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Do not even go there.
 
Just file another I 485x2

I just thought I'd come back and reply with the outcome of my question in case anyone else ends up with the same problem.
 
I went back and forth with the NVC many times to try to clarify what they wanted from us (via phone, email) and to try to explain that there was a mistake and I had no further information I could provide them about my income.
 
I finally made an inquiry with my Senator's office and spoke with one of his staff. They made a a phone call to the NVC and within a week I was documentarily qualified.
 
If there is a genuine error in your case and the NVC is not able to resolve it, I suggest contact your congress-people to see if they can help.

Just got DQd last night!

So..  we finally got DC'd yay!
 
- we did not apply for expedition
- we did get at the end of the line again
- apparently the documents we uploaded were sufficient
 
so now onwards to the interview (which has not been scheduled yet)...

I just got off the phone with NVC and I am convinced that we are just stuck in red tape. It looks like anytime your current income listed on the I864 is below the poverty guidelines, you need to upload something under the PROOF OF CURRENT OR SELF EMPLOYMENT document category. It seems like this is almost part of a checklist they go through.
 
The NVC lady told me that they dont even look at assets, only the embassy evaluates that documentation. Basically, the NVC only does clerical work. You just need to upload documents under the right catergories to get DQed.
 
She also confirmed that we go the back of the line... F me.

Soo...  we just called. They say they require us to provide a written statement labeled as "proof of current or self employment" uploaded in "Additional AOS Supporting Documentation" (And that's even though we provided a written statement in the AoS Form already). That statement should contain an explanation why we can not provide the evidence... So our plan right now is to provide that statement and see what happens. Maybe we'll not be put back in the waiting line with some luck.

We got it sorted out. They made me pay an extra $10 to get the issue fixed. whatever, whats another $10.. and Nitas_man I think my distrust just comes from the fact that a certified translation company spells words like "received" wrong.. tcha know? ✌️ 
 
 

What has been other's experience when entering the US with your spouse when one is a US citizen and other is foreign visitor -- which line during border control have you all gone in and what has been your experience? Both in US Residents line? Both in Vistors line? Separate? 
 
I have seen mixed messaing about this (only US citizens/residents in US line, but also keep families together, etc.), and even have received mix messaging at the airport. 
 
Our story, we live in Chile and were visiting my family in the US, we were the last in line at border control (had to clean up a baby and a toddler after long flight), and we asked someone that looked like he was directing people where to go -- which line we should go in (with US citizen and foreign spouse). He told us to all go in the US citizen line to keep family together. We do that, we arrive at the control and the agent procedes to chew us out, saying my wife isn't a citizen, she shouldn't be in this line etc., I explain that is what we were instructed to do. She then later is pretty rude, and instead of telling my wife that they will do additional screening just asks her "Do you want the baby or do you want to hand it to your husband", we had to ask why and then she told us. 
 
THEN just some lovely contridictory nature of the CBP, she gets to the secondary screening....this agent is very friendly and relaxed, and asks her if she had a green card in the past, she said she did and she officially abandoned it two years ago...and he asks her "why? You should have just kept the green card." Just telling us to commit fraud (keeping a green card while obviously residing in another country). Didn't ask her anything else and let her through. 
 
So yah know....the only consistent thing is the inconsistancy. 
 
 
 
 

I meant literally what I said.  They will ignore what you put in 62a.  You'll need to change address and request a change of Consulate.  When NVC contacts you, it will show a GUZ case number for Guangzhou.  You can TRY changing her address with USCIS. If it works then you'll get a Bogota case number instead.

Yao. You have to file it. You can file it now to start the clock ⏰️ 

Would have no impact on her I 130
 
As long as she uses her B2 sensibly the VJ experience is that most people have no issues visiting during the process.

It is unlikely to be automatically canceled. The U.S. government has discretion to do so.
 
It is by invitation only so far. To have any hope of getting it, you need to file I-130.
 
And what it is is a parole. It is not a GC. You are allowed to enter the us while waiting I-130 be approved. While you can file I-485 after I-130 is approved, it is not clear to me that you can immediately I-485 before I-130 is approved as is the case when one enters the U.S. on a non immigrant visa.
 
https://www.uscis.gov/FRP
 
https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/invitations-to-be-issued-for-family-reunification-parole-process
 
You should not get your hopes up.
 
 
 
 

File I-130 online

Hi all,
 
So my Colombian wife recently was granted a U.S. Tourist visa after a long journey to ensure we were in the best position to succeed. While our situation is unique, I'll mention it here in case others have similarities. I met my wife 6 years ago while I was living in Bogota (I am American) and we started dating. She is quite a bit younger than I and at the time had just started a university program and she was relatively poor and without assets. Her family was from the coast in the same economic situation so I didn't want to even bother applying at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota to save her the humiliation and money lost when rejected. In fact, I didn't want to apply at the Embassy in Bogota at all since the rejection rate is so high. We decided we would wait for her to get her Bachelor's degree, we'd move to another country where we'd both work, and then have her apply through the U.S. Embassy/Consulate in the 3rd country. During that time, I taught her English as well. 
 
