US Immigration from Colombia

My girl friend is applying again for a tourist visa in Colombia, our plan is that I'm going there to get plastic surgery and she's travelling to US with me to stay for a week.

Do you recommend that she adds me as her travel companion on the DS-160 and saying that's the purpose of her travel? Helping me on the trip and visiting for a week?

She was denied a couple months ago under section 214(B). She said she was staying with me but we didn't add that we were travelling together or my surgery, do you think this would help her case or could it look bad that she's not only staying a here but travelling with me?

I might travel with my kids (6 and 8yo), would it be a stronger case to say she's helping me because I had surgery and travelling with the kids? In that case, should I add them as travelling companions as well?

TIA!

with trumps new ban on greencard applicants will mother in laws greencard be cancelled. trumps hold goes into effect on jan 21 and her interview under wifes citizenship is on feb 2. we are a little worried.

Hello everybody:

A friend's daughter is a US citizen and the daughter filed for her in 2023, in may of 2024 she was approved and sent to NVC, neither of them knew of this and finally my friend received a letter asking her if she is still interested.

How can she go about it. the letter says to login to CEAC and pay all required fees and documents.

question: What are the fees and how much do they cost

Thank you for your help

Hi everyone,

I'm petitioning my spouse for an IR1 spousal visa. Our case was determined to be Documentarily Qualified (DQ) in July 2025.

The beneficiary is a Colombian national but is a resident of Mexico and will interview at the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Ju rez (CDJ).

Today (October 10, 2025), approximately 3.5 months after our DQ date, we received the following email from the NVC. I believe this notice is confirming our interview location (CDJ) since he is interviewing outside his country of nationality.

My main question for the community is this:

Given that we are an IR1 case (Immediate Relative, not preference-based) and we received this specific location confirmation email 3.5 months after our DQ date, are we considered to be at the very top of the scheduling queue for Ciudad Ju rez?

I know CDJ is high volume, but is this type of administrative email a strong indicator that the NVC is now transferring our file to the Consulate to be assigned an interview date soon?

Any recent timelines from other IR1/CR1 applicants at CDJ who were DQ'd around mid-2025 would be incredibly helpful!

Thank you all!

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Email Received Today:

Greetings,

In most cases, immigrant visa applicants must apply in the country where they live, with few exceptions. If an applicant lives in a country where visa services are limited or unavailable, NVC will assign the case to the designated alternate location.

Applicants living in a country different from their nationality can choose to apply in their country of residence. However, if they interview outside their country of nationality, their visa processing may be delayed.

If you would prefer to be interviewed in your country of nationality rather than your country of residence or designated processing post:

• Contact the National Visa Center (NVC) through this Public Inquiry Form.
• Request to transfer your case to your country of nationality.

If you have special circumstances that may require you to interview in a country other than your country of nationality, country of residence, or a designated processing post:

• Contact the National Visa Center (NVC) through this Public Inquiry Form.
• Explain the special circumstances in detail.

Traveling to or residing temporarily in a third country in order to apply for a U.S. visa does not constitute a special circumstance.

Sincerely,

National Visa Center

U.S. Department of State

https://nvc.state.gov

Thanks for the help so far everyone. We have kind of a unique situation. We were married online in Utah while I was in the states and my wife was abroad. I then proposed when we were together. I realize this may bring up questions. We had been talking about getting married and when I found out it worked online we decided to do it that night. I still wanted to give a ring and do the traditional thing so I did that when I was back in Colombia. Would you include photo proof of the proposal even if it raises questions?