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I am a F11 from a country affected by the travel ban. I received interview letter 2 days ago. Any advices for the interview or experiences?

My girlfriend, 27/F/Colombia and I, 32/M/USA, have sent the I-129f petition in January 2025 and are awaiting a response. My question is the following:

She worked in a legal retail cannabis store for about 3-4 months as a keyholder/front of store employer when she was living in Canada before moving back to Colombia and starting the visa application from there. She does not have any other continuing ties to the cannabis retail sector. We are aware that it remains a Schedule 1 drug in the USA federally. Would this former work experience in the cannabis retail sector affect her ability to receive approval and admission to the USA?

Thank you very much!

Hi there. My sis applied for me F4 category now NVC is asking to submit all my civil doc. But in my current passport my mother middle name has some error. I travel usa 2018 as a visitor.
now is that a problem or should I change the name as my sis applied? TIA

First I want to thank this community! The advice, the pool of knowledge available here and just the feeling of belonging that most members project is such a source of comfort during this crazy process. I don't know if Jaycel and I would have maintained our sanity if we didn't have our fellow travelers to lean on. So thank you all so very much!

8 Months and 2 weeks from application received to card in hand. (And exactly 4 years from the day we started talking ) No RFEs and EAD in 51 days. Pretty happy with that timeline! Now we get a break from USCIS for the next 21 months

Our full timeline in case it's helpful to anyone else:

I-129F Receipt Date: 09/18/2023

I-129F RFE: 05/20/2024

I-129F RFE Response Received: 06/01/2024

I-129F Approved: 06/04/2024

I-129F Sent to DOS: 06/11/2024

DOS Case # Assigned: 07/01/2024

K1-FTP: 07/16/2024

Embassy Interview: 08/13/2024 (Approved)

Visa in Hand: 08/20/2024

Entered the US: 08/30/2024

Married: 10/25/2024

AOS Receipt Date: 11/18/2024

Biometrics: 12/26/2024

EAD Approved: 01/08/2025

Interview Scheduled: 06/16/2025

Interview Attended: 07/23/2025

I-485 Approved: 06/16/2025

Green Card Received: 08/01/2025

Hi, I am wondering if anyone here has remarried (filed an I-130 a second time) and if that process differed from the first time around.

I'm divorced from my first husband and I attached our divorce decree to our application. He went back to his home country shortly before we divorced.

From this link, it states the petitioner requires an interview in that scenario:

https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-6-part-b-chapter-5

"When USCIS Requires an Interview for Standalone Family-Based Immigrant Visa Petitions"
Petitions for a spouse where the petitioner previously filed a spousal petition for a different beneficiary.

Has anyone gone through this before?