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Dear ALL,
I'm awaiting I485 approval for the last 22 months and am using EAD to work in this country.Last year, I got married outside US and my spouse could'nt join me because I did'nt have an H-1.I decided to do a FTJ for my wife once my GC gets approved.
Now considering if my GC gets approved in some time(God knows when!!) and she goes through the whole nine yards from Packet 3 to the interview.
The points which are not clear to me are:
1)Does the spouse get an immigrant visa number on succesful interview?
2)On Port of Entry at US, what is the sort of stamp the authorities put on her passport?
3)Does she get a Greencard automatically after landing in US or do we have to apply for card here in US?If we do have to apply for a GC then what is the process of applying?
4) If she gets a GC would that be conditional or non-conditional?

I sincerely thank you all for reading this far and any inputs would be greatly appreciated.Also I wish everyone a speedy approval and empathize with everyone going through this painful process.
Thanks a ton...
cheers :)
 
interview experience

Hi all,
I just wanted to share my wife's FTJ interview experience. she has cleared the interview last week(26th May).

She went inside the chennai consulate around 8:30 am and submitted the documents to an officer. she was called around 11:50am for the interview and the consular office asked the following questions.

1. when was the first time your husband entered US?
2. where is he working?
3. what is the name of the company?
4. why didn't you go with him after marriage?. she replied that she was studing and he asked what was she studing?.

the officer said that she will receive the passport via courier in couple of days...this is it the whole conversation inside the consulate and she came out around 12:10pm. she received the passport & a sealed packet with visa stapled on the packet next day(27th May)...

I would like to thank GCFEELING, wheresMahGreen, aug3102, skid, asrini and all other members who posted/shared their experience in this forum. i've gained lot of information about the badger process from this forum and helped me in many ways to succeed in this. otherwise, i would have waited for the approval of my I-824 for another year or so(not sure how long b'cos the i-824 notice says 000 - 999 days) if i would have not known about this badger process. fyi...my i-824(ND: 9 April 2003) is still pending in Vermont center.

I wish you all the best on your case...special thanks to Rajiv S. Kanna for having this portal accessable to everyone to share the information with others...

once again thank you all....
 
Actual Card

Has anyone here who went through FTJ recently received their actual Greencard yet? (Was GCFEELING's case the only one to receive the card at such short notice?) I just want to get an idea of how long it would take to receive the greencard. The POE is Newark, NJ. We haven't received the welcome letter either. Please advise.

Thanks
 
824 Processing Time and AC-I140

Is any one out there waiting OR recently got 824 approved. Just would like to know how long it would take to approve
(My details:VSC,Reciept Date:05/06/04)
Also, I was wondering if any one knows if Chennai consulate accepts AC I-140, anyone out there!
 
Hello:

My wife had interview last month, and got her green card ( FTJ). However I have a question about her travel.

When she travel, she doesn't have any proof other than a sealed envelop, correct? So how does she prove that she has an approval to the airport authorities in India and the transit airport( Frankfurt, London etc).

Any help will be appreciated, thanks
 
usa_mirage said:
Is any one out there waiting OR recently got 824 approved. Just would like to know how long it would take to approve
(My details:VSC,Reciept Date:05/06/04)
Also, I was wondering if any one knows if Chennai consulate accepts AC I-140, anyone out there!
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HI usa_mirage
MY I 824 is approved on Jun 3 rd/04 and i applied for I 824 on April/04 ,i am not sure how long it takes to process I 824 .Not sure about I 140 and the processing timings .And i have applied for FTJ process for my wife and waiting for PK 3 .Chennai Conuslate said they have registered the case last week ,so not sure what does that mean and not sure when we will get the PK3. :confused:
May be WheresMahGreen],mm_ftjj might have some idea what does it mean Chennai Conuslate has registered the case ?,
Does it mean they have created a CASE # ? I am thinking they might have the CASE # ,Since my I 824 approval notice says the Following Conuslate has been notified (Chennai) etc...
pls advise.
 
