US Immigration from Thailand

I was sent i-824 form because I want to transfer my i-130 to nvc

any experience how long does it take? I haven t seen a lot of people have to file this form much

it been 96 day already but didn t get approved

my original case was file (i-130) was approved I started send it til Aug 2019

but stuck with this i-824 form

I haven't seen this discussed anywhere and was wondering if anyone has any experience with this.

We have filed I-485 adjusting from a K-1 and the supporting I-864. Like most people with similar timelines the process has taken much longer than we expected when we started, and if I can believe the various estimates we're probably looking at an approval in Q3/Q4 this year.

I'm considering retiring sometime this year and am wondering if this would somehow delay the process since obviously the I-864 info would no longer apply. I can imagine being asked to confirm the information as part of the interview and having to admit to a change. (Note: retirement income would still be well above the guideline minimums).

Luckily the timing of the retirement decision would be up to me unless something unexpected happens. Again, my only concern would be triggering additional administrative delay with the AOS process.

I was asked for an RFE on my K1 application for not providing evidence of the two year meeting requirement. I suppose a personal statement and photos were not enough. Looking back and reading more, this is obvious now. But since we met in the US during the start of COVID, I did not have hotel receipts, tickets, boarding passes, or really anything with both of our names on it (so I thought). We lived together briefly but did not share any utilities, rental agreements, or anything official.

I guess I assumed they would have just known she lived in America at the time we met and that was ok.

Well obviously I was wrong. I was mildly panicked when I received the RFE. I started trying to think what would count as evidence of our meeting. We saw each other all the time! You never think you have to prove to government agency you know someone at the time. Since the petition was filed I have visited my fianc e in her country but evidence after filing the I-129F is not applicable.

So here is what I submitted for the RFE:

• A revised personal statement that included how we did not stay or travel anywhere due to COVID-19
• Her original visa (J1) and passport stamp showing entry into the US
• Her arrival stamp back in Thailand
• 5 instances of our credit card statements matching up at various merchants on the same day (Amazing and lucky being together over a year and only had 5 instances of these matching up! Usually we just took turns buying stuff.)
• Credit card statement of fianc e showing her address as my address for the last few months of our relationship where we lived together
• Copy of my lease showing that I do indeed live at the address on her credit card statement
• Chat log records from dating app we met in indicating a location we were going for our first date
  • Our phone tracking logs showing us going to chat log specified location at specified time

I think it was the credit statement and possibly the original visa/entry stamp. I cannot imagine it was the dating app/GPS logs but I was throwing everything and the kitchen sink in there to see what stuck.

Anyway I got my NOA2 just the other day and whew was that a big relief! So I'm just tossing this out there in case anyone else has a similar situation.

Earlier today my wife passed the civics and english test. However, the interviewing officer told her she needed to provide "Record of Account" documents from the IRS and state for the last five years before her application could be approved. I'm having trouble putting this documentation together. The IRS only provides the "Record of Account" transcripts for three years, but they are requesting five years, so I had to provide the return and account transcripts instead. I'm not sure if this is the right documentation, does anyone have any ideas? As for state, we've lived in two states, neither of which offer any such transcript (online at least). Should I just provide tax returns for those years instead? I've currently been on hold with the California FTB for 2 hours, to see if they can help. I have an appointment with our current state, Colorado, tax office tomorrow as well. I'm just looking for some advice from other people who may have gone through the process. Any input would be helpful.

The boy is 10 YO in Thailand. My wife's daughter has to work and the boy is home in the village. We have been married in the States for 8 years and would be happy to adopt the kid and bring him over here.

I've spent some time researching and not getting far. We know another couple here who tried adopting from Thailand and they told me it's very hard.

Any input would be great. Thanks very much - Tango