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The spousal visa and fiancé visa currently take about 1.5 to 2 years. If your fiancé is from Iran she might be subject to additional security checks AFTER her interview. You might be waiting 3-4 years before she can come to the US. ETA: if your fiancé is from Iran I definitely recommend the spousal route over fiancé.

This assumes the USC parent can pass on citizenship… we don’t know the particulars of the USC yet.

Who will have the child? The intending immigrant or the US citizen? And where does the USC live right now?

I-134 and I-864 are used for fiance visa. Only I-864 is used for spousal visa. If you apply for the fiance visa you will have to submit the I-134 at the interview at the consulate. Then you will have to submit the I-864 when you partner adjusts status inside the US. Even if you plan to use a joint sponsor you will have to complete your own I-864 as you are the petitioner (so the main sponsor). Poverty Guidelines for Affidavit of Support If you are just petitioning your wife/fiance you only need to show you can support TWO people - Currently that is $24,650. If you are petitioning your wife and you have a child that will be THREE people... so, $31, 075. This is assuming you have no other dependents and you haven't sponsored other people before.... ETA: If you have a joint sponsor they will have to make enough to support your wife AND anyone else in their family... your child does not need to be included or sponsored if you are able to pass on US citizenship to them.

When I entered the US last year... there was another person activating their spousal visa, too. They had waited an extra few weeks/months to enter after 2 year anniversary and I overheard officers talking about changing CR1 to IR1. One officer was encountering it for the first time, while the other was explaining the rule to him.

Are all factors of starting a family together important to you? Depending on where beneficiary is from you might want to consider moving to that country and starting a family there - if immigration is easier, access to fertility treatments is easier and cheaper… Then consider moving to the US when child is school going age.

Oh… I was hoping you were at an embassy with a quicker turn around… This poster was DQ’ed in May 2022 and interview in December… following the same timeline if Egypt hasn’t sped up you should interview in October or November 2023. Applying for expedite might work. But if you sent in a submission now you might end up having to schedule your own appointment which could mean an interview in October/November anyway… but it doesn’t hurt to try… congrats on the pregnancy. And wishing your wife good health.

Which country will you interview in? When were you DQ'ed? And what is "a couple of months"?

I was gonna tag you after receiving the answer but good to know you are already here… hopefully OP will come back and clarify their plan…

Here are instructions for K-1 visa interview in Paris.

Are you planning to move to the US with your child or would you just like your child to obtain US citizenship?

It is K1 visa? First do not pay the visa fees until it has been transferred: If you are requesting a transfer for a K Visa, the receiving Embassy or Consulate has the discretion to approve or deny the acceptance of a K visa application from an applicant outside the consular district. Contact the potential gaining U.S. embassy or consulate in writing to request a transfer of your case and include the reason for the transfer request. If you paid the MRV fee at the original post and the transfer request to a new post is subsequently approved, a new visa fee will be required.

Did you submit evidence of bonafide relationship with your AOS? Did you upload the marriage certificate with I-130/ send copy of marriage certificate with package? What did you check for reason for adjustment on I-1485?

Not required as you cannot obtain it from outside the UAE. Court/ Police Certificates Available: Only if applicant is physically present in the UAE. Comments: Not available by mail. Post recommends that consular officers waive the general requirement to obtain police certificates unless the applicant lives in the UAE.

From previous posts it appears OP requires waiver for J1

Unless you spoke to delivery person you won’t know what happened… FedEx probably doesn’t know what happened… you’re most likely talking to someone in a different state or even country looking at a computer screen and selling you different stories (did you talk to the same person. Or different?). Not a scam probably just minimum wage workers going off a script…

This has happened to me in several countries… not just here in the US. People are human. They make mistakes OR they have quotas to fill in a hour/day/week so they scan before they actually deliver. Same might have happened if you used UPS… I know I’ve had things marked “delivered” on a Saturday by UPS and I only get it Monday.

I’m aware she won’t be able to interview in Montreal. They have a rule you have to show proof of residency… but USCIS will probably still assign you to MTL so you will have to request the change. You can be safe and have her request the police check now and return to Vietnam as soon as she receives it. PCCs remain valid as long as you don’t re-enter the country. I hope you are aware the spousal visa process takes on average 18-24 months so you might be waiting for the next step 12 months from now… (assuming you just submitted the I-130).

She will need to obtain the police certificate for NVC- before she gets her interview date. I assume her last address on the I-130 is in Canada. This means she will be assigned Montreal consulate. You will have to request they move the interview from Canada to Vietnam. This will take extra time. The police clearance certificate should be valid from submission at NVC to interview (it is usually valid for 1 year). Im not sure about rules in Canada and overstay. hopefully you have researched if it is possible to obtain the police certificate after overstaying (on the visa she had) and the implications of requesting one if you are out of status.

This document is only required if you are a Thai National (From the instructions): Marital Status Certificates(Thai nationals): All fiancé(e) K1 visa applicants who are Thai nationals should submit a marital status certificate. Also known as the Single Status Certificate, this is obtainable at the local district office (Thai Amphur). It should state that the local district office completed a review of the Family Registration Database. You won't be able to obtain this document unless you yourself are a Thai national. Someone from the UK or France or South Africa or Nigeria interviewing for a K1 in Thailand would not be able to (or expected to) produce this document.

This is a document some countries have to show they are not married. The US does not have a national database of marital status so it is not needed on your side. Only she has to show the document. Is she Thai and interviewing in Thailand?

If your petition is being processed at the National Visa Center (NVC), contact the NVC to request the transfer. NVC will transfer cases to another IV processing post if parties provide a written request along with the address in the requested country and the proof of eligibility (citizenship/legal residency in the requested country or other documentation). This can be provided at https://nvc.state.gov/inquiry. In limited circumstances, NVC may need to contact you for additional eligibility requirements. Note that transferring your case might not result in immediate processing as cases are processed in order based on the date the case became documentarily qualified. you will probably have to include proof of residency in Algeria (resident card, passport, mail to address in Algeria etc) they will change your number once it is completed but you can submit documentation while you wait for the approval

This is not true. You can move forward if income requirement calculation is not standard. We qualified with assets and it was suggested we get a joint sponsor in case CO did not consider our savings sufficient. We were aware going into interview there was a chance they would request a joint sponsor… embassy worker reminded us we could not use income earned outside US and we needed a joint sponsor. So clearly she had encountered others who passed NVC to interview but then had to obtain joint sponsor after speaking to CO. The issue with interviewing just after tax season is CO has all the right to request updated i864 and income statements. Immigration is long and arduous process and we have to keep up to date with the changing requirements.

I know your income was sufficient before the change. My question was did you receive a note stating “we can’t determine if your income qualifies a CO will make the final decision… you might want to submit a joint sponsor” or did you only receive a “your case has been documentarily qualified” message when you completed NVC stage?

Did you receive 221(g) OR Has the file been returned to USCIS? What did CO tell you at interview?- NOIR or NOID? If sent back to USCIS you probably want to start over with new I-130 petition after the USC moves to another state. Getting an address and new job in the new state should be sufficient…