US Immigration from Mexico

Hello everyone,

I am currently under processing with the i601 that was filed Jan 21st 2022. We are also working with a laywer who asked for an expedition 15th February 2022.

The expedited processing got denied, my husband is a Marine so he could deploy any time so I'm wondering why it got denied and if we could appeal it?

We also got help from a Congressman to expedite the NVC appointment date for the Green Card so I was also wondering if he could help expedite the waiver as well.

Thanks for reading and for the help.

Hello everyone,

I would like to know the processing times and experiences for those who live in Tennessee.

I applied Nov 02,2021 based on 3 years of permanent residence, my fingerprints were reused the same day and I have not heard anything since then.

Hello all - We were given a date in June for my fiance's K-1 interivew in Mexico and then out of nowhere it got moved up to March. We would like to keep the June date or postpone the March date that they've now given us. Is this possible?

Thank you!

At the interview in Ciudad Juarez the counselor officer said that the my wife would need a different sponsor because they could only count the the "earned income" line our tax transcript and could not count our $34,534 of combined Social Security income. (this seemed totally illogical to me.) So she received the dreaded blue paper saying she was denied.

I filled out a new I864 and also an I864A. I sent that plus the original SS income 1099's for 2020 and the original SS 2021 income statements. I attached a letter saying it seemed illogical that SS income that showed over 150% of the amount needed ( which is on a different line on the tax transcript) could not be counted. 3 weeks passed and we received another denied stating she needed a different sponsor.

So I started researching and I found The Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual on line...... Guess what .....

Volume 9 Visas, section 9 FAM 40.41 N5.5 part 4 b Tax-free income (such as a housing allowance for clergy or military personnel) and other tangible benefits in lieu of salary are considered income. The sponsor bears the burden of proving the nature and amount of income. ..(So income includes salary income and any provable tangible benefits from any source}

And a rule that has been paused by the court The Public Charge Rule there was allowance for positive factors in the totality of the circumstances, including, but not limited to, if the applicant is: employed with income sufficient to support him or herself and the household; Not employed, but the household income is sufficient to support the household and the applicant; Collecting a pension, earned Social Security benefits, or has a retirement account or other supportive income that replaces employment income.

So clearly the counselor officer was wrong twice

So I re-submitted an I864 and attached a letter asking for a REVIEW BY SENIOR STAFF and citing the State Department Manual, and the paused Public Charge Rule stating clearly that other provable income should be counted.

The letter included this statement

"...since the reason stated for rejection is lack of income for me as sponsor based solely on the total income line on our IRS transcript, and the total Social Security benefits shown on the IRS transcript (in lieu of salary) are clearly more than the required income, and per the The Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual are acceptable as other tangible benefits that are income, and because I as sponsor have furnished proof of the benefit as per the manual, I ask that you please approve our 2021 Social Security income as a sponsor and applicant.

Since the only reason given for refusal of her residency visa was sponsor's lack of income, and that determination was not correct based on the the Department of State's Manual and previous rules allowing Social Security income in lieu of salary, the end result should be an approval of me as sponsor for her immigrant visa, thus resulting in an approval of her Visa.

Result: Visa approved.

Hello VJ members, just a quick question regarding the current interview wait times, I am the petitioner for my mother and on Oct 27 we received an email that said "we received all of the fees, forms, and documents that are required prior to attending an immigrant visa interview at a U.S. Embassy" and that they would work with our selected embassy to schedule an appointment.

So, I don't know... it's been over 3 months and still nothing, just wanted to make sure it is normal. Should I contact them and ask them if everything's ok with my mother's case?

Thanks in advance for any help on this matter.