Hi Rosa did your son do medical? please let me know, because my lawyer give me a form to fill out and he did not mension my daughter name on it, because she is over 21. Let me know what you did for your son thanks Denise.
Denise, hi
yes my son did the medical exam too, because I booked the test for him , just I gave the examination center our case number and they did the test for three of us and they sent the results to the US embassy directly. I think you have to ask your lawyer to include her, because it is the Embassy who decides who can get the visa , not the lawyer.
and when I gave the letter from NVC I mean the interview appointment, they included my son’s name. But still we have to wait and see. But you defenetely ask your lawyer about it. I don’t have a lawyer.
Pooyan: You submit all the paper right , and date is also current, please check, when will you get appointment letter. I am stuck up here with PCC. I do not submit my Ds-230 to NVC
@Pankaj
Dear Pankaj, I called NVC yesterday. They checked and told me that my case is now completed in terms of document processing; that is, applicant civil documents as well as the affidavit of support. She told me: “Let me check to see if visa number is available for you or not.”. After some seconds, she said the visa bulletin shows Jan. 15, 2001. I interrupted her and told her than a second ago the NOV. visa bulletin came out and it shows Mar. 01, 2001, which makes my case current (My PD is Feb. 16, 2001 F3). She told me they do not consider NOV. bulletin now, because we are in OCT. currently. She said the very first day of November, they will start considering the new bulletin and check to see if my case is current or not. Luckily F3 moved quite well this time and made my case current. Therefore the first day of November my case becomes current from their point of view and my case is already completed in terms of document processing, so the only thing which is left is the appointment time given by the embassy in which I have my case. I will call NVC once more in the first week of November to see what would happen next?
Good for you Pooyan
I hope you continue to keep us updated and we dont lose you from this forum as you give good advice and info
Thanks and Best of luck @Pooyan
To Viki: After payment of the 470$ fee you have to wait for 3 days for confirmation of payment. Then the petitioner must submit the AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT documents and you as the applicant must prepare and submit the CIVIL documents. So many people ask how long does it take after payment to submit the documents. It does not take any time. Please note this. After payment confirmation you have to take the said steps.
To Niraj: Thanks Niraj. Don’t worry. I’ll be here with you even after I enter USA.
civil document like birthdate cirtificate ,living cirti, police cleriance certi & my photograph right! But I don’t know what is affidavite of support document what is this affidavite of support document.@Pooyan
@Sweets
Sweets, thanks to you. I hope that all the wait becomes over the sooner. This has been our destiny to wait like that. We can’t blame anyone. That’s the way it is, but let’s not forget that Time is the solution.
Dear mt2644
thanks for your sweet message. I am surprised to find somebody else in this forum from my country. I wish you the best too, I know it is going to be quick now for you as it seems that they are quicker than before now.
let me know if you are going there to the US by yourself or with the family.
keep in touch
Rose
Hello everybody
does anyone know, when fingers crossed we get the permission to go to the US , how long we have time to actually go there. Is it three months or six months? and do we have to stay there while we are waiting for our greencard to be posted to us.or we can come back to sort things out where we live now.
we have to plan everything before hand and it is better to know everything now.
I appreciate any reply and any website source for these kinds of answers.
love you all
@rose
You usually get a six month immigrant visa, and from my understanding, you can travel back & forth on that six month visa as long as it is not expired. You must ensure also that it does not expire whilst you are outside of the US. You can also apply for a 2 year stay on your immigration in order to tie up loose ends, be it your job, or school. You can querry abt this from your consular officer. Good luck, and all the best.
Rose
what i understand, when you get your visa in the Uk, you come to the US, and then applied for a ssn and then later you will get your green card. I think your green will be for 10 years.In five years time you can get your citizenship
@rose
I know what I am talking about, I would not give advice if I was uncertain. There is a talk show on Jamaican Radio – Power 106 online – that I listen to every thursday morning 8:40 Jamaica time. The host is a Jamaican Immigration Lawyer who works in the US, she has offices in Florida – Dahlia Walker-Huntington. You may not be able to call in to the show, but it’s free to listen online. Here is where I got the information that I posted prior. So yes you can travel on the 6 month immigration visa back and forth, as long as it does not expire whilst you are outside the US. And yes, you can apply for a 2 yr stay, meaning you get an additional 2 years until you migrate fully to reside in the US.
