WhidbeyGirl

After much delay....waiting on documents, waiting for the pics from the last vacation to come in the mail. My hubby went to the post office and we sent ROC application today. Ready for round three in the fight with immigration!!!!!

Keep fightin' the good fight!!

Congrats!!!!! I'm praying my SO will arrive in Seattle that week too!!!

Finally spoke to someone who has worked at NVC for a while now and she recongnized my concerns about filling out the form. She mentioned to me that it is better this way and even though the form mentions the Child Citizenship act, it does not follow the act to a T. It is there for a reference and she also told me it is better 'cause once my kids step onto US soil they become automatic US Citizens, nothing more to do and no green card for them.

Do my kids qualify under the CCA of 2000 - No

Did I start the whole process correctly by filing out I130s - Yes

Did I get a valid RFE - No real answer, just a better situation

I asked her to mention this to the managers and see if the wording could/should be changed

Thanks for your help and words!

Package received at NVC 7/10/2009, now its just another waiting game.

My wife's completed case and will not be forwarded to the embassy until the kids cases are complete

Thanks again

What a headache. So sorry.

Dang, but I owe to 8 different doctors,specialists,radiologists, pathologists... even if I set up $50 per month that's still $400 a month!

Don't get me wrong, I am not a bad person, I intend to pay all those people for their work, it's just that this year is such a bad timing ...

It makes me so mad that close to 4K of the 10K I owe is pharmacy billing, that's too damn much money for couple of IVs and pain medicine.

I cannot let this stress me out any more, because I have noticed I am getting weaker by the day, can't stop shaking and biting my nails, I catch myself looking like a crazy person looking completely distressed, lost, can't pay attention to anything any more, and my mom and husband have been telling me for a month now to seek a psychologists.

I would go if they wouldn't charge this much, all the healing he would do would be reversed once I received his damn bill

Thanks for your advice girls, I really appreciate it ...

So call them and tell them $5 per pay period and see if they'll take it, do what you can to work with them.

I found out when I got to work someone else just sent me a garnishment so I'll never be out from under this mess!

Congrats are in Order Whid.

Thank you MrsJ.

We are excited beyond belief.

I'm still trying to figure out how to get there for the interview. I have a free ticket and I think a lead on a buddy pass, but hotel, food & his medical are yet to be covered.

Happy Monday all!

Hope you won't mind me asking a question here that is completely off topic. I mean, I have never done that before

Anyone here have experience with delinquent medical bills? You can PM me of you don't wanna write about it in an open forum...

I got my hospital bills from when I was admitted -uninsured at the time, and now I owe them an outrageous amount.

I have a very good credit, and I am afraid it will be ruined now because I just don't have thousands of $ to pay these bills right now.

Someone told me the other day that medical bills do not affect one's credit rating. because basically one cannot always control what happens to one's health, bla bla and for that reason credit score is not affected by failure to pay medical bills.

I know, I know, I sound naive even asking if this is true. but I figured what the heck

Is there a difference in how medical bills are treated versus credit card bills when it comes to credit rating?

I am going to need to get a new apartment soon, a new car when husband gets here, and I am afraid I won't be approved for either if my credit score gets shot to hell because I am not paying these bills right now...

Any advice is welcome.

Thanks folks!

I had two hospital Emergency Room bills from 2007, one for slicing my leg open and needing several stitches and one for a staph infection I got from going to the ER for those stitches (along with phemonia). Because of circumstances I was not able to pay those bills (about $4K). The hospital did give me charity care for $2K of it. THEN this year with all the economic struggles the hospital decided to sell all of it's outstanding debts to bill collectors - thereby giving me bad hits on my credit. They also reversed the charity care and told the collectors I owed the $4K. The collectors then took it to court and now my paychecks are being garnished by 25%.

So to answer YES it will affect your credit IF your hospital sells it to collectors and collectors are getting REALLY impatient and taking debt to courts and forcing people to pay.

So my advice, call the hospital and arrange to pay like $50 a month, this will typically keep it from the bill collectors.

Hi,

I wanted to go to my wife's interview at ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN. I have only one week of vacation time. Does anybody knows how long it takes to get the actual visa. Does Amex send it to your home or you have to go and pickup the visa.

Thank you and best of luck to all.

Why not go and stay for the time you can. If you can bring SO back at the same time GREAT if not, you know they will join you soon.

This is what I am doing. I fly to Senegal on the 3rd and fly home on the 7th. I'm HOPING they will issue visa the same day (they issue on Tues & Thursdays and our interview is on Thursday the 6th), but if they don't then he'll get the visa on the 11th and fly home on the 12th.

Just my humble opinion.

Also Remo has an interview on Wednesday next week in Islamabad so we'll know soon enough

My reason to go to Pakistan is to bring her with me, otherwise it does not really work for me. I do not want to go if she is not coming back with me. Let see how Remo interview goes. Good Luck to Remo. I have noticed now a days they give the visa after at least one week delay through courier service. Thanks for the reply

Being there for her at the interview is a good reason to be there also.

