US Immigration from Pakistan

Hello everyone,

We are getting ready for the interview. I have 2 questions and need some help. Also my apologies if these questions have already been asked and answered before.

1) We recently had a baby. The original birth certificate was sent away as part of the passport application. Is a child s original birth certificate required or will a photocopy be accepted?

2) Does the i864 form for a joint sponsor need to be filled out again and uploaded before the interview?

thank you!

My case is Documentary approved (NVC) November 2023 and waiting since then for US embassy in Islamabad Pakistan to schedule for interview. Tried expediting it through Congress/Senate but nothing happened. Recently Someone told me to transfer it to Oman. Can someone guide me . It s depressing.

I was wondering how to travel back to your designated city (let's say if someone living in Shanghai) once submitted passport at Guangzhou embassy after the interview? Or one should stay in Guangzhou until they receive the visa/passport back?

Please share your advice

My understanding is that to transfer an IR\CR case to an embassy in another country other than the beneficiary's home country they need to be a resident in this other country. Meaning you need to reside in this other country and not just be a tourist visiting.

Someone I chatted with is insisting that you can ask your IR\CR interview\case be transferred to any country as long as you are able to visit the other country and you can do this if the beneficiary's home country has a backlog of cases.

For example if the beneficiary is an Indian citizen and the US embassy in India has a huge backlog for IR\CR interviews you can get your case transferred to Kuwait which has a shorter wait time for an interview. I am quite certain that is not the case, you in fact have to be a resident of Kuwait and not a tourist to get the case transferred to Kuwait from India.

Can someone confirm if I am correct or if this other person is correct?

Thanks in advance.

Hello everyone,

my sister is in a unique situation. She s a native born U.S. citizen but spent most of her life in UAE and married my brother in law in Pakistan and has been living in Saudi Arabia since 2015 till now. She wants to immigrate back to US now with my niece (also a native born U.S. citizen) along with my brother in law. However we aren t sure about how to start the process for spousal visa and where should it start since he s a Pakistani citizen currently living in Saudi Arabia. I live in US and know I would need to sponsor her family which isn t an issue but not sure how to start this process. Thank you.