US Immigration from Australia

Hi there, I figured I would add positive information I ve inquired on on the behalf of my fianc who lives in Australia.

I asked Sydney Embassy if there are any delays with appointments. Response below:

Good luck to those upcoming on their NOA2s soon

First of all, congratulations to those who have received your approvals on your I-130s!

I am a late June 2020 filer and I have yet to receive any update on my case on USCIS website. My spouse is a US Citizen and our case was assigned to Nebraska Service Center. It was later transferred to Potomac Service Center without any notification. To my understanding, they should have updated the case with a transfer notice but we never received anything via email, text, mail. and even under our USCIS account. We contacted them and they were not able to tell us exactly when was our case transferred or why was it transferred. All they said was, it was transferred probably around July 2020 and you should have received a notice BUT we never did. It has already been almost 8months and still the status has not changed since June 2020. My status still reflects "Case received and email notice was sent". And the officer told us that our case was actually opened for review sometime in August 2020 but then again, we never got any updates at all. Potomac has a much longer processing time compared to Nebraska which is 6-8months. I contacted them because I was not able to submit a case inquiry online when my PD was past due.

It is very frustrating to be left in a limbo like that. I've seen multiple June 2020 filers at Nebraska Service Center (with a later PD than us) getting approvals and already at the NVC stage while here I am not knowing what to expect or do. I felt like we are being singled out and transferred for no apparent reason. If they can review cases with a much later PD than us, why was my case specifically transferred out? And why was there no transfer notice at all? If my case was opened and reviewed, why is there no update at all?

I have seen on USCIS website that you can request for a expedite on your case if it is a clear USCIS error. Can anyone enlighten me if that is possible or share your similar experiences?

I just feel this is very unfair treatment especially since I paid the fees and collate the documents/evidences just like everyone else.

Thank you and God Bless.

Hi!
I saved up for a house deposit in my home country and I want to move it here from my original bank to my US bank directly as it just seems the easiest way to do it - unless anyone has any better ideas.
Anyway, do I have to pay tax on my own funds?

Thank you!

I just checked my status and my daughters status today. We applied in August, 2020 and sent in our RFIE for I944 in January which is our last update. Never had a ready to schedule interview or an interview scheduled. It skipped straight to RFE received to new card is being produced. I thought this was only for longer applications? Is this a glitch.. I don't want to get excited or anything. I didn't expedite or anything but I am hopeful this is actually happening?

Hello.

My fiance had his K1 visa approved, and his interview has been scheduled 2 weeks from now (which he needs to reschedule since he doesn't have all his paper work completed yet with his medical).

My question is, does anyone know if him getting approved after his interview count as a good enough exemption for him to leave the country? I know that he has up to 6 months after interview approval to leave, and that it can be extended if needed, but is everything on hold even with K1 to just leave? Even one way?

Also, if anyone has been able to get out, how have you guys been getting your families involved from Australia? I've been planning this for almost 2 years now, and the rona has obviously been a major problem. I'm trying to get his parents, sister, and two friends to be in our wedding or at least attend in Hawaii, since their cases are low and its isolated. How have you all been handling this, trying to get your families to attend? I saw that a funeral would be a good enough reason to be able to leave, but what about a wedding? Are there steps I can take to make this possible sometime this year?

Thanks!