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DV2014 winner - husband cannot be present for interview

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Hi all,
I am one of the DV2014 winners. There is no US embassy in my country of residence. My husband and I have to travel to a neighbor country to attend the DV interview. The problem is that my husband is doing obligatory military service in my home country and has no exit permission until he finishes the service which will take two years from now.
What options do we have? Can I attend the interview alone and get my DV entry visa and postpone my husband's interview for the time he will finish the military service (despite the fact the DV2104 visa must be issued before end of Sep 2014)?

I appreciate your comments in advance.
 
Unfortunately it seems the rules are quite clear. Your husband won't be able to be processed if he doesn't attend an interview and he cannot get a DV visa if he can't do it by end September 2014. You will have to decide if you want to go ahead and then apply for him as spouse of a permanent resident, which can take a few years.

"You will need to be present at the interview, as well as your spouse and children (as applicable) who are applying for a diversity immigrant visa."

"Processing of entries and issuance of DVs to selectees meeting eligibility requirements and their eligible family members MUST be completed by midnight on September 30, 2014. Under no circumstances can DVs be issued or adjustments approved after this date, nor can family members obtain DVs to follow-to-join the principal applicant in the United States after this date."
 
DV2014 - I-134 Affidavit of support

Hi all,

It seems that DV winners who have a supporter (sponsor) can submit I-134 form.
- Should I wait until this document is requested by embassy or my supporter can go ahead and fill out the form and prepare the support documents now?
- Does I-134 have be notarized?
- It seems sponsor needs to fill out one form for winner and one for spouse. Is that true?

Thank you.
 
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The I 134 is not legally binding so whilst it might help, it isn't strictly necessary. If a sponsor is completing it for you, that is good, but no need to have it notarized. I don't think you need one for each - again - it is not a binding or required form.
 
Well... I know a friend of mine who brough his wife to the states and it didn't even take 6 months for her to get the green card.. In usa it is all about knowing the system, a lot of people bring their spouses to the states and get social benefit and residency very fast
 
jayo2k said:
Well... I know a friend of mine who brough his wife to the states and it didn't even take 6 months for her to get the green card.. In usa it is all about knowing the system, a lot of people bring their spouses to the states and get social benefit and residency very fast
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Hmmn! I'm curious, what was your friend's status and how long was he in the US before bringing in his wife and getting her the GC?
 
jayo2k said:
Well... I know a friend of mine who brough his wife to the states and it didn't even take 6 months for her to get the green card.. In usa it is all about knowing the system, a lot of people bring their spouses to the states and get social benefit and residency very fast
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They were not USC?

Sm1smom said:
Hmmn! I'm curious, what was your friend's status and how long was he in the US before bringing in his wife and getting her the GC?
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+1
I'll be looking closely on here, I might learn a new thing that I haven't been able to find elsewhere.
 
Sm1smom said:
Hmmn! I'm curious, what was your friend's status and how long was he in the US before bringing in his wife and getting her the GC?
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in fact, let me first ask you, are you legally married or just been living together? Because if you are not legally married, it is even simplier. What my friend did was made his then girlfriend comes to the state on a visitor visa then marrying her in the state. From there he applied and sponsored her. She now has a green card with a 3 years probation, meaning she has to stay married to him for at least 3 years before her green card turn permanent.

another one in Miami made her wife come illegally and in the us, illegals get good treatments... His wife is not resident yet but already receive government benefices and they won't even deport her.

There are lot of ways to enter the us, I will advise you to keep on with the processing.
 
^^
It's why the USA's immigration system is viewed as the world's biggest joke. Even the Diversity Visa is silly, if you really think about it ... like finding a Green Card in the bottom of a box of Corn Flakes basically. But hey, if they're silly enough to give them out like that, why not? ;)
 
jayo2k said:
in fact, let me first ask you, are you legally married or just been living together? Because if you are not legally married, it is even simplier. What my friend did was made his then girlfriend comes to the state on a visitor visa then marrying her in the state. From there he applied and sponsored her. She now has a green card with a 3 years probation, meaning she has to stay married to him for at least 3 years before her green card turn permanent.

another one in Miami made her wife come illegally and in the us, illegals get good treatments... His wife is not resident yet but already receive government benefices and they won't even deport her.

There are lot of ways to enter the us, I will advise you to keep on with the processing.
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in fact, let me first ask you, are you legally married or just been living together? Because if you are not legally married, it is even simplier
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*chuckling quietly*

My curiosity regarding what your friends did was not because I'm looking for a short cut on how to get a GC, rather I wanted you to shed a little bit more light on what could possibly be fraudulent acts. I asked about your friend's status in my previous post, USC or LPR, you didn't respond.

While no system is completely fool-proof, you shouldn't make it sound like it's possible to easily beat the US immigration system either. It helps if more background information is provided, or people could be led astray. Bringing in a person on a tourist visa with the sole purpose of getting married and adjusting status for them is a fraudulent act on its own, but of course it doesn't mean that people are not doing that. But then it's important to note that a fraudulently obtained GC can be taken away making the GC holder deportable.

What my friend did was made his then girlfriend comes to the state on a visitor visa then marrying her in the state. From there he applied and sponsored her. She now has a green card with a 3 years probation
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Your friend, an LPR was able to do this within 6 months???? I find that hard to believe!

