US Immigration from Pakistan

My husband applied for a J1 Hardship waiver for a 212(e) requirement based on his USC spouse (me), but we got denied roughly 2 1/2 years after filing (USCIS found hardship but DOS denied. Not financed by a US gov't agency). He hasn't been able to work for over a year.

Living in his home country is not a viable option for me (I have a career here and family caregiving obligations) and we don't want to be separated because we are planning a family.

So we're looking at other options to stay in the US together. One option is to apply for a Conrad-30 waiver position (this is for physicians to practice in an underserved area). The other is to litigate with the AAO to challenge the USCIS decision. (I know the denial letter says you can't challenge it, but there are some loopholes to the statute).

It's very frustrating. Is anyone else going through something similar?

my DS 260 form is reopened after one year of my interview. i wanted to know what does it mean ?? i put my new passport number because old passport was expired and i submit it again . but my question is why its reopen ? if its a good sign ? My case is in AP i got 221g on interview white slip.

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I applied for renewal of B1/B2 Visa as a new application, got the appointment after a year long wait,

Appeared in the interview and was very smooth, only few questions asked nothing much, general questions like

Year of last visit - places visited , overall that went very well,

At the end VO said to my Wife congratulations while smiling your visa is approved and handed over the Blue slip of Approval, and said for all four of you, Myself - 3 Kids we need some additional information and we will contact you over email,

and handed over White Slip 221(g) & Passports Returned

After 2 hour received the email to submit additional information of DS-5535 over email in editable word text only,

Responded to them in next day within email as they said to reply to this email,

However its been almost 58 days and there is no update or response

Wife passport received after 4 days with 5 Year / M Visa

in the meanwhile I was not aware that Kids under the age of 14 may get the visa via drop box, and I took them to physical interview

Interview 15 Feb-2022 Islamabad

Already had B1/B2 Visa -2013-2018 Visited 3 Times and came back within allowed timeframe

Last visited in 2017

Category B1/B2

Wife - House Wife

Myself - Private Job Corporate Sector - Mid Senior Level

Would you recommend me to contact them over the same email to get an update

Please suggest

Thnx

In Feb of this year, we received an email from Montreal requesting updated DS 260, affidavit of support, passport, police report, medical etc

The original case status had said Refused because it was in administrative processing.

Well today we checked the case status and it's changed and has us concerned!

I already have my attorney working on an updated affidavit of support because my mom just passed away and she was the sponsor but now this message is concerning and it contradicts the email we received requesting the documents.

We have been pretty confident since Feb thinking we finally got this if they're requesting the passport.

A little background...this is an old case that was originally refused but reinstated, changed embassies, got hardship waiver approved now finally wrapping things up.

Anyone know what this message means???

Hi,

Our F3 case is on AP for around 3 months. Last updated date of our case is updating every Saturday around the same time. We read in some posts that date getting updated is a good sign. Can you please advise what is the significance of weekly updating of the date and whether it is good or not.