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3 hours ago, Mmefall said:

I have a question for the group!!

I am done with my immigration process.

My husband is here in the US and I was wondering:

1. For anyone in my situation, how long did it take for your spouse to get their green card in the mail (my husband has been here for 3 weeks)

2. Do we have to register our marriages somehow for that they are recorded just like a US marriage would be? Or do we have to go get a marriage license and remarry here?

3. How long did it take to get your spouses social security numbers?. I did mark the box for one on the visa application.

4. Is there any ph# we can Call to check To see if Ss# was issued or green card has been mailed out?

 

Thank you guys in advance for your help!!

Took 6 weeks for us. We also had to go to SSN office to get the SSN card!

I called my town hall and we did not have to register our marriage anywhere! Just have extra copies of the certificate from abroad for insurance etc. 

I called USCIS and they told me when my GC was issued. 

17 hours ago, oflyingbunnyo said:

Hello hello hello! 

I just got recently approved today at my interview and I couldn't be any happier 😊!

I was just wondering if you guys could give me some insights into when you received your visas as me and my fiance have some plans and we would like to know around when should we expect to receive them, they told me in the interview that they'd give me the visa around 10 business days but have you guys got it any sooner? 

Thank you in advance! 

I had my interview in May and by the next Day it was changed to “issued” and it only took 3 days to receive it! We had a very quick turn around 

22 minutes ago, rebnoe said:

Hello!

My husband received his letter stating his interview will be August 22.  Yay!  We're having a small issue we're hoping to solve.

We will be moving out of state  the day after so I'm worried about the delivery of the green card (assuming/hoping we get approved).  I'm trying to figure out what we should do.

We are driving from Massachusetts to Minnesota the day after, so we will not be around to check the mail at our old apartment.  Potentially, if the card arrives August 30 or before, my sister can pick up our mail and take it with her when she visits us in our new state. But if it doesn't arrive, we're kind of out of luck with that option.

Another issue is that we don't have our new apartment in Minnesota until Sept 2, meaning that we'll be "homeless" for about a week while we make the drive and get temporary accommodations until we can move in.  So I cant change the mailing address to the Minnesota apartment until then...

 

I'm not sure what to do.

What I'm thinking right now is to look into getting a post office box, but I'm not sure if that kind of mail can be delivered to a PO Box?

 

Does anyone have any advice on this?  I'd appreciate your input

Get a PO Box and notify them ASAP of address change (I assume you can put a PO Box?) our GC took 5 full weeks to come so you will have some time.  I called USCIS on Friday 7/19 and the GC was made 7/18.  Our US entry was 6/15 so it took over a month to create basically.  It should be totally fine. Good luck. 

7 hours ago, Enoeto said:

 CR1 visa. Over 1 month since POE and still no sign of SSN & no sign of Greencard. Getting worried. How long more should I wait? Anybody else waiting? 

Just happened to me too. The border officer didn’t do something correctly so we didn’t get the SSN. We went to the local SSN office and our SSN was issued within 3 business days.  5 days after that our GC came.  This all just happened last week and our date of entry was 6/15. It took over a month. Don’t worry. 

1 hour ago, missileman said:

Delivery of Green Cards can take a few months. The fastest I have seen within the past 2 years is 3 weeks.   It is still very early.........I would wait until 120 days after entry before inquiring. 

Oh okay! Good to know, thank you 

Hello,

Our entry to the USA on a Cr1 visa was 6/15, four weeks ago today. I confirmed our address etc with the CO and showed him our receipt for paying back the GC fee & he said okay 7-10 days.  We still don’t have it.  Anyone know who to contact or how we can see where it is?  I don’t want USCIS to say we have to re-pay because I already paid.

thanks 

12 hours ago, oflyingbunnyo said:

Thank you so much for answer. 

Would you be as kind as to ask him how we went about going to the hospital to get the remaining vaccines? Did he needed an appointment? If so, how did he make it? And in which area did he got the vaccines? General medicine or a specialized ward? 

 

Thank you once again for the answer , I feel this process almost ending and it's a little unnerving how much goes into this whole thing. 

He lived in Quepos and went to what he said was just Seguro Social, like a small clinic that is associated with the hospital and they do vaccinations and small things like that.  No appointment, but you’d have to find out where one is located near you! Yes this process is long and tough, but it’ll be worth it! 

