US Immigration from New Zealand

Hi all,

I've just been looking through the timelines for New Zealand (where I live) at the amount of time between the NOA2/NVC and the interview, and it varies quite a bit from 1 month to 4 months. Why is this? Does it just vary that much randomly, or is this more dependent on when people schedule their interviews? Once it gets to the embassy, could you kinda just do the interview as soon as possible? (Allowing for time for the police check and medical of course). Or can it sometimes sit at the embassy for a while before they contact you? I'm just not 100% sure how it works.

Let me know! I know it'll depend on what embassy we're talking about, I guess I'm mostly curious about embassies in NZ/Oceania.

Hey everyone!

I was wondering what the process is for the interview scheduling once your petition gets to the embassy in your country. I'm in New Zealand if anyone else from here can let me know their experience.

Does the embassy give you an interview date? Or are you able to schedule it? And if you are able to schedule it, how much leeway do you have? I'm asking cos I don't know if I'll be able to take a day/half day off work (my work doesn't know I'm in the process of applying for this visa since I wouldn't have got the job if they knew I planned to leave in 10 ish months), so I just wanted to know how possible it'd be to get my interview on a weekend day?

Let me know!

Hi all,

We're a bit unclear about how to list our joint sponsor's income on the I-134. Our sponsor is married and his tax transcripts list the combined income of himself and his wife, even though only he has signed the I-134. Do we need to list ONLY what he made (i.e. his W-2), or can we use the amount of his total household income (as listed on the tax transcripts we're using for evidence)? We don't want to list the incorrect income amount.

Thanks for all and any of your support!

Hey can anyone advise me the cost of recent medicals in nz with the Auckland doctors versus Wellington doctors. I ve been quoted a horrendous price in Wellington and I m sure I m being ripped off. Anyone done a medical in the last few weeks??

Anyone here with an I-130 that's been approved from the Texas Service Center recently?? If so, when did you submit?

Just out here trying to gauge timelines again. VJ estimates say I'm overdue but according to USCIS processing time I still am not past the date to submit an inquiry.

Also,

Does anyone know of a way to confirm where your case is being processed that doesn't involve calling USCIS & being on hold for hours?

Cheers