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Hello wdcpost:
Thanks for your reply, As far as I know NVC will be sending you (to the US address, if mentioned in 824 form !) DS-3032 and upon returing the form they will send you back the Packet3. I might me totaly wrong on this, please verify these before taking any further actions on this.
You mentioned yours got approved in about 3 months, can I ask you which center did you file your 824?
Thanks and Good luck
 
usa_mirage said:
Hello wdcpost:
Thanks for your reply, As far as I know NVC will be sending you (to the US address, if mentioned in 824 form !) DS-3032 and upon returing the form they will send you back the Packet3. I might me totaly wrong on this, please verify these before taking any further actions on this.
You mentioned yours got approved in about 3 months, can I ask you which center did you file your 824?
Thanks and Good luck
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Hi usa_mirage,
Thanks for your response ,I applied my I 824 thru Vermont Service Centre (VSC) .Based on this forum and also from some of my friends who went thru successfull FTJ process, NVC will send the PK3 to the Local Address .I think that could be the reason NVC needs Local Address when we send the Request to Create FTJ case .I can again double check on this .If you can also do the same that will be greatly appriciated .
 
FTJ successful

Hi everyone,

Just came back to the US with my wife after a successful ftj interview.
The interview was so easy. The consul only asked us some questions about our relationship. I got approved in Feb 2004. Waited till I got the plastic card, and contacted the US consulate, case was created immediately and interview scheduled. I-824 is not yet approved. Consulate only needed to see the receipt.

Hope this helps.
 
Tintinx said:
Hi everyone,

Just came back to the US with my wife after a successful ftj interview.
The interview was so easy. The consul only asked us some questions about our relationship. I got approved in Feb 2004. Waited till I got the plastic card, and contacted the US consulate, case was created immediately and interview scheduled. I-824 is not yet approved. Consulate only needed to see the receipt.

Hope this helps.
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From the following i can only understand,Receipt Date,Notice Date and Finger Print .Pls forgive my ignorance :) Can u little bit explain about u r case?DId u receive PK3(Packet 3) and PK4 etc ... when did you send the request to consulate create a case for FTJ?which NVC did u go to ?.
I might be wrong u r case may be different but just want to know some details about the time elapsed to complete u r processing.

Hope this helps.
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RD:02/12/2002
ND:03/01/2002
FP:06/17/2002
RFE:09/03/2003
RFE Rcvd:09/26/2003
FP2: 01/20/2004
FP2 Rcvd: 01/22/2004
AD: 02/13/2004
CO: 03/29/2004
CM: 04/01/2004
 
Plastic Card after FTJ approval

Does any one know what is the process to get the plastic card once your wife gets here in US ?

Thanks
 
mn_ftj

You just have to wait. We received a welcome letter for my wife this past week. It says the card should follow within the next 3 weeks. DOE of my wife is May 14 (Newark, NJ).
 
WhereMahGreen ,mm_ftj or Could any one answer this pls.
I am in the process of FTJ and got PK3 and i have one question ,
SInce we gave my name as a last name for my wife when we started our FTJ .My name should be included in the passport in the spouse section ? or she has to change the GIVEN NAME itself to show my name as lastname .Since the passport doesn't have my name at all will that be an issue during interview ? :confused:
 
I think you'd better ask the Consulate or an attorney. I didn't go through all this name change thingy.

wdcpost said:
WhereMahGreen ,mm_ftj or Could any one answer this pls.
I am in the process of FTJ and got PK3 and i have one question ,
SInce we gave my name as a last name for my wife when we started our FTJ .My name should be included in the passport in the spouse section ? or she has to change the GIVEN NAME itself to show my name as lastname .Since the passport doesn't have my name at all will that be an issue during interview ? :confused:
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Originally Posted by sansin
My case was sent to Mumbai on June 9th. Should have reached Mumbai before 20th June. Therefore expecting an August interview.

