April's cases forwarded to Embassies

[Urge To Race 2]

The consular post can at its discretion extend the validity of the I129F (and more than once) as needed until they have had the time to conduct the interview. Not that I want to crush your hopes. Good luck!

Hey everyone!!

Song, that comment of the expiration date brought up my hopes since mine espires on Jan. 4, so that means that they have to give me an interview before that date

Hope everyones has a great day!!!!

Liz Leija

[SongKim 0]

Ouch! How did you get an expiration of that date? What is going on?! You have been waiting that long for your Packet?!!! I am so sorry, . . and I did not mean to bring up your hopes (once again, I know this rollercoaster ride) if it doesn't work out because they also promised to give the date a month in advance to give you time to plan the trip.

http://usembassy.state.gov/juarez/wwwhnivcuser.html

This is a funny link because they promise to treat everyone with respect. . .hmmmmm. Doesn't feel like it already.

But anyway, i wanted to send some information as I got it on my journey. I just talked to my lawyer again and I made him call up his other lawyer friends (they are all living in San Diego, so they get a lot of business and experience)

And I have been throwing them all off with my questions because it seems that there are a lot of mixed information due to the non-immigrant VISA stuff mingling with the immigrant info, also interviews.

I am waiting for a K3, not for her to get an immigrant VISA, just a "waiting" VISA.

He told me that the next packet I am waiting for is an appointment, not the Packet that wants more info since that is for an immigrant VISA.

Also, since my spouse is a woman, they don't have much requirements or worries or additional info I need to bring. . . which I think is against the constitution but, I am happy about that.

But, these are the things he told me to bring to my K3 interview.

* 3 years tax returns or a 3 year IRS Transcript

* Letter of Employment

* last 3 pay stubs

* 2 x Passport photos

* 2 official copies (submitted on line) of the DS-156 Forms

[SongKim 0]

Hey Liz! we have not heard from you on your thread. . . I am hoping this is good news!? Please Please be in Mexico because you got the packet and the date. I am still waiting for mine.

I am unsure where the Visa Journey dates come from but, it is definately not 40 days until interview from approval date. i am still waiting for the packet and I just called and they told me that they still did not send it and it has already been 60 days since my approval dates for both my 129f and 130.

Thanks

Song

[Liz Leija 0]

Hey Song,

Unfortunately I have been gone do to some family and medical issues. I am still waiting for the packet, and the interview. I am hanging frim my hope completely.

I will keep in touch and let you guys know what's going on.

Liz

[Tussie 0]

Hello all,

I just want to inform that my hubby's interview at Frankfurt is 23 Jan 08. And Im planning on making flight arrangements so he can come into the US shortly after if he gets approved Good luck to all and happy holidays!!!!

[Liz Leija 0]

Congrats Tussie,

Wish you the best of luck on the interview

Liz

[Liz Leija 0]

I JUST WANTED TO WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR,

PS: I HOPE SANTA CLAUS CAN BRING OUR SPOUSES FAST BECAUSE THAT WILL BE THE BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT

[Liz Leija 0]

Hey where is everyone???

Liz Leija

[YGandMAT 0]

Hey where is everyone???

Liz Leija

Hi Liz...how are you? Do you have any good news for us? Our case has reached Juarez...I believe it got there early in January...I called to confirm and they did receive it. Do you have an interview yet? How about you Song?

I hate the Juarez Embassy, they are SO unhelpful. They don't tell you anything. There are other world embassies in which you call them and they tell you your interview date over the phone!!! Juarez sucks!!!!

[SongKim 0]

Hello!

Yeah, an update is in order. sorry for dissapearing on everyone.

OK, I have been calling every week.

2 weeks ago, I called and then, the guy on the phone tells me that the consulate have been waiting for my packet 3 that they sent me in november! i was really frustrated with that. . . since I have been waiting for nothing then. . . So, I called my lawyer and yelled at him. . . . he then called his network of friends because I confused the heck out of him with the info that I got from the consulate.

Then, we decided to call together and I got a different answer from another person there. . . so he asked to speak to a supervisor. This is what she told us:

She said that the papers have been approved and everything was good to go. . . and now, it is waiting for an interview date. The interview date is generated by a computer so no one can tamper or cut in line manually.

My lawyer told her that people that work there that just answer phones should not give any advice or information on things without escalating those questions to the proper professionals.

I just called now to see if I could get the date since I did not get mail yet. . . and I was told that it is still in the same state?! and no answers could be given because they don't know when or what the computer is doing as for a date. . . . unbelievable!

For me, it has been 90 days since approval now. . . which is kind of useless to wait the first 6 months for that approval when the consulate is going to take thier darn time on it.

What kind of laws and country is this? How can they give some kind of quality of service for USCIS, NVC, and the approval process and then, drop the ball at the consulate?

So, bottom line, I am still waiting!!!!!

Here is the funny thing, I can not find anyone out there that has gone through Ciudad Juarez before me so I can find some kind of timeline? So many mexicans are in the US but, I can not find any K3 people to tell me some kind of info?! . . you know why? because they know this is ####### and they just cross to the US because it is easier?! If they want people to do it legally, they need to show that it is not easier to hop the fence?! i don't understand it. I am obviously frustrated. . . and I always end up venting here.

I just go back to my experience in October when I crossed the border into the US, thier computer systems were down so they were just letting everyone in since they could not verify anything. They did not even care to look at my passport, they just waved me in. . . . so frustrating and unjust that we have to go through this torture while people like senators don't know the torture of this process because they just get thier papers easy. i don't think this process will ever change.

This process should be illegal. Torture is illegal!

[SongKim 0]

Liz Tell me you already got an interview date?! I don't understand people who got thier information stating that the consulate got thier papers, they have an interview date already. . . what is that all about? how come we don't have one yet? is something wrong? I am going to try to be patient and then, I am calling them again next week with my lawyer.

[Liz Leija 0]

Hi everyone, so Thank God my husband has his interview date for March 3rd. Great news to me and my hubby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[YGandMAT 0]

Hi everyone, so Thank God my husband has his interview date for March 3rd. Great news to me and my hubby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Song, maybe you should try giving the embassy another call. We also got an interview date, March 3rd, just like Liz. Who knows, maybe you are on the March 3rd list too.

Best of luck!