada
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15 hours ago, Chaidhary01 said:

Our lawyer is the one who said to tell them about his landscaping To Help out with bills and helping me at my job with heavy things. Being as I was pregnant the assistance was much helpful. 

 

 

No there is not a large age gap.  I am 29 he is 34. As for him coming illegally to USA we got the forgiveness waiver for staying in the country. I found out after a month of talking to him, about his illegal entry.  I know what he did was wrong by coming here, but look at all we have gained. We love each other, our daughter has a father to look up to. We now have a son. I just hope a piece of paper does not ruin our lives...

Working UNAUTHORIZED is not grounds for inadmissability! i worked unauthorized in the US for 3 years and wrote it down on the AOS applicaiton (i used my social and paid taxes) and they didnt even bring it up bc it is a NON issue when you marry a USC it is forgiven. 

 

they pbviously just dont believe the relaitonship si real, which is crazy, so get more documentations!!! 

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Canada
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3 hours ago, f f said:

this is tripping me up. since that would mean they do not care if he worked illegally and there is no downside to working without authorization.

their is no downside to working 'unauthorized' since it is fogiven. it is the same as overstay tho. so basically it is only forgiven when married to a USC and of course, if you are out of status they can deport you anytime. but honestly, i would have done it again in a heartbeat:) i got married and used my SSN from college and it wasnt a problem! in fact, i called 4 lawyers and they all said it was not a problem and actually told me to work lol 

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: India
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Yes we got the I 601A while in USA. We had everything done and received a letter for the interview. Requiring us to travel to India. I looked at our case online and it's under Administrative Processing.

 

He entered illegally. No documents. He came to the USA in October of 2010..And as far as working, yes he just worked for himself doing landscaping jobs where he could. I know it's bad that he was working but there is no way around explaining how he survived on his own when he got here.

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1 hour ago, Chaidhary01 said:

Yes we got the I 601A while in USA. We had everything done and received a letter for the interview. Requiring us to travel to India. I looked at our case online and it's under Administrative Processing.

 

He entered illegally. No documents. He came to the USA in October of 2010..And as far as working, yes he just worked for himself doing landscaping jobs where he could. I know it's bad that he was working but there is no way around explaining how he survived on his own when he got here.

Almost everyone who overstays their visa or enters without inspection  works without authorization, that's why people come here (majority of times ).  He can't be denied because of that. When he crossed without inspection did he use the passport of a US Citizen?  If I were you I would try to find exactly why was the reason for denial ( assuming is something more than proof of relationship).

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Malaysia
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22 hours ago, Chaidhary01 said:

My name is Melissa.  My husband and I have been together since December 2013. Married 3 years this past July. We have 2 children. Mallory is 9 and in everyday is Haresh's daughter. He is the only father figure in her life.  Her sperm donor did not want her. She calls Haresh daddy and says he is the best dad in the world. We also have a 1 year old son,  Arjun. 

 

Now our son has a serious medical condition, he's already had surgery once, when he was 6 weeks old. He is due to have another surgery to correct his kidney problems, untangle the urethra tube from around his kidney, cut the extra urethra tube coming from his kidney and resculpt in his bladder where there is excess tissue causing blockages and infections. He has a urologist and is scheduled for surgery in the upcoming month. 

 

We initially had our interview for them to tell is they cannot do the interview at that time due to the fingerprints were done in USA instead of India. So we had o reschedule for the next week. Our lawyer even had no idea of the fingerprint issue. 

 

So we came back to do the interview the following week. My husband was called and they checked him in for the interview with the consulate of Mumbai. We then returned to our seat. After waiting nearly 4 hours, they called us to the counter. The consulate had a very poor attitude with us. He swore my husband in and then told me I had to leave. 

 

Mind you they had everything.  Over 100 photos of us with our kids,  family,  wedding,  reception, goofing off, just being a normal family. They had bank and credit card statements. Lease agreements of 3 years. Letters from us,  friends, my family, maybe 20 or so. My dad is our cosponsor. Receipts of all our bills, water, electric, car, insurance, rent, internet. All of our legal documents, birth cert, marriage license, all the receipts for nvc, uscis, lawyer..

 

Now we are currently stuck in India. My job will not wait forever, Mallory has school that started 4 weeks ago. My bills are still due while I am here. 