Is it necessary to get an "Annotation of spouse's name" entered in your passports if you are married? Some friends (who have gone to Chennai Consulate for their CP) told me, if the last name of the spouses are different in passport (which is the case with me and my wife), then annotation is required.

Can someone throw some light on this issue? Has anybody got this annotation done from the Indian Consulate here?

Thanks
Sanjay

Hi Sansin,
Did you get the Annotation of spouse's name" in the passport i do have the same kind of situation .I came to know from one of my friend to include the spouse name in the Passport takes 1 day. pls let me know .
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I-824 processing times summary

Folks,

I have collected I-824 processing times for all service centers over the last two years. The results show that VSC and TSC have not been doing any significant I-824 processing during this time. For VSC, the date of the currently processed I-824 advanced by 84 days in two years. At this pace, one would have to wait over 17 years for a recently filed I-824 to be processed.
Interestingly, NSC and CSC have broken the pattern of virtually non-advancing processing times (NSC early 2003, CSC in autumn 2003) and have been reducing their backlog. I am including the data as a table below and I am also attaching a chart (jpeg-image).

Does anybody know what is behind this pattern? Is there any hope that VSC and TSC will follow NSC and CSC in reducing their ever growing I-824 backlog?

Also does anybody know what role the NBC plays in this? - Could there be hope of it taking over I-824 cases from the other service centers?

Finally, I-824 being dead in the water, does anybody happen to know, if the US Consulate in Frankfurt, Germany is willing to open a FTJ case, if only the I-824 receipt (as opposed to its approval) and evidence of a granted greencard is presented?

ROM

# I824 processing times for VSC [in days]:

30 06 2000: 39 (22 05 2000)
#
23 06 2001: 60 (24 04 2001)
10 12 2001: 14 (26 11 2001)
#
21 01 2002: 7 (14 01 2002)
04 02 2002: 6 (29 01 2002)
25 02 2002: 109 (08 11 2001)
01 04 2002: 41 (19 02 2002)
10 06 2002: 105 (25 02 2002)
23 09 2002: 210 (25 02 2002)
15 10 2002: 232 (25 02 2002)
15 11 2002: 266 (22 02 2002)
15 12 2002: 296 (22 02 2002)
#
15 01 2003: 327 (22 02 2002)
15 02 2003: 353 (27 02 2002)
15 03 2003: 381 (27 02 2002)
15 04 2003: 412 (27 02 2002)
01 05 2003: 444 (11 02 2002)
15 05 2003: 458 (11 02 2002)
01 06 2003: 475 (11 02 2002)
15 06 2003: 489 (11 02 2002)
01 07 2003: 505 (11 02 2002)
15 07 2003: 519 (11 02 2002)
01 08 2003: 536 (11 02 2002)
15 08 2003: 511 (22 03 2002)
01 09 2003: 528 (22 03 2002)
15 09 2003: 542 (22 03 2002)
01 10 2003: 558 (22 03 2002)
15 10 2003: 572 (22 03 2002)
01 11 2003: 568 (12 04 2002)
14 11 2003: 581 (12 04 2002)
08 12 2003: 605 (12 04 2002)
19 12 2003: 616 (12 04 2002)
#
07 01 2004: 635 (12 04 2002)
22 01 2004: 650 (12 04 2002)
06 02 2004: 662 (15 04 2002)
20 02 2004: 676 (15 04 2002)
04 03 2004: 689 (15 04 2002)
22 03 2004: 684 (08 05 2002)
08 04 2004: 701 (08 05 2002)
22 04 2004: 715 (08 05 2002)
19 05 2004: 742 (08 05 2002)
04 06 2004: 746 (20 05 2002)
23 06 2004: 765 (20 05 2002)