20 hours ago, oflyingbunnyo said:

Hello everyone! 

I would just like to know if anyone knows where in Costa Rica could I get all records of vaccinations I've ever received? or if possible, a test of sorts that is not very expensive to determine this? 

I went to la Caja to ask but with no success, lady said they: "Don't do that" 

I have a small booklet which kept shots I had gotten all the way until I was 11 or 12 I believe, but I really really don't want to pay for any more vaccines as I've noticed that they're quite expensive here.

 

All we had was the book too from childhood.  They accepted that without an issue at the physical.  In order to avoid costs, my husband went to his local hospital and got the remaining vaccines he needed for free before the physical exam date.  I don't think there is a way to retrieve old records unless your previous doctor or hospital had them electronically.  Where my husband lived at least, that did not exist.  Best of luck!

On 6/14/2019 at 3:10 AM, M@K12 said:

Hi Everyone, 

 

First of all, congratulations to all who got Visa approvals and IL and CC in past 13 days. 

 

Good Luck to those who are waiting. Patience is the key.

 

I was bit busy with my medicals, biometrics and EID celebrations. 

 

Secondly, I had Interview yesterday on 13th @ Mumbai embassy. (CR-1)

 

AND ALHAMDULILLAH "MY VISA GOT APPROVED" . 

 

I want to thank whole VJ community, especially seniors members, experienced members like @nastra30 @nyokie @KJ2 @ShreebhagyaK9 @Sarah Kay @sj0509  and all those who have helped me. Sorry as i couldn't tagged you all. 

 

So experience was about patience. 

 

Appointment time was 7.30 am. 

I was in Queue at 7.00 am. 

Entered and cleared security at 7.15 am.

Got Token no. at 7.30 am,

 

They checked and arranged documents at 8.10 am. 

Passport, DS-260, Birth certificate (+1 copy), Marriage Certificate (+1 copy), PCC - Indian & Australia (+1 copy each). Medical Reports Envelope. 

The counter guy asked me about my Language preference for Interview which was English. Then He asked,

1)Who  is calling you ? 2) My Birth date 3) Is it our first Marriage ? 4) How Long I have been in Australia ? ( I studied in Australia)

5) Have I ever been to USA ? 6) What other countries I have visited ?

He took all originals and returned all copies. 

Then Asked me to wait for Interview call. 

 

Then patience game begins. 

They call for interview randomly.  of course Special need ones and other languages got preference. 

I was waiting for 2 hours and last of my batch. 

 

Then FInally at 10.05 am I got called. 

She greeted me and fired with questions politely. 

 

1) Who's calling you ?

2) Arranged OR Love  marriage ?

3) Who' arranged it ? How they know you and Her ?

4) How did they think you're compatible ?

5) When did you first met ?

6) When did you get married ? How many guest were invited ?

7) Did She visited you after marriage ? Why not ? (we were together for 1 month after marriage, then she went back.)

8 ) Where did you went for Honeymoon? What you did there ?

9) Have you ever talked before seeing each other ?

10) What you like about Her ? What are her hobbies ?

11) What she likes to cook ? Did she ever cook for you anything ?

12) How many guest were there in wedding ? Does Her Parents were there ? 

13) How many guests were there from USA ?

14) Asked for Wedding Album. She checked every page. ( I gave MINI album)

15) Asked me to Show my aunt and Her Uncle who arranged our wedding.

16) Again she asked Why she did not visited you ?

17) Who is your Joint sponsor? What is the relation with Him ? Where He works ? Where do his wife works ? Do they have children ?

18) After seeing Australian PCC, she asked What you did in Australia ?

19) What you studied ? Which University and where ?

20) As she been to Australia we talked about places she visited and I told her that I been to those places. 

21) What your wife studied ? Where she is working now ?

22) Why she is not working in the field of study ?

23) Again she asked how many people were invited ? 

24) Again she asked why she did not visit you again ?

 

Ohhh. Then She said 'Your Visa is Approved". Alhamdulillah.

 

She was noting down all my answers in her system. 

 

All these questioning happened in 12 minutes. Nearly, after 1 year and 3 months of applying  I-130 finally this phase is over.

 

Special Thanks to @sj0509 for sharing his wife's experience. I have been asked Similar questions to her. 

 

Good Luck Everyone. I Would Love to read more success posts from all of you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yay! Great news

22 hours ago, Stutters said:

hey so we are still waiting for our interview. its been 16 days since case complete with no date yet in Switzerland. anyone know the average?

