US Immigration from Singapore

Do I have a problem?

I just completed the i-134 so that it will be available to my fianc if they ask her for a Affidavit Of Support. All along, I had been thinking that there would be no problems in that area. Now I am not so sure.

I have read on a lawyer website that the Philippines consulate does not permit Assets in Lieu. Is that the same in Singapore? And if that is so, what do I need to read to defend myself?

• I am 61 and retired for the last 7 years. My K1 Fianc is 56 and will retire to move here to America.
• My assets are not fabulous, but also not bad at all.
• I own my home ($190K) and have no debts at all beyond monthly utilities.
• I have $60K in various property including my cars.
• I keep 5K in checking accounts.
• I have a yearly income of about 17K - as filed in my tax returns. That income is random and based on the amount of money I have selected to withdraw from my retirement accounts. In other words, all I need each year.
• I started living off my savings of $500K when I retired. Those accounts are now worth $1M.

Am I in trouble or will my assets carry me through this process?

We've had tons of questions on whether the Kingston US Consulate in the Jamaica has been approving marriage based US Visas (and if so at what rate). To answer that, we dug into the official US State Department data and plotted visa approvals for K1, CR1 and IR1 visas over the last 2 years. Here is what we found:

• K1 Visa processing is down by 50% from pre-Covid levels, with an 6 month backlog of cases.
• IR1 Visa processing is back to pre-Covid rates. It appears the consulate focused here to reduce backlogs.
• CR1 Visa processing (couples married less than 2 years) is similar to IR1 Visas.
• IR-5 Visa processing is WAY DOWN with a small uptick in April. This is after a full 12 months of virtually no cases processed. This year long backlog will take 8-12 months to clear unless the consulate prioritizes things. It appears they slowed down on IR-5s to focus on IR/CR-1 visas.

What do you think of the data (below)? Do you think the US consulate in Kinston is artificially slowing down IR-5 processing to prioritize other work or for other reasons?

We've had tons of questions on whether the Santo Domingo US Consulate in the Dominican Republic has been approving marriage based US Visas (and if so at what rate). To answer that, we dug into the official US State Department data and plotted visa approvals for K1, CR1 and IR1 visas over the last 2 years. Here is what we found:

• K1 Visa processing is down by 33% or more from pre-Covid levels, with an 8-10 month backlog of cases.
• IR1 Visa processing is back to pre-Covid rates. It appears the consulate focused here to reduce backlogs.
• CR1 Visa processing (couples married less than 2 years) is down by 70% from pre-Covid levels, with a 3-4 month backlog of cases. the priority appears to either be IR-1 Visas or simply the fact that the huge processing delay is moving more couples past the 2 years mark from the time they were married to the approved visa. Not good, either way.

What do you think of the data (below)? Do you think the US consulate in Santo Domingo is artificially slowing don K1 Visa processing to prioritize other work or for other reasons?

We've had tons of questions on whether the Ciudad Juarez US Consulate in Mexico has been approving marriage based US Visas (and if so at what rate). To answer that, we dug into the official US State Department data and plotted visa approvals for K1, CR1 and IR1 visas over the last 2 years. Here is what we found:

• K1 Visa processing is WAY down. In fact it's down by more than 2x from pre-Covid levels (~200 a month pre-Covid to ~100 a month now). There is likely to be a significant backlog.
• IR1 Visa processing is slowly ramping up. There is likely a significant backlog that will take 8-12 months to clear given the slow down last year. It appears IR1 processing is taking priority over K1s at the moment.
• CR1 Visa processing (couples married less than 2 years) is following the same trend as IR-1 Visas.

What do you think of the data (below)? Do you think the US consulate in Ciudad Juarez is artificially slowing don K1 Visa processing to prioritize other work or for other reasons?

We've had tons of questions on whether the Guangzhou US Consulate in the China has been approving marriage based US Visas (and if so at what rate). To answer that, we dug into the official US State Department data and plotted visa approvals for K1, CR1 and IR1 visas over the last 2 years. Here is what we found:

• K1 Visa processing is WAY down. In fact it was at near zero for 12 months. In April we saw a bump back up at about 50% pre-Covid levels.
• IR1 Visa processing is back to pre-Covid rates. There was a huge surge in processing late last year to likely clear the backlog. Is this why no K1s were worked (all hands on IR1s)?
• CR1 Visa processing (couples married less than 2 years) has the same story as IR1s.

What do you think of the data (below)? Do you think the US consulate in Guangzhou is artificially slowing don K1 Visa processing to prioritize other work or for other reasons?