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***** WARNING***** THIS IS OUR OLD PROCEDURE AND WILL NOT BE UPDATED ANYMORE IT IS FROM 2001 AND IS UPDATED UNTIL END OF 2003 THIS IS FOR YOUR REFERENCE ONLY Please see this link for an updated procedure
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Menu for the visa-procedure |
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| 0 | Intro and changes/helpful hints about the procedure |
| 1 | Links/timeline/forms and acronyms |
| 2 | Marriaged based Visa (DCF) Procedure (short description what it is) |
| 3 | Marriage (in the Netherlands) |
| 4 | First Visit (first visit to the consulate with your wife/husband) |
| 5 | More paperwork (complete the papers before you start the DCF procedure.) |
| 6 | Final checklist and paperwork (the last paperwork and consulate checklist) |
| 7 | Medical exam |
| 8 | Visa interview |
| 9 | The money |
| 10 | The visa (image) (this is attached to the mysterious brown envelope.) |
| 11 | Entering the USA (POE) (Minneapolis MN) and the passport stamp |
| 12 | Checklist and document print-menu |
| 13 | Links (VISA RELATED including K1/K3) |
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The PDF files
** most PDF files are editable now.
Changes and helpful hints about the procedure
This can happen when you visit the US "too often."
The new 2004 poverty guidelines are here; http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/04poverty.shtml
In addition to Chris's good advise I noticed something else that might come in handy for future applicants. With the brown envelope I received an information sheet of what to do when I am in the US (e.g. SSN, Tax returns etc.) it had an extra sheet attached to it, that said that you can apply for a Social Security Number as part of the procedure. Especially for people that want to start working from the day they enter the US, that might be worth looking at, as obtaining the SSN could take 2 weeks or more.
Oh, I have one comment that might be useful. When you tell them what you are there for at the gate, say that you're there for immigration-business, or immigration-visa; as long as you add the word immigration. You will be let in earlier. On picking up the visa, there will be more people picking up a visa; again, say at the outer gate already that you're there to pick up an immigration-visa with capitol letters for the word immigration, cause then you will be let in earlier (not the way I did it, I just told them I was there for a visa; but I saw it happen to another man who pressed the bell and was let in after telling them this and he even was out again before I got through that first gate.). Good luck to everybody still filing right now!
Special Links;
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dual nationality (Dutch government website info in Dutch)
(please mail me if this link is not working
anymore it changes all the time) In het algemeen geldt onder de nieuwe regeling dat Nederlanders die vrijwillig een andere nationaliteit krijgen, het Nederlanderschap verliezen. Daarop gelden de volgende uitzonderingen:
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Stories hints and tips from other couples who did DCF or K-1 from or in the Netherlands.
All the visa links (These WebPages are not on usadutch.com)
Dutch Consulate website Immigration FAQ
All NON marriage related visa's click here (Lots of good free information from a lawyers website)
Explanation of forms and acronyms
What you need to marry in the Netherlands Read this !!!!!!!!!
The Direct Consular Filing (DCF) Procedure / Forms / Hints / Tips / Story
There are different ways to get a visa, one of them is the Direct Consular Filing at the
American Consulate in Amsterdam. (The marriage can be in either country.)
IF YOU ARE NOT A DUTCH/AMERICAN COUPLE YOU HAVE TO BE SURE YOUR CONSULATE
WILL DO DCF IN YOUR COUNTRY......!!!!
We chose to NOT go the fiancé route because there is a great deal of uncertainty with it. The timeline that the USCIS gives is usually inaccurate. Ten phone calls to the USCIS can give you ten different answers to any given question. They are not responsible for their answer: You are responsible for any action you take. Further, once the alien arrives in the US on a K-1 visa and the couple is married, the alien must file to Adjust their Status [Adjustment of Status - AOS]; they also need to file for Employment Authorization and for Advance Parole -- all of these processes cost more money, and can take anywhere from "one day instant" to 18 months of processing until the alien is finally able to AOS and become a Conditional Permanent Resident (CPR). As you will see below, with the I-130 DCF process none of this extra filing has to happen, and the alien enters the US as a CPR and therefore immediately authorized to work and travel freely. (In 2001 they changed the rule of the EAD for a K-1 they are now able to work for 90 days on a K-1 BUT then must stop until the 2 year EAD is received.)
To do the DCF you have to be married. In the US , The Netherlands or any other country but is has to be a valid marriage.Be aware that the consulate does not talk about DCF but the marriage based visa. DCF is a internet based invented name.
PACKAGE 1
1. The
instructions. 
including picture sheet YOU
MUST READ THIS
2. I-130
** view and edit
Instruction for the I-130 download here
3, G-325A (two of them)
** 2/24/2001 view and edit
click here for the official USCIS forms
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We went to the Consulate with our package 1 The I-130 and both our G325A. AND GOT APPROVAL
We arrived at 10.20 am, got in line and left all done at 12.10 pm... so not bad huh...........
