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Yesterday was my interview of F4 with my family the officer said your case is approved and gave us a congratulations letter but after next day case status says refuse.. no additional documentation or 221 g was given to us so why they refused

Hi,

My husband has an ACRO which states 'no live trace', on the Esta form where it says about convictions, do I say yes or no? As it says no live trace I confused which one to answer! Also if I answer yes will I then need to upload the ACRO?

Thanks for your help,

Kathryn

Greetings, I am having trouble finding digesting the information I need regarding the spousal visa process. If anyone can help I'll be thankful. I have the questions organized below. U.S. Citizen, not married to partner who is a Philippines citizen, we have an infant now. May have to return to U.S. for work and won't have much notice when I'm hired.

1) Given time constraints and avoiding other red tape we may need to do the online marriage approach via Utah. I understand this is not a problem now in the Philippines.

2) For the spousal visa, are interviews in Cebu or only in Manila. Manila is difficult for several reasons.

3) what is the timeframe now for getting the appointment?

4) Is the Direct Consular Filing an option in Cebu or Manila? If the normal process is started now can it be changed to DCF if necessary or is expediting possible with a rushed job offer?

5) Can anyone recommend a reliable attorney or immigration office?

Thanks, Ken

Hello all,

After sitting in 221g for 10 weeks, our status has updated to say it was sent to NVC. From what I am reading, this means we are being denied. We had already discussed that if we were to be denied, we would go the CR-1 route, vs. refiling the K1 petition. If we were to get married in his country, I would need to have been in the country for 30 days and a whole host of other things that will not be feasible. What could work for us is to do the online Utah marriage ceremony, and then me fly out to him for a few weeks right after. We initially did the K1 visa because at the time it was the quicker way to be together in person (or so was the logic, that isn't true, now is it). I am just wondering if anyone here has knowledge or experience of India accepting and recognizing our marriage as legal and valid, if we go the Utah route? Thank you in advance.

Does anyone know the meaning of CEAC status says AT NVC after 221g administration process?