US Immigration from South Korea

Has anyone here had any experience with a 'Response to USCIS' Request for Evidence Was Received' taken an eerie amount of time to approve? We filed in July 2020 and received our RFE notification on 23 Feb 21 and received/returned it by mail on 27 Feb 21 and they received it on 1 Mar 21 for a question left unanswered, Did you meet through an IMB?' - which was no. The site was NOT an IMB and the response only asked for documentation if it was 'yes'. We're currently at 35 days waiting and we're starting to get a little nervous. Does anyone have any insight on why ours may be taking longer than others we've seen? Will some agents prioritize NOA1 date over returned RFE date? Do agents go on vacation/handle medical/family emergencies without passing off their case load? I've actually assisted another in returning the SAME RFE (I did advise them to double check with a lawyer) and it was returned AFTER us and approved within a week. I've seen no less than 8 cases on my various non VJ groups also have similar results, many of which with more intricate RFEs (intent to marry, clarification of law breaking incident, proof of 2 year meeting requirement). Calling/Infopass is met simply with the canned 'we have 60 days' and 'each case is different' response.

I love statistics so I've also used the CASE TRACKER app to find the 5,000 cases before AND after us (totaling 10,000) - isolated K-1 visas who have RETURNED the RFE but waiting on the response. Out of the 135 I have listed, only 3 have a LONGER last update and 3 have the SAME last update time.

Hello.

Recently our application was approved and is now being sent to the NVC. However, I (the spouse) am moving back to the USA in May while my wife stays here in South Korea. Do I need to submit an address change?

For your information, my permanent mailing address is in the USA however my physical address is here in South Korea until I move back.

I sent our AOS package (from K1 visa) to Chicago Lockbox at the beginning of feb, and today finally confirmed that our check has been cashed out!

It took exactly 6 weeks. I was about to call USCIS....

and also I got a text msg about our case number (since we filled G-1145 form together)

Hope to get a real Notice paper on mail.

BTW, Is it normal to have a case number starting MSC? (National Benefit Center)

This may be a dumb question....

So I filed as single on my 2020 tax returns because I thought our marriage isnt recognized in the US??

(But we have been married in South Korea since 04/01/2019)

It was approved but I am thinking of amending it and changing it to Married but separately filing??

I'm afraid it will effect our visa interview if I filed Single on my tax return transcripts... please help.

Is our relationship even recognized before the Cr-1? I'm just confused.. I've heard both yes and no.

Hi, I am currently out of country with travel permit, however, I found that my AOS interview was scheduled via USCIS Tracker yesterday. Under current status, I could not find when my actual interview date was scheduled until I received the interview notice mail. (Is this correct you can't view the interview date on the app?)

However, I was told from my friend that you can't enter USCIS facility if you were out of country for 14days before interview date. I couldn't find that information on the USCIS webpage though ( USCIS Response to COVID-19 | USCIS ).

Anyone who received interview notice mail/did conduct the interview recently, please help me if this info that you can't enter the facility if you travel abroad for the last 14 days is still applicable, or they have changed recently.

My current issue is I have an important family event back in my country here on April 1st week, so my return date was booked on April 5th WK. Based on my guess, my interview date will be possibly set on April 12th WK.

I wasn't sure if I need to reschedule the interview or fly back to the us early. please share your knowledge with me. Thanks !