Thread: Newbie In need of some advice!

Hey! My name is Jewels I am new to this forum. I've not really needed to ask for any help until now :)

Basically i'm a UKC (currently residing in the UK) and my husband is USC (residing in Kentucky USA) we've done the I-130 and that has been approved and passed onto the NVC.
The NVC contacted my husband by letter to request payment of $88 which he did (now showing up as paid) they then sent another letter requesting Affidavit Of Support + tax returns. This letter had a case number on it too.

My question is this: Does my husband pay the IV fee now and do I fill in the IV forms and send them to NVC....OR....does he send off his AOS and T/returns and then the NVC send our case on to the US embassy in London and I fill out and pay for the IV there??

I've been scrolling through the internet for days and i'm not finding any clarity! It's all very confusing, I'm also 8 months pregnant so i'm sure I have lost brain cells since starting the immigration process!

Thank you in advance for any help and advice it will be greatly appreciated

Sorry I only know about Australian migration, but good luck and I hope you find the answers. Congratulations on the pregnancy.

Thank you for taking the time to reply :) No worries, I'm sure there is someone out there that will be able to clear my muddled brain!

Thanks again!

Don't worry we all get muddled you should have seen us whilst we were waiting for our visa, I nearly went insane it was like an emotional roller coaster. How easy is the visa process for the States, is it a long wait?

Lol, I'm sure everybody has a moment like that during these processes! They don't make it easy that's for sure :)
The process is pretty straightforward, so it's not a long wait if you are strict with it! It's just a lot of paperwork. we sent the I-130 on the 31st January, received NOA1 about 2 weeks later, end of May I received NOA2 email to say it has been approved and sent on to NVC, and that is as far as we've got.
It all has to be done in a certain order and to get it wrong may add at least a couple of weeks to the finish time. So it has to be right first time.

How long ago did you go through the process?

It took us 2 years and that was 10 years ago, but we got permanent residency rather than a temp visa, we are now citizens makes it easier x
Hopefully you won't gave too much longer to wait, do you think you will be there before Christmas?

I was going to file for a fiancee visa but there would still be paperwork to fill in when I landed in the US, so we went this route. We would love for me and the baby to be there before christmas, but realistically I don't think we can get it all done in time. I have this process going on for me, and when our baby is born my husband has to come over and register him as a USC, so that he doesn't have the same process to go through. So we've now settled for we'll get there when we get there. We have our whole lives together :)