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I864 is required for I485 as it is the binding financial document to ensure the intended immigrant will not become a public charge.

Make sure you ask the agent when you go to secondary to change the address. They will not do it unless you ask, because from their end, it all look good in the system

my wife's case was on AP for 16 months and we did not need to update the affidavit of support when AP was over in Morocco.
Consulates are different, but I don't think they will ask for updated I-864, my opinion.

It does not hurt to try it.
We did it back in 2021: sent the I-130 in 23 August 2021 and as soon as we received the NOA1 (same day since we filed electronic), we filed a paper I-129F and sent it in right away (like two weeks after).
Our I-130 was approved in two months, Approval was 01-NOv-2021.
Did the I-129F help? may be, may be not

It does not hurt to try it.
We did it back in 2021: sent the I-130 in 23 August 2021 and as soon as we received the NOA1 (same day since we filed electronic), we filed a paper I-129F and sent it in right away (like two weeks after).
Our I-130 was approved in two months, Approval was 01-NOv-2021.
Did the I-129F help? may be, may be not

It does not hurt to try it.
We did it back in 2021: sent the I-130 in 23 August 2021 and as soon as we received the NOA1 (same day since we filed electronic), we filed a paper I-129F and sent it in right away (like two weeks after).
Our I-130 was approved in two months, Approval was 01-NOv-2021.
Did the I-129F help? may be, may be not

It does not hurt to try it.
We did it back in 2021: sent the I-130 in 23 August 2021 and as soon as we received the NOA1 (same day since we filed electronic), we filed a paper I-129F and sent it in right away (like two weeks after).
Our I-130 was approved in two months, Approval was 01-NOv-2021.
Did the I-129F help? may be, may be not

Visa has a validity (issue date and expiry date). As long as visa is not expired, you are good

Once you get married, you can add your “husband” to your benefits as a change of life event, assuming you have benefits at work

The requirement is to have the vaccination (2 shots) and the doctors will not schedule a medical without the vaccine sheet.
 
The website where people used to download the certificates for the vaccine have been deactivated a while ago. Covid cases are picking up in Morocco, and they are tracking it again.
 
They should find scans of the certificate of the small cards they made for the vaccine at some point when they required them for travel. Need to look harder to find it.
 
Worst case scenario is to contact the consulate and try to get a waiver

Changing consulates is not a given: the interviewee must have legal residency in the country of interview.
my thoughts to you is to just wait it out and prepare for the interview as much as possible.
I know the wait game is tough, but it is easier than complicating the case with unneeded changes. My wife was on AP for 16 months after the interview, and we just got her visa last month.
Just be patient and wait it out. You are almost there.

Our experience:
after 16 months under AP after CR1 interview, status was changed to IR1 when they (Casablanca US consulate) called to ask for an updated medical.
visa was issued two weeks after they received the medical.
Good luck 

Immigrant Visa Fee Paid: 22 Oct 2023
POE: 28 Oct 2023
New card being produced: 25 Nov 2023
Card mailed out: 03 Dec 2023
Card in hand: 05 Dec 2023

Immigrant Visa Fee Paid: 22 Oct 2023
POE: 28 Oct 2023
New card being produced: 25 Nov 2023
Card mailed out: 03 Dec 2023
Card in hand: 05 Dec 2023

Some chat applications don’t have the possibility to export chat.
Also, whatsup does not allow to export media with the chat.
anyway, the screenshots worked for us perfectly.

POE at JFK airport, NY about two hrs ago. Everything went perfect. 
Change of Address was handled by immigration officers at the immigration office, not even 10 minutes wait time. 
 
This update marks the end of the I-130 / CR1 turned IR1 journey.
 
Thank you VJ for all the support and advice.
 

Passport with visa picked up Monday 16-October (available for pickup as of 13-October).
it took 10 calendar days for passport to be ready for pickup after visa was issued.
no envelope with documents with passport. All docs are sent online. Only DV lottery visa have that envelope with their visa.
planed POE at JFK, NY on 28-October.

Today 25-Nov-2023, received message of Card Being Produced.
it has been 28 days after POE, and 35 days after we paid the green card fee.

Changing consulates is not a given: the interviewee must have legal residency in the country of interview.
my thoughts to you is to just wait it out and prepare for the interview as much as possible.
I know the wait game is tough, but it is easier than complicating the case with unneeded changes. My wife was on AP for 16 months after the interview, and we just got her visa last month.
Just be patient and wait it out. You are almost there.

Congratulations.
We had the same thing happen to us last September: The consulate in Casablanca called my wife asking for a new medical. The medical was completed on 21-Sep. Visa was issues two weeks later on 04-Oct.
But again, all cases are different.

There will be. most likely, no questions asked if enters the US before one year of his departure.
But this will create a gap in his stay in the US if he plans to apply for Naturalization with 3 years

There will be. most likely, no questions asked if enters the US before one year of his departure.
But this will create a gap in his stay in the US if he plans to apply for Naturalization with 3 years

There will be. most likely, no questions asked if enters the US before one year of his departure.
But this will create a gap in his stay in the US if he plans to apply for Naturalization with 3 years

Male from some African countries and MENA will mostly go through the additional dreaded DS5535 form due to high fraud, especially if any flags are raised in the application.
Good luck

Passport with visa picked up Monday 16-October (available for pickup as of 13-October).
it took 10 calendar days for passport to be ready for pickup after visa was issued.
no envelope with documents with passport. All docs are sent online. Only DV lottery visa have that envelope with their visa.
planed POE at JFK, NY on 28-October.