@rose
You will have to enter the US innitially tho to take care of the legal paper matters like Green Card, and Social, etc, and still use the IV. within the six months period after issue.
Dear Denise and Sweets,
thanks for your comments, now I know I have six months time after issuing visa , so I can manage everything. and yes you are right about being able to get the two year re entry permit. what I also found out is that, for getting that re entry permit you have to be present in the USA when applying and then there is another process they added last year , when you apply for the re entry permit, they will send you an appontment to do the biometric( fingerprinting and …) in one of their centers in the US and it might take more than one month to get that appointment. As my son is the student here in UK and he will have only one month in between his two terms, in December or in March, it is really difficult to do everything on time. and he needs that re-entry permit because he wants to finish his study here in two more years time.
I am really worried about my son and I still do not know if they give him greencard after nine years, because I found this sentence while I was searching in their official website;
Eligibility Criteria for the child act:
Must be the beneficiary of a pending or approved visa petition on or after August 6, 2002.
our file was filed in Nov 2000 and approved in Dec 2001 and I am scared to death now.
Denise,
by the way I am originally from Iran and for a few years now I am living in England . I am happy that you have lived here for a while. did you ask your lawyer about the medical test for your daughter?
Q. While my mother was on immigrant status, she filed a petition for me as her unmarried child over 21, along with my sons. This petition was approved naming me and my sons. The visa number became current and available while my mother’s status changed to citizen. I approached an immigration lawyer to assist me to work on our documents. Unfortunately for me, this lawyer did not provide the assistance she was hired for and I subsequently approached another lawyer. Upon examining our documents, the new lawyer informed me that he could only help me and not my sons, because they had aged out. I need clarification on this because the previous lawyer said that my son was covered by the law signed by President Bush under the Child Status Protection Act, yet the new lawyer seems to think otherwise. I have never been apart from my sons unless it was exigent for my job and would prefer to live around and/or with them as I get older. I would greatly appreciate your advice.
– Anonymous
A.
On August 6, 2002, President George W. Bush signed the Child Status Protection Act (”CSPA”) into law. The CSPA was enacted to change the process for determining whether a child has “aged out” (i.e. turned 21 years of age before being issued a visa or adjusting status) for the purpose of the issuance of visas and the adjustment of status of applicants in most immigrant categories. There is a specific formula for determining whether a child’s age is protected by the CSPA and there are required dates that must be plugged into the formula. The following is an example of how to calculate the age of a person using the CSPA formula:
Child’s Date of birth: November 1, 1984
Receipt Date of Petition Filed: November 15, 1995
Date the Form I-130 was approved: January 15, 1997
Length of time the Form I-130 was pending: (i.e. November 15, 1995 to January 15, 1997), which is 1 year, 2 months
Date the petition became current (by looking at the Department of State Visa Bulletin): December 1, 2006
Date the visa became available (later of #3 or #5): December 1, 2006
Age of daughter on date visa became available: (#6 minus #1)= 22 years, 1 month
Age of daughter for CSPA purposes (i.e. age at time visa became available minus length of time petition was pending (#7 minus #4): 22 years, 1 month minus 1 year 2 months = 20 years, 11 months.
As you can see, this person is protected by the CSPA, has not “aged out,” and is thus still considered a child for immigration purposes. If, after reviewing the above formula and plugging in the dates applicable to your situation, you are confused or have further questions, you should consult with an experienced immigration lawyer to determine whether your children are CSPA protected.
Michael Shane and Evan Shane, Immigration Lawyers
Law Offices of Michael Shane, P.A.
Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida http://www.shanelaw.com
Dear Denise
If the example in what you sent is a real example and not just an example we can be safe, because I knew about how to calculate it , but I was wondering about the date of : on or after August 6, 2002 that they mentioned somewhere and I wrote in my previous message. But in this case that you mentioned, everything was before 2002, I mean the file date and approved date, so I am more hopeful now. we have to wait to see for one month and 9 more days.
Thank you soooooooooo much.
Rose
Hello again everybody,
Does any body know when we get the visa to gofor the first time to America as a family, can we go one by one or we have to go there all together because we have one case.
I appreciate your views
Rose
@rachid
hey my priority date is august 2001 under f3 category and is true its half of 2001 and no response as yet my family that was under f4 category paper work start for them a year in front so id don’t know what to say if anyone knows can please respond. thanks
@neets
Hello Neets,
My PD is Sep. 2001 and I have not received anything yet either. According to other posts, we may get DS-3032 forms 3-4 months prior to our PD becomes current.
People in F3 with June 2001 have received their ds-3032 forms and I hope to see July and August receiving their papers after December 2001 VB announcement.
when Nov Visa bulletin will out?
What is next stap after paying a fee 470$ How much take time to next stap to nvc.@krupal patel
Still no vb
Hi Rosa did your son do medical? please let me know, because my lawyer give me a form to fill out and he did not mension my daughter name on it, because she is over 21. Let me know what you did for your son thanks Denise.
I mean Rose
When Nov 2009 Visa Bulletin will be out?
Denise, hi
yes my son did the medical exam too, because I booked the test for him , just I gave the examination center our case number and they did the test for three of us and they sent the results to the US embassy directly. I think you have to ask your lawyer to include her, because it is the Embassy who decides who can get the visa , not the lawyer.
and when I gave the letter from NVC I mean the interview appointment, they included my son’s name. But still we have to wait and see. But you defenetely ask your lawyer about it. I don’t have a lawyer.
Thought the VB would be out by now…any predictions?
Nov Visa Bulletin is OUT
http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_4576.html
Nov. Bulletin => F3 moved One month and fifteen days.
For F3 is March 1st included or is it all dates before March 1st
nov visa bullettin is out…f2b may 15 1998 philippines,mine may 20 1998…
Pooyan: You submit all the paper right , and date is also current, please check, when will you get appointment letter. I am stuck up here with PCC. I do not submit my Ds-230 to NVC
@Pankaj
Dear Pankaj, I called NVC yesterday. They checked and told me that my case is now completed in terms of document processing; that is, applicant civil documents as well as the affidavit of support. She told me: “Let me check to see if visa number is available for you or not.”. After some seconds, she said the visa bulletin shows Jan. 15, 2001. I interrupted her and told her than a second ago the NOV. visa bulletin came out and it shows Mar. 01, 2001, which makes my case current (My PD is Feb. 16, 2001 F3). She told me they do not consider NOV. bulletin now, because we are in OCT. currently. She said the very first day of November, they will start considering the new bulletin and check to see if my case is current or not. Luckily F3 moved quite well this time and made my case current. Therefore the first day of November my case becomes current from their point of view and my case is already completed in terms of document processing, so the only thing which is left is the appointment time given by the embassy in which I have my case. I will call NVC once more in the first week of November to see what would happen next?
@rose Great news Rose and hope everything goes as smooth as possible at the time of the interview. I am sure your son will be ok too.
Movafagh bashi
Pooyan:- Thanks for feed back. You know my PD is 2nd Feb 2001
TO RACHID:
who is your agent? we are almost d same, tell me who is the good agent for f1
@juicy
to juicy,
My agent is my brother who lives in new jersey.
@Pooyan
hi poyan,
can u tell us wat are civil douments.thanks
What is next stap after paying a processing fee 470$ How much take time to next stap to nvc =”#comment-4114″>@Pankaj
What is next stap after paying a processing fee 470$ How much take time to next stap to nvc =”#comment-4115″>@Pooyan
Good for you Pooyan
I hope you continue to keep us updated and we dont lose you from this forum as you give good advice and info
Thanks and Best of luck
@Pooyan
To Rachid: This webspage will give you information on what documents you would need to submit to NVC: http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3190.html
To Viki: After payment of the 470$ fee you have to wait for 3 days for confirmation of payment. Then the petitioner must submit the AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT documents and you as the applicant must prepare and submit the CIVIL documents. So many people ask how long does it take after payment to submit the documents. It does not take any time. Please note this. After payment confirmation you have to take the said steps.
