K2 Follow To Join Eligibility Period Problem due to Coronavirus, Any Advice?

[HillsHaveEyes 22]

The worst case scenario has arisen and my wife and I are in shock. I have read many of the topics here, and I think the answer is going to be "nobody knows" at this point, but I wanted to post our scenario and see if anyone has any advice...

 

My wife's K1 was issued on May 08, 2019. To satisfy her son's father, her son stayed home to finish the school year, and to give my wife the opportunity to come to the US, get married, make sure everything went according to plan...

 

She flew home March 5th in order to begin working on her son's process, as we were advised by the embassy: Step 1, medical exam, step 2, interview, step 3, K2 visa! Easy peasy until a worldwide pandemic hits... We were keeping an eye on things regarding interview dates. The embassy in question consistently had interviews available one week out. The plan was to do the medical exam, then schedule the interview with plenty of time to spare (ETA beginning of April). As soon as the panic began to rise regarding Coronavirus and appointment cancellations were announced, we went to the embassy site and saw appointments were available for May 04. We scheduled the appointment right away. It seems cancellations are rolling. This appointment was canceled, and now we have one for May 18, past the eligibility period...

 

Does anyone have advice on what can be done? Is there an announcements page for USCIS we can check to see if/when they announce information about impacted people? My plan presently is to call USCIS and pose the problem and see what they say. From there, I will call my congressman. Perhaps its too soon for the latter, until they make a decision/announcement one way or the other...

 

Thank you!

[milimelo 4,505]

Contact the embassy via email. There are limited services available and few exceptions but you won’t know if you qualify for it until you get in touch with them. 

[payxibka 10,045]

41 minutes ago, HillsHaveEyes said:

The worst case scenario has arisen and my wife and I are in shock. I have read many of the topics here, and I think the answer is going to be "nobody knows" at this point, but I wanted to post our scenario and see if anyone has any advice...

 

My wife's K1 was issued on May 08, 2019. To satisfy her son's father, her son stayed home to finish the school year, and to give my wife the opportunity to come to the US, get married, make sure everything went according to plan...

 

She flew home March 5th in order to begin working on her son's process, as we were advised by the embassy: Step 1, medical exam, step 2, interview, step 3, K2 visa! Easy peasy until a worldwide pandemic hits... We were keeping an eye on things regarding interview dates. The embassy in question consistently had interviews available one week out. The plan was to do the medical exam, then schedule the interview with plenty of time to spare (ETA beginning of April). As soon as the panic began to rise regarding Coronavirus and appointment cancellations were announced, we went to the embassy site and saw appointments were available for May 04. We scheduled the appointment right away. It seems cancellations are rolling. This appointment was canceled, and now we have one for May 18, past the eligibility period...

 

Does anyone have advice on what can be done? Is there an announcements page for USCIS we can check to see if/when they announce information about impacted people? My plan presently is to call USCIS and pose the problem and see what they say. From there, I will call my congressman. Perhaps its too soon for the latter, until they make a decision/announcement one way or the other...

 

Thank you!

Uscis is not involved at this stage,  they are the wrong place to call.   The consulate holds all the cards

[HillsHaveEyes 22]

Thank you for the responses. It does appear to be a waiting game at this point.

 

I wrote the embassy a few days ago, they just responded and stated they are awaiting further instruction from the Department of State. Thank you for the tip regarding USCIS non-involvement, I realized this also as I was dialing through their automated phone system and getting nowhere (no valid options regarding my situation).

 

I'll sit tight and reach out to the embassy again in a few days (Warsaw, Poland for reference). Any news and I'll share it here. Thanks again!