# I824 processing times for TSC [in days]:
#
15 09 2002: 74 (03 07 2002)
30 09 2002: 89 (03 07 2002)
15 10 2002: 68 (08 08 2002)
15 11 2002: 99 (08 08 2002)
30 11 2002: 114 (08 08 2002)
15 12 2002: 129 (08 08 2002)
01 01 2003: 146 (08 08 2002)
15 01 2003: 160 (08 08 2002)
30 01 2003: 175 (08 08 2002)
15 02 2003: 191 (08 08 2002)
01 03 2003: 205 (08 08 2002)
15 03 2003: 219 (08 08 2002)
31 03 2003: 235 (08 08 2002)
15 04 2003: 250 (08 08 2002)
30 04 2003: 265 (08 08 2002)
15 05 2003: 280 (08 08 2002)
15 06 2003: 311 (08 08 2002)
30 06 2003: 326 (08 08 2002)
15 07 2003: 341 (08 08 2002)
30 07 2003: 356 (08 08 2002)
15 08 2003: 372 (08 08 2002)
31 08 2003: 363 (02 09 2002)
30 09 2003: 369 (26 09 2002)
15 10 2003: 384 (26 09 2002)
30 11 2003: 430 (26 09 2002)
15 12 2003: 445 (26 09 2002)
#
01 01 2004: 471 (17 09 2002)
15 01 2004: 485 (17 09 2002)
29 02 2004: 516 (01 10 2002)
15 03 2004: 531 (01 10 2002)
31 03 2004: 547 (01 10 2002)
15 05 2004: 592 (01 10 2002)
31 05 2004: 601 (08 10 2002)
23 06 2004: 624 (08 10 2002)

# I824 processing times for NSC [in days]:
#
31 01 2002: 266 (19 06 2001)
28 02 2002: 177 (04 09 2001)
31 03 2002: 113 (08 12 2001)
30 04 2002: 134 (17 12 2001)
31 05 2002: 165 (17 12 2001)
30 06 2002: 195 (17 12 2001)
27 09 2002: 282 (19 12 2001)
15 10 2002: 267 (21 01 2002)
01 11 2002: 284 (21 01 2002)
15 11 2002: 298 (21 01 2002)
01 12 2002: 314 (21 01 2002)
#
01 01 2003: 345 (21 01 2002)
15 01 2003: 359 (21 01 2002)
01 02 2003: 352 (14 02 2002)
15 02 2003: 334 (18 03 2002)
01 03 2003: 318 (17 04 2002)
15 03 2003: 299 (20 05 2002)
01 04 2003: 256 (19 07 2002)
01 05 2003: 286 (19 07 2002)
15 05 2003: 300 (19 07 2002)
15 06 2003: 237 (21 10 2002)
01 07 2003: 253 (21 10 2002)
15 07 2003: 267 (21 10 2002)
15 08 2003: 238 (20 12 2002)
01 09 2003: 196 (17 02 2003)
01 10 2003: 197 (18 03 2003)
15 10 2003: 149 (19 05 2003)
01 11 2003: 118 (06 07 2003)
15 11 2003: 132 (06 07 2003)
01 12 2003: 148 (06 07 2003)
19 12 2003: 93 (17 09 2003)
#
01 01 2004: 106 (17 09 2003)
15 01 2004: 120 (17 09 2003)
01 02 2004: 137 (17 09 2003)
15 02 2004: 151 (17 09 2003)
01 03 2004: 166 (17 09 2003)
15 03 2004: 140 (27 10 2003)
01 04 2004: 136 (17 11 2003)
15 05 2004: 165 (02 12 2003)
23 06 2004: 162 (13 01 2004)

