US Immigration from India

I'm starting to see very confusing information and it worries me. On our petition we indicated Chennai as our embassy (beneficiary lives in Chennai so this made sense). Now I'm starting to see that only Mumbai handles family-based immigration cases. Does that mean that I need to update our petition or potentially transfer our case to the Mumbai consulate when we get to the NVC stage?

Does Chennai not handle family-based visas?

My sister, who is a US Citizen, got married to her husband in 2019 in India. My brother in law had a previous marriage and he had a dowry case on him from his previous wife. He made us believe that the case was closed and his previous wife falsely put a case on him. We believed him and later when my sister got married, it took him longer to clear the process. I am also confused how he was able to get a police clearance certificate in India because dowry case is a criminal offense. In Aug 2022 he immigrated to US and got an unconditional green card in a month. In Feb 2023 he flew away and he just texted my sister saying he is going away to India.

3-4 days later he called my brother and told him that he is going to divorce my sister.

clearly this is immigration fraud. Is there anything we could do.

@sandranj please advise

After about a month following my expedite request and then filling an inquiry about the result, I just received this response... Basically not an approval nor a denial but a... Maybe lol. Just sharing in case someone else has either received or soon receives the same message. Very helpful indeed

Guys currently I have no income and added my parents ( who file taxes jointly) as my joint sponsor. NVC sent me a message saying that my parents don't qualify to be joint sponsor and that I have to add them as household members and then upload I 864a for them. Now I added both my parents as household members and uploaded the i864a . Now I am yet to receive the approval for adding household members from NVC and the document section under household members says " N/A". It's been 6 days now..I've also sent a public enquiry too..any idea how long do I have to wait for them to approve the request to add household members ? Because once they send that only I can add my household members financials and submit them.. thank you

We received an email from the Atlanta USCIS office asking to submit Form I-693. We did not send this with the I-485 because the instructions clearly state it is not required if the K-1 medical exam was completed within a year of submitting the AOS application. I have also seen many posts on this form confirming that no I-693 is needed.

From the I-693 instructions Frequently Asked Questions:

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What if I am a K nonimmigrant visa holder and already had a medical examination overseas?
If you were admitted as a:
A. K-1 fianc (e) or a K-2 child of a K-1 fianc (e); or
B. K-3 spouse of a U.S. citizen or a K-4 child of a K-3 spouse of a U.S. citizen; and
C. You received a medical examination prior to admission, then:
(1) You are not required to have another medical examination as long as you file your Form I-485 within one year
of an overseas medical examination; and
(a) The panel physician did not find a class A medical condition during your overseas examination; or
(b) The panel physician did find a class A medical condition, you received a waiver of inadmissibility, and
you have complied with the terms and conditions of the waiver.
(2) Even if a new medical examination is not required, you must still show proof that you complied with the
vaccination requirements. If the vaccination record (DS 3025) was not properly completed and included as
part of the original overseas medical examination report, you will need to have the Part 10. Vaccination
Record completed by a designated civil surgeon. In this case, you must submit Parts 1. - 5., 7., and 10.
of Form I-693

The email further says we can drop the form off at the Atlanta USCIS office on one of two upcoming Saturdays. We're not opposed to getting another medical exam done but we're currently out of the country and will not be back in time.

So far we have only received this email. No RFE letter has been received nor shown on the my.uscis.gov site.

How should we respond to this? We would like to communicate to the office that the form should be required based on the medical being completed overseas as part of the K-1 visa process. And if it is required, we will not be able to provide it by the dates they have given.

The email says not to reply. So how should we proceed? Try to chat with a live agent online? Phone call?