US Immigration from Brazil

Hello everyone

Our I-140 was approved in March 2nd at TSC. We haven't heard yet from NVC and case status at USCIS shows only "My case was approved". I 797 arrived on March 11. We heard that it is normal for cases to take 6-8 weeks, however it looks like there is something happening specifically at TSC. I checked a sample of cases from both TSC and Nebraska and while Nebraska cases are being forwarded to the NVC usually in two weeks, most TSC cases since December are not moving. Are there other people in the same situation? Any suggestions that can be done to expedite it or information about what is happening ?

So far I have sent an Inquiry to the DS after 30 days of the case approved (still queued) and an email to NVCResearch@state.gov which as answered stating that case hasn't been received by the DS. USCIS inquiries only go through after 60 days of last action and are the next step I plan.

Thanks !

Hi everyone,

I submitted my initial documents on 01/28 and got an RFE on 04/15 with two messages:

1. "Please submit evidence of income"

2. "This case does not meet the minimum income requirement to sponsor the intending immigrants. To avoid delays, an additional Affidavit of Support Form I-864 from a joint sponsor may be submitted. For more information visit https://nvc.state.gov/aos. The consular officer will make a decision regarding this requirement at the time of the interview. For more information, please visit https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p."

I am the petitioner sponsoring my wife who lives in Brazil. I am trying to qualify on assets (Fidelity stock portfolio > 100k) since my current income is below the poverty threshold. Apparently, in those cases you have to submit a document under the PROOF OF CURRENT OR SELF-EMPLOYMENT category and that seems to be why we got the RFE.

Since I m in the process of moving to the US, my current income comes solely from a rental property in Brazil (around USD$24000/year). I'm planning to submit my lease contract and a statement from the management company showing the rents I receive as proof of income.

I m also trying to avoid the complication of adding a joint sponsor since all my other documents have already been accepted.

I have the following questions for anyone who has gone through this process:

1) What would be good evidence to upload for rental income? Is a lease contract (translated) and an english statement on official letterhead from the real estate management company confirming my rental income enough to at least get a DQ?

2) Can the NVC actually require a joint sponsor or will that only potentially come up at the consulate interview? All my documents have already been accepted so I would prefer to add the joint sponsor information only after the DQ

3) If you had a similar RFE, how long did it take them to review the evidence of income and get a DQ?

Thanks everyone.

I filed I-130 online so I have an account number and everything, but we filed the I-485/I-131/I-765 "Concurrently" by mail and received a text message with the receipt numbers for them saying they were received today. I tried to add them to my USCIS Online Account but when I tried, it said they could not be added because they were already associated with another USCIS Online Account Number?

So do we need 2 separate Online accounts to keep track of everything? (One account for the Petitioner's I-130 and one account for the Beneficiary's other 3 cases?) My wife did not create an account, so wondering which account number they are assigned to or if they created one for her.

Hello everyone!!!!

I'm sure this is good news for those who are wondering when they are going to get their interview appointment letter from the NVC. I want to share our experience after we were DQ'd at the NVC. Here are the dates:

DQ on March 14 2022.

Interview appointment letter: March 21 2022.

Interview date: April 11 2022 (Rio de Janeiro)

I think it is important and relevant to share when good things happen! I would love to see someone posting this information, because give us an idea of how long it is taking to get an interview scheduled at Embassies abroad. Since they don't share this information.

Miracles happen!!!! We are extremely happy!!!!

Good luck to all of you! God bless!

Hi all, I d really like some input on my mom s situation.
We re from Brazil, she s had tourist visas all her life, has been to the US many times, no problems for her on that end.

Now she s married to a woman who had a tourist visa denied twice about 6 years ago (they weren t together then).

My mom could renew her visa without attending an interview, but she s going to choose to attend it, so they can do it together. She thinks being married might help her wife s case to be approved this time (nothing else changed in her life since 6 years ago, except being married now).

Now to my question: when family members attend the interview together, is it possible for one person to get approved and the other get denied? Or would they deny both?

I m afraid my mom is making a bad decision by attending the interview together.

TIA!