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Simala2006
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Again Congratulations Judex!
Gotcha! Now you are in your way to USA! I do praise and thank GOD for wonderful, helpful people like you guys here in this thread of FTJ, and I rejoice with all your successes! I always believe God will give our hearts desires, but this is not the end of the journey judex, it is the beginning of your American dream, let us continue to pray for one another, and bring glory and honor to God for He is truly faithful in all HIS promises to us all!
In God's time and in His special way, all of us will receive our miracles and rainbows soon..
All of you here are in my prayers.. God be praised!
Simala2006
Gotcha! Now you are in your way to USA! I do praise and thank GOD for wonderful, helpful people like you guys here in this thread of FTJ, and I rejoice with all your successes! I always believe God will give our hearts desires, but this is not the end of the journey judex, it is the beginning of your American dream, let us continue to pray for one another, and bring glory and honor to God for He is truly faithful in all HIS promises to us all!
In God's time and in His special way, all of us will receive our miracles and rainbows soon..
All of you here are in my prayers.. God be praised!
Simala2006
i'll post the details in a few hours, i need to take some rest after an 8 hours travel...
thanks guys!!! and god bless to all...
judex
Simala2006
Registered Users (C)
Again congratulations Judex!
Gotcha! Now you are in your way to USA! I do praise and thank GOD for wonderful, helpful people like you guys here in this thread of FTJ, and I rejoice with all your successes! I always believe God will give our hearts desires, but this is not the end of the journey judex, it is the beginning of your American dream, let us continue to pray for one another, and bring glory and honor to God for He is truly faithful in all HIS promises to us all!
In God's time and in His special way, all of us will receive our miracles and rainbows soon..
All of you here are in my prayers.. God be praised!
Simala2006
Gotcha! Now you are in your way to USA! I do praise and thank GOD for wonderful, helpful people like you guys here in this thread of FTJ, and I rejoice with all your successes! I always believe God will give our hearts desires, but this is not the end of the journey judex, it is the beginning of your American dream, let us continue to pray for one another, and bring glory and honor to God for He is truly faithful in all HIS promises to us all!
In God's time and in His special way, all of us will receive our miracles and rainbows soon..
All of you here are in my prayers.. God be praised!
Simala2006
i'll post the details in a few hours, i need to take some rest after an 8 hours travel...
thanks guys!!! and god bless to all...
judex
A tad late to reply to this post but here goes...
My wife's appointment was scheduled on July 3rd at the Mumbai consulate. PD was current in the June visa bulletin. She appeared for the interview on the 3rd, got her visa approved and she is here now with me in the US. So not sure how the consulates actually handle the visa number allocation, but my wife had no issues with the visa stamping. In anycase, I'm glad that the wait is over (after exactly 2 years) and all the stress and anxiety is behind us.
And many many thanks to this group here (and special thanks to kamrans for taking the time to respond to my private mails) - the sharing of experiences and the time and energy spent by individuals to post to this board is extremely valuable and empowering. I hope all your prayers are answered so you can unite with your families at the earliest !
My wife's appointment was scheduled on July 3rd at the Mumbai consulate. PD was current in the June visa bulletin. She appeared for the interview on the 3rd, got her visa approved and she is here now with me in the US. So not sure how the consulates actually handle the visa number allocation, but my wife had no issues with the visa stamping. In anycase, I'm glad that the wait is over (after exactly 2 years) and all the stress and anxiety is behind us.
And many many thanks to this group here (and special thanks to kamrans for taking the time to respond to my private mails) - the sharing of experiences and the time and energy spent by individuals to post to this board is extremely valuable and empowering. I hope all your prayers are answered so you can unite with your families at the earliest !
Hi nikhilji,
Congrats! Can you please share you wife's experince at the port of entry? Is there any questions asked at the airport? and which airport it is?
Thanks for your time on this.
Judex: My Journey
my 1st post in this thread was on 15th June 2006. know nothing about FTJs, i just read the whole thread from page 1... with the help also from the co-threaders it shed light to my FTJ journey...
we had a roller coaster ride for FTJ. first is the i824 denial from USICS, it was a big mistake from us to file i824, the embassy had the hand for our case, not USCIS. 2nd was the agony of waiting for the reply of embassy in manila, if we did not call the visa specialist, we will not know that i have already a case no., it took us 3 months of agony. 3rd is the retrogression. 4th was the problem i had with my wife last feb. and 5th was the problem of distance between me and my wife. wew! bumpy...
