Vickys_Mom

I didn't. I read that as referring to a paid preparer or a professional translator...someone who charged money for their services. As long as you put in what she said, and she "signed" it, don't worry about the preparer information. Regards, Vicky's Mom

The cousin is a cousin. In the eyes of CIS, she's not "...pretty much a sibling." There is no family-based visa program for aunts, uncles, or cousins. You should help (or encourage) them to participate in the Diversity Visa lottery program. And as already noted above, visitors visas are not "sponsored" by you or your wife. They can apply, but they are judged based on their own qualifications. Regards, Vicky's Mom

For what it's worth, we filed for my mother-in-law in October of 2021 and the form was approved in November of 2022. We had no RFEs. We just finished filing the DS-260 last week. We're waiting on NVC to approve and forward it to the embassy. Be patient. We'll all get through this. Regards, Vicky's Mom

If that agreement is in writing, bring a copy of it as evidence. If it's a verbal or "understood agreement", find some way to have the company put it in writing and bring it as evidence. An example: I'm about to go on a trip overseas to visit my wife's family. My employer is very much aware of where I'm going and what I'm doing. If I needed it, they would provide me something on their letterhead saying that they know where I'm going, when I'm going to be there, and when they expect me to be back in the United States and back at work. I echo the part about being honest with your intentions. No one can promise you that you'll be allowed into the United States. But you're certainly allowed to try. Regards, Vicky's Mom

Read the link that was provided to you: https://www.ustraveldocs.com/in/en/nonimmigrant-visa#visa-steps Step 2: Complete Your Applications Step 3: Pay Your Visa Fees Don't withdraw your applications. That was Step 2. Now click on Step 3 and pay your fees. Regards, Vicky's Mom

Be patient. In some cases, AP can take longer. Go visit your spouse. Spend some time together. Regards, Vicky's Mom

Your plans include the possibility that the embassy may not immediately issue a visa, right? Allow for the possibility that Administrative Processing may delay your visa. Regards, Vicky's Mom

Based on previous posts, OP's parents are interviewing in Kathmandu, Nepal. Regards, Vicky's Mom

And if you open the DHL envelope and you do not find a DO NOT OPEN envelope inside, do not panic. Some of them are electronically done now. Read through the material and follow the instructions. Regards, Vicky's Mom

I have no example to give you of it ever happening. I know that, in my wife's case, I purposely waited until 85 days before I sent her paperwork. I had seen enough people "warning" to not send it in anywhere close to the 90-day point. Regards, Vicky's Mom

You're asking if your wife can enter the United States as a visitor when you guys intend for her to permanently stay here and do her Adjustment of Status. That's immigration fraud. Don't do it. It may seem like an easy way to bypass the wait, but it's the kind of stuff that causes problems later on. If someone is already in the United States the rules are different. My wife was here on a J-1 visa when we married and applied for her adjustment of status. You may also have issues getting her a visitor's visa since she's already filed for an immigration visa. When they see that she has an American husband, and that she's applied in the past, and that she has an active application...they may reject a visitor's visa for concern that your wife is actually trying to immigrate and wants to bypass the existing system. Of course you can still try. Just don't be too surprised if they reject it. A new I-130 would likely be rejected because the current I-130 is still being processed. My helpful comment is: be patient. At least you're there with her. You will get through this. Regards, Vicky's Mom

Do the AR-11, do the online change of address, put the new address on the I-751 before you send it. There's no downside to reporting a change of address more than once. And make sure you're not sending your package in right at 90 days. There have been cases where someone has sent their package in 90 days before and USCIS has determined it was sent too early. Wait a few days after the 90-day point before you send it. Regards, Vicky's Mom

You need a copy of everything that's been submitted to USCIS for your immigration visa. My mother-in-law is going to have a binder with probably 3-5cm of paper in it when she goes to her embassy interview. You need an original copy of any document you didn't send to USCIS. For example, I sent a copy of my wife's birth certificate and brought the original to her interview. Yes, they should have access to everything you've submitted. Yes, the interviewing officer may not ask for any of the documentation. Bring it anyway. If they ask for something and you didn't bring it you've given them a reason to reject the application. They will probably send you a letter or email with instructions on what to do. Follow it exactly. Even if what they're asking for seems stupid...follow it exactly. If they say "show up 30 minutes early", plan to be there an hour early and go sit somewhere nearby for 30 minutes. DO NOT BE LATE. Take the earlier bus. Leave earlier if you are driving. "I was stuck in traffic" is not a good excuse. Be calm and respectful with the interviewing officer. The officer may closely question things you say or did. The questions might seem personal or might make you uncomfortable. Answer them anyway. If you don't understand a question, say you don't understand and ask them to repeat the question. DO NOT LIE. They will make you swear an oath that what you're saying is the truth. Take that to heart. Even if it seems like something trivial, be honest about it. Assume that everything you say will be written down and might come back up again at any point throughout the life of your visa or if you naturalize. This one is tougher: answer the interviewing officer's questions honestly, but don't try to tell them too much. You can answer a question like "do you speak English" with "yes". You don't have to say "yes, I learned it in primary school, again in secondary school, I studied it in college, and I've forced myself to speak English to everyone I've met in the last year." Giving too much information in your answer to a question may cause the interviewing officer to ask you more questions. Keep it simple for the both of you. If you give an answer and they ask you for more detail you can provide it then. Convince yourself before you go in that your application for a U.S. immigrant visa is solely at the discretion of the interviewing officer. Do not think that you have a right to a visa. You don't. You're asking to come to the United States. You're not demanding it. Get a good night's sleep. Be of the mindset that you're going to be successful in your interview. Don't think of it as an interrogation. They want to ask you some questions and see how you answer in person. If they give you a form that asks for additional information, don't freak out. If they tell you a decision can't be made at this time, don't panic. If you log in and see your status has been updated to "refused", know that USCIS uses "refused" when someone is going through Administrative Processing. It doesn't mean "rejected". Many applicants see "refused" right after their interview. DO NOT assume you're leaving the embassy with a visa. Do not make any plans based on your anticipation of a visa. Some people spend weeks, months, or even years in Administrative Processing. Until you have it in your passport, don't buy any plane tickets. Regards, Vicky's Mom

