sergioh

Does my spouse needs to go apply for the Social Security Number or does the Social Security Number (Card) will come by mail since my spouse answered 'YES' in the DS-230 for the Social Security Administration to assign a SSN card?

Thanks!!!!

Sergio

"Do you want the Social Security Administration to assign you an SSN (and issue a card) or issue you a new card (if you have an SSN)? You must answer "Yes" to this question and to the "Consent To Disclosure" in order to receive an SSN and/or card."

MY QUESTION IS?

Does my spouse needs to go apply for the Social Security Number or does the Social Security Number (Card) will come by mail since my spouse answered 'YES' in the DS-230 for the Social Security Administration to assign a SSN card?

Thanks!!!!

Sergio

"Do you want the Social Security Administration to assign you an SSN (and issue a card) or issue you a new card (if you have an SSN)? You must answer "Yes" to this question and to the "Consent To Disclosure" in order to receive an SSN and/or card."

MY QUESTION IS?

Does my spouse needs to go apply for the Social Security Number or does the Social Security Number (Card) will come by mail since my spouse answered 'YES' in the DS-230 for the Social Security Administration to assign a SSN card?

Thanks!!!!

Sergio

Process was started on August 9, 2006. Got spouse into the US in late march 28th, 2007 with CR-1 approved and got by mail her conditional green card April 12, 2007 (today). This site rocks and it has helped a lot of people filing paper work. With some tips and guidance from here it help me get my spouse into the US in 7 months with a CR-1.

On the visa application Form DS-230 (expires 7/31/2007), there was a question with the following offer:

"Do you want the Social Security Administration to assign you an SSN (and issue a card) or issue you a new card (if you have an SSN)? You must answer "Yes" to this question and to the "Consent To Disclosure" in order to receive an SSN and/or card."

MY QUESTION IS?

Does my spouse needs to go apply for the Social Security Number or does the Social Security Number (Card) will come by mail since my spouse answered 'YES' in the DS-230 for the Social Security Administration to assign a SSN card?

Thanks!!!!

Sergio

Process was started on August 9, 2006. Got spouse into the US in late march 28th, 2007 with CR-1 approved and got by mail her conditional green card April 12, 2007 (today). This site rocks and it has helped a lot of people filing paper work. With some tips and guidance from here it help me get my spouse into the US in 7 months with a CR-1.

Question. The visa CR-1 was completed at the NVC and forwarded to the embassy. Now, I just got a letter that says the following information.

Case Number: MNGXXXXXXXX

PA Name: My spouse name

*Preference Category: CR1-CONDITIONAL SPOUSE OF U.S. CITIZEN

Your priority date: 09AUG2006

So my question is, what the hell does this mean? It says in the letter, "Please do not phone the Embassy/Consulate where your case will be processed. You will be contacted when your priority date has been reached and a number is available. To check on your priority date, please use, http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi_bulletincurrent.html.

But when I go there...I don't understand. Please help. My spouse has an interview set for K-3 end of March of this month and she is going to the embassy tomorrow to try to switch the K-3 interview to a CR-1, but I don't understand the letter I just received.

Thanks for the help.

Well, my story is little bit different. I got married to my wife in May of 2006. She has her K-3 interview set for March 22nd, 2007 and the CR1 has been completed, but not yet forwarded to the embassy. So, I believe that even if your wife got denied twice it doesn't mean she will have a problem. There is nothing wrong of applying and being denied. That means that at that time she didn't qualify, but NOW with the K-3 she has probably the best chance because it is meant to enable the families to be together sooner.

Now, I got married in May, 2006. I visited her in April, I visit my wife in May to get married. I visited her in September, I visited her in November, and I visited her on December. I got all the receipts, plane ticket receipts, car rental receipts, pictures, I mean, I really spent a lot of money traveling back and forth to visit my dearly wife. Not only it is good for our marriage and relationship, but it is also good in terms of her K-3 interview and hopefully the CR1. This shows that the marriage is genuine and even could not stop me from going. You may take down the bank account by traveling so much, but the officer will see how the money was spent in case you did not have enough money in your savings account, etc.

Now, I would say that you must make the very best effort to prove well enough how you and your wife keep in touch? My best recommendation is to try to visit your wife more often because what this shows is that since you are able to travel in and out of the US, the officer is probably going to ask, why the husband hasn't been traveling as much when he is able to travel in and out of the US? But your wife, being denied twice has made the effort to try to go to the US.

But the bottom line is, do not worry about it. Keep in mind that she was trying to visit you from Colombia. All she wanted was to see you and be with you. That's a simple explanation of her applying twice. It was to try to visit you while you got the paper work going with the K-3, which that's what you are doing.

Sergio

Thanks for the info. I still don't understand why it would take them 8 weeks to review. It is true that K-3 can bring the spouse, but keep in mind that you will have start kind of all over for the Adjustment of Status and it can take months to years. Also, I want my wife to go to college, and I do not want to be paying 3 times the tuition. A K-3 will make her an international student. That's besides the point. But since the CR1 is completed, I would rather have the interview for the CR1 instead of the K-3.