I'm going not because my husband NEEDS me there but because it helps to show bonafide marriage.

LATEST UPDATES Additions in red TOTAL INTERVIEWS 71 increase by 23

The following consulates have given out interviews for the month of August:

IR1/CR1:

Bangkok - 2

Bulgaria - 1

Chile - 1

Costa Rica - 1

Czech Republic - 1

Dominican Republic - 1

Egypt - 3 increase by 1

Islamabad, Pakistan - 3 increase by 2

Jamaica - 2

Juarez, Mexico - 1

London, UK - 3 increase by 1

Manilla, Philipines - 9 increase by 7

Montreal, Canada - 7

Mumbai, India - 4 increase by 2

New Delhi, India - 2

Peru - 1

Rio de Janerio - 1

Senegal - 1

Seoul - 1

Tirana, Albania - 1

Vancouver, Canada - 1

TOTAL - 49

K3:

Jordan - 1

Manilla, Philipines - 1

TOTAL - 2

K1:

Ankara, Turkey - 2 increase by 1

Denmark - 1

Dominican Republic - 1

Ghana - 1

Guangzhou - 1

Laos - 1

Moscow, Russia - 2

Mumbi, India - 1

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 2

Tokyo, Japan - 1

TOTAL - 13

interviews for the month of September

K1:

Amman, Jordan - 1

Ankara, Turkey - 3

Armenia - 2

TOTAL - 6

interviews for the month of October

K1:

Ghana - 1

I KNOW there are more because SOME people (umm V!) haven't updated their timelines.

Hi,

I wanted to go to my wife's interview at ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN. I have only one week of vacation time. Does anybody knows how long it takes to get the actual visa. Does Amex send it to your home or you have to go and pickup the visa.

Thank you and best of luck to all.

Why not go and stay for the time you can. If you can bring SO back at the same time GREAT if not, you know they will join you soon.

This is what I am doing. I fly to Senegal on the 3rd and fly home on the 7th. I'm HOPING they will issue visa the same day (they issue on Tues & Thursdays and our interview is on Thursday the 6th), but if they don't then he'll get the visa on the 11th and fly home on the 12th.

Just my humble opinion.

Also Remo has an interview on Wednesday next week in Islamabad so we'll know soon enough

Wonderful! You're just moving along. : )

I know!! It's fabulous!!

I'll get the most up to date stats here tomorrow I think. Been a busy day. My sister and her daughters arrived today. I haven't seen her in nearly 5 years!

Oh oops, he is the american citizen, and I am the frenchie.

OH well then no problem, I don't think

Wow ours are identical!! With the police certificate name different :-).

So, what are you thinking, are you going to bring another original of birthcertificate,marriage cert and police cert. or no?

No not bringing any other originals. Have copies and told them I wnat the originals back.

So we got my fiance birth certificate. Which made him to remember that his mother changed his middle name...

We have no clue if she legally changed it or not...

No matter what his "last middle name" appears on his passport.

We have no legal document reguarding this change...

So my guess is we shouldn't send a copy of his BC but the full copy of his passport.

Correct?

I'm not sure how a middle name change really matters though...

Now I have a qestion about the letters of intend.

Should it be fully handwritten or just the signature?

Thank you

I can't say for certain for France but I guarantee if your SO was from an African country the name difference would NEVER fly! EVERYTHING has to match 100%

We have an interview!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

whidbeygirl,

your prediction is accurate!!!! i got the same date u told me

It's all in the numbers and how they are manipulated

OK so let's decipher our interview emails together:

According to this, we already submitted everything, just need to bring the apointment letter, medical envelope, passport and passport pictures to interview, or am I reading it wrong? Basically need to bring with us the YESes

CORRESPONDENCE INSTRUCTIONS C

DS-230-I Y

DS-230-II Y

PASSPORT Y

BIRTH CERTIFICATE O

ADOPTION F

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE O

MARRIAGE TERMINATION F

COURT RECORDS F

FINANCIAL EVIDENCE Y

CUSTODY PAPERS F

MILITARY RECORDS F

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA POLICE CERTIFICATE O

IRS WAIVER F

PHOTOGRAPH Y

PETITIONER MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE F

PETITIONER BIRTH CERTIFICATE F

BIH COURT CERTIFICATES O

* Document Status Description

A = Applicant must acquire this document and present it at the time of the interview.

F = This form is not necessary for this application.

O = The original document has been received and accepted as meeting post requirements.

P = The police certificate must be requested by the applicant. The issuing police authority will

send the police record directly to the appropriate US Embassy to have on hand at the time of the

interview.

T = An acceptable document has been received, but a translation is required as the submitted

document is not in English or the official language of the processing post. The applicant must

present a certified translation at the time of the interview.

U = The applicant has informed the NVC that the required document is unavailable.

X = The required document is unobtainable for this country per the Foreign Affairs Manual.

Y = The required document has been received and accepted.

