US Immigration from China

I am sponsoring my wife's AoS (filed 6 months ago with I-864 submitted) and I recently left my job to pursue starting a new business, which means it'll take a while to re-establish my income, and I am eligible for Washington's Medicaid while without income (based on discussing with the reps from the WA health exchange).

As the queue is 18 months long, I expect when the interview is scheduled, either my business is able to generate income, or I will have a new job. Even without income, I have enough savings/assets to meet USCIS's financial requirements, so I am not concerned there, but want to confirm the following:

1. when do I need to re-file I-864? i.e. will USCIS ask for update at the interview scheduling time, or do I need to keep updating USCIS whenever my income situation change (which seems unlikely)?
2. would taking advantage of Washington's Medicaid (just me - my wife isn't eligible) cause concerns for USCIS to think I might have issues meeting my financial obligation? More than likely I will no longer be on it when the interview schedule time comes, but want to check if USCIS will be concerned about job/health plan history while in queue

Thank you very much for the advice.

Long story short I may have triggered the unlawful presence bar for three years after a 200 day overstay, which ends in January 2026. I m currently documentarily approved by NVC and waiting for the CR1 consular interview. Should I email to notify the embassy about my situation so I can delay my interview to avoid the waiver? What would they say?

Hi everyone,

I have some questions regarding proof of finances and my ability to support my fianc as it relates to embassy/consulate interview.

My situation is slightly atypical in that I consider myself semi-retired and am primarily living off my savings and investments. As such I haven't worked a usual job for the pass decade so I wouldn't have a tax return available which is something the interviewer usually expects. I was able to get a letter and documents from irs.gov showing I didn't have to file as well as compliance. My plan at the moment is to put enough into my bank and brokerage accounts equal to 5x whatever the poverty guideline is -- which is about ~100k. In addition to that I'll also bring my most recent TIAA monthly statement showing amount I have in retirement account(these funds are completely separate from the 100k in my bank account).

My questions:

• Will this be enough to sufficiently satisfy the financial requirement part of the interview?
• Is it enough to show that my fianc will not be a public charge?

Thanks

Hi everyone,

I received I-797 NOA2 noticed back in March indicating approval from USCIS. NVC have since received my package and I've even got an email(with K_FTP attachment) from them telling me they've forwarded to the USEmbassy in China Guangzhou.

As a next step in this process, I was expecting the embassy there to contact or send some notice in the mail to my fianc so an interview can be scheduled. Not only has she not received any notification yet, checking our case number at https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx is now showing a 'refused' status.

This is an unexpected development. USCIS and NVC process went through without much trouble. Any idea why the embassy would 'refuse' our case without any notification or explanation? This is really concerning. What should our next step be?

Thanks

This news clip popped up on my YouTube feed today, and even though it was just more than 2 minutes long, it was packed with obvious misinformations and inaccuracies.

First of all the title is wrong, the "mother" wasn't even a Green Card holder yet, so it was not a citizenship interview for sure. When they interviewed the daughter, the daughter said USCIS told them the case was approved before the interview, which is just unheard of.

We did get a glimpse of the interview notice (as attached), which was for a I-130 petition, NOT for I-485, so it wasn't even a Green Card interview. They also didn't quite explain why there was such a delay as the petition was filed in 2021, which is way longer than normal for a U.S. citizen's spouse. If the husband just became a U.S. citizen and re-petitioned, why was the "received date" still in 2021? I'm assuming it was because she was an illegal entrant, and they mentioned something about her missing a court appearance at the age of two. Therefore, another piece of info that's missing was if she would have qualified for DACA depending on her age, and if she did, why isn't she on DACA, or tried to use DACA's Advanced Parole to become a legal entrant, which two of people I know have successfully done so during Obama and Biden, and was able to adjust status afterwards.

Last but not least, why would the attorney let the daughter go on TV claiming her mother was tricked to attend the interview because the case was approved...