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Interview before i-130 approval?

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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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OK, so.. we had an RFE back in January, the only thing they asked for was a copy of our original marriage certificate, which we provided and they received Feb 18th, and today I checked on My USCIS and it says an interview has been scheduled and we'll receive info in mail? The only thing I can find is maybe they suspect fraud? (It's not- we've been together two and a half years, have visited together 7 times in two years and have a daughter together), I guess I'll find out for sure whenever we get something in the mail. Just seems a little weird to me, it's I-130, I'm the USC and he's still overseas in UK.

 

Anyone with any experience with this? Our PD was 7-3-2019 and our status never changed to approved/no NOA2 or ever anything from NVC. Happy our status has finally changed (nothing had changed from March 16), but a bit uneasy if they're suspecting fraud 😕 😕

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Denmark
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I would give USCIS a call. My first instinct is, it may be a glitch or a mistake on the website. Either way it certainly wouldn't yet be a visa interview for your spouse since you haven't gone through NVC yet. I wouldn't be too worried about suspect of fraud, just give them a call once the weekend is over to see what's up with it. Make sure you've got enough time to wait on hold for an hour or so though.

Our CR1 Journey:

 

USCIS Stage:

  • Feb 14 2019: NOA1 (NSC)
  • July 31 2019: I129f NOA1
  • Sep 19 2019: I129f NOA2 (Denied - 50 days from NOA1)
  • Sep 19 2019: I130 NOA2 (Approved - 217 days from NOA1)

 

NVC Stage:

  • Sep 27 2019: Sent to Department of State
  • Oct 31 2019: Case number received (34 days since sent)
  • Nov 1 2019: IV & AOS fees received & paid
  • Nov 14 2019: IV & AOS submitted
  • Dec 18 2019: All docs accepted, but one additional doc requested (5 weeks from submission)
  • Dec 18 2019: Requested doc submitted
  • Feb 19 2020: Documentarily Qualified (9 weeks from 2nd submission, 14 weeks from first submission)

 

Interview Stage:

  • Mar 11 2020: Interview letter received
  • Apr 1 2020: Interview date
  • Mar 17 2020: Interview cancelled due to COVID-19
  • August 3 2020: Rescheduled letter received, new appointment August 25 2020
  • August 25 2020: Visa approved at interview! (558 days from NOA1)
  • September 10 2020: Embassy received passport in mail
  • September 15 2020: Passport with visa in hand

 

October 11 2020: Arrived in US!

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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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I did call USCIS, she said that my interview wasn't scheduled yet but the officer had put in a request for there to be an interview and once it was scheduled I'd get something in the mail. I double checked that it would be for me, the petitioner, before the i-130 was approved and she said that was correct. That the officer may have additional questions or want some clarifications on things prior to the i-130 being approved 😕

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