European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes july 1985 getting visa for spouse Tim consuming officials urge starting process months before travel time by Chris Estes staff writer Frankfurt service members applying for visas for foreign National spouses should Start the process months before they need to consular officials recommend and they might consider applying As soon As they arc not getting started Early is the 1 headache for Servic members applying for spouses according to Raymond chief of the Frankfurt consular Sec were up to our ears in visa he Seefeldt said the Frankfurt consulate processes to visa petitions and about three fourths of those arc military spouses applications for i Migra the consulate processes All immigration visa applications submitted in the biggest problem with he is time failure to allow enough time for a process that is service members often put themselves in a bind by applying for visas said Barbara chief of the consulate visa we get Calls every Day from people who want to leave july she Treyve got their and were we just dont have the capabilities and personnel to take everybody All at Seefeldt explained the immigration the american sponsor has to file a visa petition with the immigration and naturalization the ins is a Branch of the department of the consulate is part of the department of so already were talking about two different government Seefeldt said there is an immigration office next to the the sponsor can get a form from his personnel which is also where he goes for passports and birth if the personnel office Doest have the it can get them from the immigration office or the nearest once he gets the form and fills it out and gathers the documents that go with its submitted to the immigration Seefeldt if the applicant starts this Early the form can be mailed Seefeldt said the immigration office approves the form and delivers it to the visa Section of the at that Point we Send the spouse a package of instructions to gather another Bunch of and also to have a medical which is normally done in military Seefeldt advised submitting the form As soon As the elections 85 the 1st District of Texas will hold a special run off 3 to fill the congressional seat left vacant by the resignation of Democrat Sam a department of defense news release Hall resigned to accept a District court in a special election held june none of the eight candidates received the 50 percent of the vote needed to the Runoff will match Republican Edward Hargett and Democrat James the 1st District encompasses Rural counties in the Northwestern part of the on the a Kansas and Louisiana Marshall and Paris Are among the cities in the the counties Are part of red san Titus and members of the armed forces or merchant their spouses and and Ameri cans who Are living overseas or lived in the District immediately before departing the United states and Are not voting or registered to vote in any other state or territory May use a single Federal Post card application form to Register temporarily and to re quest an Absentee those who submitted an application for the june 29 election will be sent a ballot for the 3 All other eligible voters should submit an application for registration and a ballot for information on voting in Texas con tact unit voting assistance officers or Counselor at any embassy or interested persons May also write to the Federal voting assistance office of the Secretary of de or calf Autoon 2244928 or 4960 or Commer Cial 202 6944928 or your situation returning permanently to with foreign National spouse travelling temporarily to with foreign National spouse returning permanently to plan to marry foreign National in Germany before departure returning permanently to plan to marry foreign National in soon after arrival travelling temporarily to plan to marry foreign National in and return with spouse to Germany Type of visa needed by spouse or Fiancee immigrant visa visitor visa immigrant visa where to apply Berlin Berlin Berlin Fiancee visa visitor visa Berlin Berlin what to do first obtain form 1130 from personnel and mail with required documents to ins Frankfurt have spouse apply for visitor visa with evidence of intent to leave obtain form 1130 from personnel and submit with required documents to ins Frankfurt after marriage obtain form i129f from personnel and mail to ins District office nearest to your residence have Fiancee apply for visitor visa with evidence of intent to leave processing time 24 months usually same Day 24 months 24 months usually same Day sour Cut Frankfurt service member gets this form can sit Here a year or he it Doest matter to its still getting that first step out of the Way As soon As youre married is a Way to make sure when youre going to youve got your initial action Hemingway said the form will be held she said one form being held is 15 years and the Consul ate is trying to locate the applicants to see if there even still the forms Are processed through the immigration of fice and sent to the which forwards a packet to the listing documents the sponsor and applicant need to a return mail form is provided to the applicant to Send to the consulate two to four months before travelling to the when the form is sent to the an interview with the applicant is they will come in they will pay the they will be Seefeldt the Consul will look at their they will swear under oath that everything on the application is if every things in  get their visa the same of this interview is the Only time that anyone must come to the said at the time of the the visa applicant is the Only one who must the american spouse can come if he or she but they do not have the entire rest of the process can be done by we encourage soviets soften Osfar wars stand May accept limited lab research Washington not soviet negotiators in Geneva have indicated for the first time a willingness to accept an arms treaty allowing research on strategic de High ranking Reagan administration officials re until the soviet Union has insisted on prohibiting All such and the United states has refused to discuss the possibility of placing any limitations on presi Dent reagans strategic defense popularly known As Star the disagreement has been at the Core of the deadlock in the arms talks in the administration officials said members of the soviet team informally approached american negotiators two weeks ago to say that Moscow was no longer seeking to ban All but wanted to draw a line a tween Laboratory and scientific which would be and development and which would be if Moscow does make a formal proposal along those As has usually been the Case after informal Dis administration officials said it would put new pressure on Reagan to loosen his and this could get the talks the soviet approach came at about the same time As Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev were agreeing to a Summit meeting in Geneva at the end of two weeks the two sides also reached significant understandings in Geneva to ban simultaneous testing of Ai defense and anti ballistic missile systems a longstanding american goal and to use the soviet american hot line to Exchange information on nuclear threats by third nations or these were the product of Long negotiations in the standing consultative a joint group established by the 1972 treaty on anti ballistic a senior administration official called the soviet approach on distinguishing Between research and testing of strategic defensive systems he said that the soviet ideas would still be unacceptable to the but that they showed More refine ment on Moscow part and that Moscow was now concentrating on what bothers them most rather than on Banning expects 700 sailing ships Germany More than 100 sailing ships from nine countries Are expected for thursdays opening of the 11 the annual the event is expected to draw to spec a sailing music and International cooking Are some of the events scheduled to take place before a fire works display saturday the song of the by a Solo trumpet player out on the also will be part of the saturday the number of spectators will depend on the said a race the German maritime museum Schaffart museum will Anchor Many of the Booths and exhibits will be set up near the which is on the Banks of the Weser River in the Center of the