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My mother-in-law completed her interview and her medical. They said she needed to get a COVID Booster, but was required to wait ONE MONTH after she completed her medical. She waited a month, emailed them results. When she called to check on the status, they told her that it could take up to 10 days for them to get through the emails because they get "so many a day."

She waited the 10 days and then they told her it can take up to 14 day. It has been almost 2 months. Every time she calls she is either placed on hold or no one answers. We sent emails for an update - no response. If it takes 2 months for them to get the email to verify she took the booster, how long will it take them to send over the results to the Embassy????????

Hi everyone!

I hope you can help me out.

I was told through the case tracker app that my case is ready at the German consulate and I went ahead and filed the DS-160 and tried to schedule an appointment for my visa interview. After paying I had to wait until I got a confirmation number. After a couple of days I didn t receive any email so I just tried checking the website again and suddenly there the number was and I could go ahead. Then I was given a notification that my request for an appointment was sent and I d receive a message. I haven t gotten any messages yet and I was wondering if this happened to you as well?! after a few days I could continue on the ustraveldocs website and there I could choose between some options (but only if I had gotten a message from the consulate) now I m wondering if the ready status in the app is the message or if the consulate will literally send me a message? I thought I could just make an appointment after paying or did I miss a step?! I m having my medical scheduled for tomorrow so I m packing everything I have since I don t have a interview letter yet (I read that it works without it as well)

Thanks in advance!

Hello, everyone. About 12 years ago, when I was 10, my parents were sponsored into the US by my uncle. I was then approved for a green card. Two or three years later, my parents left the country due to their parents' urgent medical conditions and brought us along with them. I never returned to the US for just under 8 years after that. Then, January of 2022, I came back via SFO airport and was held back for questioning. Over the 3 hour process, I was grilled on what I had been doing over the 8 years since I'd left, and had to pay a $585 fine to fill out and submit an I-193. They also put on my passport, "ARC OUT 8 years, ACH RES REQ's". A month or so after that, I went through the green card renewal process and got the renewed green card about 8 months later.

I am currently a software engineer working in Seattle. I have not been in so much as been in a traffic stop, and file my taxes fine every year.

In about 2 years and 6 months, my 5-year continuous residence will be up and I plan on applying for naturalization then. It is hard to find people with similar situations to me on the internet, and different sources say different things, ranging from

• Don't worry at all and submit, they don't care about your travel history past 5 years.
• Submit, but expect a lot of questions and a possible denial.
• Don't submit at all, they may look at your past travel history and decide you shouldn't even have gotten a renewal and may give you a notice to appear in court and deport you.

My questions to the knowledgeable people on this sub are:

• When submitting my naturalization, do they care about travel past 5 years?
• Will the stamp on my passport give me problems (should I put that in with my application)?
• Are they able to look up travel information from that time I was out of the country, and will that cause issues?
• Do I need to hire a lawyer when I start my naturalization proceedings?

Thank you very much in advance.

Hi, I have a tricky situation and looking for anyone in similar circumstances or advice?

I m married to a USC with 2 kids. Been traveling A LOT on esta back and forth to Europe the past 3 years even if I had an approved I-130 since 2 years back. I never got denied but got a warning last week driving over Canada border. I m worried they might have flagged my passport now. We just hired attorney to help. However, what are my chances of getting green card with my travel history and also lacking information in my I-130 application? Anyone been through anything similar? Thanks!

hello,

i have few questions regarding my citizenship application, me and my daughter is eligible for citizenship now, but as my daughter turn 18 this year, so my question is is she need separate application of citizenship? or i can apply with my application.

my second question is about my application location as i am moving out of my state this month due to job of my husband but my daughter will take admission in my current residence state, so what i will do do i need to wait for my application or my daughter will apply separately as per residence of her college.

thank you

sam