I-130 Filers March 2019

[Ms.F.Brown1 19]

2 hours ago, SNJOHNSON said:

You will get yours very soon.  I think mine was only processed as quick because I have a hard date that my husband needs to be here by and they are working with me since the Embassy does not have the ability to process it direct. 

We did a expedition request in the USCIS stage. When did you do yours. Also, how did you find out that the Embassy didn't want to do it?

[SNJOHNSON 59]

3 minutes ago, Ms.F.Brown1 said:

We did a expedition request in the USCIS stage. When did you do yours. Also, how did you find out that the Embassy didn't want to do it?

So I expedited on July 26th supporting docs sent to USCIS ON August 7th approved August 21st.  Expedite sent to USCIS August 21st.  Response from NVC on October 1st.  

 

The email from NVC stated that the embassy couldn’t or wouldn’t do it and that they will help me along the process.

Body of email received: 

“Thank you for your patience. We sent your request to the U.S. Embassy in Jamaica. However, they cannot expedite this case. To be fair to all applicants, the Department of State schedules immigrant visa interviews in the order that the cases complete processing at the NVC.

 

We will continue to work with you on this case. After we receive the required fees and review the documents, we will schedule a visa interview appointment.”

 

I felt immediately defeated when I saw this email but then a few hours later my husband and I received an email with the case number and went from there.

[jimfleurieee 22]

4 hours ago, SNJOHNSON said:

I paid on day 0 but it was before 12pm EST, bank posted transaction on day 1, CEAC changed from in-process to paid on day 3.  

Thanks for the reply, I was a bit concerned that my transaction didnt go thru as i didnt see it pending on my bank account. The transaction was done 7am pst, just checked I now see the charges pending on my account. I joked with my wife that this is the first time I’m happy to be paying fees and i wasnt see the charges 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

[SNJOHNSON 59]

10 minutes ago, jimfleurieee said:

Thanks for the reply, I was a bit concerned that my transaction didnt go thru as i didnt see it pending on my bank account. The transaction was done 7am pst, just checked I now see the charges pending on my account. I joked with my wife that this is the first time I’m happy to be paying fees and i wasnt see the charges 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

Lol funny but very true!! I was like checking multiple times that day to see if it was pending yet. 

[Nuñez 3]

Quick question, how do you know if USCIS has already sent your papers to NVC? 

Edited October 5, 2019 by Nuñez

[jimfleurieee 22]

3 hours ago, Nuñez said:

Quick question, how do you know if USCIS has already sent your papers to NVC? 

Check you status on the case tracker app or theu the USCIS website. Check my signature for how long each steps has been taking to get a general picture of how long it would take. If you haven’t seen an update i would recommend calling USCIS. Good luck!

[Nuñez 3]

1 hour ago, jimfleurieee said:

Check you status on the case tracker app or theu the USCIS website. Check my signature for how long each steps has been taking to get a general picture of how long it would take. If you haven’t seen an update i would recommend calling USCIS. Good luck!

I checked the website, but no updates so far. Yes, I already looked at your timeline and got an Idea of how much it will take. Thank you!

[Okalian 41]

Anyone who's been filed with Nebraska Service Center heard anything recently?

[Scott001 128]

Just got notification my case was sent to NVC. Now time to gather more documents. Wooo

[BiggieLOL 2]

19 hours ago, Scott001 said:

Just got notification my case was sent to NVC. Now time to gather more documents. Wooo

What documents do they require? What are you gathering?

[Scott001 128]

25 minutes ago, BiggieLOL said:

What documents do they require? What are you gathering?

I have no idea exactly what will be required yet. For now these are what we are working on:

 

Myself:

Tax Transcripts

I-164EZ

I-864

 

Wife:

Police reports

Birth cert

 

 

Other than those I don't know what we'll need. 

Edited October 10, 2019 by Scott001

[jimfleurieee 22]

10 minutes ago, Scott001 said:

I have no idea exactly what will be required yet. For now these are what we are working on:

 

Myself:

Tax Transcripts

I-164EZ

I-864

 

Wife:

Police reports

Birth cert

 

 

Other than those I don't know what we'll need. 

Petitioner: For yourself be aware there will be a change on the i-864 starting 10/15 im not sure how drastic it is. With that said they will not accept that current form if its not post dated/stamped 10/14. Im not sure what i-164ez is but the 864 has multiple different variations so make sure you use the one that will Work for you.

Applicant: wife she will need passport biographic page, 2x2 photo and marriage certificate to add to the ones you already listed.

 

[JMPM 507]

32 minutes ago, BiggieLOL said:

What documents do they require? What are you gathering?

AOS Documents
They are going to want the I-864(Regular, Ez, etc whatever you use for your case)
Tax Transcripts Uploaded Individually 

They are going to want the same from any sponsors. 

(Additional AOS Documents May include)
Petitioner's Birth Certificate

Petitioner's Marriage Certificate
Petitioner's Divorce Certificate if you have any prior marriages.

Civil Documents

Beneficiary Birth Certificate
Beneficiary Marriage Certificate
Beneficiary Divorce Certificate (If it applies) 
Beneficiary 2x2 Photograph
Beneficiary Biographic Page (Make sure it's right side up if you have to tilt your head you scanned it wrong)
Beneficiary Police Clearance 

Additional Documents may be required. 
As an example my wife needed her J-1 Documentation showing that she can immigrate and doesn't have any obligations left. Luckily she didn't have anything that stopped her. 
J-1 Documentation is basically a scan of the J-1 Visa in the passport. 

Each side has optional documents you can upload. If you want to put supporting evidence. like in my AOS documents I included my W-2s to show some income separation from my previous marriage in 2016 since I filed Jointly. I also included a employment verification letter. 

I felt confident is just providing what was needed and a little more on the proof of income. If they need anything else they can ask my wife when she gets there and we will deal with any requests (I doubt we will) Supposedly some people front load here but I felt that it would have delayed the NVC stage longer so I opted out from loading it up with relationship extras. I assume that all that documentation that I sent in USCIS would be forwarded to the Embassy of course my wife has the original and copies of our photos and receipts of our travels 

[Scott001 128]

4 minutes ago, jimfleurieee said:

Petitioner: For yourself be aware there will be a change on the i-864 starting 10/15 im not sure how drastic it is. With that said they will not accept that current form if its not post dated/stamped 10/14. Im not sure what i-164ez is but the 864 has multiple different variations so make sure you use the one that will Work for you.

Applicant: wife she will need passport biographic page, 2x2 photo and marriage certificate to add to the ones you already listed.

 

Thanks for the reminder about the new versions. I'll have to redo them =( 

 

Also nice list you posted. Thanks

[jimfleurieee 22]

10 minutes ago, JMPM said:

AOS Documents
They are going to want the I-864(Regular, Ez, etc whatever you use for your case)
Tax Transcripts Uploaded Individually 

They are going to want the same from any sponsors. 

 

If im understanding you correctly , Are you saying we need to upload each year of the tax transcripts into separate files? I combined all 3 years of my tax transcripts into one pdf file and i noted that the file contains transcripts for 2016 thru 2018.

Edited October 10, 2019 by jimfleurieee