So we waited. She eventually earned her bachelors in her chosen profession in Bogota. We traveled internationally to as many other countries as we could to show evidence that she was a responsible traveler. We then got married in Mexico. I accepted another international job in Dubai with my employer taking care of her visa. After moving to Dubai, she was then able to get a job, a bank account, and save a bit of money. She subsequently applied to the U.S. Consulate in Dubai carrying all of her financial information, resume, work letter/contract, marriage certificate, my financial info. etc. They only asked to see her Colombian passport, work contract and my passport. They asked her 5-6 standard questions and most of the questions were clarifications about my work/visa status in the country. She was then granted the visa. She said the guy in here in Dubai was very nice and professional and made her feel at-ease. 
 
I just wanted to contribute this in case there are others like me who work internationally but would like their foreign spouses to be able to visit home with them. I move countries every 3-5 years anyway, so this strategy worked for me. I firmly believe that my wife not applying in Colombia really helped her chances. Indeed, even with a job in Colombia, it would have been more difficult for her in my opinion. 

Hi all,
 
So my Colombian wife recently was granted a U.S. Tourist visa after a long journey to ensure we were in the best position to succeed. While our situation is unique, I'll mention it here in case others have similarities. I met my wife 6 years ago while I was living in Bogota (I am American) and we started dating. She is quite a bit younger than I and at the time had just started a university program and she was relatively poor and without assets. Her family was from the coast in the same economic situation so I didn't want to even bother applying at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota to save her the humiliation and money lost when rejected. In fact, I didn't want to apply at the Embassy in Bogota at all since the rejection rate is so high. We decided we would wait for her to get her Bachelor's degree, we'd move to another country where we'd both work, and then have her apply through the U.S. Embassy/Consulate in the 3rd country. During that time, I taught her English as well. 
 
So we waited. She eventually earned her bachelors in her chosen profession in Bogota. We traveled internationally to as many other countries as we could to show evidence that she was a responsible traveler. We then got married in Mexico. I accepted another international job in Dubai with my employer taking care of her visa. After moving to Dubai, she was then able to get a job, a bank account, and save a bit of money. She subsequently applied to the U.S. Consulate in Dubai carrying all of her financial information, resume, work letter/contract, marriage certificate, my financial info. etc. They only asked to see her Colombian passport, work contract and my passport. They asked her 5-6 standard questions and most of the questions were clarifications about my work/visa status in the country. She was then granted the visa. She said the guy in here in Dubai was very nice and professional and made her feel at-ease. 
 
I just wanted to contribute this in case there are others like me who work internationally but would like their foreign spouses to be able to visit home with them. I move countries every 3-5 years anyway, so this strategy worked for me. I firmly believe that my wife not applying in Colombia really helped her chances. Indeed, even with a job in Colombia, it would have been more difficult for her in my opinion. 

Hi all,
 
So my Colombian wife recently was granted a U.S. Tourist visa after a long journey to ensure we were in the best position to succeed. While our situation is unique, I'll mention it here in case others have similarities. I met my wife 6 years ago while I was living in Bogota (I am American) and we started dating. She is quite a bit younger than I and at the time had just started a university program and she was relatively poor and without assets. Her family was from the coast in the same economic situation so I didn't want to even bother applying at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota to save her the humiliation and money lost when rejected. In fact, I didn't want to apply at the Embassy in Bogota at all since the rejection rate is so high. We decided we would wait for her to get her Bachelor's degree, we'd move to another country where we'd both work, and then have her apply through the U.S. Embassy/Consulate in the 3rd country. During that time, I taught her English as well. 
 
So we waited. She eventually earned her bachelors in her chosen profession in Bogota. We traveled internationally to as many other countries as we could to show evidence that she was a responsible traveler. We then got married in Mexico. I accepted another international job in Dubai with my employer taking care of her visa. After moving to Dubai, she was then able to get a job, a bank account, and save a bit of money. She subsequently applied to the U.S. Consulate in Dubai carrying all of her financial information, resume, work letter/contract, marriage certificate, my financial info. etc. They only asked to see her Colombian passport, work contract and my passport. They asked her 5-6 standard questions and most of the questions were clarifications about my work/visa status in the country. She was then granted the visa. She said the guy in here in Dubai was very nice and professional and made her feel at-ease. 
 
I just wanted to contribute this in case there are others like me who work internationally but would like their foreign spouses to be able to visit home with them. I move countries every 3-5 years anyway, so this strategy worked for me. I firmly believe that my wife not applying in Colombia really helped her chances. Indeed, even with a job in Colombia, it would have been more difficult for her in my opinion. 

You definitely do not need to have intention to live in the US if you want to get married in the US. I would not get the K1 visa if you guys plan on leaving. She would need to maintain permanent residency for a long time.
 
She CAN get a tourist visa and you guys CAN legally marry in the US. Many people do this and it is completely legal as long as you have intentions to leave within her allotted 90 days when presenting yourselves at US immigration.
 
With that said, it is certainly not impossible to get a tourist visa. She needs to show ties or proof she will leave, yes. Her studies, especially because she isn't that far off from graduation, could be a good link. That is pretty much what my fiance used to get his tourist visa from Argentina when he came to visit me (prior to getting the K1) and he was approved. He does not own property or anything. He lives at home with his parents. She doesn't know until she tries, right? I live in NYC and have a lot of Colombian friends who visit me that don't have the strongest of ties.

So she needs a visitor visa, I will ask one of our friendly mods to move this thread to the correct forum.