May 21, 2007, when i saw my interview appointment date in the embassy's website., my wife was beside me that time, she was asking on how do i check for IA, i made some demo to her, then my IA appeared, we were both surprised that time coz i was just making a demo for her. i had no problem with the documents needed for the interview coz i already prepared for it, thanks to this thread.
July 10, the big day for me... i went to the embassy at 520am in the morning, 630am appointment. there were lots of people already in the line. at 620am the guard told us to get inside the embassy, sit on a chair and wait for the guard to tell us to get a ticket no.. at 650am got my ticket, they need the appointment letter and the DS230 to get the ticket. there is a queue board, the ticket no. doesn't appear sequencialy, you have to look at he board every time a no. appears. my name was called(not the ticket no.) at around 730am for finger printing. at 8am my no. appeared then i went to window 22. the lady collected all the documents needed, asked some basic questions regarding the marriage, my wife and me. she told me to pay for the IV fee. after i paid for the fee i gave the receipt to the lady and she told me to sit again and wait for the no. to appear again on the queue board for the interview with the consul. at around 830am, my no. appeared and went to window 44. a black american male consul greeted me. i was asked to raise my right hand and swear that all the documents and i say is correct. he scanned all the papers and asked some basic questions like: marriage date, my work, asked if my wife is living alone in the apartment. he looked at our wedding pics, honeymoon, etc. after a few seconds he returned some documents like phonebills, emails, pics cards etc.. he looked at me and said "i can not see any problem with you papers, wait for the your name to be called again, have a good/nice day". i grab a chair and wait again. at 930am, my name was called at window 37, the guy told me to pay for the shipping fee, ask some questions regarding my home town, make some jokes regarding the people who live there then he gave me my appointment letter and a pink slip... i went to the counter where i have to pay for the shipping fee, fill-up a paper, pay the fee and got my receipt. i went out of the embassy abound 10am, went to a church near the embassy and say my thanks you's to Him and to all who helped me...
summary of the process for the interview:
1.) Ticket counter to get your ticket no. - they need your appointment letter and DS230.
2.) Pre-Screener Counter - they will get all the documents needed to build a case for FTJ e.g. Marriage Cert, Birth Cert, NBI Clearance, i134, 1040, W2, job offer, emails, cards, pictures, phonebills. this includes the Cashier Counter.
3.) Finger Printing.
4.) Interview with the Consul.
5.) Releasing Counter - You should receive a pink slip and a your appointment letter if you are APPROVED. if not, you will receive your passport.
6.) Shipping Counter - Delbros, P165 per visa.
7.) Say Thank You to Him and to all the persons who helped you...
Note: Finger Printing may come 1st before Pre-screener.
Observation on the IV interview: It is all paper works. Once your marriage is genuine and before GC, everything will be fine...
I don't have to mention the names who helped me in this thread, you know who you are... THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!
chay is offering her house for the reunion in december in california... i'll post the details about it soon...
God Bless to all and THANK YOU AGAIN!!! MABUHAY!!!
Judex
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Summary of the Case
Details: My wife is a nurse. The Date of Approval of her GC is when she arrived in US. June 10, 2006.
Marriage Date: June 7, 2006.
PD: Sept. 24, 2003. From Schedule A to EB3 category.
Case Created at Embassy MNL: Oct. 2006, submitted documents to create the case for me.
Packet 3 Rcvd: Not received coz I already sent the documents needed to create the case.
Packet 4 Rcvd: Lat week of May 2007
Interview Date: July 10, 2006. VISA Approved.
Visa Rcvd: Coming soon
my 1st post in this thread was on 15th June 2006. know nothing about FTJs, i just read the whole thread from page 1...
with the help also from the co-threaders it shed light to my FTJ journey...we had a roller coaster ride for FTJ. first is the i824 denial from USICS, it was a big mistake from us to file i824, the embassy had the hand for our case, not USCIS. 2nd was the agony of waiting for the reply of embassy in manila, if we did not call the visa specialist, we will not know that i have already a case no., it took us 3 months of agony. 3rd is the retrogression. 4th was the problem i had with my wife last feb. and 5th was the problem of distance between me and my wife. wew! bumpy...
May 21, 2007, when i saw my interview appointment date in the embassy's website., my wife was beside me that time, she was asking on how do i check for IA, i made some demo to her, then my IA appeared, we were both surprised that time coz i was just making a demo for her. i had no problem with the documents needed for the interview coz i already prepared for it, thanks to this thread.
