When i think about dealing with U.S immigration I always think negative and paranoid. Well to start my story about my daugthers CR1 visa journey. This is my second option I went here through Fiance visa and my daugther is supposed to be under K2 visa as my derivative but things dont turn out good like theres a delay on her passport and not enough money to bring her. After few months of researching I learn about that I can get her under CR1 visa. Im not a U.S citizen yet so my husband petition my daugther as (stepfather).
Before we start this process I make sure everything I need is ready
1. Passport
2. DSWD certification (sign by her father that she allow her to travel this is one of the requirements to secure a passport).
3. Special power of Attorney that I appointed her grandma to process all legal papers in behalf of my absence. Oh my God I have so much trouble securing this peace of paper. "Dont ask me why". I wish I did this before I leave Philippines I' explain everything on my next post.
4. My marriage contract authenticated in NSO need to process this in advance it takes about 6 months before it will be recorded. I strongly advice that once we got married her in U.S better report our marriage right away we need this with dealing with paperworks.
As far as I remember this are all the preparation I made before filling my daugthers CR1 visa.
1. Payment required by USCIS I think my husband pay like $355 last year but it seems that it jump up to $420 make checks payable to U.S department of Homeland Security
2. Completed and signed form I-130 http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-130.pdf
3. Cover letter include every document that you send with your petition
4. Copy of my husband divorce decree.
5. Copy of our marriage certificate
6. Copy of my husband birth certificate
7. Copy of my daugthers birth certifcate
8. Passport copy of my husband and my daugther especially the biographical page.
9. Passport size photo husband and daugther one each of them.
10.I also include my CENOMAR before because on my daugthers BC it shows that me and her father is married typo error maybe.
* This are all the documents we send bear with me the list is not complete or I overdo it*
The waiting games starts LOL after like two weeks we receivce the NOA1 receipts that they receive the petition but one problem my daugthers name is missing something so we call the USCIS to correct it. AFter two weeks again we receive the corrected name on NOA1. Months, days, weeks pass by we heard nothing but Im positive that everything goes well. After nearly six month of waiting finally we receive the approval from USCIS that the petition has been approved and transfer in NVC.
Process took place from NVC
1. NVC receives the case from USCIS
2. NVC assigns a case number whoaaa that was fast
3. Send us a copy of DS-3032 (choice of agent form and AOS bill). We dont hire any agent I just write down my husband name as an agent and sign by his name in behalf of my daugther as the applicant. Paid $88 dollars online. Once you recieve the letter of correspondence from NVC theres an instruction on how to pay it online it will make the processing fast. This AOS at this stage stands for affidavit of support I thought its Adjustment of status please dont confuse yourself like me :) It says on the guide that both the pnot petitioner and applicant will receive the DS-3032 not with us we keep on waiting and hold for a month thinking my daugther will receive her copy too. Maybe because I choice my husband as an agent thats why they dont send anything on her anyway she dont know how to reply those stuff and its the best decession that all the processing took place her in U.S or else it will be alot of hassle coz Im the one who do the papers.
4.So after a month of we send the the AOS bill receipt it I printed it out from my computer coz I pay online thats the good thing. together with the sign DS-3032.
5.AOS entered into NVC system
6.Sends us adjustment of status bill then I pay it online let me think its $440 I forgot but roughly we paid this amount.
7. I send form 1-864 but I receive an RFE coz I forgot to send the form tax transcript for 3 years and W2 and they said I send a wrong affidavit of support so I also include form I-1864EZ. So i guess everything went well dont receive any RFE's no more.
8. After four weeks I receive an appointment letter for my daugther in my husband email but never receive a packet. I just download it online the instruction.
Medical and Interview
* Send her the copy of appointment letter so she can go for her medical*
Day 1. Physical exam shes been accompanied by her grandma
Day 2. Supposed to get her shots but she got a positive reaction on her skin test and took an xray
Day 3. Thanks God xray turn out clear and did her immunization finally done with medical and she pass
*After a week she was scheduled for Interview this makes me nervous and anxious*
Before I forget I send all the required documents for her interview but it seems that on the interview checklist I already send all the paperworks but I want to make sure she have everthing she need incase NVC loss something who knows.
Documents that I send for Interview
I arrange the document in separate colored folder and put caption
1. Original copy of NOA1 and NOA2 I also include photocopy
2. Appointment letter
3. Letter of correspondence from NVC photocopy
4. Receipts of payment like IV bill and AOS bill
*I also include the replica of the package I send that why we need to make two copies or three*
Proof of communication
1.snail mails
2.chatlogs
3.some money remittances
4. Phone bills
5.Screen shot of our chat
Proof of relationship
1.Picture of me and my daugther
2.Marriage certificate and I also got an NSO
3.My birth Certificate and husband birth certificate
During her interview they only ask her name and birthday and question my daugthers BC because it was late registered everything went well and they dont ask anything. Oh consul ask her if she like her stepfather the petitioner she was silent according to her grandma and she say yes thanks. And the consul say your approved and grandma call me and I feel like I was in cloud nine lol.
