US Immigration from El Salvador

Hi everyone,

My husband had his first appointment at the Embassy in El Salvador on April 7th, 2021. At this time the officer told him he couldn t approved his visa until he received all necessary documents. He handed him a 221g green slip of paper. CEAC status read REFUSED.

We contacted the embassy on May 12, 2021 and was told it was still processing.

On May 19, 2021 we received an email stating my husband had to go to another interview on May 24, 2021 to continue his immigrant visa case.

On June 10, 2021 we received an email stating he was under administrative processing.

On September 14, 2021 we received another email stating his case was still under AP.

At the beginning of October we contacted our state senator to see if they can get additional information. We are still waiting a response.

Throughout that time CEAC status updated several times and continued saying REFUSED. But on August 12, 2021 it changed to READY.

Since than, it has updated several times, but went. back to refused on October 14, 2021.

Aug 12: READY

Aug 16: READY

Aug 28: READY

Sep 07: READY

Sep 29: READY

Oct 13: READY

Oct 14: REFUSED

Is anyone going through a similar situation? Did the status on the CEAC website changed like his? I am a bit confused as of why it changed back to refused.

We have been trying for almost 1 month to get an embassy appointment In San Salvador. Is anyone else waiting on an embassy appointment or has had experience with when appointments become available each month. We call everyday and check the website multiple times a day but there is nothing available. He is going on 5 months out of the country and we are desperate. Any information would be appreciated.

My friend will be naturalizing as a U.S. citizen in a few months and I want to offer to pay for the U.S. passport application. Can they pay for it if I write out a personal check from my own account made out to the U.S. State Department? I presume yes, but I figure I'd ask in case it somehow has to be in the same name as the applicant. Thanks!

My husband had his embassy appointment on 6/16/21 but his medical exams had not finished so he missed the appointment. He finally finished his medical exams September 8th and we have not been able to schedule another embassy appointment. We call everyday and log onto the website but there are still no appointments available. Has anyone else experienced this or can provide any insight on when is the best time to call for available appointments. My husband has been out of the US for 4 month. This is in reference to the Embassy in El Salvador.

Our visa interview was a complete nightmare. My husband and I have been together for 13 years and i brought pictures dated back from 2011 til the present as well as bills showing our address has been the same since 2012 when we Bought our house. I brought all I could that the lawyer told me to bring and provide, but to say the lawyer didn t prepare us is an understatement. 1st he should have given us a list of all the questions we could be asked so we could better be prepared he only went over maybe 6 Questions, then even during questions that was way inappropriate the lawyer didn t even speak up, he was no different than a fly on the wall would have been. He didn t even write down the interviewers name so we could file a complaint if needed and in this case it s needed. First the interviewer didn t even write down any of our answers we provided or type them in, and you can t memorize someone whom you just met answers. 2nd the Questions he asked us were conflicting he ask me has my Husbands family visited our home and ask him has my family visited our home and then wrote on our NOID that the answers didn t match, well ofcourse you can t match answers to different questions. Next he asked me where exactly Nelson was working out of town in March 2020 a yr and a half ago Nelson travels constantly to different states and jobs as a roofer I told him I can tell u every state he worked in but I can t tell u what week he was where. He asked Nelson in the last 3 years what was your 3 largest jobs Nelson said I worked in Michigan for 8 months and Florida for 4 months the interviewer wrote on the letter that from June 2020- feb 2021 he worked in Michigan for 8 months which isn t true he didn t work there at all in 2020 the tax returns proves that so again he is writing down answers that weren t the answers or answers to different Questions. He asked me what I did for Nelson s birthday this year in which I answered 5 times Nelson is rarely home on his actual birthday day but I give him a card and cook him dinner meaning I give him those things once he gets home that weekend Nelson answered he was out of town working which is what I said numerous times and this is another reason why he should have been documenting our answers and asking the same questions. There was many many more results in which he is saying false facts and not asking us the same questions some times they are way different questions which is a real problem. Then I find out from other lawyers in our area that there s been many issues with the Charlotte N C office where they were doing this same thing to other couples. The sad part is the interviewer is Latino so he has more than likely went through similar situations or someone is family probably has which makes this extra wrong. My husband and I have been together since 2008 our relationship is 100000% real I get that others has abused the System and they have to be cautious about who they give a green card to but there s a difference between those people and someone who has pictures together with you and your family since 2011 and it is showing that date on the pictures, no all our bills aren t in both of our names but there s some and then there s others that s in ones name and the other person is the authorize user. But to have all those false statements on the NOID. How to you respond in a way to defend yourself without angering the man and he denies you. That is an extremely unfair place to be. I am getting together lots of proof if he wants it he s gonna get them so I have printed off bank statements from the last 18 months where I went back and highlighted in different colors for different categories. I also printed our tax forms again to prove he never worked n Michigan last year I also printed off our bills and the Proof were authorized users I got 6 more support letters from people who witnessed our relationship I copied all the cards we ve gotten for each other and I also went back to 2011 in Facebook printed all posts referring to our relationship cut them out put them in order from earliest to most recent and im

not sure what else I can get but please if anyone has any more ideas please let me know and if this doesn t work then I will most definitely be appealing and after that considering this seems to be a common occurrence for this interviewer I will be filing a complaint and I feel he shouldn t be over peoples lives it s not right he can go be a secretary or work at McDonald s if he can t be unbiased open minded transparent professional and respectful then he doesn t deserve the right to be in a position where he plays God Period and I will try everything possible to make sure he doesn t do this to any other couples but what I hear is that there s some serious problems with the Charlotte office it sucks we had to go to that one and that we got that interviewer on top Of that who lied and I think had his mind made up before we even met him but I won t lay down and just say ok I accept my husband being denied NOT A FREAKING CHANCE(: he got the wrong woman this time because I will fight for my man and the only dad my kids have ever really had in their Iife since they were little. Nelson has always been here legally on a work visa since 1997 and it s not fair he s being treated like he s not truthful and our relationship is completely real it s a shame when people whose arent gets approved No problem and peoples who is does not that makes no freaking sense at all. I pray I m able to show with a mountain of More documents that we are in love and are in a committed relationship fingers crossed but this is really frustrating in so many ways