July 10, the big day for me... i went to the embassy at 520am in the morning, 630am appointment. there were lots of people already in the line. at 620am the guard told us to get inside the embassy, sit on a chair and wait for the guard to tell us to get a ticket no.. at 650am got my ticket, they need the appointment letter and the DS230 to get the ticket. there is a queue board, the ticket no. doesn't appear sequencialy, you have to look at he board every time a no. appears. my name was called(not the ticket no.) at around 730am for finger printing. at 8am my no. appeared then i went to window 22. the lady collected all the documents needed, asked some basic questions regarding the marriage, my wife and me. she told me to pay for the IV fee. after i paid for the fee i gave the receipt to the lady and she told me to sit again and wait for the no. to appear again on the queue board for the interview with the consul. at around 830am, my no. appeared and went to window 44. a black american male consul greeted me. i was asked to raise my right hand and swear that all the documents and i say is correct. he scanned all the papers and asked some basic questions like: marriage date, my work, asked if my wife is living alone in the apartment. he looked at our wedding pics, honeymoon, etc. after a few seconds he returned some documents like phonebills, emails, pics cards etc.. he looked at me and said "i can not see any problem with you papers, wait for the your name to be called again, have a good/nice day". i grab a chair and wait again. at 930am, my name was called at window 37, the guy told me to pay for the shipping fee, ask some questions regarding my home town, make some jokes regarding the people who live there
then he gave me my appointment letter and a pink slip... i went to the counter where i have to pay for the shipping fee, fill-up a paper, pay the fee and got my receipt. i went out of the embassy abound 10am, went to a church near the embassy and say my thanks you's to Him and to all who helped me...summary of the process for the interview:
1.) Ticket counter to get your ticket no. - they need your appointment letter and DS230.
2.) Pre-Screener Counter - they will get all the documents needed to build a case for FTJ e.g. Marriage Cert, Birth Cert, NBI Clearance, i134, 1040, W2, job offer, emails, cards, pictures, phonebills. this includes the Cashier Counter.
3.) Finger Printing.
4.) Interview with the Consul.
5.) Releasing Counter - You should receive a pink slip and a your appointment letter if you are APPROVED. if not, you will receive your passport.
6.) Shipping Counter - Delbros, P165 per visa.
7.) Say Thank You to Him and to all the persons who helped you...
Note: Finger Printing may come 1st before Pre-screener.
Observation on the IV interview: It is all paper works. Once your marriage is genuine and before GC, everything will be fine...
I don't have to mention the names who helped me in this thread, you know who you are... THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!
chay is offering her house for the reunion in december in california... i'll post the details about it soon...
God Bless to all and THANK YOU AGAIN!!! MABUHAY!!!
Judex
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Summary of the Case
Details: My wife is a nurse. The Date of Approval of her GC is when she arrived in US. June 10, 2006.
Marriage Date: June 7, 2006.
PD: Sept. 24, 2003. From Schedule A to EB3 category.
Case Created at Embassy MNL: Oct. 2006, submitted documents to create the case for me.
Packet 3 Rcvd: Not received coz I already sent the documents needed to create the case.
Packet 4 Rcvd: Lat week of May 2007
Interview Date: July 10, 2006. VISA Approved.
Visa Rcvd: Coming soon
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Judex kabayan,
First of all congrats! I'm glad that your FTJ journey is over. On the other hand, I'm yet to start on this long and painful journey. Can you expound on
what you've said:
"we had a roller coaster ride for FTJ. first is the i824 denial from USICS, it was a big mistake from us to file i824, the embassy had the hand for our case, not USCIS."
What was the mistake that you did with I-824? I'm starting to learn the ropes of FTJ just now, and I though I-824 is the actual form you file with you do FTJ. So I couldn't figure out what was the mistake you made. And also just so we don't commit the same mistakes. Thanks in advance!
First of all congrats! I'm glad that your FTJ journey is over. On the other hand, I'm yet to start on this long and painful journey. Can you expound on
what you've said:
"we had a roller coaster ride for FTJ. first is the i824 denial from USICS, it was a big mistake from us to file i824, the embassy had the hand for our case, not USCIS."
