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Hi everyone - My wife (sponsor, US Citizen) and myself (Italian, benefeciary) have applied for the I-130 through the CR1. We have "just" started this long process however I have interviewed with a company in the US and they might make an offer. My question is: if they make an offer, can I use that offer to apply for an expedition? Would that help?

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Thank you everyone!

Hello all,

Thank you always for any advice you can give. Like the title says I just received an email from the NVC that my wife's IR-1 Visa for the Philippines has been approved for expedited processing. Here is a quote from the email below:

"The U.S. Embassy/Consulate General in MANILA, PHIL approved your request for expedited processing of your immigrant visa application. The National Visa Center sent your immigrant visa application to the U.S. Embassy/Consulate General in MANILA, PHIL for their action. The Embassy/Consulate General will contact you soon to schedule a visa interview."

What's strange is I never filed for it to be expedited. Also, how soon should I expect them to contact me regarding the interview schedule? Thank you so much!

Hello everyone!

Me:
- I am a 24 year old Moroccan with 3 years and 6 months of work experience in the IT field.
- My net monthly salary is 16,000 MAD (1,600 USD).
- Travel history: Thailand, Vietnam, China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkey.

My girlfriend:
- Is a 23 year old Moroccan master's student, and is gonna graduate in the summer of 2025.
- We have been together for almost 5 years (we have selfies/photos to prove it).
- Travel history: None.

We're not married or engaged, just boyfriend & girlfriend.

Our plan: Right after her graduating, I want to treat her to a 1 week trip to the USA (100% financed by me). We will go sight-seeing on the east cost and attend a Music festival/concert.

From my perspective, I think we should have no problem getting our visa approved.
But that doesn't matter. I want to know what the visa officer's perspective and you the forum members'.
What are your opinions on our case?

Thank you

Hi Everyone, we married recently and I had a couple of questions . I recently enrolled my husband to my health insurance and the good thing is we don't need a SSN but I wanted to ask if the government will make us pay a fee if he does not have a social and he has insurance or how does that work ? Also , we also need to file the i 485 and was wondering if there are any vaccine records we have to submit as when he went for his medical exam in Morocco the doctor did not administer all the vaccines since it would be too much with the covid shot he had taken. Are the vaccines done after his approval or how would that work. Currently we are a little frustrated that the wait time for this application is 15-18 months. Does anyone have experience with how long it takes for processsing this ?

My DOB is 18th August 2001.

My Mother (LPR) applied for my I-130 December of 2016.

My I-130 got approved January 2022.

I was DQed May 2023 and have been waiting for an interview date since.

According to my CSPA age have I aged out? If I was to subtract the processing time of my i-130 by my current age then my CSPA age would be around 17? Unless there is something I'm missing.

I would like to include that during 2019 we were asked to provide a DNA test which we did and was accepted.