AFAIK, a person who comes to the US on some other type of non-immigrant visa, then gets married in the US would qualified to be regarded as an immediate relative if the spouse was a USC. Based on the qualifying family relationship the spouse is able to file an I-130 petition. It is just that when you are a spouse of a US citizen, you are eligible to file the I-130 along with an I-485, adjustment of status which hastens the entire process. But when you are the spouse of a LPR, you can only have the I-130 petition filed TO establish the qualifying family relationship and the actual application for adjustment of status can only be filed once the visa priority date becomes current or your husband becomes a US citizen and upgrades your I-130 petition to that of an immediate relative.
 
Sm1smom said:
*chuckling quietly*

My curiosity regarding what your friends did was not because I'm looking for a short cut on how to get a GC, rather I wanted you to shed a little bit more light on what could possibly be fraudulent acts. I asked about your friend's status in my previous post, USC or LPR, you didn't respond.

While no system is completely fool-proof, you shouldn't make it sound like it's possible to easily beat the US immigration system either. It helps if more background information is provided, or people could be led astray. Bringing in a person on a tourist visa with the sole purpose of getting married and adjusting status for them is a fraudulent act on its own, but of course it doesn't mean that people are not doing that. But then it's important to note that a fraudulently obtained GC can be taken away making the GC holder deportable.



Your friend, an LPR was able to do this within 6 months???? I find that hard to believe!

AFAIK, a person who comes to the US on some other type of non-immigrant visa, then gets married in the US would qualified to be regarded as an immediate relative if the spouse was a USC. Based on the qualifying family relationship the spouse is able to file an I-130 petition. It is just that when you are a spouse of a US citizen, you are eligible to file the I-130 along with an I-485, adjustment of status which hastens the entire process. But when you are the spouse of a LPR, you can only have the I-130 petition filed TO establish the qualifying family relationship and the actual application for adjustment of status can only be filed once the visa priority date becomes current or your husband becomes a US citizen and upgrades your I-130 petition to that of an immediate relative.
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What is the LPR by the way?
And for the visa, lot and lots of people from haiti, mexico, latin america, caraib island.. does that... How do you think that the people from those countries are so many in the usa while they do not even have any degrees at all...? The thing in USA is to get in, once in, it is all in the ropes. Me I got out because I have a french passeport and canadian residency so no point being illegal just to have a visa later... believe me, once in usa if you know the right people, you are good to go. Most people who are deported is because either they had a very bad lawyer or they commited a crime.
My frien who sponsorized his girlfriend is a US citizen but the one in miami just got his residency not even 2 years ago...
 
You're contradicting yourself - trying to say these people are all beating the system but then basically saying they are illegal.

And LPR is what you are when you get your green card....for someone who claims to know what you do yet not know the most basic abbreviation for lawful permanent resident seems very strange...
 
jayo2k said:
My frien who sponsorized his girlfriend is a US citizen
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That explains a lot and there is nothing mysterious about him being able to get a GC for his wife in 6 months. That is the average waiting time for almost all USC looking to bring family members. So nothing new or exciting there.
 
SusieQQQ said:
You're contradicting yourself - trying to say these people are all beating the system but then basically saying they are illegal.

And LPR is what you are when you get your green card....for someone who claims to know what you do yet not know the most basic abbreviation for lawful permanent resident seems very strange...
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The person asking is not illegal... And I did say "knowing the system" not beating it... and lastly, the last one just got his GC but brought his wife
 
BurundiWinner said:
That explains a lot and there is nothing mysterious about him being able to get a GC for his wife in 6 months. That is the average waiting time for almost all USC looking to bring family members. So nothing new or exciting there.
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what about the second one who just got his green card...
 
jayo2k said:
What is the LPR by the way?
And for the visa, lot and lots of people from haiti, mexico, latin america, caraib island.. does that... How do you think that the people from those countries are so many in the usa while they do not even have any degrees at all...?
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What is the LPR by the way?
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Lawful Permanent Resident, AKA GC holder ;) - I'm surprised you didn't know the meaning of that!

Just because these set of people you mentioned above are in the US does not mean they have GCs, most are there as illegal immigrants. ICE is not going about looking for people who overstayed their visas, and for as long as they stay out of trouble, they may be able to stay in the country for the rest of their lives without being deported.

My frien who sponsorized his girlfriend is a US citizen
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Now, we're talking! The six months time frame is not unusual for a USC to get a GC application approved for their spouse, just like I explained above.

and lastly, the last one just got his GC but brought his wife
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what about the second one who just got his green card...
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Isn't the wife here illegally? You're going on and on about this 2nd friend and his wife, as if he's been able to get her a GC. He couldn't even get her to come in legally as his wife to start with, so what's the point you're trying to make here?

another one in Miami made her wife come illegally and in the us, illegals get good treatments... His wife is not resident yet but already receive government benefices and they won't even deport her.
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Just because she's able to sneak behind the doors and claim benefits she's not entitled to does not mean her husband has succeeded in beating the system. If the spouse succeeds in getting her a GC based on his priority number being current, the fact that she's already applied for and received benefits she's not entitled to has the possibility of back-firing on her either at the time of the GC interview or when she applies for citizenship. Such marriage based GC do get highly scrutinized. Stop making it sound like it's a done deal for these people!
 
Yup, keep going on about people coming in illegally and claiming benefits etc, no wonder anti-immigrant sentiment is rising....
 
jayo2k said:
I am not an illegal, I left as soon as my stay was over, I just stated a fact
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Yes but you were - basically - encouraging others to go the illegal route.
Why are you on this forum btw? According to your signature you have entered but not won DV.
 
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