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I was going to suggest and share with you what 2 of my friends went through and I think I will go through the same, but I am not in the same country as my wife.

But I know they ask all kind of questions and it depends on the officer. But I know one of my friend's interview lasted 1.5 hours according to what he told me and they asked him questions like "How many rooms in her home" and the one that made me laugh is "How many windows in their home's bathroom" and if they had intercourse.....I find it funny because his wife is pregnant actually hahahaha.  But he said they aske dhim almost all the questions on his I-130 form from the beginning to the end, then he said they were asking the same questions with a twist.  He said they showed him her signature and said if it is his signature.  Most of the questions he told me thye asked him were just to get him to say the wrong thing, but most questions he told me even the USCIS wouldnt know the answers to so I am not sure why they asked him.  Like for example, what is her siblings names?  How would the USCIS know the answers or how many windows in the bathroom.  They do that to anyone marrying a Yemeni citizens

I filed spouse's I-130 on 12/20/2017.  NAO1 was 12/30/2016.  Received a RFE on 4/17/17 through the app and hard copy on 4/22/17.  Sent my RFE response on 4/24/17.  USCIS updated my case to "RFE Received and being Reviewed" on 4/28/17.

My case was transferred to the local USCIS in my State on 6/1/2017 without updating my case online or notifying me.  Reached out to my Senator for assistance with my case and local USCIS office sent a letter to my Senator back saying an interview will be scheduled in 90-120 days since the day the case was received at the local USCIS office which is 6/1/17. 

I have 2 friends that have their cases (I-130 all of us filed in December 2016) transferred to the same local USCIS office after me and they all have been scheduled and completed their interviews.

On 8/17/17 I decided to go to the local USCIS office to ask if my interview was scheduled and maybe the letter was misplaced or lost.  I was told by a USCIS officer at the local USCIS office that my spouse's I-130 case was received on 6/1/2017, but they are waiting on my Naturalization "folder" to be sent to them from Missouri.  I was naturalized in 2000 when I was 18.  Officer printed a screenshot of what he saw on the screen and it shows my Naturalization "folder" is currently "EN-ROUTE."  The officer said, once the folder is received, it goes to the mail room.  Then an officer takes my Naturalization "folder" and puts it with my wife's I-130 case, then it goes in the QUE to be scheduled for an interview.   I politely asked the officer, how long this process will take and he said give it 30 days.  30 days from 8/17/17 which is the day I went to the local USCIS will be 9/18 just to get my interview date which is sad.  The officer said usually the interview is at least 2 weeks from the day it's scheduled.  If I use his estimates, then I can expect an interview around early October. 

I am a US Citizen and my wife is a citizen of Yemen.  I was told by my Senator's immigration clerk that all cases where 1 of the spouses if from Yemen gets sent to the local USCIS office for an interview.

On 8/22/2017 at 10:56 AM, nyokie said:

it take 30-60 days but can be less then 60 days.

Thats what I thought when I got my RFE.  I was told 45 to 60 days.  On day 61 I called and the agent told me "We updated your case to "RFE RECEIVED""  I told her I thought 45 to 60 to make a decision and she said no

It is confusing, because I can tell you my cousin's wife is a Yemeni citizen and lived in Yemen for 20+ years.  She traveled to Malaysia and married my cousin in April 2016,  Her husband sent a police report from Malaysia for his wife only in October 2016 and it was accepted.  His wife had her embassy interview in Feb 2017 and only gave the embassy her Malaysian Police Report and she was approved.

That table on the NVC site makes it sound like if you lived in a country of your nationality over 6 months and lived in another country other than the country of your nationality for over 6 months, then you need to submit 2 police reports (1 from the country of nationality and the other from the other country).  But I know for a fact that wasn't the case with my cousin's wife.

Actually Moroccans are not known to be terrorists or strict.  I am Arabic myself and yeah you will face stupid comments, but human beings are like that.  Lots of human beings are racist so don't let it bother you. 

It really depend on the officer handling your case is what I say makes the biggest difference.  It also makes a difference what country the foreign spouse is from and their religion even though they will never tell you this.  I know a couple of members kept going back and forth, but from my own experince member PUSHBRK is knowledgeable, but not in 100% of the cases.   My spouse is from Yemen and 99% of US Citizens who married from Yemen and trying to get their wife to the States get their cases transferred to the local office in their state and the US Citizen is scheduled for an interview.  Even my Congresswoman and Senator told me 99% of applicants once the word "YEMEN" is on the form that the case is transferred to the local office and PUSHBRK lightly argued with me that its not necessary.  He's like I said knowledgeable, but not in ALL cases from all countries.

As far as what proofs for a bonafide marriage, I sent 9 pictures, call logs from 2015 up until 2017 and screenshots of text messages between my wife and I from 2015 to 2017, monthly money transfer receipts, passport stamps showing I visited her, boarding passes for both of us when we traveled to 3 different countries, hotels where we stayed together, marriage certificate and affidavits from my father, mother and sister and I still got transferred to the local office and waiting for an interview.  Its been over 8 months and I haven't heard anything.  

