SarahSwede

On 8/7/2020 at 4:52 PM, swmfly said:

 

How long can we expect the interview to take/how long should I expect my husband to be inside the embassy for his interview? 

 

We just had out interview in July, there were only two other people in the embassy (one interview and one child passport appt) plus my husband. They wouldn't let us in earlier than 15 minutes before (we showed up an hour early and the guy told us to get a cup of coffee!). He was in there for about 1.5 hrs, but they had a fire alarm go off in the middle (?!) So that took some extra time. 

On 8/8/2020 at 10:02 PM, OrihimeandIchigo said:

Does anyone know how long the medical in either Stockholm or Gothenburg takes? I was wanting to know so I know when to book return train tickets times. Thanks so much in advance 😊

We were in Stockholm for the medical and managed to get it done in less than 2 hours, but it was very tight. X-ray & blood test is at the near by hospital (10-15 minute walk)

@jetties @swmfly

Congrats guys!

Here's what happened to my husband this month! I think you guys will be in the same boat.

9th (Thur) - Cancelled appt email

10th - Expedited confirmation email (even though we didn't request it)

13th (Mon) - checklist from the embassy tell you to get the medical done and upload more stuff to CEAC

15th - Offered an interview appointment

21st (Tue) - Interview!

22nd - Medical exam in STK

8 hours ago, OrihimeandIchigo said:

Your so very nice, thank you so very much for replying your always so helpful its appreciated 😊  

 

So I'm curious did you submit to the NVC I-864 form that you got DQ with the recent tax year 2018 or 2019? 

 

Because I'm a nervous wreck if I need a new I-864 in short notice. 

 

Because our recent tax year we submit was 2018 on our I-864. 

 

Thanks so much in advance and I'm sorry to bother you with do many questions. 

I totally understand being a nervous wreck - me 48 hrs ago!

When we submitted the 1-864, we only had 2018 tax returns (plus an explanation of why I didn't file in 2017).

Nobody asked for the 2019 tax returns, but I thought they would want it to be as up to date as possible. So we brought the 2019 taxes along and then they scanned them into their system.

I would definitely not redo the i-864, unless something changed very dramatically. 

34 minutes ago, dwheels76 said:

Dang 10 days. Oh well give you time for packing and parties and goodbyes.

Lol well for us 10 days is fine. He still has to give his notice at work, which will mean we aren't moving for about 2 months. With Covid-madness we aren't in too much of a hurry.

19 hours ago, dwheels76 said:

Glad it's a simple list. Congratulations. Keep us posted. How long before you get medical results?

He did the medical exam this morning. We were able to stop back at the embassy to drop off the extra required documents. 

The doctor said that the medical exam should be at the embassy in about 10 days!

3 minutes ago, OrihimeandIchigo said:

Thank you so very much this is very helpful your a sweetheart 😊 If I can ask did you have to fill out new I-864 for 2019 tax year? All I have is 2018 for the most recent tax year that I submitted at the NVC. 

They didn't ask for any updated info, but we brought along the 2019 tax returns (not a new I-864) which they took scans of.

And of course I am always willing to help out with what I can here! It's been such a weird time for everyone lately, I just hope that maybe we are all seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!

2 minutes ago, OrihimeandIchigo said:

First of all CONGRATULATIONS 😊🎉  And thank you so very much for your post informing us all on how everything went, it provides insight and a relief to know how thing go at the interview and what to expect.

 

And if I may ask what supporting evidence did you have to bring for the DS-5540? I've been wondering that myself so I can have it ready. Thanks so much in advance 😊

So we found some lawyer pages online and then based our evidence off of what they suggested. (Though I think they make it seem more complicated than it needs to be, at least for now when the embassy barely looks at the stuff)

- for Part 4, Q9 we provided evidence of each account listed as well as information about the car that we listed as an asset (ownership, estimated value from a website, a statement saying we intend to sell it before we move)

- we had employment verification and salary statements from his current job (in Sweden), I guess this shows his "hire-ability"

- his University degree

We did not provide information about which health care we will get and even told them that we do not plan to get healthcare because he intends to get a job asap and he is young and healthy (plus we have assets saved)

I think that's everything we had - we definitely just guessed as to what we needed.

28 minutes ago, PSB said:

Hi guys

Can anyone confirm about documents to be taken for the interview please? Can all for the petioner be photocopies? Are all civil documents for beneficiary supposed to be original with copies.

