US Immigration from Ireland

Hi all,

Posting on behalf of my brother.

He is planning to travel to the US to visit me and applied for an esta which was denied. He has strong ties to Ireland so dont understand reason for denial.

He has applied for the b2 visa. The expedited appointment is on Friday the 15 however he is meant to be flying the Thursday 10th.

What other ways is there to conract the embassy and asked to be put on cancelation list etc?

Hey everyone!

Just posting this as a public cry to anyone here that has gone through/is going through the K1 visa process via the US Embassy in Dublin, Ireland to kindly share their timelines

I know there isn t a ton of info out there about how things move in Dublin (seriously, it s like a black hole ), so I m hoping to gather a few case timelines to maybe see a pattern.

Please share

When you submitted your Notice of Readiness (NoR)
When the embassy responded/sent Packet 4
And when your interview was scheduled for

The wait is brutal right now and I m just trying to get a sense of what to expect. Any insight would be massively appreciated

Thanks in advance, and good luck to everyone in this crazy process!

Hi everyone! I m in the process of helping my fianc prepare for his K-1 visa, and we recently encountered a little uncertainty regarding the medical exam and vaccinations.

He had his medical exam today, and we learned that the facility doesn t administer vaccines, so he went ahead and got the MMR, Hep B, and DTP(diphtheria, tetanus, & polio) vaccines (instead of the Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) yesterday. We realized that he still might be missing the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine.

The doctor was impressed that he was proactive, and said he didn t need the pertussis vaccine for his visa, but we re not sure if that applies just to the K-1 visa or the whole Adjustment of Status (AOS) process. We really want to make sure everything is squared away now to avoid any extra costs later when he comes to the U.S.

For anyone who is around the same age (27 or so) and recently went through the K-1 or AOS process, could you share if you were required to get the pertussis vaccine (as part of the Tdap)? Or if it wasn t necessary for the visa process?

Thanks so much for any insight you can provide!

I have my marriage based I-485 interview through K-1 visa the other day and would like to share my experience.

My wife who attended with me but the agent only interviewed me. Not sure if this is usual or if it something I should be worried about?

Neither I or my wife have any red flags in our past that would cause any potential problems, no criminal history, or past immigration issues, etc. We have a 8+ year well documentated dating history prior to starting my immigration process and have done everything by the book.

The interview itself was pretty straightforward, it was about 30 min in duration and the agent basically just asked me a lot of the questions from the I-485 application and also some very basic relationship questions such as how did we meet, where we live, and some family related questions, pretty basic stuff.

I handed in two errata sheet to correct some mistakes on my initial application and I also submitted some updated marriage evidence, financial evidence, and vaccination evidence.

Overall the interview was relaxed and and a pleasant experience. The officer did not give approval on-the-spot but did say that he does not see any issues or concerns with the application and that I should keep an eye on my mail box in about 3 to 4 weeks for a letter detailing the next step.

Overall I came of the interview feeling quite positive about it. While I would have really liked to have been approved then and there, I understand that is not necessarily a bad sign, maybe the application needs supervisor approval or they need to review the additional evidence I supplied.

The only thing that I have a concern about is that my wife was not interviewed with me or even separately, but maybe I'm just being overly paranoid... All I can do at this point is wait for the decision.

Hello,

I am travelling back home for one week on my expired green card. I have applied for my I751 and have received my notice of action. What should I bring with me in addition to this notice and expired green card whilst travelling? I do have a previous overstay on my record and every time I have always been brought to the secondary inspection room.