US Immigration from Hong Kong

Hi,

My wife born in China and got adopted to hk when she was a bady and lived in Hong Kong afterwards.

Do she need to get the police certificate in China as well?

she already applied the Hong Kong police certificate.

your input is greatly appreciated.

Hello Everyone.

I am applying for the Spouse visa (My husband is US citizen) If I received the email from the NVC stating that all my documents have been approved and that the NVC will work with the U.S. Embassy/Consulate General in HONG KONG to schedule an interview appointment. How long should I expect to have this interview date if my documents were approved on JUNE 15 2021? How long is the estimate of time that I should wait?

Not sure if it is allowed to jump into an old conversation threads but interested to know how people dealt with the DS-260 when applying for a second green card after surrendering the first - specifically, do you answer yes to the question of whether a US visa of yours has been cancelled or revoked ? It was a voluntary procedure under Form I-407 but the upshot was that it was cancelled, i.e. invalidated, so presumably the answer is yes ..? (Or do they mean visa in narrow terms, as in, the original I-551 - which will have expired by that point anyway - not the LPR status etc; in which case, you d answer no as you re abandoning LPR status, not cancelling a visa)?

Hi everyone - I was wondering if anyone had any experiences with obtaining permission to file locally (I.e. at a local consulate) under the exceptional circumstances route?

For background, my spouse (the I-130 petitioner) was just about to mail the I-130 package to the US to start the normal process, when her company (at short notice) brought forward her transfer timeline. They now need her to move ASAP which leaves us a bit high and dry (among other things, her accommodation allowance is currently paying for our apartment; when this gets removed once she heads back to the US I m going to struggle to cover the rent by myself). We were planning to request permission from the local US consulate here in Hong Kong to file locally since my spouse is having a change of employment at (very) short notice.

Does anyone have any tips on how to set out this request (I believe we email the consulate here through a web-form) in order to give us the best possible chance of having this approved? We were planning on mentioning the financial impact of the loss of the accommodation allowance, for example. We will also attach the letter from my wife s company proving the transfer of her employment back to the US; at the moment it simply reads that they anticipate her moving date to be as soon as possible once all necessary administrative and logistical steps have been completed - is this sufficient, or should we ask for a set date to be included in a revised letter from her HR team? (It actually took us a while to get this letter from them since they were initially reluctant to put it in writing for some reason, but I only mention that as it might mean receiving a more precise letter might take some time, for some internal company reason which is beyond my understanding). Realistically, she could be moved as soon as July, or maybe August/September depending on whether she tries to push back or not etc.

Any tips of thoughts would be greatly appreciated, and thanks a lot in advance!

Hello everyone,

I'm a DACA recipient and I came to the US legally and overstayed the visa. Got my DACA since before 18 and consistently renewed, so I'm well aware I don't have any unlawful presence.

Now my mother (LPR) petitioned for me and I already got DQ with the embassy. Had to delay my interview because of Covid and got rescheduled for later this year.

My lawyer is already telling me everything is going to be okay and I should fly back to my home country and do the consulate interview.

However, today while looking up the news I saw someone going back to Mexico to do consulate processing and got a 10 year bar as a result.

You can see it here.

The news article did mention she was barred because of her initial illegal entry.

Nonetheless, I'm now having second thoughts. I would assume my scenario wouldn't trigger the 10 year bar, right (at least theoretically)?