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Hi all,

U.S. citizen petitioner here. Spouse is a Turkish national. I-130 was filed online in December 2024. No approval of anything yet, no NVC case, no DS-260, and obviously no interview. Just the initial receipt notice. I'm considering withdrawing because we ended up moving to New Zealand together instead, and plan to live here for the foreseeable future.

Will withdrawing now affect future US visa applications? Also, is it considered a " visa refusal" for immigration purposes?

If anyone has firsthand experience with withdrawing before USCIS approval, would love to hear what your confirmation looked like and whether it affected later filings.

Thank you in advance!

Hello everyone, I filed I-824 to request USCIS send my approved I-140 to NVC for visa processing, and I received the I-797 approval notice of the I-824 after one year on Aug 15 2025. But my I-140 status is still under "Approved", not yet changed to "the case was sent to DOS" after 1 month waiting. Does anyone know how long does it take for USCIS TSC send/forward my I-140 to NVC DOS. Could you guys share your timelines processed at USCIS TSC? or any advises will be much appreciated.

Hello everyone

I am in TPS status, Originally from Nepal. Currently have filled for Adjustment of status(I485) and have interview scheduled at Nepal but i choose to give to interview here in usa. I am planning to hire translator and virtual lawyer. would it be a good idea to do this or do i need physical lawyer to help me during my interview please advice Thank you

I am in deep need of some help, hoping someone on the thread can answer my questions. We have an interview for my Iraqi fianc scheduled in early November at the Jordan (amman) embassy, but the embassy refuses to answer our questions by telephone, and they do not answer via email either. Some emails on their website no longer exist and the emails that they ve replied to are days late and one-word replies, or just re-linking the instructions.

The embassy website is filled with outdated material, and jumbles document requirements between immigrant visas and K-1. Not sure what else to do but ask here for anyone with experience with K-1 recently in Amman.

Here s the link to the website the amman embassy shared with me to understand required documentation, and here are my questions. Any insight would be very helpful.

https://jo.usembassy.gov/preparing-for-your-interview/

• It mentions that documents need to be uploaded 2 weeks in advance of the interview, but the upload portal on NVC requires an invoice id number and to my knowledge that doesn t exist for K-1 visas given its technically non-immigrant. So I cant go through upload instructions.
• The website mentions filling out the DS-260 form. This is unusual because it also requires us to bring the completed DS-160 form as well, and to my knowledge DS-260 does not apply for fiance visas.
• The document list requirements mention a civil status certificate issued within 30 days of the interview. She lives in Iraq and to our knowledge we don t know of such a document besides the birth certificate which mentions here marital status. Is that what they are referring to?
• Separately, the interview confirmation page mentions that we must submit copies of our interview documents at the date and time of our interview to the nearest Aramex. How can we submit copies if we will be at the interview?

Please, any guidance would help. Don't know what to do. Thanks.

Has anyone had experience leaving the country between the citizenship interview and the oath ceremony? I took the citizenship exam on May 15th and am still waiting for the oath ceremony. I need to fly home for two weeks to visit my dad; he was diagnosed with cancer, and I want to see him.