Q's for laurel...

[monki12]

hi guys,
if you have any questions for laurel and cant attend chat this week, post them here and i will ask them for you.....:wink:

[mouse7r]

Hi! Would you mind asking Laurel this for me:

I recently filed both our I130 and I129f, on March. 31st. Since then I have received all our photo evidence back which was strange. And then today, I received our I129f application back with a rejection notice saying that they do not have jurisdiction to file this petition. I thought you could file both at the same time with out having to wait for our NOA1.. so my question is, what do I do with it now? Where do I send it? Do I have to wait for my NOA1? Thank you!

[monki12]

i got it mouse...

i have a question...where did you send the I-130 and i-129f? she might want to know......:blush:

[mouse7r]

To the Chicago lock box. Would you ask if its worth me sending the I129f at all, or just stick with I130? We want the quickest possible route.

Thanks so much!!

[ccdc]

Monki could you ask about this?

My case was finally closed so now I am waiting for an appt. but a few things have come up and I was wondering if you might be able to enlighten me?

1.) husband has a DL with the SS # of some one else and when I got a copy of his Driving Record it shows he is a voter he doesn't think that he ever signed a voters card and we know he has never voted. What do you think?

2.) husband got a copy of his brothers birth certif for him he signed his brothers name and thinks he had to give a thumb print for it but he can't remember do you think that they will check it his brother was here in usa and hubby at the time was still in Mexico.

3.) husband also has a few traffic tickets that ended with his licence being put on suspension but he paid that and the only other thing was his OWI we did get a court paper stating that his fine for that was paid and we got his alcohol certif the OWI was in 2001 so I am thinking that enough time has passed and I don't need to have any records of the traffic violations?

if you could tell me what you think that would help we are already facing both the 212 and 601 so I know it will be tuff but I want to make sure I have more then enough and that he will be elig. to file both waivers our attys assistant said she is nervous about the DL issue.

[monki12]

got it...ccdc

[M&M]

mouser, are you sure you sent them to the right place??? Did you send the I-130 to the Chicago lockbox or too???

I know that with neither of those applications did we send photo evidence, only the things requested and the only photos were the passport like photos they requested.

Of course this was back in 2005 and Jan 2006 though, too....

[monki12]

M&M....
i had to smile at your post cuz sometimes im like you. I tend to wonder over to the I-130 thread and want to give advice, but im scared cuz i filled out the form years ago...2004-2005. Back then all i sent was passport pics and a marriage license and my birth certificate, thats it. it was approved in 3 months. Now when i read the thread and even the instructions, they requiere proof of relationship, bank statements pictures, whatever necessary. dont you just miss the good old days....:wink:

[M&M]

M&M....
i had to smile at your post cuz sometimes im like you. I tend to wonder over to the I-130 thread and want to give advice, but im scared cuz i filled out the form years ago...2004-2005. Back then all i sent was passport pics and a marriage license and my birth certificate, thats it. it was approved in 3 months. Now when i read the thread and even the instructions, they requiere proof of relationship, bank statements pictures, whatever necessary. dont you just miss the good old days....:wink:

Oh gosh, yeah, that stuff wasn't required back then! In that case it is weird that they sent back her pictures!

[wanaads]

Hi monki,

Can you ask Laurel about questions 8 and 11 on the I-601 form. For #8: Do you put the date we applied for the I-129f, the receipt date or the date of the interview - and same with the place. Is it USCIS or NVC or the embassy? For #11: Should we list all cities the applicant has lived in and just put EWI for the immigration status?

Thank you!!

[monki12]

got it...
love your avatar by the way....:blush:

[wanaads]

That's my first baby, Nate. :) I'm not sure how he's going to share the attention when baby #2 arrives in August!

[wanaads]

Can you also ask about this for rkzal (I hope I have all the facts straight - I'm going from memory):

She submitted her waiver late last year and it was recently denied due to due to a five year ban for not appearing at an immigration hearing. They also stated that there were no waivers available for the five year ban. Her husband was told by several different officers, including the one at the visa appointment that he would be eligible for a waiver based on his unlawful presence. No one ever even asked why he did not attend the hearing. Does Laurel know anything about this five year ban and if there's any way around it? Also, if they're stuck with the ban, when can they start processing again? Close to the end of the five years? Or should they wait until the five years have passed to start over?

Thank you!

[Melissa_31375]

I have a few questions as well in case I can't make it to the chat.

1. When completeting the I-130 it asks for all previous names used, I kinda forgot to include my "birth name" you see I was adopted when I was 8 and took my step fathers last name, they even issued a new birth certificate. In my eyes this is my father and well my biological father is now deceased. So I only included on the I-130 my adopted name, my 1st marriage name, and my married last name....do you think this will be a problem and if so how do I go about fixing it?

2. Hubby had a misdeamenor assault and battery charge on him that was dismissed by the prosceutor (justifiably I might add it was B.S.) anyways I was planning to try and have his case expunged but they require him to come down to the police station to be fingerprinted to start the process, we live in Loudoun County VA (they are not kind of immigrants) do you think the pros of expungement are worth the risk of going to the police station? I mean we have to disclose the arrest anyways...

[llramafar]

Could you Please ask Laurel this question for me. Thanks a lot


In June 2001 my husband received a F1 visa and studied in the US for a Year. After that, he returned to Mexico and in June 2004 while trying to go to the US he got an Order of Removal and a 5 years ban with it. The day after getting the Removal, he tried to cross using his old and expired F1. They didn’t review the document and just let him in. We met in Sept 2005 while he was illegally working using his student SS#. He stopped working in July 2006. We moved to Mexico to get married there in Nov 2006 and to take care of the situation. Our only baby boy was born in Sept 2007. Considering this timeline, and his time there; was his 2004 entry an EWI, do to the lack of documents check?, will he get a 10 years ban (9C)? And, would it be waiveable?

[Pinkpig]

I cannot get into Laurel's chat. Is anyone else having any trouble?

[Laura]

Try visacentral.net/forum2 if the regular link isn't working... or did you already try that?

[Pinkpig]

Try visacentral.net/forum2 if the regular link isn't working... or did you already try that?

Thanks, Laurefern11, that link did work. http://visacentral.net/forum2

[Laura]

I can't access my email right now but someone should email Laurel and tell her that the forum link on her site is not working. I bet there are a lot of people trying to get into the chat....