US Immigration from Germany

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Things are taking longer than expected. You do not have to do anything at this time.

Is any one experiencing this?

Today my wife's visa application got denied in Frankfurt USA consulate. I am a naturalized US citizen, living in Germany, and I opted to use my assets for I-864 as they are sufficiently enough.

My wife tells that the interviewer said to her: "I need to see proof of assets" and asked her to send an e-mail with "documents" to embassy e-mail, denying the application.

This is very odd because we already submitted to the ceac.state.gov our proof of assets listing my investment bank account balance, home ownership info.

Anyone else had a similar case? Can it be the officer didn't know how to interpret the existing documents or didn't some how have access to the documents?

thanks,

Hi everyone,

I think I remember some thread where someone said they received a notification that their I-130 is now being processed before getting the NOA2. We turned in our I-130 in early April and I just did a search in the database and was very surprised to see that most people who sent their applications around the same time (like us from Europe/EU/Germany) already have theirs approved. We are still waiting... I know that this topic comes up very often. Should we be concerned about this (of course I am concerned, but I am just surprised how fast the process is for many in a similar situation as ours, especially as ours should be a super-safe case)? I am still getting the same message since we turned it in...

On April 8, 2021, we received your Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, Receipt Number (removed), and sent you a receipt notice or acceptance notice. The notice describes how we will process your case. Please follow the instructions in the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

On my receipt it says we're at Nebraska Service Center. I read somewhere that that might not be correct if I filed online. How do I find that out?

best, Tom

Hi all

I arrived to the US beginning of August on my K1 and wanted to make an appointment at the SSA-office right away.

The person I had on the phone told me they can only schedule an appointment for me, once it will be 2 weeks after my US entry date (that seemed legit to me, since I read somewhere that it will take 2 weeks after my entry until USCIS has all my data in their system), so I waited another week.

However my wedding was only a few days after that conversation, and since I want to take my husband's name, I would like to request my SSN with the new name now, to have everything issued on the correct name.

Now I found out that I will probably run into huge delays with the SSN because it will be harder to gather information about me in my home country due to the new married name.

Since I don't want to waste any time and file my AOS while waiting on my SSN, my question is - can I file the I-485 and check "NO" at "Do you want the SSA to issue you a Social Security Card?" since I already requested the SSN separately but don't have the number yet? Is that the correct way to file? Or should I check "Yes" and write N/A in the SSN field on the I-485 instead?

I hope I make sense.

Thank you in advance for your time & help.

Hi all,

in the list of requirements for medical exam for K1 Visa, one of them states BRING medical history? How does one acquire that? I thought this will be done at the doctors for the medical examination? Or do I have to get this from my GP doctor? I will be scheduled for Frankfurt Germany ...Anybody who can give me some advise?

I'd appreciate this.