I am starting a new thread to track cases from NVC - embassy to GC.
The best news for RN in China, Phillippines and India has been great and informative thread, but I think it is more appropriate and convenient if we start a new thread.
Also with the rapid scheduling of interviews for most of us, I am looking beyond the CP and anticipating the GC!
The August interview schedules are out already in India, and recently in the Philippines and hopefully in China.
Here is my case details
Category : EX Schedule A
USCIS receipt : April 2004
Processing Center : Vermont
I-140 approved : October 2004
NVC case number : MNL2004813XXX
NVC forwarded packet 3 : April 5, 2005
Packet 3 sent back to NVC : May 3, 2005
NVC case completed : May 16, 2005
Consular Interview : August 29, 2005
Visa received : ???
Date of entry in the US :???
GC receive : ????
I hope you can also post here your details interview experience.
Hi Suzanne, Rep and Nimisha, The fees for dependents weren't paid, DS230 weren't submitted however on my friend's DS230 their names were listed. Also, when they post her case number at the embassy's interview appointment website, there were 3 case numbers reflected even if the visas were not paid.
Wouldn't it be possible for them to call for interview appointment at the embassy here in Manila since their case numbers were reflected last November 2005 schedule? Can they just pay the visa at the time of interview?
The fees need to be paid before anything will be done. And must be done before they have their interview. The fees actually get paid to another office entirely. Not sure why this was not sone before your firend left for the US. Was she supposed to pay the fee, or was the agecny doing it?
It is now going to depend on the Embassy on how they wish to handle it, especially since she is no longer in her home country. The normal route is to have the fees paid at the same time as the nurse's, then the interview is at the same time, when the family finally comes over is a matter for the nurse to decide, if it is with her, or afterwards.
The approval letter form the state that you meet the requirements has a one year valid date. The actual ATT that is sent out by Pearosn-Vue after you pay the fee for the exam is 90 days, at least on every single one that I have seen and from all over the country. The letter from the state with approval and the ATT are two completely different things.
Once Pearson-Vue has their money, they only keep your account open for 90 days.
I got 2 years in CABON . ATT Test validity is November 6, 2005 to November 6, 2006
can anyone help me please? i have a friend asking what to do with their case. she's already in new york but as agreed with the agency, her husband and son will just follow. now that she's there, she don't know how to start filing for the dependents.
when she was scheduled for interview last november, it was stated on her application that her 2 dependents will just follow that's why they're not included in the interview. up to this time, the dependent's visas remain unpaid. the questions are:
1. when and where should they pay for the visa?
2. how about the ds230? where should they submit that?
3. can they just call the embassy here in manila to pay and to get a medical and interview schedule?
4. how many months do they have to wait before they can follow her in new york?
thanks...........:)
to everyone,
before we judge anything let's rely on the facts first and act quicky on what must be done. immigration and nvc procedures may be complicated by they surely follow the guidelines and laws that hold them.
the spouse and children of a principal applicant are entitled to derive immigration benefits from their principal's approved visa petition and may travel to the united states at a later date. under no circumstance will the derivative spouse or child be allowed to travel to the u.s. ahead of the principal applicant.
following-to-join applicants may derive immigration benefits only if:
a) the spouse or children were acquired before the principal applicant's admission into the united states; and
b) the principal applicant gained lawful permanent resident (lpr) status or was issued an immigrant visa under the family-preference (f) or employment-based (e) visa categories or was issued a nonimmigrant k or v visa. foreign nationals who immigrated to the u.s. under an immediate relative (ir) visa category need to file a separate form i-130 visa petition on behalf of their spouses and children.
c) the principal applicant has not naturalized. once the principal applicant becomes a u.s. citizen, a separate visa petition would need to be filed on behalf of the spouse and /or children to qualify for immigration benefits again.