I think I waited like 22 days, but it depends on your country.  Most people will hear something around the 12-18 ish of each month. That’s when NVC sends dates often.

26 minutes ago, hwbertel said:

Have my interview in Stockholm on monday,

For supporting documents we attached tax return transcripts from 2018, 2017 and 2016 as well as the 1040's from each of those years. However some of these were listed as optional, such as 1040's from 2016 and 2017. As they were online we attached them anyway, but I now discover that they are respectively 28 pages and 146 pages long. Am I expected to also print out the latter? Its massive.

I dont know much about these documenst as they are from my US spouse, but thought the tax returns were the most important, so maybe I could leave out these optional ones. What should I do?

Even though they aren’t necessary and are optional, I think it’s usually recommended to carry anything you submitted to CEAC at the NVC stage to the interview in case they ask for it.  They probably won’t want it, but just in case. We printed all ours too even though they didn’t even ask for it.  It’s annoying, but better to have and anything from CEAC is fair game! Good luck. 

8 minutes ago, LarryHickman said:

I have looked at the average time lines and the average for my local field office is almost two years? There’s no way it should take two years, I was thinking 5-7 months max, what is the average right now in months for K1s to get green card? Yes I saw the timelines posted here. 

What service center did you get? And what country is the visa for? 

20 hours ago, catmonkey said:

Okay so i bet some of you have this same question and some of you are in the same situation.

 

My spouse has her interview in June next month (yayyy). Our uncle was our Financial Sponsor and he filled out the i864 way back in February, so it does not include his 2018 tax numbers on it (since he did not have his 2018 taxes filed at the time he filled out that form). 

 

He filed his 2018 Taxes last month. So, do I need to update the i864 and put these new 2018 numbers on it?

I had my interview last week and my embassy ONLY wanted 2018 taxes. Definitely bring them with you even if you didn’t put it on the 864.  They may want 2017 and 18. 

2 hours ago, Rasha167 said:

Had the interview today and get approved. 🎊🎉🎉

Questions were asked: 

-what state are you going to? 

-what does your husband works? 

-how much he makes? 

-if i ever traveled before

-if we have children

-how i know to speak english

-what major i study in uni 

-if iam planning to study there 

-asked for 2018 tax returns 

-asked to show pictures 

and then she said that your visa in approved and i can collect it from aramex within a week

good luck for everyone waiting hope this process end soon 

Yay!!!! Congrats to you too!

4 minutes ago, Mrsamoah2019 said:

Omg omg omg!! Congratulations!❤❤❤

 

Who will I vent to now😢lol

Still Me!! 

1 hour ago, Mrsamoah2019 said:

Wishing you the best tomorrow my venting buddy❤ @KJ2

Thank you so much!! 

23 minutes ago, Cammy0505 said:

How long did it take for people's 2018 transcripts to be available online? My interview is in two weeks and not sure what to do if the transcript isn't available for it. 

About a month for me filing with paper and only a few days for my parents electronically  

6 hours ago, MMatrimony said:

Oh okay thanks for the clarification 

I hope I’m in the batch , it’s been a long time coming 😢

I hope so too! When was your CC?

6 hours ago, MMatrimony said:

Wait what does that mean ? Lol I’m waiting for Ghana too 

She means that NVC won't schedule Ghana until May 12-13th ish based upon the trends from other months.

26 minutes ago, Mrsamoah2019 said:

@KJ2 do you still have that template for people who want to expedite at embassy stage? My husband birthday June 10..i pray hes here by then...it doesnt hurt to ask them

Yea!! I’m gonna message u 

3 minutes ago, Kartinee23 said:

Oh wow! That means they also work weekends? Lol

No I think it was a delay in showing as ready because we contacted our embassy on Tuesday and they told us we were all set and it had been updated. It just was still showing as transit.

23 hours ago, uluslarci said:

Hello,

 

I looked it up on the internet but had different answers from different websites. My country is Turkey. So I was thinking it is OK to submit documents in Turkish to the Ceac system?

 

Thank you!

My documents submitted to nvc were in Spanish with no translation because Spanish is the main language of my husbands country. All accepted no problems.  

2 minutes ago, Kartinee23 said:

Just today? 

Yeah haha ‼️ Long delay, finally ready