US Immigration from New Zealand

Apologies if this has been asked recently. I did a search but couldn't find a specific answer... I'm a USC spouse/petitioner for my husband who has applied for an IR-1. We live together overseas and it would be relatively easy for me to go to the interview with him. It sounds like couples sometimes do go together from what I have seen on VJ, but I recently read the interview instructions for our Consulate (Auckland) and now wonder if the petitioner is even allowed to come. I will clarify with the Consulate, but is there any benefit to me going if I can? Wording from travel.state.gov below:

The following persons may accompany a visa applicant to their interview:

• Interpreter: Applicants may bring ONE interpreter if they do not speak English well enough to participate in an interview.
• Special Needs Visitors: Applicants may bring ONE person to help if they are elderly, disabled, or a minor child.

Attorneys are not permitted to accompany clients into the waiting room or to their interview.

Hi, I posted this question elsewhere but this is probably a better place to ask. Would love to hear from anyone with recent experience of interview timeframes for Auckland - How long after completing NVC stage did you receive an interview date and how far in advance are interviews being scheduled at the moment? We just received our case complete email for IR-1 from NVC today. It would be so helpful to know if the wait is likely to be weeks or months!! The website says 30 days wait for non-immigrant interviews but there's no info about immigrant visas. Thanks in advance

My fianc just spoke to Someone as USCIs and was told a case officer was assigned to our petition today. Does anyone know how long or had experience of how long this is likely to take. (I know it s a guess) once they have it.

Hello,

I have been tracking my N-400 case - in the post interview phase (interview done on 06th January, 2021).

I've noticed in the last few days that the "estimated time until case decision" in my USCIS online account - is being updated on a daily basis - I remember seeing it was 23 days at one point and it says 4 days as of today.

How reliable is this estimated time? Should I really expect a decision to be taken on my N-400 interview in 4 days? (The interview itself appeared to be a success as I was given the N-652 form which said my N-400 application is being recommended for approval).

I kindly invite your responses.

Thank You.

Hi everyone!

Me and my bf have almost finished putting together our I-129F petition, and I just have a few thoughts come up that I wanna clarify.

Does only meeting once matter? I spent 80 days with him from March to May this year. We've known each other for 13 years and obviously New Zealand (where I'm from) having mandatory government isolation makes further meeting almost impossible. Does this matter? I know the criteria is to have met at least ONCE in the last 2 years, but I just was wondering if it looked bad if you've only met once. I guess it depends on the circumstances.

Also as a supplementary document to question 54 about the circumstances of meeting, should I include a one-page letter describing how we 'met' online and how our relationship came to be? I read another thread on here where people had said it's not necessary cos that's not what they're asking for, but, it just feels kinda strange not including anything in the petition about how our relationship even exists haha. I know the proof of relationship stuff is more for the interview and later parts of this, so maybe I'm just being paranoid!

Let me know!