(The Consulate is located at the back of the Rijksmuseum look for the American Flag.)
In packet 3 you need a sworn
statement for the affidavit of support (I-864)
We managed to have all the needed items in our possession .After we were done
with package one and had approval on it, we asked if we could give them the checklist for package 3. They said that would be OK. They asked also
for the OF-230 part I (Now the DS-230 part 1)
and the affidavit of support I-864. Then a Consulate officer had Eileen
swear that the affidavit was correct, took the form and put a stamp on the
I-864. Then he gave it back to Klaas to bring it when he has his interview. This
was our piece of luck because Eileen will be back in the US when Klaas has
his interview. (if we had found out later, Klaas would have to send the form to
Eileen in the states and wait for it to be returned with a notary stamp)
In The Netherlands you can NOT get the police statement by yourself because the Consulate insists they do that themselves. This will take about 6 to 8 weeks and is the most time consuming wait in the whole process.
So we now sit and wait for a appointment for the medical and the interview Klaas is expecting his visa on the day of the interview. With good luck that would be in March.
BTW....everyone was VERY nice to us and VERY helpful, in part because we were over prepared and nothing was missing or filled out incorrectly. there were some stupid people in line...such as not having American money (duh) or not having the required pictures (duh) and these people were upset to be turned away.
And Klaas recommends NOT wearing a belt with metal trim or having a two inch pocket knife on your key ring! Security was not happy....he just had to take it off and leave it at the door. (not the belt...hahahahaha)
The
checklist
and instructions OF-169 YOU
MUST READ THIS
Biographic
data
DS-230 part 1 AND 2
** 1/28/02 New form,
replaces OF-230
Affidavit of support
I-864 for sponsor AND
co-sponsors
** 2/24/2001 view and edit
Important: A co-sponsor also needs a certified copy of a birth-certificate, 3 years of tax returns and proof of current employment.
Poverty guidelines
2003 PDF file
click here for the official USCIS forms (new window)
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PACKAGE 4
YES YES.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Received packet 4 (OF-171)
Medical examination March 12 2001 read here medical exam appointment new style (nov 2002) (click here)
You have to hand over all the documents on the day of the medical exam (see OF-171) click here
visa application interview March 20 2001 read here
Sworn
statement DS-230
part 2 (skip the first two pages they are part 1)
Tax
statement
IRS-9003 (for
the NL citizen only)
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Going home on March 30, 2001 finally.......
Home................................
The Immigration inspector
This is the visa (image) attached to the "mysterious brown sealed envelope"
To protect from misuse and privacy reasons the image was altered.
At the airport the sealed envelope will be opened by the immigration officer
This is not a free ride to America click here for the fees as of FEB 2002 (USCIS website in new window)
March 30 2001 (POE = PORT OF ENTRY)
Arrived at the Airport Minneapolis/St.Paul on a round trip ticket from Icelandair. This ticket was cheaper then a one way TICKET. At arrivals there where two lines to pass USCIS ; Citizen and Visitors. Because I was none of those and the line at Citizen was smaller I went there and explained I was coming in on a Visa. They directed me into an office where I had to hand over my mysterious brown sealed envelope and the attached visa. The USCIS officer looked over all the paperwork. In the envelope I discovered all my submitted forms. Then I had to give fingerprints (only the index finger) and sign a paper on two sides. This was a form later to be my "green card" he said. After he stamped my passport with the I-551 stamp (look here) and put my alien number on it, I was done in just 30 minutes after landing.
The only thing to do now is get a social security number and a drivers license but that's beyond the scope of this story.
March 2002
I received my green card, and of course my first name was spelled wrong. See instructions here.
WHAT'S NEXT (JAN 2003) Notice from USCIS;
| NOTICE TO PERSONS FILING FOR SPOUSES IF MARRIED LESS THAN TWO YEARS |
Pursuant to section 216 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, your alien spouse may be granted conditional permanent resident status in the United States as of the date he or she is admitted or adjusted to conditional status by an officer of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Both you and your conditional permanent resident spouse are required to file a petition, Form I-751, Joint Petition to Remove Conditional Basis of Alien's Permanent Resident Status, during the ninety day period immediately before the second anniversary of the date your alien spouse was granted conditional permanent residence. Otherwise, the rights, privileges, responsibilities and duties which apply to all other permanent residents apply equally to a conditional permanent resident. A conditional permanent resident is not limited to the right to apply for naturalization, to file petitions in behalf of qualifying relatives, or to reside permanently in the United States as an immigrant in accordance with the immigration laws. Failure to file Form I-751, Joint Petition to Remove the Conditional Basis of Alien's Permanent Resident Status, will result in termination of permanent residence status and initiation of deportation proceedings. |
And then you can do dual dual citizenship. (100 questions to answer, click here)
More information about the citizenship
here at
Another Dutch guy reporting about the I-751 http://thenewcitizen.blogspot.com/
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