the choice of agent form has to be signed by her... make yourself the agent of
choice so you can do everything here instead of waiting for her to fill out the
papers you will be getting in the future.The $65.00 processing fees they charge,
you have another fee coming of I think around $340.00 with the next round of
papers. On the tax forms and affidavit of support your next round of papers you
send in will require both. If you are not going for the interview with your wife
then I would give them to her notarized, if you are going to be with her then I
would make sure you have them with you for the interview just in case you never
know....

She should designate you and use your address for the Agent of Choice form (DS-3032).

See the following post for more details:

http://www.planet-love.com/wwwboard/latin/archives/display.php?archive=000208&id=64917

Your wife will not need a notarized copy of your I-864, but she should have a photocopy of the original just to be safe. You will have to submit complete copies of the last 3 years tax returns with W-2’s.

You are probably looking at another 2-3 months or so for the NVC process. Did you also petition her for a K-3 visa? If so, what is the status of the K-3?

Ray

If she uses the K-3 visa, then you can ignore all that stuff from the NVC regarding the processing of your I-130 petition.

Ray

That’s why I was asking what the status of your K-3 petition was, so that I could understand exactly where you are in the process for both petitions. Now I know that your I-130 was recently approved by CIS and forwarded to the NVC, which does some preliminary processing before sending it to the overseas consulate. I will just have to assume that your K-3 petition is still lost somewhere at the National Benefits Center in Missouri waiting for them to catch up on their backlog. If that is the case, then I would recommend that you go ahead with the NVC process and assume that will be the fastest way to get her over here.

The NVC will want about $400 total in fees to process your case and you are probably looking at about another 2-3 months before they finish and pass it on to the consulate. Right now you need to pay the $65 fee for the I-864 and they will send you the forms with instructions.

Fill out the Form DS-3032 (Choice of Address and Agent) and check the box “I Appoint:” and put YOUR name and address as agent. Then your wife will need to sign and date the DS-3032 form and you need to return it to the NVC as instructed. Then the NVC will send you a bill for the $335 visa fee. After you pay that, they will send you a Form DS-230 and some other stuff for the wife to complete and return to them.

You’re getting closer now so it shouldn’t be too much longer (3-5 months?).

Ray

Whoever told you that this was going to be fast or easy? :-)

Actually, 5 months to process an I-130 petition is MUCH faster than it was taking in recent years. Your I-130 has been approved by the Department of Homeland Security (or CIS). Now the State Dept is doing their processing at the NVC. After that, the overseas consulate will do their thing with the interview and issue a visa.

You can read more about the NVC process here:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1309.html

For status of your K-3 petition, try here:

https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/caseStat.jsp

What was the receipt date when you submitted your I-129F for the K-3?

Ray

You may have a point there about applying as a terrorist (LOL!).

Actually, the process to bring a spouse or fiancée here used to be fast and relatively uncomplicated. When I applied for a fiancée visa for my first wife in 1972, the entire process took less than 2 months. There were no Regional Service Centers or National Visa Center. I walked in to my local INS office and they gave me the forms and explained the process to me in person. I filed the papers the next day at the INS office and paid a fee of I think $25. The fiancée visa was approved and issued in Manila about 8 weeks later and she arrived here within 2 months of the date I first filed. The system has gotten bogged down with red tape and bureaucratic nonsense over the years, but I have seen a significant improvement in the last 6 months or so.

Speaking of terrorists: There is one visa (S-6 visa) that is not used very often but can get you here pretty quickly, with no fees, and the government even files the forms for you. All you have to do is have some valuable information on terrorists that you turn over to the U.S. government. But I guess the fastest way still is to simply crawl through a hole in the fence down here on the Mexican border.

The next time you talk to your son in the Corps, please thank him for me for serving his country!

Ray