Thank you

 

You should get a checklist from the embassy after you have a scheduled interview as to what is expected at your specific embassy. My husband had to bring all originals of the documents we had uploaded in the civil documents section, DS-5540, evidence of relationship and my US domicile docs (I live with him in Sweden, so originals were what we had, they probably would've except copies for everything except the civil docs). Plus he brought copies of the financial support docs.

4 minutes ago, David G said:

Congratulations! 

For sure when you complete what they are asking for your husband will have his visa stamped.

 

may I ask, because not clear to me, did they asked him for the DS-5540?

 

Thank you!

Yes, Stockholm Embassy requested DS-5540 when they sent out the interview checklist. We had to upload the questionnaire to CEAC and then we brought additional supporting evidence to the interview.

Well it's all happen very fast now! We have an interview July 21 (they didn't wait for us to contact them, as they had previously stated) and we managed to schedule a medical appointment in stk the day after!

Anyone that has filled out the DS-5540 form - what kind, if any, of supporting documents did you have? 

So I got an email from Stockholm (after having my case magically got transferred) and it's with a nice checklist of more things I need to upload to CEAC [Proof of the beneficiaries' name change, DS-5540, and proof of petitioner's US Domicile (which I had already included at the NVC stage)]  and the paperwork that we need to have along for the interview. Once we have everything done on the checklist we can email them directly for an interview date. We have a medical interview scheduled for the earliest available date of Aug 20, but I will email them to see if we can have an earlier appointment.

1 hour ago, OrihimeandIchigo said:

Thats amazing and Congratulations 😊 Do you know when they scheduled your expedited interview for?

Haven't heard anything from the embassy at all, but I assume it's still in transit and maybe we will hear from them next week. Also since most of Sweden is on vacation I think it will still be awhile before we can get the medical done.

Anybody have a similar experience recently? 

We have been DQ since April, but have been just sitting around not expecting much.

Yesterday we got an email saying our interview has been cancelled. We never knew once had been scheduled. We figured it was just a system glitch. 

Today we got an email saying our expedited request was approved. We never applied for that. 

I don't want to get my hopes up that we might have an interview soon, but maybe it is some weird way they are working now?

19 hours ago, MarlinCobon said:

hello everyone!

anybody here has gotten DQ recently with only form 1040/W2? I know transcripts are better but form 1040/W2 is what I submitted because that's what out "lawyer' told us to upload and submit 😕

We used our personal copies of our tax returns from 2018. Got DQ about a week ago, no problem. 

1 hour ago, HanhChi said:

I am sorry if this question has been asked before, but after scrolling through 50 pages of this topic, I couldn’t find the answer. Did any of you submit form 1040 in lieu of the tax transcript for the 2019 tax year? If so, what was the outcome of NVC review of your documents? Or is it a good idea to use tax transcript of 2018 as the most recent one given the fact that the filing deadline is now extended to July 15.

We actually didn't use any tax transcripts. Only our saved copies of 1040 (+whatever else we summited) from 2018 and got DQ.

5 minutes ago, Hilde said:

Sorry to hear! 
Which two documents are they requesting?

Both of them I should've known better. 

Proof of employment for myself (though I thought they wouldn't care since I'm employed abroad)

And a 1099 from our cosponsor, I'm guessing this is because the copy we submitted was sideways and folded up. 

Submitted documents got approved today (Feb 4th) after first submission on Dec 10th. But they also requested two documents more :( so looks like another 2-3 months stuck in limbo

Hey everyone! Didn't think until now to look for a group like this - such a great idea!

Timeline:

Married: July 15, 2017

Mailed I-130 to Chicago Lockbox: August 29, 2018

Email Notice: September 6

NOA1 Letter: September 20 (I think) (Priority Date September 4)

My application is at the Nebraska Service Center

As a side note, I am applying from abroad (Sweden) so unfortunately mail delays will be a factor - but at least I get to see all of you receive things and then hopefully I won't be too far behind!

Hey! We are putting together our I-130 petition and are wondering if anyone has experience with name change of the beneficiary. My husband switched the order of his name (switched first with middle).  I think it might be good to include something acknowledging the name change, especially considering we petitioned successfully a year ago for the k-1 visa with his old name. Does anyone have any suggestions? I am thinking I will include a copy of the population extract (with his new name) in the packet (right after my birth certificate) along with an explanation, by him, as to why he changed his name (would this be called an affidavit?)

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Would there be any worry about telling immigration when we enter that we are there to get married?