To Niraj: Thanks Niraj. Don’t worry. I’ll be here with you even after I enter USA.
civil document like birthdate cirtificate ,living cirti, police cleriance certi & my photograph right! But I don’t know what is affidavite of support document what is this affidavite of support document.@Pooyan
To Viki: This is the address where you can find more information on Affidavit of Support related documents: http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3730.html
@Pooyan
Ia m so happy for you…You are really an encouraging force on this forum…thank you lots, and good luck.
F1 movement is very good this time again, roughtly 3 months…if they continue like this I will be up much sooner that I expected with my March 2004 PD.
@Sweets
Sweets, thanks to you. I hope that all the wait becomes over the sooner. This has been our destiny to wait like that. We can’t blame anyone. That’s the way it is, but let’s not forget that Time is the solution.
Dear mt2644
thanks for your sweet message. I am surprised to find somebody else in this forum from my country. I wish you the best too, I know it is going to be quick now for you as it seems that they are quicker than before now.
let me know if you are going there to the US by yourself or with the family.
keep in touch
Rose
Hello everybody
does anyone know, when fingers crossed we get the permission to go to the US , how long we have time to actually go there. Is it three months or six months? and do we have to stay there while we are waiting for our greencard to be posted to us.or we can come back to sort things out where we live now.
we have to plan everything before hand and it is better to know everything now.
I appreciate any reply and any website source for these kinds of answers.
love you all
Hi Rose where r u from? I know you live in the UK, I live in the Uk before, I live in Luton. I have a daughter that is born there.
Denise
@rose
You usually get a six month immigrant visa, and from my understanding, you can travel back & forth on that six month visa as long as it is not expired. You must ensure also that it does not expire whilst you are outside of the US. You can also apply for a 2 year stay on your immigration in order to tie up loose ends, be it your job, or school. You can querry abt this from your consular officer. Good luck, and all the best.
Rose
what i understand, when you get your visa in the Uk, you come to the US, and then applied for a ssn and then later you will get your green card. I think your green will be for 10 years.In five years time you can get your citizenship
Also Rose, when you get your green card you can travel
@rose
I know what I am talking about, I would not give advice if I was uncertain. There is a talk show on Jamaican Radio – Power 106 online – that I listen to every thursday morning 8:40 Jamaica time. The host is a Jamaican Immigration Lawyer who works in the US, she has offices in Florida – Dahlia Walker-Huntington. You may not be able to call in to the show, but it’s free to listen online. Here is where I got the information that I posted prior. So yes you can travel on the 6 month immigration visa back and forth, as long as it does not expire whilst you are outside the US. And yes, you can apply for a 2 yr stay, meaning you get an additional 2 years until you migrate fully to reside in the US.
@rose
You will have to enter the US innitially tho to take care of the legal paper matters like Green Card, and Social, etc, and still use the IV. within the six months period after issue.
Dear Denise and Sweets,
thanks for your comments, now I know I have six months time after issuing visa , so I can manage everything. and yes you are right about being able to get the two year re entry permit. what I also found out is that, for getting that re entry permit you have to be present in the USA when applying and then there is another process they added last year , when you apply for the re entry permit, they will send you an appontment to do the biometric( fingerprinting and …) in one of their centers in the US and it might take more than one month to get that appointment. As my son is the student here in UK and he will have only one month in between his two terms, in December or in March, it is really difficult to do everything on time. and he needs that re-entry permit because he wants to finish his study here in two more years time.
I am really worried about my son and I still do not know if they give him greencard after nine years, because I found this sentence while I was searching in their official website;
Eligibility Criteria for the child act:
Must be the beneficiary of a pending or approved visa petition on or after August 6, 2002.
our file was filed in Nov 2000 and approved in Dec 2001 and I am scared to death now.
can anybody give me any idea about that?
