US Immigration from Australia

Good day, I'm from Australia. I can to the US in 2017 to visit my boyfriend. He's is incarecarated and getting out in 6 years we got married and decided to do AOS. Case got denied because my husband could not attend the interview even though we have requested a waiver of his presence. I attended the interview, the officer didn't bother looking at any documentation and had clearly not even look at our file . We submitted 6 years of evidence to show a relationship. They denied the case saying it was abandoned because incarcerated "does not excuse the petitioner from attending the interview". We hired an attorney and filed a motion to reopen and reconsider. that motion remains pending and has been pending for over a year. because of the current Trump administration and it's crack down on immigration and after speaking with our attorney we figured filing a new application would be the best route to go. so we filed new application in October, received an interview notice in December. I attended the interview yesterday, once again the officer had no clue on our file clearly had not even looked at it and when I mentioned that my husband was incarcerated he gave me the deer in headlights look. He told both my attorney and myself that he would need to speak to his supervisor after keeping us waiting for 45 minutes He returned to us to tell us the interview would need to be rescheduled because they need to "review documents" which left both myself and my attorney confused so my question for those of you who have experience in dealing with this kind of thing. does the motion to reopen and reconsider need to be adjudicated before they deal with the new application? We explained this to the officer who was more concerned about speaking to his supervisor than listening to us. has anyone else filed a motion to reopen and reconsider that remains pending and then filed a new application. I had spoken to a number of attorneys before hiring our current attorney and all of them said the denial was incorrect in the first place. Does anyone have any advice they could give us Thanks

I ve submitted Form I-131 for a Re-entry Permit and observed that the current edition of the form does not request a reason for applying. Older versions of the form did include a purpose of trip section; however, this section has been removed for Re-entry Permit filings and now applies only to Advance Parole applications.

Based on the latest USCIS form and instructions, the application appears complete, compliant, and aligned with current requirements, with no obligation to state a reason.

Sharing for confirmation and reassurance.

Old version

https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/dam/sdc/hhsa/programs/ssp/documents/USCIS_Form_I-131_-_Application_for_Travel_Document.pdf

Current version

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-131.pdf

Hey guys,

Mark and I had our K1 Adjustment of Status interview at the Chicago Field Office on Saturday, November 22. And I feel it went over alright. The officer was professional and light throughout most of the interview. Asked mainly Mark the questions. He asked How we met, how the relationship developed, the standard I-485 yes or no questions, and also shared some personal stories. The interview felt pretty fast and at the end, he told us he couldn't make a decision at this time, handed us the white paper, and told us he needed to review our case again, possibly also look at the original K1 petition to make a decision, probably on that following Monday. Ever since after the interview, the case status has been sitting on 'Case is Being Actively Reviewed by USCIS'.

We did have some minor hiccups with documentation that have since been addressed as best we can. Mark applied for his social security card in early October, (he was admitted Aug 30), but they sent it to the wrong address, which kind of derailed some other necessary things. He was unable to get an Illinois State ID and Chase Wouldn't let us open a joint account either. We're also in a roommate situation and not on a lease together. The day before the interview, we did manage to get another social security appointment to correct the mistake, however, they couldn't issue him a replacement card due to his status expiring soon. In the interview, the officer even did acknowledge it was kind of a rough position to be in, as we had only been married for 2 months and Mark was only in the US for a bit longer than that at the time of the interview.

Some of these we've been able to address, we got a notarized affidavit from our landlord stating we've been living together, the officer actually suggested that at the interview, when I presented an informal lease. And Bank of America allowed Mark and I to open a joint account together without Mark having an Illinois State ID and we also have a renters insurance policy together now. We've already uploaded this to the portal under unsolicited evidence after the interview.

I was just curious if any others have had similar experiences they could share, particularly at the Chicago Office, but also others and what Mark and I should be expecting next in terms of a wait or anything else.

Hi,

My wife who is a naturalized US citizen submitted the I-130 for her adult son on 26 Jan 2023 and its gone quiet.

How long should we expect to wait for this?

Thanks for any help and guidance you can offer.

I ll be traveling to the U.S. on my immigrant visa for the first time, but because of work and study commitments I can t relocate permanently yet. My plan is to go for about 3 weeks in mid-November, file the reentry permit, and return once I receive the confirmation of application received.

If USCIS later schedules biometrics, I can travel back again for that appointment. I already had biometrics taken at the Embassy during my visa interview two months ago, so I m not sure if they ll require me again.

Is this the correct process? And would 3 weeks of leave be sufficient for the initial filing?