US Immigration from Singapore

We've had tons of questions on whether the Manila US Consulate in the Philippines 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 10x from pre-Covid levels (~500 a month pre-Covid to ~50 a month now). There is likely to be a significant backlog. Even one month of cases (pre-Covid) would take 10 months to clear at this pace, assuming no new petitions!
• IR1 Visa processing is back to pre-Covid rates. There is likely a backlog that will take months to clear given the slow down last year.
• CR1 Visa processing (couples married less than 2 years) is roughly 2x higher than pre-Covid (~100 a month pre-Covid to more than ~200 a month now). Could folks be preferring the CR-1 route over a K1 visa? This seems possible given the major backlog on K1 Visas. For some couples, this could be a legitimate route to living together in the US sooner.

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

Did anyone have a trip outside of the US longer than 6 months because of COVID and still passed the naturalization interview?

I applied for naturalization in March 2020 and left the US after.

I was abroad last year to see my father and grandmother (she has been ill) who i did not meet for 8 years,
for about 7.5 months
from march 2020- November 2020 and could not return because of the lockdown in the country I was in and extremely expensive tickets to return once they were available ( 3-5kusd).

I did not have my name on my house and car agreements ( I lived with my brother) but I constantly sent money to my brother for these payments.
I was also still enrolled in my American university and was taking lessons online while abroad, and graduated last August 2020 virtually.

I maintained my ATT Phone line, school loan and other bills the whole time i was away.

My mom (American citizen) and brother ( waiting for his naturalization interview) also remained in the U.S and never left.
i filed all my taxes and never owed any.

I also spoke with multiple USCIS agents on the phone about my long time outside of the US and they assured me that as long as it wasn t a year or longer, that i was fine.

With all this evidence of me never planning to abandon my US life, what do you think my chances are of passing the interview?

Thank you so much for any replies, I ve been stressed out from this and appreciate the feedback!

Hello all.

I just wanted to come here to tell of my experience. I am doing so because I have used this site in the past while gathering information, producing the I-129F application and while waiting. This is not to say what I think is good or bad, but just how my I-129F was and is being handled.

First:

Second:Olive and I knew from the beginning that our end goal for our relationship was to be married and live together in the US. So, with that in mind we started reading "how" and a lot of the information we collected came from this website. We know we would have to meet in person within the two years of application and we also knew we would need to document our relationship. We

June 2021 US Visa Bulletin Dates are Released! As we do every month, we've also included July estimates as well.

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/visa-bulletin-predictions-family-sponsored.php

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/visa-bulletin-predictions-work-sponsored.php

Hi everyone,

I'm a non-Australian national who had previously lived in Australia for a few years. As part of the K1 visa requirement "Police clearance obtained from all countries of residence of more than six months since the age of 16" would like to know if anyone has answers to this:

1) Purpose of police check: Current threads for aussies indicate #33, does the same apply for non-Australians? (#33 Immigration/Citizenship - for supply to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection OR #35 Overseas Visa - Supply to a Country Other than Australia)

2) Postage of police check: Noticed that no additional charges were indicated beyond the standard AUD42 even though mailing address is outside of Australia, does this fee include overseas postage?

Thanks in advance!