Denise,
by the way I am originally from Iran and for a few years now I am living in England . I am happy that you have lived here for a while. did you ask your lawyer about the medical test for your daughter?
Rose
It was about the affidavit that her name was not on, but my husband talk to him and he put it on.
thanks
ROSE,
Q. While my mother was on immigrant status, she filed a petition for me as her unmarried child over 21, along with my sons. This petition was approved naming me and my sons. The visa number became current and available while my mother’s status changed to citizen. I approached an immigration lawyer to assist me to work on our documents. Unfortunately for me, this lawyer did not provide the assistance she was hired for and I subsequently approached another lawyer. Upon examining our documents, the new lawyer informed me that he could only help me and not my sons, because they had aged out. I need clarification on this because the previous lawyer said that my son was covered by the law signed by President Bush under the Child Status Protection Act, yet the new lawyer seems to think otherwise. I have never been apart from my sons unless it was exigent for my job and would prefer to live around and/or with them as I get older. I would greatly appreciate your advice.
– Anonymous
A.
On August 6, 2002, President George W. Bush signed the Child Status Protection Act (”CSPA”) into law. The CSPA was enacted to change the process for determining whether a child has “aged out” (i.e. turned 21 years of age before being issued a visa or adjusting status) for the purpose of the issuance of visas and the adjustment of status of applicants in most immigrant categories. There is a specific formula for determining whether a child’s age is protected by the CSPA and there are required dates that must be plugged into the formula. The following is an example of how to calculate the age of a person using the CSPA formula:
Child’s Date of birth: November 1, 1984
Receipt Date of Petition Filed: November 15, 1995
Date the Form I-130 was approved: January 15, 1997
Length of time the Form I-130 was pending: (i.e. November 15, 1995 to January 15, 1997), which is 1 year, 2 months
Date the petition became current (by looking at the Department of State Visa Bulletin): December 1, 2006
Date the visa became available (later of #3 or #5): December 1, 2006
Age of daughter on date visa became available: (#6 minus #1)= 22 years, 1 month
Age of daughter for CSPA purposes (i.e. age at time visa became available minus length of time petition was pending (#7 minus #4): 22 years, 1 month minus 1 year 2 months = 20 years, 11 months.
As you can see, this person is protected by the CSPA, has not “aged out,” and is thus still considered a child for immigration purposes. If, after reviewing the above formula and plugging in the dates applicable to your situation, you are confused or have further questions, you should consult with an experienced immigration lawyer to determine whether your children are CSPA protected.
Michael Shane and Evan Shane, Immigration Lawyers
Law Offices of Michael Shane, P.A.
Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
http://www.shanelaw.com
– Michael Shane
Dear Denise
If the example in what you sent is a real example and not just an example we can be safe, because I knew about how to calculate it , but I was wondering about the date of : on or after August 6, 2002 that they mentioned somewhere and I wrote in my previous message. But in this case that you mentioned, everything was before 2002, I mean the file date and approved date, so I am more hopeful now. we have to wait to see for one month and 9 more days.
Thank you soooooooooo much.
Rose
Hello again everybody,
Does any body know when we get the visa to gofor the first time to America as a family, can we go one by one or we have to go there all together because we have one case.
I appreciate your views
Rose
Rose
I don’t think it is a problem, I think you can come one by one,because each one would be getting their own visa.
@rose
As long as u travel within the 6 month period u are given on the visa.
@rachid
hey my priority date is august 2001 under f3 category and is true its half of 2001 and no response as yet my family that was under f4 category paper work start for them a year in front so id don’t know what to say if anyone knows can please respond. thanks
@neets
Hello Neets,
My PD is Sep. 2001 and I have not received anything yet either. According to other posts, we may get DS-3032 forms 3-4 months prior to our PD becomes current.
People in F3 with June 2001 have received their ds-3032 forms and I hope to see July and August receiving their papers after December 2001 VB announcement.