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If one is unable to get police report from country of Origin, but has for current country of nationality, will that be sufficient to submit? If not, what can one do? Like write a letter explaining etc. thank-you.

I am confused if the date shown on USCIS (Sent to NVC) considered NVC receive date. or is there a lag between those two dates.

I tried to search on this website, but did not find the answer.

Additionally, it would be helpful if this website includes the "NVC receive date" in "Immigration Timelines (K1)"

My husband (IR1) and step son (IR2) have been scheduled for their interview on different days a few weeks apart. Embassy has not responded to my emails requesting them to interview together on any of those days. Does anyone have experience with this? Would my step son (young child) be turned back/denied entry to the embassy if he showed up on his dad's interview date instead of his?

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Hi all,

I'm trying to keep track N400 application for Boston FO. Can we all submission dates and current status in this thread?

Mine is,

Date: June 12 2025

Status: Waiting for Interview

Thanks

My wife is South African, and I m a U.S. and U.K. citizen. We live full-time in South Africa, where we both work and have just welcomed our first child, a baby boy who s now two months old. He recently received his CRBA and U.S. passport at the consulate in Cape Town.

Last year, I filed an I-130 spousal petition thinking to keep the door open for the long term I naively thought it was something we could just park until much later in life, when it came in handy. At the time, I honestly didn t understand that it would interfere with travel. We have no plans to immigrate anytime soon probably not for 15 20 years, maybe when our son is college-age. Maybe never.

This week, my wife s B1/B2 visa was refused under 214(b). The officer barely looked at any documents, only saying the pending I-130 showed immigrant intent. We just wanted to visit my elderly parents in Massachusetts for Christmas so they could meet their new grandson.

Now we re unsure what to do next.

• If we withdraw the I-130, perhaps she can reapply and show stronger non-immigrant ties. We re planning to reapply in a few weeks, with some congressional inquiry support from my senators + representative and lots more evidence (we have flights booked and my wife, a barrister, has court dates she has to appear for, back in Cape Town early next year / very strong reasons to return). We re hoping the consular officer takes a look at our supporting evidence this time.

• If we keep it parked , we worry that when it eventually reaches NVC stage, it ll only make it harder to enter on a B1 and she might face ongoing scrutiny or airport issues. If we got the green card eventually too, it would not be conducive for these short visits either.

We re not trying to immigrate right now, only to visit the U.S. a few weeks a year to see family.

Has anyone been in this situation balancing a long-term I-130 with short-term travel needs? Would you advise withdrawing and starting over later, or keeping it active?

Thank you.