following-to join derivative beneficiaries must present documentation establishing the principal applicant's immigration status in the united states and their relationship to their principal. these include:
- a copy of the child's birth certificate issued by the national statistics office
- a copy of the marriage certificate issued by the national statistics office
- a copy of the principal alien's registration receipt card or i-551 or a copy of the principal alien's passport pages indicating admission to the u.s. as an immigrant
- if applicable, form i-824, application for action on an approved application or petition
to register a family member as a following-to-join derivative, the above documents may be faxed to the immigrant visa section at (632) 338-4129 or mailed to the u.s. embassy, immigrant visa branch, roxas blvd, ermita, manila. the documents must come with a letter of request clearly indicating the name of the applicant(s) and the applicant(s)' contact address and telephone number.
once the embassy ascertains the eligibility for following-to-join derivative status, it will provide instructions on how to apply for the visas.
it is important to remember that a child is only eligible for following-to-join benefits, if he or she is a child, stepchild or adopted child in accordance to u.s. immigration law.
end of quote
do this first before you ask me any questions again.
i don't think another family based petition should be filed contrary to what suzanne has stated. since the wife is not yet a u.s. citizen and has not yet naturalized. under the immigration and nationality act the spouse and children of the principal applicant is entitled to the same status she received from an approved visa petition even if the visas were not paid, it does not mean that another petition should be filed.
The fees need to be paid before anything will be done. And must be done before they have their interview. The fees actually get paid to another office entirely. Not sure why this was not sone before your firend left for the US. Was she supposed to pay the fee, or was the agecny doing it?
It is now going to depend on the Embassy on how they wish to handle it, especially since she is no longer in her home country. The normal route is to have the fees paid at the same time as the nurse's, then the interview is at the same time, when the family finally comes over is a matter for the nurse to decide, if it is with her, or afterwards.
They should pay the visas for dependents and not the agency. Maybe that's the reason why they weren't included. I will just ask the husband to call the Embassy then maybe my friend can also call NVC. Thanks so much.
before we judge anything let's rely on the facts first and act quicky on what must be done. immigration and nvc procedures may be complicated by they surely follow the guidelines and laws that hold them.
the spouse and children of a principal applicant are entitled to derive immigration benefits from their principal's approved visa petition and may travel to the united states at a later date. under no circumstance will the derivative spouse or child be allowed to travel to the u.s. ahead of the principal applicant.
following-to-join applicants may derive immigration benefits only if:
a) the spouse or children were acquired before the principal applicant's admission into the united states; and
b) the principal applicant gained lawful permanent resident (lpr) status or was issued an immigrant visa under the family-preference (f) or employment-based (e) visa categories or was issued a nonimmigrant k or v visa. foreign nationals who immigrated to the u.s. under an immediate relative (ir) visa category need to file a separate form i-130 visa petition on behalf of their spouses and children.
c) the principal applicant has not naturalized. once the principal applicant becomes a u.s. citizen, a separate visa petition would need to be filed on behalf of the spouse and /or children to qualify for immigration benefits again.
following-to join derivative beneficiaries must present documentation establishing the principal applicant's immigration status in the united states and their relationship to their principal. these include:
- a copy of the child's birth certificate issued by the national statistics office
- a copy of the marriage certificate issued by the national statistics office
- a copy of the principal alien's registration receipt card or i-551 or a copy of the principal alien's passport pages indicating admission to the u.s. as an immigrant
- if applicable, form i-824, application for action on an approved application or petition
to register a family member as a following-to-join derivative, the above documents may be faxed to the immigrant visa section at (632) 338-4129 or mailed to the u.s. embassy, immigrant visa branch, roxas blvd, ermita, manila. the documents must come with a letter of request clearly indicating the name of the applicant(s) and the applicant(s)' contact address and telephone number.
once the embassy ascertains the eligibility for following-to-join derivative status, it will provide instructions on how to apply for the visas.
it is important to remember that a child is only eligible for following-to-join benefits, if he or she is a child, stepchild or adopted child in accordance to u.s. immigration law.
end of quote
do this first before you ask me any questions again.
i don't think another family based petition should be filed contrary to what suzanne has stated. since the wife is not yet a u.s. citizen and has not yet naturalized. under the immigration and nationality act the spouse and children of the principal applicant is entitled to the same status she received from an approved visa petition even if the visas were not paid, it does not mean that another petition should be filed.
do these procedures first.
still_cool
thanks for doing this. i will print this and give it to them.
