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    Visitor's visa while waiting...

    in Tourist Visas

    Posted

    Just now, powerpuff said:

    I see.

     

    Its highly unlikely she’ll be granted a tourist visa with a strong immigrant intent and a USC child. 

    This is my thought as well. Someone she met told her they were given a visa while their application was in process so I wanted to see if anyone else has had that experience. 

    Visitor's visa while waiting...

    in Tourist Visas

    Posted

    Just now, powerpuff said:

    If she’s been invited for the immigrant interview, why does she want to apply for a tourist visa now? It sounds like she’s at the last stretch of the immigrant visa process 

    That should say she has NOT been contacted for an interview. Thanks for noticing.

    Visitor's visa while waiting...

    in Tourist Visas

    Posted · Edited by FavoredOnes

    My US citizen brother filed for my mom since 2020. She has been alone in our home country since December 2019. Her paperwork finally moved from the USCIS stage to NIV in October 2022 after my brother reached out to his congressman. Since then, she has not been contacted for an interview. I'm wondering if anyone knows if it is possible for her to get a visitor's visa while waiting? She has grandchildren she hasn't met yet because of this whole thing. Thanks!

    Stuck at NVC due to financial documents

    in Bringing Family Members of US Citizens to America

    Posted

    For my mother's case, we received this message since October 2021:

     

    Thank you for your interest in immigrating to the United States of America. The Department of State's National Visa Center (NVC) received your approved immigrant visa petition from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). NVC's role is to ensure you are prepared for your immigrant visa interview at a U.S. Embassy/Consulate General, and to schedule your interview appointment.

     

     

    Since then, it has been stuck at this stage. My brother is the petitioner and he owns his own business. He has submitted his statements and tax returns. They keep asking for 1099 and he has responded stating that he is a business owner and does not get 1099. Has anyone been through this process as a business owner? Any suggestions for how to work around this? It seems as if they are not looking at his documents or reading the letters that explain his situation. If you know a way to escalate this and actually speak to someone, please share. I'd appreciate any help. 

     

     

    January 2020 Filer for Parents I-130.

    in Bringing Family Members of US Citizens to America

    Posted

    Looking for some help. It appears that my mom's case is at the NVC stage and has not yet been DQ'd. They have sent an RFE relating to tax documents. My brother who is doing the filing has his own business and it seems like they are not really reviewing the documents he has sent to support the application, they keep asking for the same thing. Is there a way to escalate things so that we can talk to someone. I know that when I was doing my own green card process and it was taking a while, I called USCIS and then was able to get an appointment at the Baltimore office which ultimately pushed my application forward.

     

    Is there a way with the I-130?

    Unrestricted SS card with an 1551 stamp

    in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion

    Posted

    Thanks for your prompt response. Do you have any information regarding the process? Any previous threads that may detail the process would be greatly appreciated.

     

    A little background. I have a social security card already but it has restrictions because I got it way back when I was an international student on an F-1 visa. Now that I am ROCing, my I-751 is outside processing times and I haven't heard from USCIS but my job needs proof of eligibility to work. I would love to be able to just show my driver's license and a social security card and keep it moving. My I-551 stamp expired in July 2017 so I have an info pass appointment to get another one. I am hoping I can use the new stamp, once I get it, to get the unrestricted social security.

    New York City AOS timeline & Interviews

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    To FavoredOne,

    Big congrats!! Glad your saga is finally over!!

    Thank you so much!!! I wish you all the best in your journey.

    My Federal plaza stokes experience:

    We got to the building a bit early and met up with the lawyer (I should really consider a career change lol!!!). We waited for a long time before we were called so while we were waiting, the lawyer was quizzing us; he scared us about not having things like wedding bands or celebrating the wedding but thankfully none of that came up. We eventually got called in maybe 1.5 hours after our scheduled appointment.

    He asked if we had any documents we wanted to submit. Our notice for stokes didn't say to bring any specific documents, so we just brought whatever evidence had accrued since our last interview: more pictures, evidence that we visit each other despite living apart, phone records (we didn't have this before), most recent bank statement, prescriptions showing we go to the same doctor etc.

    He looked at the pictures and asked us which ones we'd like to give him. We kept saying he could keep whatever he wanted and then he goes "it's not what I want" lol. Anyway, we picked about three more pics out for him to take. Then he flipped through our file for what seemed like ages, as if he was looking for the red flag that might have caused us to be sent for a stokes. When he was done, he reluctantly told us he was going to have to question us separately. My US citizen husband left to the waiting room and he questioned me first. Here are the questions:

    -My full name and DOB

    -My husband's full name and DOB

    -My address (I gave the brooklyn one)

    -Describe the house we live in when standing in front of it.

    -Do we have any joint accounts and with what bank

    -Do I have any separate accounts (to which I answered yes)

    -What schools I went to: undergrad grad and medical school.

    -Where I was living when I met my husband.

    -Where my husband was living when I met him and with who.

    -Where I work and based on my out of state answer, he asked where I live while working.

    -Whether I live in a house or apartment out of state.

    -Who else lives with me where I live out of state and their names.

    -Have my husband and I taken any trips together in the last 3 months and what was the purpose.

    -How much is rent at the marital home (the breakdown)

    -What utilities do we pay and who is the provider for it.

    -Where did we get married

    -How many brothers do I have.

    -What do I do for a living?

    -How many hours a week do I work?

    -What does my husband do for a living?

    -What are my husband's work hours like?

    -Where was my husband working when we met?

