US Immigration from Mexico

Hello, my fiance and I are getting a lot of mixed information from the consulate and I was wondering if anyone else has heard of this happening.

We had our k-1 visa interview at Juarez last week and at the interview the agent said the only thing they were missing from us was my (petitioner) long form birth certificate original copy. He said that's all we needed for approval, and we could send it in by post along with the beneficiary's passport, and then they would approve it and send back with the approved visa. He also told us to upload the original birth certificate to the CEAC website and gave us instructions (this didn't work, but that's a whole thing for another post).

So we send everything and it arrives at the consulate after 4 days or so, and then we get a call. It's a different agent, and he says the guy that did our interview forgot to have my fiance take the oath, so he's got to come back to the consulate to do that before they issue the visa. My fiance says no, he took the oath, so the guy goes and checks and sees that he did. And then he said well, we don't have your medical..and my fiance says he did indeed turn that in. So the guy goes and checks again and finds it. THEN he says well, the agent didn't take your fingerprints at the interview, so you have to come back and do that.

Then he says because it's an inconvenience, we can come back anytime/any day and just walk in and they will take his fingerprints and issue the visa same day. My fiance says "I can't get into the consulate without my passport because you guys have it" and the guy says he can show his voter ID and explain the situation and they will let him in.

So all in all, we are extremely tired and frustrated, especially my fiance because he has to buy another plane ticket and fly back to Juarez for what I'm guessing will be another interview. I don't trust them to be organized, so I'm just sure what we should bring just in case. Any advice or words of comfort is greatly appreciated

I'm petitioning for my spouse's CR-1 as a naturalized USC. I seem to be getting conflicting forum discussion on the need for uploading and providing my old a-number.

Could someone please help me understand if this is needed at all for my I-130 application? Is the US passport good enough?

My husband has his interview in September at CDJ in Mexico, and it is required that I (the petitioner) bring my long form birth certificate. Vital records of the county I was born in does not provide short and long form - it's just one kind of certificate.

It includes:

• My full name, DOB, time of birth
• Hospital name and city/county where I was born
• Both parents' full names, ages, places of birth, SSNs, and address at the time of my birth
• Full name, mailing address, and signature of the attendant/doctor
• Signature of the registrar

Is this considered "long form"?

I think the words long and short trip me up because I expect the long form certificate to be a full page, and mine is only half a page.

My husband and I are currently waiting for his spousal visa interview (CR1). For the past two years, since we have been married, I have filed MFS. I have filed through TurboTax and mailed my filings with non resident alien written in the spousal SSN. If he is able to get an interview and get his visa this year and able to enter the US, I would like to file MFJ. My questions are related to his income earned in Mexico. (1) Since he doesn t have a W2 or a similar document, does anyone know how I would enter that income into a tax prep software? (2) How would I convert pesos to USD? Would it just be on the conversion rate at the end of the year? (3) Is there a way to deduct what Mexico taxes my husband has paid from my tax liability? (4) If he enters the US this later year, do I have to claim all of his Mexico earnings even though he was not in the US all year? If anyone has any suggestions on this topic, I would greatly appreciate it.

Brought my fianc and her son over on 129F in December 2022, got married and filed all the i485 paperwork which was received in February 23. Here we are 5 months later and today received a notice online and the portal states "Case Approved".

"We approved your form I-485,... and sent you an approval notice....please follow the instructions on your notice... if you do not receive your notice by Augst 19th... etc etc"

How excited should we be about this? What usually happens from here? I have been searching this forum and most of the discussion seems to end at people getting approved.

Some obvious questions:

- What instructions are likely included in the approval letter?

-Since the case was "Approved" does that mean another interview is no longer needed?

-Will the green card just print and arrive automatically?

-What kind of timeline are we looking at?

Since it has only been 6 months and they publish 20 months I feel like maybe we are not really in the end game. I want to be excited, but not sure if it's too early for that.

Thanks

- Feb 2021, Filed 129F

- Nov 2022, Interview in Mexico city (included biometrics and medical) APPROVED!

- Dec 2022, Crossed into USA, got married Dec 20th.

- Jan 2023, Competed all related i-485 forms, request to work, advanced parole, completed vaccinations/another medical

- Jan 2023, Got S/S card and Marriage certificates

- Feb 2023, Officially received my packet

- March 2023, Approved to work, received card

- April 2030, biometrics

- July 2023, activity on cases - indicated cases actively under review but back dated to March of 2023

- July 2023, activity on cases - i-485 Cases approved.

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