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Both popped for Sputum FIL passed culture in March had April interview then several RFEs for name differences on corrected BC and then on marriage license (swapped mother's names that required another AKA NBI). Medical ended up expiring requiring a long wait for new health case number. New medical required yet another Sputum culture round which he's in now. Culture results end of October so hopefully visa in November. MIL failed Sputum culture and has been in treatment until last week. Once new culture completed November) she will need new Health Case number to schedule another medical and then the interview. Well past three years of fun at this point.

Not Pennsylvania, but to give you an idea of costs, I hired an attorney in Kentucky and start to finish was $1000 and 7 months. Most of the waiting was background checks on me as they missed that I lived in three states in the past 10 years. My employer has a benefit that covers adoption fees up to $5000 so it was an easy choice to go the lawyer route. New birth certificate issued about 6 weeks after the final hearing.

Wife and I stopped in HK and spent a couple days before continuing to the US. No issue.

I did my renewal at POE last November and all they looked at was my passport

Or https://onwardticket.com/

Thanks, I'm guessing best to send the new AKA NBI back after the current medical expires so they don't issue a visa that we can't use and just get a new HCN to redo the medical. Of course our luck is SLEC will do something dumb like "oh you have to do Sputum again"

Shouldn't have any issue renting a car. Sticky issue may be the Ohio language as to "Bonafide tourists can drive up to one year on their foreign license" but you're not really a bonafide tourist. You should be able to get address documents fairly quickly. Are you renting or buying? Lease or purchase contract will be one, then you just need another "Bill" or bank document with your name plus the SS card. At least you're IR1, we were in Cincinnati area and wife was CR1, learner permit only valid to expiration of CR1 (2 years), then again only 12 months on the ROC extension (used to be 12 month letters back then). Took three trips to different offices to get them to honor the I551 stamp when the letter expired.

Trying to figure out how to play out FIL IR5 with expiring medical. Both parents went for Medicals in late January with Interview scheduled last week in January Both popped for Sputum with March 24th as return for results date MIL got call Feb 24 and in treatment for 6 months FIL passed March 24th, Medical shows expiring June 24th now FIL Interviews first week in April, receives 221G for AKA NBI on corrected birth certificate name (original was missing letter in last name) Responds to RFE April 25th Status changes to Issued April 27th, no LBC package Status changes back to Ready May 10th Status changes to Refused May 16th LBC package comes with 221G and returned passport now for Different middle initial on marriage certificate (Both mother's names swapped on marriage certificate so it's showing his Mother in law as his mother and middle initial of her last name). 221G requests New NBI with "U" name and letter of explanation. Respond with new NBI and letter (upload to CEAC and delivered via LBC) Passport returned along with blank letter (only has his name and address, nothing else) May 27th via LBC May 29th he goes to embassy, talks to guard, someone came out and spoke with him and took his passport and said they would be in touch as it was an error Wife calls several times over the next week, they tell her she needs to wait a week for response.....nothing. June 13th, wife calls embassy, explains still refused, no further 221G or instructions after last blank letter and medical expires in two weeks. Also requests new Health Case Number so he can redo medical June 14th Embassy calls FIL says they are sending an new 221G for NBI AKA full middle name (last one requested just "U" middle name) and he should receive this week, he mentions medical expiring June 24th June 16th embassy calls FIL again and says don't wait for LBC to deliver 221G, send new NBI AKA and letter ASAP so they can issue visa So FIL is supposed to receive the new NBI AKA tomorrow (Friday). Does it make any sense to send it in this weekend via LBC? If they get it Monday or Tuesday the very best case would be a visa issued Wednesday that expires Friday. He still needs to do CFO PDOS and be on a plane by Thursday to enter on June 24th, an impossible task as I see it. Better to wait for new Health Case Number and repeat medical? What if he sends everything in Monday and they issue a visa Wednesday that he can't possibly use? Is that a complete "do-over" to get it re-issued? His PD is July 2019 so this has been an agonizing process compared to wife's 7 month CR1 back in 2015

Make sure the BC and other PI documents are PSA and not old NSO copies

FIL got his passport back today with no visa and a blank letter with just his address on it. Responded to the last two 221G's First one was for NBI with AKA as he had a corrected Birth Certificate. After this it went to Issued for a week then back to ready and then refused and received passport back with 221G. Second one was another NBI with alternate middle name as the parents names were swapped on his marriage certificate. Responded to that a week ago and sent passport back along with all documents plus uploaded to CEAC. Not sure what to make of it. Issue is going to be since he went through Sputum culture his medical will expire on 6/24 so getting down to the wire now. Anyone get a blank letter and the passport back with no explanation?