My advise is send as much as you wish, because if you experience any delays you will wish you sent more even if sending more evidence wouldn't change the situation.

Nothing is impossible, but this is very very hard to achieve.  The divorce judges know btw that lots of spouses will try to threaten their green card or usc (marriage based) to strip them from their status thinking they own them for life.  This is very unlikely especially after years of marriage. 

19 hours ago, Boiler said:

Ohh and you can certainly expect any T connections/issues to be closely investigated.

What's a "T Connection"?

Just now, EandH0904 said:

I didn't answer his question because I don't know the answer to his question and am not going to speculate. I looked at his profile which looks like it was just made a few days ago, so I wasn't sure if it was the same person or just happened to be coincidence that two people were asking similar questions in the span of a week or so. If he was different, I was going to look for the previous answer and link it to this one so this poster could get more responses. 

Furthermore, if I remember correctly, a lot of people answered the last time he posted yet he still is seeking MORE information after getting quite a bit of responses to a previous post. 

Well, ignore the thread then.  So what if he's seeking more responses.  That's his problem if so.  

I love it when people read a thread especially if the author is asking a question and don't answer it, then ask if they see a similar question being asked.  That's like the author asking the reader "You read my question, why didn't you answer?" lol

15 minutes ago, Life is short said:

Hi all,

 

Please your help if you know any similar stories, your help is appreciated.

 

As a Palestinian living in the West Bank, I was exposed to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in which I was arrested by Israelis for less than 6 months, that was more than a decade ago (late 2000's)  . In fact, Thousands of Palestinians are arrested from their homes every year by Israeli military forces, so it is not only me, after being arrested I was then sent to an Israeli court in which they decided I was a member of a Palestinian political organization and being involved in political activities that were judged by the Israeli court to be against the Israeli law (activities were pro-Palestine activities). 

 

Following to my release date I never been arrested again for any political or civil subject and have clean records since that time. I got an approval from the USCIS and currently waiting for the NVC to receive my application in which I will file the DS-260 form which I will mention my arrest because the form has questions about previous arrests and belonging to any organizations. 

 

My question is if any of you guys have been in this situation and got an approval in their immigrant visa interview, or at least had known similar cases? 

Would that arrest affect the decision by the Consulate Officer in the interview for visa approval/denial? Any expected outcomes after the interview? 

 

Me and my spouse are waiting for several weeks, I was not arrested after being released, that is around a decade of years.

 

Would a waiver be accepted later on?

 

Any help would be appreciated 

Since the USCIS approved you, you should be good. I have never been in any conflict not been arrested so I can't answer your question.  But I think the NVC (I THINK) asks for any court or criminal history, but I am not 100% sure

2 minutes ago, EandH0904 said:

Didnt you ask this same question just last week? 

Did you answer him last week if he did ask the question?

1 minute ago, MrsBonsu said:

 

 

I think the people commenting that they don't believe anyone would just quit a government job I guess they haven't been paying attention to this current administration, there's stuff going on behind the scene that people don't know about, it's just aggravating to pay for services and nothing's happening 😖Or years of waiting 😡

I agree, there are a lot of things going on in the back.  This is why i said a while ago that a lot of people are distracted by the tweets and the bs that gets broadcasted.  But the people in office are doing lots of damage and changing lots of things.  When Trump is gone, we will hear about these things

2 minutes ago, MrsBonsu said:

 

And your congresswoman is accurate, a group I was in on fb a lady posted a response she got from someone in dhs and they stated that a lot of workers quit because they didn't wanna work for the current administration so that's also putting on extra strain on an already strained process 🙁

Yeah that sounds exactly like what the clerk told me.  But sometimes you got people that won't believe anything and will argue.  I just said what she told me i guess some think no government employee will quit their job.  The funny thing is, i was a government employee and i quit because i was sick and tired or the culture

12 hours ago, JohnnyintheUSA said:

Not so sure about that! While I could agree that many (being government workers) are anti Trump/ republican it is difficult to accept they would give up a government job!  It's kind of like gold. 

I was a government worker myself and i know what you mean.  But i am telling you what she told me that lots of the people she deals with resigned.  Government employees i worked with would never resign from their job because their jobs are not hard, they get a pension once they retire and their job is kind of guaranteed.  But that's what the lady at the congresswoman's office today me

1 hour ago, Going through said:

OP said he's been married around 2 years.  I guess it depends on the State laws, too?

Yeah, it really depends on lots of things, but I know anything less than 3 years is looked at as a short marriage in lots of states.  I remember one lawyer telling me that in California, anything less than 5 or 7 years is looked at as a short marriage.  If kids are involved, then its a totally different story though

6 minutes ago, gypsyqueen said:

That executive order only applies to tourists, business travelers and other short term visas. With that being said, I still agree that this major slowdown to the immigration process is unreasonable, considering we pay fees and they already increased it last year.