I hope those 8 weeks turn in to 2 weeks. That would give plenty of time to go to the embassy and ask to swap the interviews.

I applied on September of last year and I got the K-3 interview set for March 22 for my spouse and the CR1 is completed. If it takes them a long time to complete your paper, it is simply because the papers weren't filled out correctly, or papers are missing or not enough information given.

If you were married outside the US, I would recommend in case you didn't do so, to make sure your marriage certificate and birth certificate of your wife is taken to the "Minister of External Relations" of her/his country to get an an stamp that authenticates all the signatures in your certificates. And then once that's done get a translator. I have a scanner and I sent the translator a PDF of my flies to get translated, it took them 1 week to get them from them. There are agencies that will translate and notarize the papers for you.

And this is extremely important, ALWAYS SAY THE TRUTH in your forms. Regardless of your situation.

Question: The CR1 case was completed on 2/15/2007, but it says to wait for up to 8 weeks for further instructions? I keep reading in the forums that once they hear case is completed, they also hear that the case has been forwarded to the embassy? Any reason, I have to wait for up most 8 weeks for further instructions?

My spouse K-3 interview is on 3/22/2007. I was hoping they would send out the CR1 completed case to the embassy so my wife can go and try to get the CR1 interview instead.

Sergio

I've heard of it happening, you'll just have to call the consulate once your file gets there. Good luck

Wow, what a day for you. Maybe they will just be able to switch your K3 interview to the CR1. Congrats!!!

Hello riblet.. Do you think they would allow to switch my k3 interview for cr-1?.. Thank you...Goodluck to you too.

Boo

OK THANKS RIBLET..

BOO

Congratulations to you!!!

Let me add some good news to Jeff's and Boo's news,

My spouse has K-3 Interview for March 22 and today I found out the CR-1 case got completed. Now, it also says, wait for 8 weeks for further instructions, what the hell does that mean?

Ok we have our interview date now

1. I heard that for the establishment of my eligilbilty for lawful permanent residence you basically present your k-1 visa and your entrance card. Is this all I need to establish my eligibility? I know i need all the other stuff too but is this all i need to cover this?

2. I know we also have to prove my wife's citizenship too. Now we have her birth certificate but her passport still has her maiden name on it...is this a problem? Are there any other documents she can bring?

3. Being the great thinkers they are at immigration they have given me the middle initial N on my EAD. I do not have a middle initial they had taken the N/A in the middle name box on my form to mean my middle initial would be N (Everyone i tell laughs at this story so feel free). My question is is this likely to cause me problems? I called the hotline the told me to send the card back with an explanation and a new EAD form and they would correct it. I don't really want to send it back and they will be taking it off me at the interview next month anyway. Any advice?

4. On the topic of names my name is D'Arcy yet noone here seems to be able to put that in their system with the apostrophe. I was issued a SS card when i worked at a summer camp a while back which had an apostophe in but when i had to get a new card when i got married they told me the ' would crash the system. I was fine with this until i noticed that I had a SS with the ' on it. Even my drivers license doesn't have the '. All my UK docs do have an apostrophe though. Does anyone think this will cause me problems? It does kind of annoy me that my name is being officially being changed by no fault of my own.

Thanks in advance

Chris

For # 2. My spouse has her maiden name in her passport and she never changed her maiden name for my last name. People are not required to changed their full identity. Nothing worry about. I'm sure they will ask why my spouse did not change to use my last name. Any explanation is fine. For my case, my spouse couldn't change to my last name because she was finishing college and they already had all her documents, etc with the maiden name, so she didn't want to go through the whole thing of changing it. So, may be later on we can decide!!!

Sergio

Thank you for your responses. Since the K-3 interview is set for end of March, and the CR-1 is almost completed, 6-8 weeks it says, then I'll just have my spouse to stay in the country so that she can get the CR-1 interview. Adjusting the status is just so much to go through. I want my wife to just come here and not worry about, what papers got where, if it got approved or not, etc. Too much for us to deal with. Getting it done through the CR-1 will save that stress. I appreciate your responses and they have been of great help.

K-3 Appoint is March 22nd.

CR-1, 6-8 weeks to be completed. They are now on the 2nd week. I hopefully they can completed soon and approve it. That way, they can forward the paper work to the embassy and hopefully get a chance to swap the appointments.

Wish everyone luck. It has been difficult to have my spouse away from me. But I have already gone to see my spouse 5 times within 1 year time frame. So, hopefully the 6th time will be the lucky number!!!

Sergio

My spouse has an interview for the K-3 set for the end of March. I have already paid for the CR1 and I have also sent my spouse's Passport Bio information and the DS-230 Part I to NVC. The automatic operator says it will take 6-8 weeks for the completion of the case for CR1 and the if approved be sent to the consulate (embassy).

My questions is simple. If my wife comes with the K-3 to the US. Do I file for Adjustment of Status right away? I have read that the Adjustment of status may take months to years to get it approved.