I never said anything about filing again, not sure where you got that info. Not from me. Or what I wrote. But it is up to the Embassy on how they wish to proceed. Fees were never paid for the spouse or the child, and that must be done before they will consider an interview for them. That should have been done at the same time of the initial petition of the DS-230 was filed for the nurse. Fees for the DS-230 do not get paid in the Philippines, they are sent out of the country from there.
If fees were paid back then, then none of this would be an issue.
But why did the agency not inform the nurse of this? That is there responsiblity, as well as the attorney that handled her paperwork. It should dall down onto the nurse's shoulders when there are others that are receiving money for advising her of these things. Both the attorney, as well as the agecny are essentially bein gpadi by her to advise her of this.
Hi Suzanne, Rep and Nimisha, The fees for dependents weren't paid, DS230 weren't submitted however on my friend's DS230 their names were listed. Also, when they post her case number at the embassy's interview appointment website, there were 3 case numbers reflected even if the visas were not paid.
Wouldn't it be possible for them to call for interview appointment at the embassy here in Manila since their case numbers were reflected last November 2005 schedule? Can they just pay the visa at the time of interview?
Untill the Biographic form is submitted there can't be any action taken by embassy. This seems very starnge... I would suggest you to call up the NVC first and talk to an officer. Get the info... Then call up the embassy.. There was a similar case happend here in India And before the time of interview they called up the american consulate and explained the problem... The cousular offier asked both of them (benificiary and Spouse, whose name was not in the appointment letter) to come and attend the interview. And things got cleared.. I guess mostly ur friends case also be the same since the case number listed 3rice. They should have called up the consulate before the interview..
The fees need to be paid before anything will be done. And must be done before they have their interview. The fees actually get paid to another office entirely. Not sure why this was not sone before your firend left for the US. Was she supposed to pay the fee, or was the agecny doing it?
It is now going to depend on the Embassy on how they wish to handle it, especially since she is no longer in her home country. The normal route is to have the fees paid at the same time as the nurse's, then the interview is at the same time, when the family finally comes over is a matter for the nurse to decide, if it is with her, or afterwards.
I agree with Suzane... But in many cases the fees can be paid in US Embassy or Consulate at the time of interview instead of paying to NVC
If their fees were not paid at the same time that your friend's fees were, or soon after, and they are not listed on her applicaition, and were not included in the appt at the Embassy, then they will need to go thru the entire procedure now, and shame on that agecny for not following thru. It can be two years for this to get done.
The agency lied to her, and please send me a pm with their name. They are going to be filing now as dependents of the green card holder that is already in the US. It sohuld have been done when the nurse filed her documents, even if the family was goin gto come over later.
Sorry, to have to give you the news like this. But your friend was taken advantage of.
Suzanne,
This is where you said it. You said that and I will quote that "they have to go through the entire procedure now." Going through the entire procedure means filing a Family Based Petition from USCIS, that's why you said that it can take up to 2 years. Back to square 1.
Another thing you also said and I will quote: "They are going to be filing now as dependents of the green card holder that is already in the US."
There's no need for another petition because the spouse and child were declared in the biographical information of the principal applicant. What i don't understand is that why did the applicant let this happen? Was she not properly informed?
If she was interviewed last November 2005, and were given a visa, a visa has a 6 months validity period...
But what the heck. People think in mysterious ways...
Hi Suzanne, Rep and Nimisha, The fees for dependents weren't paid, DS230 weren't submitted however on my friend's DS230 their names were listed. Also, when they post her case number at the embassy's interview appointment website, there were 3 case numbers reflected even if the visas were not paid.