    -How often do we get to see each other with our work schedules (so I just explained that I only started working in June and that's when we started living separately). He wrote down my work start date and all the trips I said we'd taken to see each other.

    It couldn't have been more than 30 questions, If I remember more I'll add to this thread. Anyway, he called in my husband while I went to wait in the waiting room and in say 5 minutes, the lawyer came out and called me back him. He gave me the thumbs up and said once the IO was done questioning my husband, they (IO and lawyer) gave each other a look saying "we got it".

    The IO explained to me that we had a match on all questions; that we responded as we should have and didn't sound rehearsed. He said he would approve the petition then went on to ask me "yes/no" questions. He said it might take a few weeks to get something in the mail. The IO escorted us out.

    We were out of there by 1:30pm and by 2:10pm we received the card production email, then later in the day we received notice of approval of I-131.

    I have to say I am so grateful it all worked out and thankful that for this last half, I had work to keep me busy, so I didn't worry as much.

    It's funny the way the stokes offices are, we could here another interview going on beside ours and it was definitely not going well. Our IO had to roll his eyes several times and he and the lawyer ended up discussing about how someone needs to say something about the lack of privacy (our lawyer was going to take it up) lol! I felt bad for the couple next door, they sounded so screwed!

    Stokes interview and moving

    in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas

    Posted

    Well, that's cool. One less thing to worry about.

    Can write more about the Stokes Interview? Perhaps the list of questions?

    Yeah, I needed to write my experience once I was refreshed. I had to travel from NY back to the state where I work immediately after the interview. Anyway, I will say my experience wasn't typical; he barely asked us questions since when he saw all the evidence we had, he asked "did you show them all this stuff at the first interview?" Here's my experience:

    We got to the building a bit early and met up with the lawyer (I should really consider a career change). We waited for a long time before we were called so while we were waiting, the lawyer was quizzing us; he scared us about not having things like wedding bands or celebrating the wedding but thankfully none of that came up. We eventually got called in maybe 1.5 hours after our scheduled appointment.

    He asked if we had any documents we wanted to submit. Our notice for stokes didn't say to bring any specific documents, so we just brought whatever evidence had accrued since our last interview: more pictures, evidence that we visit each other despite living apart, phone records (we didn't have this before), most recent bank statement, prescriptions showing we go to the same doctor etc.

    He looked at the pictures and asked us which ones we'd like to give him. We kept saying he could keep whatever he wanted and then he goes "it's not what I want" lol. Anyway, we picked about three more pics out for him to take. Then he flipped through our file for what seemed like ages, as if he was looking for the red flag that might have caused us to be sent for a stokes. When he was done, he reluctantly told us he was going to have to question us separately. My US citizen husband left to the waiting room and he questioned me first. Here are the questions:

    -My full name and DOB

    -My husband's full name and DOB

    -My address (I gave the brooklyn one)

    -Describe the house we live in when standing in front of it.

    -Do we have any joint accounts and with what bank

    -Do I have any separate accounts (to which I answered yes)

    -What schools I went to: undergrad grad and medical school.

    -Where I was living when I met my husband.

    -Where my husband was living when I met him and with who.

    -Where I work and based on my out of state answer, he asked where I live while working.

    -Whether I live in a house or apartment out of state.

    -Who else lives with me where I live out of state and their names.

    -Have my husband and I taken any trips together in the last 3 months and what was the purpose.

    -How much is rent at the marital home (the breakdown)

    -What utilities do we pay and who is the provider for it.

    -Where did we get married

    -How many brothers do I have.

    -What do I do for a living?

    -How many hours a week do I work?

    -What does my husband do for a living?

    -What are my husband's work hours like?

    -Where was my husband working when we met?

    -How often do we get to see each other with our work schedules (so I just explained that I only started working in June and that's when we started living separately). He wrote down my work start date and all the trips I said we'd taken to see each other.

    It couldn't have been more than 30 questions, If I remember more I'll add to this thread. Anyway, he called in my husband while I went to wait in the waiting room and in say 5 minutes, the lawyer came out and called me back him. He gave me the thumbs up and said once the IO was done questioning my husband, they (IO and lawyer) gave each other a look saying "we got it".

    The IO explained to me that we had a match on all questions; that we responded as we should have and didn't sound rehearsed. He said he would approve the petition then went on to ask me "yes/no" questions. He said it might take a few weeks to get something in the mail. The IO escorted us out.

    We were out of there by 1:30pm and by 2:10pm we received the card production email, then later in the day we received notice of approval of I-131.

    I have to say I am so grateful it all worked out and thankful that for this last half, I had work to keep me busy, so I didn't worry as much.

    It's funny the way the stokes offices are, we could here another interview going on beside ours and it was definitely not going well. Our IO had to roll his eyes several times and he and the lawyer ended up discussing about how someone needs to say something about the lack of privacy (our lawyer was going to take it up) lol! I felt bad for the couple next door, they sounded so screwed!

    Congratulations, glad you had a good experience on your second interview! Now, go, and enjoy life! smile.png

    Thanks ALS!!! I am def. living and enjoying it.

    Stokes interview and moving

    in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas

    Posted

    Good ! Yay !

    Did you cover the change of address at the interview, as well?

    It didn't really come up. He just asked how often we see each other (we had proof and our answers matched). Also, when he asked for my address, I told him the NY one. Then when he asked about where I work, I told him out of state, then he asked so where do you stay while you're working and I told him the new address. No issues with that at all.

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