US Immigration from India

I am the sponsor and filing jointly with my husband. I am trying to call my parents from India. We were going to submit I -846 and I -864A jointly with my husband, but we couldn't find any button to add household member to my application. We have uploaded 1-864, where it say affidavit of support and have also uploaded I-864 to "contract between sponsor and Household member", but we HAVE NOT SUBMITTED the paperwork as there is no "ADD HOUSEHOLD MEMBER" button. What should we do? Submit the paper work like this? I have posted the question for NVC two weeks ago, but haven't got any reply back from them yet. Anyone facing the same problem. please help us what to do? Thanks !

Hi..Just wondering..All of us who are waiting for the interview at the mumbai embassy for F2a category , it seems that people with DQ january 2020 are still waiting for interviews..Which means there is a 2 year backlog for interview alone..I am wondering what do you guys think as to how the USCIS and the US mumbai embassy are going to fix this? What can or will be the solution for this? Also , am only recently DQ qualified ( in 2022).. So this means i will have to wait for almost 3 years for the interview?

Our case is somewhat complicated and I'd appreciate any advice/input from fellow VJers.

Here's the background:

I, the beneficiary, visited the US in June 2015 on a tourist visa, met and married my USC husband. It was a hasty, impulsive move and we quickly realized we were incompatible. Things got pretty bad between us, escalated to domestic brawls where the police was called and I was arrested for domestic violence. I pled guilty, paid a fine and was released the next day. There was a restraining order which has long since expired. I was 2 months pregnant when I returned to my country a few days after this event

The certificate of disposition says: "Sealed after Conviction, pursuant to Section 180:56 of the CPL. I'm not entirely sure what this means.

During the next couple of years, my husband and I worked on our relationship (long distance) for the sake of our daughter who became a US citizen through CRBA. Fast forward to 2017, we decided to give it one more try. My daughter and I flew to the US but I was denied entry because of obvious immigrant intent. My tourist visa was cancelled and I was advised to apply for a spouse visa.

My cancelled tourist visa says: "22,OFR 41-122 (h)(3)." Again, not sure what this means.

That same year, my husband filed the I130 but for various reasons (he was unemployed for a while, we were having arguments, etc.) we delayed the whole thing.

Now our relationship is pretty stable, we worked through our issues and are now a happy family, albeit a long-distance one. He visits at least twice a year, we talk and video call daily and life is great.

We were DQ'd in October 2021 and are currently waiting for the interview at Mumbai consulate.

At this point, we have been married for nearly 7 years, have a child together, meet regularly and are in constant touch. I am the beneficiary for his insurance policies and 401k and he files taxes as married filing separately.

My question is - Will my arrest and conviction record lead to a denial? Also, will the denied entry be a major stumbling block? Does our case have too many red flags?

Any answers will be appreciated.

We have recently filed for our AoS. We also did receive SSN ( with maiden name ) prior to filing AoS and used the same when filing for 485. For one of the questions where it asks if we need a new SSN issued , we answered "No" as we already had an SSN.

Had we answered "yes" to this question and provided our SSN , does it mean we would be getting a new SSN card ( with same #) and with the married name that we are using when AoS and thus avoid a trip to the SSN office ?

Since we answered No , would that mean after we get our EAD/AP and GC , we would then have to go to the SSN office and get a change of name from maiden to married name ?

Secondly for a DL , I am reading we need to show lawful presence , since our i94 already expired and we are currently only having a NOA1 for pending 131/765/485 - is that good enough to show lawful presence to get a new TX DL.

Has anyone had any experience with presenting an expired PCC at visa interview cuz their new one hasn t arrived yet?
We were only given 2.5 weeks notice for his IR1 interview and he needed a new PCC but after a week his application is still sitting at police station and his interview is on Feb 4th.
Will they allow him inside with an expired PCC and just give him a 221 & he can give them his new PCC when he gets it or do they not even let you inside without a current PCC?