US Immigration from Finland

Has anyone (non plaintiffs in Milligan or other suits etc.) gotten a K1 visa recently under Secretary Blinken's NIE to K1 applicants?

My fianc had his interview today and was given verbal approval and they took his passport, but we're Schengen Area, so I told him to specifically ask that if granted the K1 visa, it be noted within his passport that the visa is an NIE to PP 10143 "the travel ban", just to try to avoid anyone at CBP or airports who may not be up to date on the news that I so vehemently follow. I skimmed through some K1 NIE posts here already, but can't seem to find anything that's for a non-Milligan plaintiff or who's been granted a K1 in a travel banned nation since the Secretary of State's order.

The CO told him after the interview that the rules changed and he doesn't need it anymore and that previously, he would have had to travel to a 3rd party country to quarantine to then enter the US.

Does anyone in a similar situation and timeline have any experience? Was "National Interest Exemption to PP 10143" blatantly written in your passport? Am I just too worried? Regardless of what it says in the visa, we're still going to have all the DoS webpages and items printed and ready to go when he is scheduled to fly (we're planning for end of June). The last thing I want to do is have him turned away at POE.

Thanks in advance if anyone can give advice or past experience.

Hi all,

I am going through the supporting evidence requirements for the Affidavit of Support and one of them is a letter from the employer stating whether the work is temporary or permanent.

My US fianc started working at the end of March for a company that hired him through a contracting company. His work contract says it is "contract to hire", which means that for now the contract is for a one year of employment but they usually end up hiring the person as a permanent employee after that one year. He would be making $111,000 in a year, maybe a bit less during this year since he only started but still way more than what the minimum requirement for the sponsors are.

Has anyone been in a similar situation and could tell us if the embassy would for some reason not accept him as a sponsor because the work contact doesn't say permanent?

Also, is the tax refund info required only for self-employed sponsors? So in my fianc s case he would only need to submit his bank statements and a letter from his employer as evidence?

Thank you!

So, the interview instruction form says to provide an interpreter VIA PHONE only if applicant doesn't speak English fluently. We have one lined up, BUT there is conflicting information on how to get form G-1256 (declaration for interpretation) filled out. The interpreting company says since the pandemic has started, it has been filled out prior to the appt by both the interpreter and applicant, and we are to call the interpreter at the time of the interview. This seems in direct conflict to what the paper says and of course I can't get a hold of anyone at USCIS for clarification. This is sooo annoying and anxiety inducing. Does anyone have any experience with this recently. Our interview is next week on 3/23. Thanks

Karina and Auli