 

As for the consulates questions, he asked. When did you meet your wife?  When did you get married?  Where does your wife work? When did you say you got married?  You were together for only 6 months before you got married? (he seemed stunned and closed the window and was gone for around 5 minutes) How did you go to USA? What boarder did you cross?  When did you cross? (he then proceeded to the pictures we brought. 100. He pulled two out.) Who is this? (referring to my dad) then came to a picture of our kids with his sister.) Who is this? (he explained that is his sister) Then the consulate asked,  why is this picture in here? Does she live in USA? (no) he then left his desk for another 5minutes! He came back and asked about money, he said that my job is not enough to support the family. And asked Haresh if he works. He said no because he does not have a green card. But he tries to find landscaping jobs and when he can't he comes to my job and helps me stocking coolers and taking our trash(I run a store)..he then left again. And during the interview he just steadily typed on his computer. He came back and handed my husband papers at which time I went to his window. I asked what's wrong and he said we are lacking evidence, I don't make enough money(hello that's what my dad cosponsored us for) and I explained about our sons condition and Mallory's school and work and money and bills and he said "while I sympathize with your son needing surgery, I can't do anything at this time we need more evidence" I asked what kind you have everything. He said pictures(i just handed you 100 how many more do you need?) messages back and forth with each other. (facebook? You want read the hey. Love you be home soon. Hey what are you doing? Been busy TTYL. I'm hungry will you get me a sandwich from town.) As if they are even going to read them, look at what he did with our pictures. Flip through like a moving cartoon flip book...  

 

we have all the supporting documents on hand that they had given back to us and we are going to resubmit them as per his request... but if we are denied again I just don't know what to do. my kids without their father. how can I afford daycare on top of bills we have and without his little bit of income from landscaping and such.. I feel like I have been screwed over because the consulate officer we talked to was having a shitty day.. maybe someone pissed in his chi that morning so he wanted to piss all over our life.. well thanks MUMBAI US EMBASSY. I understand you have to be strict because of fake marriages. but maybe he should have talked to both of us instead of being a buttface to us. maybe he should have taken the time to view the pictures,documents,our chemistry together.. I am heartbroken over what happened yesterday... 

This is just my opinion...

 

1) 6 months before getting married
- Maybe for the officer, you guys got married so early. They curious whether it is a real marriage or it might be a fraud. Even for K-1 Visa, it will raise a red flag if we get engaged a very short time after knowing each other

 

2) Who is this? (he explained that is his sister) Then the consulate asked,  why is this picture in here? Does she live in USA? (no)
- Your husband come to USA illegally right? when did you file for a waiver? when is the picture with his sister taken? He saying that his sister is not living in USA. Did the picture is taken at USA or outside US? It is fine if the picture is taken inside US (the officer will assume that his sister came visit) but, if let say the picture is taken outside US, it will raise a red flag. If he enter illegally, how can he go out and entering US again? Is it illegally again?

 

3) he said that my job is not enough to support the family. And asked Haresh if he works. He said no because he does not have a green card. But he tries to find landscaping jobs and when he can't he comes to my job and helps me stocking coolers and taking our trash(I run a store)

- When the officer asked whether he is working at States, he said no at first, because he doesn't have green card, but right after that he was saying the he did working. The answer given by your husband is inconsistent. The officer might thinking that your husband is lying. And lying to officer is a red flag

 

4) I don't make enough money(hello that's what my dad cosponsored us)

- You don't make enough money, even  though your dad cosponsored your family (you, your husband and 2 of your kids) the officer might thinking that it is not enough. And the fact that your son needing surgery might added to the officer worry that you are not making enough money.

 

p/s: Waiver on his illegally act (come to US) is not a guarantee that you will get an approval. Co sponsored also will not guarantee the approval. There is lot of other people who didn't need a co sponsor and can support themselves but getting denial. Again, it is just my opinion, and it's not 100% correct. :)

DISCLAIMER: I'm not working with USCIS/NVC and never work with them. All my comment based on my own experience and what I read. 

 

"When you have a fight with your partner, remember that it is not you against your partner but it is both of you against the problem" :) 

 

 
I-129F Sent : 2017-05-12

I-129F NOA1 :

I-129F NOA2:

2017-06-17

2017-11-29 (Date on hard copy) / 2017-11-30 (Date USCIS Website/Online Tracker App)

NVC Received Date:                 2018-01-16

NVC Case No. assigned:         2018-01-16

NVC Left:                                    2018-01-20

Consulate Received:                2018-01-22

Packet 3 Received:                   2018-01-27

Packet 3 Sent:                           2018-01-27

Interview Date:                          2018-03-08

Visa Received:                          2018-03-13

US Entry:                                    2018-03-19

SSN Application:                      2018-04-03

SSN Received:                          2018-05-02

Marriage:                                   2018-05-05

Marriage Certificate

Received:                                   2018-05-15

Change name in SSN:             2018-06-04

AOS, AP & EAD submitted:    2018-07-06

NOA 1 (email):                          2018-07-10

NOA 1 (mail):                            2018-07-16

Biometric app:                          2018-08-09

EAD & AP Received:                2018-xx-xx

AOS Interview:                          2018-09-24 
Approval/Denied:                      Approved 

Green Card Received:             2018-09-29

 

 

 

 

 

 
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