susan- () • 09/29/2012 16:31:36 PM
I'm a US Citizen, originally from Peru, I'd like to share my experience because I it might be helpful since I consulted this page many times and I was able to find some helpful information, however I made a mistake in one of my forms and I couldn't find any similar experience so hope this helps. I filed form I-130 in january 2012 and sent the initial evidence required for the form, however 2-3 weeks later I got a letter RFE (request for evidence) which required me to send evidence about my dad because the name on the I-130 form and my birth certificate were different, the letter shows many options I decided to send all copies of my dad's personal documents, bank cards, credit cards, and 3 affidavits from 2 aunties and my mom, I wasn't sure if these needed to be notarized, I called many times USCIS customer service and they are pretty robotic, they just read of the website, so I requested my call to be escalated to a supervisor or an officer that can give me an answer because these sometimes can be very expensive abroad, so I got transfered to a rep that advised me that the affidavits don't need to be notarized, only signed by the person doing the affidavit, so the affidavits were written by my family members plus and another antie signed all the affidavits as a witness and then I got them transtaled into english, well a month later after I submitted it I got the I-130 approved and forwarded onto NVC for consular processing, by may 2012 I got emails from NVC with information for my dad and also an authorization to release information to me as sponsor to act on his behalf here in the US, later on I got the AOS bill and I paid it and then I mailed it with all the information, I currently don't work because I have a child so I filled 2 AOS one for me and another my husband and I sent the documentation needed about 2 weeks later I received the bill for form DS-260 and paid it then I got the access to fill the form, here I had to sent orginal documents such as certificates and passport size pictures, plus my dad's copies of police reports, court records and judicial records, this was around the begining of july 2012, I have to say that it's not hard but there is a lot of work to do sending by mail, filling out forms and gathering documentation, once NVC had everything completed the case was closed and fowarded onto the local embassy for interview, here took a bit longer because NVC schedules the appointments a month out, lets say for my dad they scheduled during august for september, so the medical exams were completed and he got some vaccinations as well none of these expire, 2 passport pictures plus the originals for the documents I submitted copies. well my dad's interview was very succesful, he was asked about 3 questions, if he ever had been in the US, last time I travel to Peru and why my mom wasn't traveling, he was finger printed and given a letter so he can go online to register for the return of his passport with visa and other documents he needs to enter the US, takes about 3 days to get the DHL tracking.
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