HelpneededJessica

That's why I made a decision. Eventhough I am an American citizen, and I have been here all of my life- I've decided to move to Ghana going into the new year- especially, since it looks like the US Embassy in Ghana is not calling any new cases for Interviews. I'm finishing up my Master's degree in Education and will obtain a job with an American company that is stationed in Ghana- at least until he is called for interview. We have been married for almost 2 and half years and simply cannot and will not allow the US Embassy to keep us apart. So I will just go to be with my husband- especially at our ages.We are almost 53 years of age! We got married at 50! So Love Goes where Love Is. And my place is with my husband- no matter what sacrifices I have to make for the time being. Amen. 

Approved!!
My wife and I are so grateful to the VJ site and it's members for their support and encouragement.  She is currently too excited to post so I am posting her interview experience here and on our timeline also:
 
Overall, a pleasant experience.  Everyone was nice and friendly, but the interview was still very thorough.
 
The initial lady collected the following documents:
-  Passport
- Passport pictures
- Police reports
 
The interview lasted about 30 mins despite the fact I was asked many questions.  
I kept my answers short and clarified just a couple of points to the CO. 
 
Interview question:
 
1. How did you meet your husband?
2. How did your relationship progress from there?
3. How much older is your husband than you?
(A lot questions surrounded my husband because of the age gap between us.)
4. When did you say you met?
5. So you have known your husband for 8 years and married for the last 2 years. How come it took you both that long to get married?
6. Can I see your wedding pictures?
7. How many people were at each of your traditional and white weddings? 
8. Do you have any other pictures of your relationship? (Yes)
9. Can I see all of the pictures you have?  
(I had about 200 pictures in collages - she went through every picture while she kept asking more questions)
10. I see you have travelled outside Ghana.  What countries?
11. Have you lived abroad and if so for how long?
12. Have you ever been arrested before?
13. Where is your husband now? (He dropped me off for the interview?)
14. When did he come back to Ghana? (He hasn't left since we got married in 2019).
15, How come? 
16.  When does he plan to return to the US? 
17. Where does your husband live in the US.
18. Does he have property in the US?
19. Do you know that your husband recently retired? (Yes).
20. Can I see his financial records? 
(Submitted copy of I-864 and his updated 2021 bank and investment statements - he used assets as additional financial backing)?
21, How many children do you and your husband have together? (She asked for their birth certs) 
22. Did your children have any DNA testing done for their CRBA? (No. None was requested.)
 
Then came the magic word:
 
"Congratulations!" -  I can't find a reason to deny you. I wish you and your husband all the best in the US"
 
She kept my passport and handed me a Domestic Violence document to read and instructions to collect my passport.
 
Documents she did not ask for but that I carried along:
1. Tax transcript (but she did look through my husbands I-864).
2. My husband's divorce papers.
3. My husband's citizenship papers and passports.
4. Call logs, whatsapp messages, Travel logs. 

This is the most thorough interview I’ve seen for a visa of your type.
 
Congratulations! 

I just wanted to take a moment and say thank you to everyone on Visa Journey. This morning my husband officially became a US Citizen—ending our nearly 6 year immigration journey. Ours wasn’t an easy one. It involved a denied K1 visa petition (2015), a successful CR1 petition (2017), Removal of Conditions (applied in 2018, approved July 2020), and Naturalization (applied 2019, approved July 2020), along with 5 trips to Ghana and 2 ½ years living apart. I know there are some on here that’s cases are even more difficult than ours was.
 
Thank you to everyone for sharing your knowledge and experience about immigration. I am so grateful to have a community who understands the complexities of immigration, as well as the emotional toll it can have on someone and their relationship.
 
For those of you still waiting, don’t lose faith. I know it’s hard waiting but I can promise you it’s worth it. Good luck to you all!

Much appreciated. Have a safe trip to the US. 🙏🏼

Thank u.. sure 
So who’s filing for me? What’s his name? How did we meet? When did we get married? Where does he live? What job does he do? What work do I do? Have I bn married before? Do we have kids? That’s it basically 

Hello everyone.. so my CR1 interview was scheduled for today and It came on as scheduled, wasn’t canceled. By Gods grace it was approved. I wish everyone well and pray we’re reunited with our family soon. 

It's unfortunate they don't realize how much panic and distress they cause with their terminology. 😓

All - If you’ve been following U.S. politics and President Biden’s executive orders and initiatives then you know he’s expressed a desire to focus on a path for illegals in the U.S. I would like to ask him to also focus on fixing the legal immigration process. I want him to look at the K1 and CR1/IR1 process that so many of us are stuck in. I am a U.S. citizen and have been separated from my U.K. husband for nearly a year. Now we’ve run into yet another delay and I’ve had to hire an immigration attorney. There is a form to contact the White House and share your concerns. I don’t think, President Biden is reading this inbox himself, but I’m thinking about volume here. If enough of us send messages urging him to look at this, maybe someone will put these messages in front of him and say, ‘Sir 100’s (1000’s!) of U.S. citizens, voters, tax payers have been writing and sharing their stories.’ My message will include NVC’s 1 hour hold time, how our DQ got delayed due to NVC “misrouting” our case, about the 2 expedite requests I submitted including a Dr’s note and both requests were denied... and about the emotional stress and hardship that this broken process has caused us. Please take a minute and share your story. There is character limit on the form so if you’re wordy like me, you may have to edit your post for length. Maybe if enough of us write this could get looked at. I’ve included the link below. 
 
Contact the White House: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi2sODSodPuAhXOHM0KHUNZC-0QFjAAegQIAhAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whitehouse.gov%2Fcontact%2F&usg=AOvVaw12w3dIHKsIMB8cvnk4mAf-
 

I go through the Ghana timelines regularly and sometimes contact individuals that may not have updated their timelines to do so.  Some people can't be bothered to update their timelines so I PM them directly to get information.  
 
You can check this link with some of the updated timelines.

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?op6=All&op66=All&op7=Ghana&op1=3&op2=&dfile=No&i129prem=All&i140prem=All&op3=&op4=1&op5=5%2C6%2C8%2C10%2C11%2C13%2C14%2C15%2C16%2C17%2C18%2C20%2C21%2C22%2C25%2C26%2C27%2C28%2C108%2C110%2C111%2C208%2C210%2C211&cfl=
 
I hope you find it useful. 
I will soon be after you to update your timeline 😁😅

Thank you. Based on what I have seen, if scheduling continues without COVID interruption then you will probably get your interview notice for March/April.
 
Interviews are usually scheduled beginning of a month for the following month. So we should start to see more March interviews scheduled this coming week.

Neither option is fast.....

Thanks for taking the time to read, write, & post. 😊

Unfortunately with countries where some applicants  have committed fraudulent behavior many of us genuine applicants end up paying the price . I speak as someone who had no red flags but we were delayed by our lawyers incompetence w paperwork  (and just poor luck)
 The  basic fact is for some reason there appears to be a suspicion as to whether there is a genuine relationship , or someone taking advantage of another. The paperwork snafu is common enough in developing countries , but has been flagged  as possible evidence of fraud.  The NADRA stuff has got to be sorted out and probably has been. I think the real challenge is providing a lot of evidence of a real relationship.  Being able to speak each others ( or at least a common) language should help.
IM not a big fan of lawyers but I think in this case they should be able to help you not make paperwork errors ( as has happened) and maybe guide you on evidence you may need to prove the truth
Good luck!