I want to see the figures of increase.  Some people are assuming the US Government is drowning in all the fee money from these applicants.  I know my congresswoman's immigration clerk told me a number of individuals who used to work have quit their jobs because they don't support/agree with the administration after Trump and things are moving slow.  She said almost all her contacts no longer active after Trump.

The article you posted is from a source I don't fully trust.  Plus it says the number of applications increased and although that might be true, with Trump in office I can't imagine the number of applicants increased.  There was an article from the Washington post I think months ago explaining an executive order Trump signed which makes the process slower by giving the agency more power to slow the immigration process.  Not just the USCIS but also gives the embassies around the World the power to slow the process down. 

Saying the number of of applicants increased and they are not staffed for it is a lousy excuse in my opinion.  I clicked on the main page of the newspaper site and they had an overweight lady on the main page and some rapper getting arrested for doing a stunt on a motorcycle......I wouldn't trust such a news website

I submitted my I-130 in December and recieved my NAO1 in December 2016.  Still waiting on the NAO2.  My case was at the TSC and now got transferred to the local USCIS office.  I scheduled an InfoPass appointment yesterday and was told to wait another 30 to 40 days to receive a letter for an interview at the local USCIS and yes I am the petitioner and I am a US Citizen filing for my wife who is overseas.

Be patient

11 hours ago, Going through said:

This also includes the rights to property/assets you bought together, as well as 50% of joint accounts you have, and at least 50% of personal accounts in some States (yes, even personal accounts). Do yourself a favor and don't sell stuff/drain your bank account either in an attempt to avoid this---because even if you close the accounts, or move money around, banks can confirm ownership, transaction information, account balances and you'll end up being ordered to pay her back that too as part of your settlement.

 

Oh and by the way----it doesn't matter whether she worked, or contributed money into the accounts, or half-paid for the furniture, or half-paid for the car or "just sat at home all day".   Divorce is a split of assets down the middle.

I would have to ask how long the marriage lasted.  I know when I went through my divorce because it was almost 1.5 years long that the judge didn't give my ex a thing and almost threw her out.  But again, I owned my house and car before the marriage.  But I am speaking as far as the accounts.  What helped me too is her working.  She tried to go even after the increase in the house value during the marriage.  I represented myself, but most lawyers I asked for advise told me if the marriage is more than 3 years to 5 years that a judge might consider giving the wife something, but there is no formula and all depends on the judge and different factors.

The lawyers did ask me if she ever took depression medicine or had issues during the marriage.  Such issues would help her in court.....I remember them telling me this.

Why file a K3?  Why not file an I-130 or I-R1?  You have to proof that you and  him kept in touch during his time away from you.  A lot of people here say the K3 are usually rejected, but I am not 100% sure if that's true but I can tell you that even the K3 if it goes through will take some time.  My K3 was submitted over 6 months ago and still no progress.  But I filed an I-130 before my K3, so I am actually waiting on 1 of them to get approved.

But as far as supplying proof, you need to show that you and him kept in touch during the separation....call log/emails/IM/text,etc.  Photos would help too.  But to be honest with you married for 7 years and only spend 2 months together if I understood you correctly is kind of unique if you ask me, but I am not a USCIS Office

7 hours ago, NikLR said:

Its not really a k3 unless it makes it to interview. People have even had the K3 path cancelled by the consulates and embassies.  

But having the k3 path timelines with appropriate service centers and then having an option if it was closed and when would be a good thing for VJ to track.  

agree

1 minute ago, Lemonslice said:

K3 is mostly only an illusion by now.

I can tell you that my friend's I129F K3 was approved 14 days before his I130.  But they sent his I130 to the nvc which cancelled his I129F K3.

42 minutes ago, NikLR said:

Doesn't matter.  The i-129F will be put with the i-130 to be adjudicated together.  At least if your I-130 was lost it will pull it out of a hole but it's unlikely the I-129F will reach the NVC and be assigned a case number before the I-130. 

My I130 was submitted in December 2016 and my I129F K3 was submitted in February 2017.  My I130 case was transferred to the local uscis office in June 2017 and i am supposed to be interviewed but they haven't scheduled my interview.  If they do interview you best case it will be 30 days from now.  So i was hoping maybe my I129F K3 gets approved in the next week or two since it has been over 6 months since it was received.

When i look at the processing time too on the uscis.gov, the I129F K3 has a different date than the I130.  

I am just hoping i get any good news because it's been 8.5 months and i am not even approved from the uscis

On 8/10/2017 at 2:28 PM, NikLR said:

Was your I-130 at TSC?Yes, my I-130 and I-129F K3 both were processed at the TSC.  But of course i submitted each on different dates/months

Yes, both I130 and I129F K3 were processed at the TSC.  But off course each was submitted separately on different dates