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[WheresMahGreen]

congratz, man! u must be all relieved now.

[okun]

GCFEELING:
Congratulation on your spouse success!

“Visa badger process started in first week of October 2003”
What is visa badger process?
I also filed follow-To-Join for my wife in Africa since April 2003 but have not heard anything yet. My wife is entitled to receive her visa before September 30, 2004 or else she will loose her DV derivative status.
Would you please explain more about visa badger processes?

[ftjquest]

GCFEELING, many congrats on finally making it through the process.

I have filed an I824 with TSC and as soon as I get my I824 receipt, I am planning on sending the following docs to New Delhi Consulate:
1) Attorney certified I824 receipt
2) I485 and I140 approval notices (original)
3) Attorney-certified I140 petition, I485 petition and I824 petition
4) Employment letter, notarized w2, last three pay-stubs
5) I-134 and bank letters
6) DS-230 part I
7) notarized marriage certificate
8) wife's birth certificate (notarized)
9) notarized copies of passport pages (which are either printed or relevant stamps)

I would appreciate your inputs on the following:

1) Are there documents I should be sending?
2) Does the consulate directly schedule an interview after this or do they send pkt 3? If they send pkt 3, what are all the docs in pkt 3? I searched the uscis site and couldn't find anything called packet3.

thanks

[WheresMahGreen]

Gurus,
My wife just received the interview letter from Chennai Consulate. Among the documents listed, she says her mother read out that form I-864 is listed for financial affidavit (my wife is currently at my parent's place for a few weeks and the address on file with the consulate is her parent's address). I know we all submitted the affidavit I-134 as part of packet 3. Can someone please clarify whether we need the I-864 also? Or is this a common misprint in the interview letter?

Another question: Even if it is form I-134, why do they list it on the list of documents required for the interview? Didn't we give one to them with packet 3? Should we take copies of the same form?

thanks in advance

[GCFEELING]

Ftjquest

1) You got all required documents… In fact, more than required… Your question was answered somewhere on this thread… You can search and find.
2) I think you may get packet four, which gives you the interview schedule etc… Please search this thread; you will get the contents of packet three.

WheresMahGreen

Don’t worry; it is normal. I believe your GC is employment based hence I-134 is good enough. There is no requirement of I-864. The printed form in packet four doesn’t have I-134, but in your packet three they might have strike off this I-864 and hand written I-134. Please check it out.

In general, you don’t submit I-134 along with packet three. You are required to submit all your documents such as I-134, medical reports, your educational certificates and so on at the time of your interview. I hope it cleared your questions.

[Hawk74]

Hi,
my wife received the case no for FTJ by email. She didnt receive Packet3. Is supposed to receive packet 3 from Chennai Consulate when consulate assigned her case no?

When she asked for Packet 3, she got reply from Consulate as
"Please wait for us to schedule the interview and then send the apointment
letter with instructions (packet 4). "

my question is Can she download packet 3 from Chennai consulate website and send it?

any help greatly appreciated

Hawk74

[WheresMahGreen]

Gurus,
My wife's been scheduled an interview on the 21st of April. I have a few questions from the appointment letter that I hope someone here can clarify:

1. It seems for financial affidavit, only forms I-864 is mentioned. According to GCFEELING, they should have been crossed out and marked as I-134. Should we then furnish the I-864 also?

2. There is an issuance fee mentioned in the letter. It says that if the petitioner hasn't paid $260 to the National Visa Center in the US, then a draft for $65 is required at the time of interview. Can someone please explain this item? I didn't pay any amount to the NVC as this is a FTJ directly filed at the Consulate.


Thanks in advance.

[avisn]

Hi Gcfeeling,
Congratulations and happy to hear about the approval...

[GCFEELING]

My family members got two sets of welcome letters and physical plastic cards within two weeks from the date of entry. To my knowledge it is exceptionally fast. We also got our SSN cards too. We all are set to go to chase our dreams and find more happiness.

As you knew I did this FTJ on my own and I saved attorney fee in thousands and time in years. I think I got it done much faster than if I would have gone through the immigration attorney. All together it took six months from start of FTJ process to physical cards. I believe I have done it successfully because of support that you have given us.

Once again I thank you each and every one on this thread especially dharma rao, cool-guy, luckyme9, raju prabhu, tooOldtoWait, dharmarau, aug3102, ht102, gcard (I owe him $1000 , not literally). Harapatra, asrini, avisn. I specially thank you Mr. Rajiv.

This is the best thread for FTJ. I recommend this thread to be placed in important threads.

I believe you will get answers for all of your questions about FTJ process. Be patient, go through it. I wish you all good luck. I will sign off for a while to enjoy life with family members.

[asrini]

GCfeeling,

That is great news and congratulations once again...

I havent been seeing this website for sometime and I was moving to new apt and setting up things for my wife's arrival.

Finally, my wife willb e arriving this weekend...

Glad to hear that you even got plastic cards and ssn cards.

Congrats again and all the best for a better life.

Thanks to all friends and all other FTJ members who shared a lot of info with me...

I will update once my wife lands and also about the cards...

take care

[WheresMahGreen]

Gurus,
My wife's interview is coming up in Chennai in a couple of weeks. I had this doubt about the fees. In their letter they've mentioned $335 as the fees . They have also said something like if an amount equalling $260 has been paid to NVC, then we should pay issuance fees of $65. Since I didn't pay anything to NVC, should my wife take along with her a draft for $335 only and nothing for the $65?

I would appreciate it very much (and I also think it would be useful for this board in general) if someone could share his/her experience on the following topics:
1. Likely interview questions -- any trick questions one should be aware of
2. Things a FTJ applicant shouldn't say during the interview
3. Procedures at the Consulate
4. Departure procedures (whether a boarding letter from the consulate is required, procedures at airport in India, transit etc)
5. Experience at port of entry in the USA (questions asked during the secondary inspection, GC stamp on passport, any possibility of passenger claiming luggage before secondary inspection etc)

Thank you all

[arulraj100]

Hi WheresMahGreen,

What about the financial Affidavit?

I-134 or I-864? are you providing I-864 also.

did you verify with consulate about this?

Thanks

[Hawk74]

Hi friends,
could anyone kindly help me on how to get a police clearance certificate for my wife as consulate requires 1. From Passport Office and 2. From District Police Office?

I got the police clearance certificate from District Police Office.
But I donot know how to get the Clearance Certificate from Passport Office. my wife lives in district headquarters town. So Should she get the certificate from Local Passport Office or from the State Passport office in Hyderabad?

WheresMahGreen, Could you please tell me how you have got the Police Clearance Certificates for your wife?


Thanks
Hawk74

[WheresMahGreen]

Arul: When I contacted the Consulate with the affidavit question, they responded saying that if I had already submitted I-134, I need not provide I-864.

Hawk: My wife went to the regional passport office that issued her passport. She had to fill in a form (it is called Miscellaneous form) and provide appropriate documents and photos along with the fees (Rs 300 I think). The PCC from the passport office took about a day.

[arulraj100]

Thanks WheresMahGreen !

Good Luck.