US Immigration from Germany

We are in Germany and are filing for citizenship from Germany under the 319b exception, where you also need to send in fingerprint cards and passport photos. So according to the instruction we mailed our package to the Arizona Lock Box. We also have an account with USCIS which we indicated on the N400 form. In any event, USCIS received it on 8 Aug 2022, but we haven't received anything back yet.

Has anyone else gone this route and has an idea of the timelines?

Also, since I am from Washington State, we chose Seattle as the place where my wife will be interviewed.

Hi, my wife filed a fianc visa petition for me before we got married 5 years ago but then we decided we wanted to live in Germany. We filed I-130 earlier this year, and wrote that there had been a previous fianc visa petition and that it had been withdrawn.

Looking through emails recently we figured out by accident that she had written USCIS to withdraw the I-129f but they replied that the case was at the NVC. She then wrote the NVC that replied that it had been forwarded to the embassy. At that point we just abandoned it.

So the problem is we genuinely forgot that there had been this back and forth. It's a very stupid mistake, but it was all shortly before the wedding which was a busy time and it somehow didn't register in our brains. The I-129f had been approved, and not withdrawn like we thought. I'm not sure whether we should try to amend the I-130 by uploading an explanatory letter in unsolicited evidence, including the emails to USCIS and the NVC and their answer, or just wait it out and explain the situation if they ask? Has anyone made a somewhat similar mistake on I-130, that is more than just a typo?

We were document qualified 2 weeks ago. Does anyone have a guess as to how much time it takes the NVC to make an appointment and the time after that to the actual appointment? We have the med exam scheduled for next week, but that would be wasted if the process takes > 6 months.

Hello everyone,

I have been navigating this site for over a year and haven't submitted even my petition yet. I am a US citizen living in Germany with my wife who is a German citizen. We would like to begin the process to petition for an immigrant visa for her but am just not sure when everything needs to be ready.

Is there a timeline for not just the entire process but also when to have the documentation ready to submit? For example, after I submit the I-130 petition, when will the I-864 need to be completed? I am still completing my 2021 tax return and will that delay impact the overall process?

Thanks for your help!

Mailed N-400 Form with Fingerprints, Photo, and Fees. USPS says the package was delivered on August 6, 2022.

So, with this said, how long will it take for USCIS to even acknowledge receipt? I have also been monitoring my credit card charges, and I don't see where they charged me yet for the fee.

FYI, we are a little bit different since we are applying under 319(b) from overseas with an APO address.