I was looking at an older version of the form. Sorry about that. In the old version of the form it just said "Income". I don't like the way it's worded, but I still think the correct answer is all of your annual income in the "Income Contribution to the Beneficiary Annually" column. Since that's the only place they ask for income under "Information About the Individual Agreeing to Financially Support the Beneficiary Named in Part 2", you don't have anywhere else to enter your income. I don't think you put $0 in there, and I don't think you'd put a partial amount in there because then the reviewing officer would say, hmmm, why didn't he put all of his income there? There should also be some relationship between that number and your paycheck or tax transcript that you'll include with it. I'll use myself as an example. My wife and are both wage earners. My mother-in-law wants to immigrate and live with us. According to that form I'd list myself and my wife as well as both of our incomes. The total at the bottom of the list would hopefully be really close to the amount on our joint tax transcript. Regards, Vicky's Mom

If you are asked to submit a marriage document and a divorce certificate, do so. In general, you want to give them any documents they specifically ask for. No, you're not filing based on your marriage. But they can still ask you for the certificates. Regards, Vicky's Mom

Flagged to ask if there's a way to display this attachment in VJ without downloading a .pdf.

"My annual income is..." You put in your annual income. You're not giving it all to your beneficiary. It represents the income you have to support your household including your beneficiary. Regards, Vicky's Mom

My vote is to wait until you are closer to your trip, since it doesn't sound like you can cancel or postpone it in the event of a conflict. I've read one thread today talking about how someone tried to reschedule their I-751 appointment, got a confirmation on the phone that the reschedule had occurred, and then USCIS denied their application because they didn't show up for the original appointment. Is it worth the risk to have to start your naturalization process over again? My wife went 3.5 years from when we started AOS to her naturalization (this was back before COVID). In that time, she made one trip to Montreal with me just after we filed the AOS. She purposely didn't want to leave the country "just in case" USCIS called an appointment on the spur of the moment. (After she naturalized, she went home and spent several weeks with her family.) Regards, Vicky's Mom

I signed up for the one-week free trial of Adobe Acrobat Pro just so I could compress the .PDF files and upload them to CEAC. If you do that, remember to cancel the trial before the week is up. I'm sure there are other products out there to compress .PDF files for upload. This was the easiest solve for me. Regards, Vicky's Mom

My wife came to the U.S. from Indonesia on an F-1 visa. She said that they asked her about her intent, but she told them she still had her parents and sisters back in Indonesia and had no plans to stay in the U.S. after finishing her degree. Her uncle is a U.S. citizen by naturalization and he "sponsored" her as a relative including signing the financial commitment paperwork. She lived in his home and took trips and vacations with his family. She did have to be accepted to the college in the U.S. before she applied for the visa. The college required her to provide proof of high school graduation as well as an essay. She was accepted to the college before she entered the U.S. (She also had a degree from a university in Indonesia, but she said the college didn't really care about that.) She had to do a renewal of her status after five years. We met during the second five years. Anonymous1080P, you or your uncle should contact the college you think you want to attend. Ask for their international students program. They may be able to guide you through some of this. (They did with my wife.) Regards, Vicky's Mom

At the top of this page, click on Immigration Timelines. Click on Timeline Search. Pull down the Embassy selection, choose United Arab Emirates. Click Find Entries. At the top of this page, pull down Office Reviews and Info, choose Consulate and USCIS Office Reviews. Pull down the Consulate selection, choose United Arab Emirates. Click Find Entries. And remember to fill out your own Timeline so that others can see how you are doing in the process. Regards, Vicky's Mom

Put his name as it appears on his naturalization document. That should match with what USCIS knows him as. He can also put his name as it appeared on the birth certificate in the Other Names Used area...on the printed form, that's Part 2 Items 5a-5c. If he's going to use the Other Names Used area, I would include the patronymic as a middle name. That way, the Other Names Used area looks like what's on his birth certificate. For example, my wife uses her maiden last name as her middle name since she never had a middle name at birth...so when she filled out the I-130 for her mother we put Firstname MaidenName Lastname in the Your Full Name area and Firstname MaidenName (leaving the middle name field blank) under Other Names Used. If he has both "sets" of names on there, he's done everything he can to identify himself. They can't complain later on that his birth certificate name doesn't look like what he put on the I-130. As long as USCIS can identify him with both his naturalization certificate (he's a U.S. Citizen) and his birth certificate (she's his mother), he should be all set. Regards, Vicky's Mom

Make the name look the same as it does on the Russian passport or whatever Russian identity document is in use. Many years ago I did an I-130 for my ex-wife who was from Moscow. The patronymic was used in all of her paperwork in the middle name field including her Russian passport and her U.S. student visa. Her father was Vasily, so we had her middle name as Vasilyevna to match the Russian paperwork. If the Russian passport or identity document doesn't include the patronymic, then don't use it on the I-130. Regards, Vicky's Mom

https://molina.imigrasi.go.id/ I understand the program is fairly recent. I created mine today but won't use it until we go in March. It also allows payment with a debit or credit card. Regards, Vicky's Mom

Life is too short to worry about people who are that unhappy. Regards, Vicky's Mom