Should my wife instead go back to her country and go to the CR1 interview when that's in place (ready), that way she gets the Green Card for two years and at the 90 days before the expiration of her green card file for lifting the conditional? I wouldn't want to take the chance of filling for adjustment of status when the CR1 is almost completed and sent to the consulate. The 2 year green card can help, especially if I want my spouse to attend college, etc. I brings down the tuition cost, etc. Without a green card my spouse will be treated as International Student and then the cost will be tripled.

So, CR1 or Adjustment of Status?

Your response will be greatly appreciated.

Hello, I have a very important questions. My spouse has an interview set for end of March for K-3 Interview. The US consulate overseas is asking me to fill out I-134 and send it to my spouse. It asks about Bank account. I make 70K+ a year, so my question is, DO I NEED TO PROVIDE BANK ACCOUNT SAVINGS INFORMATION?, or can I just leave that in blank. I would hate to send my bank account information and statements. I have a employment letter that says the amount I make monthly from the company I work for.

Also, for #11, it asks about "Intent/do not intent, to make to make specific contributions to the support of the persons named in item #3." What do I put in here?

Do I need to specify what my intentions are? Give room, place to live, medical needs, food, financial support, etc.. Do I need to provide $$$ amount in here?

There are information such as my spouse home address which it does not fit in the I-134 form. Can I attach a CONTINUATION SHEET with it? Do I need to also have the Notary public notarize the continuation sheet?

One more question, in question #2. That I am ______ years of age and have resided in the United States since (date)_______?????_________

For the DATE field. When I entered the US I entered illegally, but then I got my green card like 2 years after and now I'm a US citizen. What date do I put in there? The ilegal date or the date for the green card? I don't remember the date on my green card since it was taken away from me when I got my US citizenship.

Your responses will be greatly appreciated.

Sergio

First let me state that a VISA is the means to travel from one airport to another, that means to go to the country it issued you the VISA. So, what that means is that you can Travel from Nigeria to US and put a foot in US soil, but at the port of entry, you can be denied to enter the United States. Even if you have a VISA, it does not give you the right to enter the country. The VISA is the means for the Officer to decide if you can entered and it is based on the approvals on many things. Secondly, when you enter, you entered with the K-3 Visa, you didn't entered with the other VISA, so you can't use the other VISA as a pretext to stay in the US. You entered with the K-3, so that means you are in the US through the K-3.

Now, if your wife divorces you, I would say, you should leave the country because that decreases the chances of you coming back to the US in some form.

If you stay, you risk the chance to be deported and probably never enter the US for probably 10 years or more. My best recommendation would be for you to get the divorce done and if you truly believe that she is divorcing you because of another man then make sure you can have some prove and hold that prove. Keep the letter that she is going to give you stating that she lost the love towards you and that she decided to seek divorce.

Once the divorce is done, you should go back to your country. Do not get married. What's the rush for you to jump from one boat to another? Wait for at least 10 months or a year. Then if you love the woman you are with and she loves you, then she will make the effort to go visit you at least 3 - 4 times to your home country, right?. Then you can get married and that gives you a better chance to bring prove to the table that the new marriage is genuine, correct?. Then she can go through the whole process and file for the papers again.

Keep in mind that the US put a lot of blocks to make sure the marriage is genuine. The US is trying its best to make sure you are close to your family, but at the same time they want to make sure you are playing a fair game and that you have the right intentions to come to the US, which is? TO BE WITH YOUR LOVE ONES.

Everything that I have written in here is just suggestions. You should seek an Attorney and see what he/she will say.

People. I got my I-130 approved and I didn't even sent anything telling them to forward my I-130 approval to NVC. I believe that they are now sending it to the NVC in order to speed up the processes and help others. Remember that for NVC, getting the I-130 means, CR1, etc visa..which for them it also brings in some $$$$$$. So, K-3 $$$ plus the CR1 $$$ = $$$$$, it wouldn't hurt them. My suggestion is to go along whatever comes your way.

My K-3 case is already at the Embassy and my CR1 is in the process to be completed. So, I assume my spouse will get the interview for the K-3 and then once the CR1 is approved, it will then be forwarded also. I don't think I will let the CR1 go to wasted when I spent $380 dollars for Visa bill.

But if you come to the US, and you haven't heard from NVC, then file for adjustment. Otherwise, it wouldn't hurt to go to the interview in your country and that gives you a case for a good visit to your family.

Please help. I have a question for people in similar situations. I have already paid the CR1 Visa and I have already sent the DS230 Part I visa application NVC. The I-129F was also approved and it said it will take between 2 - 4 weeks for papers to be forwarded to the consulate. So, I assume both, CR1 and K - 3 papers will be sent to the consulate (embassy).

So, my main question is: Will my spouse have to go to 2 interviews? If the K - 3 papers go to the consulate first than the CR1 paper work, will they (consulate) cancel the CR1 interview and have my spouse go for only the K - 3? Or will they issue 2 interviews in different dates? I want my spouse to get the CR1 interview instead of the K - 3.

I started this whole process in Sept. 2006. I will be posting my time lines.