As posted earlier, I had lived in the US for about 15 years with SS contributions in excess of the required 40 quarters before abandoning my first green card. I was really firm in standing my ground w.r.t applicability of exemption in my situation, even though not everyone working on my case was familiar. Eventually, my I-864W was accepted. Even after approval, this came up during my in-person interview. The officer claimed that my I-864 was missing! I insisted on speaking to the Consular General if no one was aware of the applicability of the rule. Fortunately, my officer took my case file to discuss with the consular general and returned to confirm that I was right. A few days later we returned to the US.
I agree with Dritan's suggestion. If you do not have clear 40 quarters of credit and your Social security statement does not explicitly state "benefits eligible", I too would recommend to not pursue that route. This will cause serious delay in addition to the RFE, if your situation is not the same.
Hi -- I paid mine (IV Fees) on 8th July and it is still not posted. Called NVC multiple times to check. It seems there was an issue with the payment process during a certain time window, impacting those that paid during that time. None from the NVC is so far is either willing to share the duration of that impact period, or provide an ETA to trace those payments manually to resolve the issue - other than a high level guesstimate from 6 weeks to 3 months!
Wondering if you could kindly share it here for the benefit of others, just in case there are more than a handful that are impacted and do not know what to do. (NVC admits that there could be quite a few that is impacted).
Thanks!
PS: A detailed email about a week ago to ASKNVC with all the necessary screenshots of proof of payment from my end, has not yet helped.
abhivar got a reaction from Nova77 in Document proof / evidence for I-864W (Affidavit of Support - Waiver)
abhivar got a reaction from tinnex in CEAC down???