Wouldn't it be possible for them to call for interview appointment at the embassy here in Manila since their case numbers were reflected last November 2005 schedule? Can they just pay the visa at the time of interview?
Yes, they can pay their visas during the interview. It is important to call the US embassy to ask for instructions since their ds-230 were not submitted together with the princiapl applicant.
before we judge anything let's rely on the facts first and act quicky on what must be done. immigration and nvc procedures may be complicated by they surely follow the guidelines and laws that hold them.
the spouse and children of a principal applicant are entitled to derive immigration benefits from their principal's approved visa petition and may travel to the united states at a later date. under no circumstance will the derivative spouse or child be allowed to travel to the u.s. ahead of the principal applicant.
following-to-join applicants may derive immigration benefits only if:
a) the spouse or children were acquired before the principal applicant's admission into the united states; and
b) the principal applicant gained lawful permanent resident (lpr) status or was issued an immigrant visa under the family-preference (f) or employment-based (e) visa categories or was issued a nonimmigrant k or v visa. foreign nationals who immigrated to the u.s. under an immediate relative (ir) visa category need to file a separate form i-130 visa petition on behalf of their spouses and children.
c) the principal applicant has not naturalized. once the principal applicant becomes a u.s. citizen, a separate visa petition would need to be filed on behalf of the spouse and /or children to qualify for immigration benefits again.
following-to join derivative beneficiaries must present documentation establishing the principal applicant's immigration status in the united states and their relationship to their principal. these include:
- a copy of the child's birth certificate issued by the national statistics office
- a copy of the marriage certificate issued by the national statistics office
- a copy of the principal alien's registration receipt card or i-551 or a copy of the principal alien's passport pages indicating admission to the u.s. as an immigrant
- if applicable, form i-824, application for action on an approved application or petition
to register a family member as a following-to-join derivative, the above documents may be faxed to the immigrant visa section at (632) 338-4129 or mailed to the u.s. embassy, immigrant visa branch, roxas blvd, ermita, manila. the documents must come with a letter of request clearly indicating the name of the applicant(s) and the applicant(s)' contact address and telephone number.
once the embassy ascertains the eligibility for following-to-join derivative status, it will provide instructions on how to apply for the visas.
it is important to remember that a child is only eligible for following-to-join benefits, if he or she is a child, stepchild or adopted child in accordance to u.s. immigration law.
end of quote
do this first before you ask me any questions again.
i don't think another family based petition should be filed contrary to what suzanne has stated. since the wife is not yet a u.s. citizen and has not yet naturalized. under the immigration and nationality act the spouse and children of the principal applicant is entitled to the same status she received from an approved visa petition even if the visas were not paid, it does not mean that another petition should be filed.
do these procedures first.
still_cool
it was never stated in the beginning that they were included on the ds-230, just that the nurse was already in the us and fees were never paid for the family still in the home country.
I should have I 1-40 approval within the next few weeks:rotfl: this is great news.
The situation is im getting married on the June 2 this year:rotfl: which im very excited. I would like my wife and i to go to the states as soon as we can.
when the ds230 forms arrive can I fill them in even if were not married yet I have submitted proof of the wedding to my attorney. Or will we have to wait untill we are married before we can submit them.
Im sure I recall my attorney saying something like I could and provide proof at the interview? maybe I misheard.
suzanne4, RN
26,410 Posts
The fees need to be paid before anything will be done. And must be done before they have their interview. The fees actually get paid to another office entirely. Not sure why this was not sone before your firend left for the US. Was she supposed to pay the fee, or was the agecny doing it?
It is now going to depend on the Embassy on how they wish to handle it, especially since she is no longer in her home country. The normal route is to have the fees paid at the same time as the nurse's, then the interview is at the same time, when the family finally comes over is a matter for the nurse to decide, if it is with her, or afterwards.