What was the mistake that you did with I-824? I'm starting to learn the ropes of FTJ just now, and I though I-824 is the actual form you file with you do FTJ. So I couldn't figure out what was the mistake you made. And also just so we don't commit the same mistakes. Thanks in advance!
kidd,
if you got your IV in MNL, then you don't have to file i824.
if you changed your status in the states, you need to file i824.
judex
if you got your IV in MNL, then you don't have to file i824.
if you changed your status in the states, you need to file i824.
judex
Judex kabayan,
First of all congrats! I'm glad that your FTJ journey is over. On the other hand, I'm yet to start on this long and painful journey. Can you expound on
what you've said:
"we had a roller coaster ride for FTJ. first is the i824 denial from USICS, it was a big mistake from us to file i824, the embassy had the hand for our case, not USCIS."
What was the mistake that you did with I-824? I'm starting to learn the ropes of FTJ just now, and I though I-824 is the actual form you file with you do FTJ. So I couldn't figure out what was the mistake you made. And also just so we don't commit the same mistakes. Thanks in advance!
rammyrammy
Registered Users (C)
Judex Congrats,
To keep it simple.. have fun and Bask in Glory of new found freedom...
MABUHAY..(U Have to explain what it means..)...
Rammy..
To keep it simple.. have fun and Bask in Glory of new found freedom...
MABUHAY..(U Have to explain what it means..)...
Rammy..
my 1st post in this thread was on 15th June 2006. know nothing about FTJs, i just read the whole thread from page 1...
we had a roller coaster ride for FTJ. first is the i824 denial from USICS, it was a big mistake from us to file i824, the embassy had the hand for our case, not USCIS. 2nd was the agony of waiting for the reply of embassy in manila, if we did not call the visa specialist, we will not know that i have already a case no., it took us 3 months of agony. 3rd is the retrogression. 4th was the problem i had with my wife last feb. and 5th was the problem of distance between me and my wife. wew! bumpy...
May 21, 2007, when i saw my interview appointment date in the embassy's website., my wife was beside me that time, she was asking on how do i check for IA, i made some demo to her, then my IA appeared, we were both surprised that time coz i was just making a demo for her. i had no problem with the documents needed for the interview coz i already prepared for it, thanks to this thread.
July 10, the big day for me... i went to the embassy at 520am in the morning, 630am appointment. there were lots of people already in the line. at 620am the guard told us to get inside the embassy, sit on a chair and wait for the guard to tell us to get a ticket no.. at 650am got my ticket, they need the appointment letter and the DS230 to get the ticket. there is a queue board, the ticket no. doesn't appear sequencialy, you have to look at he board every time a no. appears. my name was called(not the ticket no.) at around 730am for finger printing. at 8am my no. appeared then i went to window 22. the lady collected all the documents needed, asked some basic questions regarding the marriage, my wife and me. she told me to pay for the IV fee. after i paid for the fee i gave the receipt to the lady and she told me to sit again and wait for the no. to appear again on the queue board for the interview with the consul. at around 830am, my no. appeared and went to window 44. a black american male consul greeted me. i was asked to raise my right hand and swear that all the documents and i say is correct. he scanned all the papers and asked some basic questions like: marriage date, my work, asked if my wife is living alone in the apartment. he looked at our wedding pics, honeymoon, etc. after a few seconds he returned some documents like phonebills, emails, pics cards etc.. he looked at me and said "i can not see any problem with you papers, wait for the your name to be called again, have a good/nice day". i grab a chair and wait again. at 930am, my name was called at window 37, the guy told me to pay for the shipping fee, ask some questions regarding my home town, make some jokes regarding the people who live there
summary of the process for the interview:
1.) Ticket counter to get your ticket no. - they need your appointment letter and DS230.
2.) Pre-Screener Counter - they will get all the documents needed to build a case for FTJ e.g. Marriage Cert, Birth Cert, NBI Clearance, i134, 1040, W2, job offer, emails, cards, pictures, phonebills. this includes the Cashier Counter.
3.) Finger Printing.
4.) Interview with the Consul.
5.) Releasing Counter - You should receive a pink slip and a your appointment letter if you are APPROVED. if not, you will receive your passport.
6.) Shipping Counter - Delbros, P165 per visa.
7.) Say Thank You to Him and to all the persons who helped you...
Note: Finger Printing may come 1st before Pre-screener.
Observation on the IV interview: It is all paper works. Once your marriage is genuine and before GC, everything will be fine...
I don't have to mention the names who helped me in this thread, you know who you are... THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!
chay is offering her house for the reunion in december in california... i'll post the details about it soon...
God Bless to all and THANK YOU AGAIN!!! MABUHAY!!!
Judex
- - - - -
Summary of the Case
Details: My wife is a nurse. The Date of Approval of her GC is when she arrived in US. June 10, 2006.