I = The required form is incomplete. Please ensure that a complete form is presented at the

interview.

S = Scanned document received. The original document must be presented at the time of the

interview.

Wow ours are identical!! With the police certificate name different :-).

August 6th at 7:30am!!!

can any one please explain to me how NVC do the interview scheduling is it every month they do schedule the people or once every 2 month

The scheduling is done the 1st two weeks of every month..

thank you and this good to know some how I was thinking they do it every 2 month .

that mean I do have chance to get AUG interview my case get approved today (JUL / 10 /2009 )

otherwise some time in SEP

Do NOT be surprised if you get a September interview. As I stated earlier and you did also there are ALOT of individuals going through Egypt so since your case was completed at the END of the processing cycle the liklihood of you getting an August interview is slim to none. My case completed on the 12th of June and Senegal is not as busy as Egypt and I had to wait an additional month.

I HAVE AN INTERVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AUGUST 6TH I HAVE TO LEAVE IN LIKE 3 WEEKS OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

V - CALL THEM!!! I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE EMAIL JUST TALKED TO A WONDERFUL REPRESENTATIVE!!!!!!

How you doing W? Feelings settled any? I'm still a hot mess (as usual)

Can you believe how lucky we got to get interviews so early in August?

:dance:

Girl let me tell ya!!!!!!! Trying to get through the rest of work today was HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I finally asked my boss if I could work outside so I got to go one of the jobsites and weed - which was JUST fine and dandy with me. Helped with all the energy. NOW I'm sitting (well not really sitting, can't keep still) here with my music BLARING!!! Thank God I'm a chaperone tonight for a teen dance!! I think I'd go nuts at home!!!

Wanna see the text I sent my husband when I found out????

"OMG CALL ME CALL ME CALL ME RIGHT NOW!! YOU HAVE TO CALL ME NOW BABY PLEASE CALL ME RIGHT NOW PRAISE GOD CALL ME CALL ME CALL ME I LUV YOU CALL ME CALL ME YES!!"

It got the desired reaction LOL! He called but the line SUCKED I was all echoy. So he'll call tonight after the dance.

W, V, Betsy... Congratulations girls on your interview dates

February was really a lucky month, probably because it is the month of

Please, cross your fingers for me to get an August interview too - my baby needs his father as much as I need my husband

Crossed my fingers for ya!

Thanks hun

...and remember what I told ya when you were praying for a delay in your case - you'll get an early Aug interview and everything will be just fine When you come over to Bosnia, we could meet somewhere around for a drink, hehe Bosnia is right over there... that far from Bulgaria... only 260 miles

Prayers in high gear for you!!

V - you got drinkin' partners all over the world!!! LOL!!

I HAVE AN INTERVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AUGUST 6TH I HAVE TO LEAVE IN LIKE 3 WEEKS OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

V - CALL THEM!!! I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE EMAIL JUST TALKED TO A WONDERFUL REPRESENTATIVE!!!!!!

Awesome!! Congrats! :dance:

I'm so excited for you! Are you bring your hubby back to the US after he receives his visa? Or does he still have some stuff to take care off before migrating to the US?

I'll bring him back with me!

Oh my God, August 11th interview !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

WOOO HOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

Hey guys I just called NVC and got great news!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have an interview in Cairo on August 13th!!!!!!! I am so in shock. We were expecting September at the earliest!!

YA!!!!!!!!

I HAVE AN INTERVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AUGUST 6TH I HAVE TO LEAVE IN LIKE 3 WEEKS OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

V - CALL THEM!!! I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE EMAIL JUST TALKED TO A WONDERFUL REPRESENTATIVE!!!!!!

Aww, I'm jealous girly

:dance: CONGRATS and guess what?

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So, if not today, my case will be complete by Monday. Girly, do you think we could catch the interview assignments this month?

I need an August interview so I can go back to college in September... The more classes I take next semester the better and easier for me. After that it will be very very hard with a baby in hands

I want to say yes, but you are right on the border, my case closed on June 12th and I had to wait until today.

Sorry.

I HAVE AN INTERVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AUGUST 6TH I HAVE TO LEAVE IN LIKE 3 WEEKS OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

V - CALL THEM!!! I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE EMAIL JUST TALKED TO A WONDERFUL REPRESENTATIVE!!!!!!

Any one schedule for august or September yet?? Any one with complete cause from NVC witting for interview?

My cause complete today (JUL-10-2009) DO you think I will be schedule for the month of AUG

I highly doubt you will receive an August interview. Egypt is taking approximately 64 days from NVC complete to case assignment.

Thank you . Can you please explain what do you mean by that? I mean the 64 days you talking about …

I watch the statistics for different embassies and the lastest information (last 3 months) the average wait between case being closed and the interview date is 64 days. So my guess is that you will receive a September interview, not an August one.

If you go here: http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list...pt&dfile=No

you will see that typically there are just 1 to 4 IR1/CR1 interviews per month from those who are on this site.