# I824 processing times for CSC [in days]:
#
15 02 2002: 28 (18 01 2002)
01 03 2002: 38 (22 01 2002)
15 03 2002: 23 (20 02 2002)
12 04 2002: 30 (13 03 2002)
26 04 2002: 44 (13 03 2002)
10 05 2002: 58 (13 03 2002)
24 05 2002: 72 (13 03 2002)
21 06 2002: 100 (13 03 2002)
05 07 2002: 106 (21 03 2002)
19 07 2002: 120 (21 03 2002)
02 08 2002: 129 (26 03 2002)
16 08 2002: 142 (27 03 2002)
30 08 2002: 156 (27 03 2002)
27 09 2002: 184 (27 03 2002)
11 10 2002: 198 (27 03 2002)
15 10 2002: 202 (27 03 2002)
05 11 2002: 223 (27 03 2002)
15 11 2002: 100 (07 08 2002)
01 12 2002: 110 (13 08 2002)
#
01 01 2003: 280 (27 03 2002)
15 01 2003: 299 (22 03 2002)
01 02 2003: 316 (22 03 2002)
15 02 2003: 330 (22 03 2002)
01 03 2003: 344 (22 03 2002)
15 03 2003: 353 (27 03 2002)
01 04 2003: 370 (27 03 2002)
15 04 2003: 602 (20 08 2001)
01 05 2003: 399 (28 03 2002)
15 05 2003: 405 (05 04 2002)
16 06 2003: 434 (08 04 2002)
01 07 2003: 449 (08 04 2002)
15 07 2003: 463 (08 04 2002)
01 08 2003: 423 (04 06 2002)
15 08 2003: 437 (04 06 2002)
01 09 2003: 454 (04 06 2002)
19 09 2003: 472 (04 06 2002)
01 10 2003: 484 (04 06 2002)
15 10 2003: 498 (04 06 2002)
14 11 2003: 452 (19 08 2002)
08 12 2003: 417 (17 10 2002)
19 12 2003: 428 (17 10 2002)
#
07 01 2004: 387 (16 12 2002)
22 01 2004: 375 (12 01 2003)
06 02 2004: 317 (26 03 2003)
20 02 2004: 190 (14 08 2003)
04 03 2004: 265 (13 06 2003)
15 03 2004: 270 (19 06 2003)
22 03 2004: 277 (19 06 2003)
01 04 2004: 261 (15 07 2003)
15 05 2004: 263 (26 08 2003)
15 06 2004: 273 (16 09 2003)
23 06 2004: 281 (16 09 2003)


# I824 processing times for NBC [in days]:
#
01 08 2002: 31 (01 07 2002)
30 09 2002: 0 (current)
30 10 2002: 61 (30 08 2002)
15 11 2002: 0 (current)
30 11 2002: 0 (current)
15 12 2002: 24 (21 11 2002)
#
30 01 2003: 70 (21 11 2002)
28 02 2003: 4 (24 02 2003)
15 04 2003: 1 (14 04 2003)
31 05 2003: 42 (19 04 2003)
15 06 2003: 24 (22 05 2003)
30 06 2003: 24 (06 06 2003)
15 07 2003: 14 (01 07 2003)
01 08 2003: 31 (01 07 2003)
15 08 2003: 45 (01 07 2003)
01 09 2003: 27 (05 08 2003)
15 10 2003: 33 (12 09 2003)
14 11 2003: 11 (03 11 2003)
#
20 02 2004: 39 (12 01 2004)
24 03 2004: 41 (12 02 2004)
22 04 2004: 79 (03 02 2004)
19 05 2004: 65 (15 03 2004)
04 06 2004: 81 (15 03 2004)
23 06 2004: 67 (17 04 2004)
 
Affidavit of Support

Hello Everyone,
I have a question in PK3 Affidavit of Support form.In the second page of the From it says.
I own Real estate Valued at $------------------------
With mortagage(s) or other encumbrance(s) there on amounting to $---------
Do I need to fill these lines if i own a house here in USA?
Any idea?
 
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Advise me, please!

Dear Dharma rao,
My husband has got Green Card and now he is naturalizaton pending.Can I apply with him for tourist visa in Embassy in my country because I'd like visit him? What should we tell to the officer to get this visa in Embaassy, what kind of documents should we take?Thank you
 
You can apply for a tourist visa. However, the chances for you to get the visa are almost null because your husband lives in the USA. In the case your husband has filed a I-130 application for you, you are not allowed to apply for a tourist visa. When you apply for a tourist visa , you must show documents, which show that you have a strong tie to your home country. As well, financial resources. However, the types of documents, which you need, depend where you apply for the visa and on your citizenship.
 
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