Marriage Date: June 7, 2006.
PD: Sept. 24, 2003. From Schedule A to EB3 category.
Case Created at Embassy MNL: Oct. 2006, submitted documents to create the case for me.
Packet 3 Rcvd: Not received coz I already sent the documents needed to create the case.
Packet 4 Rcvd: Lat week of May 2007
Interview Date: July 10, 2006. VISA Approved.
Visa Rcvd: Coming soon
Pardon my ignorance, but what's IV? Interview?
In my case I came to the US under a B1 visa, and eventually my company filed for a change of status (I-485) which is pending now, so that means that I have to file for I-824 for my wife right?
Thanks and congrats again!
ATTN: kamrans
Hi kamrans,
I've been doing a lot of back-reading on this thread and I learned that your wife attempted to get visitor's visa, but unfortunately got denied.
The thing is, I'm thinking of doing that too. Because in my case, we got married with my I-485 still pending, then I had to go back to the US only a couple of days after the marriage! So it was really painful! Now I'm still waiting for my I-485 to be approved before I could start with the FTJ process. So I guess the reason of wanting to visit your spouse here in the US under a visitor's visa is valid because as you've said, due to present delays it would realistically take too long for me to bring her here, and additionally she really wants to see me since we immediately parted ways a fews days after the wedding
(because work required me to go back, so we didn't even have time for honeymoon )
Do you think that reason would work for my case? Because I believe the issue the consul had with your wife is that your PD was not current. But in my case, my I-485 has already been filed and is just pending. What do you think?
And of course, if ever her visitor's visa gets approved and when she gets here, can I still add her name to my pending I-485 so that we could wait TOGETHER here in the US for our GCs to get approved?
Thanks in advance!
Hi kamrans,
I've been doing a lot of back-reading on this thread and I learned that your wife attempted to get visitor's visa, but unfortunately got denied.
The thing is, I'm thinking of doing that too. Because in my case, we got married with my I-485 still pending, then I had to go back to the US only a couple of days after the marriage! So it was really painful!
Now I'm still waiting for my I-485 to be approved before I could start with the FTJ process. So I guess the reason of wanting to visit your spouse here in the US under a visitor's visa is valid because as you've said, due to present delays it would realistically take too long for me to bring her here, and additionally she really wants to see me since we immediately parted ways a fews days after the wedding (because work required me to go back, so we didn't even have time for honeymoon
) Do you think that reason would work for my case? Because I believe the issue the consul had with your wife is that your PD was not current. But in my case, my I-485 has already been filed and is just pending. What do you think?
And of course, if ever her visitor's visa gets approved and when she gets here, can I still add her name to my pending I-485 so that we could wait TOGETHER here in the US for our GCs to get approved?
Thanks in advance!
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kidd
IV, Immigrant Visa.
you have to file i-824 once you received the approval for your GC... then once you received the receipt for the i-824(you dont have to wait for the approval of 824), you have to send documents to the embassy to create a case. call the visa specialist after 2 weeks to confirm if a case was created, the embassy will not send you a notice if your case was created or not, the visa specialist can answer that. then once the case is created, fax them a follow-up letter. scan this thread from page 150, you will know what documents to submit and the visa specialist nos.. god bless...
judex
IV, Immigrant Visa.
you have to file i-824 once you received the approval for your GC... then once you received the receipt for the i-824(you dont have to wait for the approval of 824), you have to send documents to the embassy to create a case. call the visa specialist after 2 weeks to confirm if a case was created, the embassy will not send you a notice if your case was created or not, the visa specialist can answer that. then once the case is created, fax them a follow-up letter. scan this thread from page 150, you will know what documents to submit and the visa specialist nos..
god bless...judex
Pardon my ignorance, but what's IV? Interview?
In my case I came to the US under a B1 visa, and eventually my company filed for a change of status (I-485) which is pending now, so that means that I have to file for I-824 for my wife right?
Thanks and congrats again!
FTJ Request letter for issuing Visa
Hi,
When wife goes for the interview do we need to send any request letter
requesting consular officer to issue a immigartion visa to wife like vistors or H4 we send?
If yes can some one post the format if any....
I know this is a simple question and does not matter but jsut wnated to confirm .
Thanks,
Hi,
When wife goes for the interview do we need to send any request letter
requesting consular officer to issue a immigartion visa to wife like vistors or H4 we send?
If yes can some one post the format if any....
I know this is a simple question and does not matter but jsut wnated to confirm .
Thanks,
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