mary&felipe

Maybe someone else already said this but the Co-Sponsors income is 84K that doesnt mean that is what they declared in taxable income on line 21 of their tax return. You need to look at THAT # not their total annual income. I’m pretty sure that line after deductions, dependants etc isn’t 84K unless they make in the high 6 figures. 

I wanted to Update this thread now for posterity. In case anyone were to find themselves in this situation in the future. Once you get the expedite granted you will log into your CEAC and it will say “your petition is now at the embassy...” and the CEAC portal admin will hand it over to the embassy. Which means everything you see on that page after your expedite is the EMBASSY who is generating the content. Do whatever the page asks you to do, read the instructions, upload whatever it asks for etc. Contact the embassy by email too, to let them know you’ve done so and thats it. Good luck to everyone. My husband has his interview tomorrow and with any luck he should be with me and our kids next week. Have a lovely year!

I wanted to Update this thread now for posterity. In case anyone were to find themselves in this situation in the future. Once you get the expedite granted you will log into your CEAC and it will say “your petition is now at the embassy...” and the CEAC portal admin will hand it over to the embassy. Which means everything you see on that page after your expedite is the EMBASSY who is generating the content. Do whatever the page asks you to do, read the instructions, upload whatever it asks for etc. Contact the embassy by email too, to let them know you’ve done so and thats it. Good luck to everyone. My husband has his interview tomorrow and with any luck he should be with me and our kids next week. Have a lovely year!

I see a few issues here
1st   it is Ghana and there are many denied visas
2nd   you are introduced thru a person/ he then would have been  a friend and you don't know how he died??????
3rd    you have not been together since the marriage 
4th    the CO saw the income was not sufficient  to  enable the visa
5th   you said wife had a  surgery  and you did not state the nature of her illness  and  that was  the questions
 
you overcome this by getting to know your wife better and prove  a REAL relationship 
she has to improve her income level
show she is not still ill and is able to provide so you will not become a public charge
prove you are educated so you can work in the US as married over 2 years the 10 year green card will be issued
and she reapplys  showing all of the above

Expediting means that you submit proof of a reason to expedite your case thus making it go faster.  They'll either approve or deny it anywhere from a week to a month or so.  You can expedite at USCIS or at NVC.  USCIS has stricter guidelines and they stick to them for expedition criteria.
 
Here is the list:
Severe financial loss to company or person; Emergency situation; Humanitarian reasons; Nonprofit organization whose request is in furtherance of the cultural and social interests of the United States; Department of Defense or national interest situation (These particular expedite requests must come from an official U.S. government entity and state that delay will be detrimental to the government.); USCIS error; or Compelling interest of USCIS Good luck!

Hi Mary -- congratulations!! I hope the IV went well.
Just to confirm, in order to schedule the interview you must have handed in all the docs beforehand? Thanks!

Yes you do blood tests, xray etc all that same day. She usually gives you the results that very afternoon. In my husbands case, she was missing an STD result so she offered to drop off his results personally at the consulate the next day, which she did. We got an email from the consulate after that confirming that they had his results, no issues. 

I was about to chime in that you had an expedite! Anyway, congratulations and thank you for your support! Best of luck to your family!!!!! I wosg I could get an expedite, being a single mother on disability is hard stuff. Having a 2nd income would help me so much

I had a USCIS Expedite and an NVC expedite. That is the reason. We only took 6 mnths to get his IR1.

I had a USCIS Expedite and an NVC expedite. That is the reason. We only took 6 mnths to get his IR1.

We were sent to the Embassy jan7th. Then case ready about a week after that, the interview.

Congrats! 

Our Visa has been issued and I’m leaving Vj since we have no further processing pending of any sort. I wanted to say bye first and thank you all for the info, the company etc you’ve all provided during these months. Try not to get too down about the wait, because Once the USCIS portion is done, I promise the rest is much less waiting around. Have a great year, and I hope you are with your loved ones before the year ends. 

Hey everyone again, glad to see some approvals 😊 things are coming along for all of us and that makes me happy. I got my nvc expedite approved today and they fowarded everything to our embassy so I've been happy crying all day. Can't wait for our kids to see their father again, finally. 

Our Visa has been issued and I’m leaving Vj since we have no further processing pending of any sort. I wanted to say bye first and thank you all for the info, the company etc you’ve all provided during these months. Try not to get too down about the wait, because Once the USCIS portion is done, I promise the rest is much less waiting around. Have a great year, and I hope you are with your loved ones before the year ends. 

Congratulations can’t wait to say my farewell!! 👋🏾

Our Visa has been issued and I’m leaving Vj since we have no further processing pending of any sort. I wanted to say bye first and thank you all for the info, the company etc you’ve all provided during these months. Try not to get too down about the wait, because Once the USCIS portion is done, I promise the rest is much less waiting around. Have a great year, and I hope you are with your loved ones before the year ends. 

Our Visa has been issued and I’m leaving Vj since we have no further processing pending of any sort. I wanted to say bye first and thank you all for the info, the company etc you’ve all provided during these months. Try not to get too down about the wait, because Once the USCIS portion is done, I promise the rest is much less waiting around. Have a great year, and I hope you are with your loved ones before the year ends. 

Our Visa has been issued and I’m leaving Vj since we have no further processing pending of any sort. I wanted to say bye first and thank you all for the info, the company etc you’ve all provided during these months. Try not to get too down about the wait, because Once the USCIS portion is done, I promise the rest is much less waiting around. Have a great year, and I hope you are with your loved ones before the year ends. 

I wanted to Update this thread now for posterity. In case anyone were to find themselves in this situation in the future. Once you get the expedite granted you will log into your CEAC and it will say “your petition is now at the embassy...” and the CEAC portal admin will hand it over to the embassy. Which means everything you see on that page after your expedite is the EMBASSY who is generating the content. Do whatever the page asks you to do, read the instructions, upload whatever it asks for etc. Contact the embassy by email too, to let them know you’ve done so and thats it. Good luck to everyone. My husband has his interview tomorrow and with any luck he should be with me and our kids next week. Have a lovely year!

Thats awesome! Thanks for the heads up!! Good luck to your husband tomorrow!! let me know how it goes!!!

I wanted to Update this thread now for posterity. In case anyone were to find themselves in this situation in the future. Once you get the expedite granted you will log into your CEAC and it will say “your petition is now at the embassy...” and the CEAC portal admin will hand it over to the embassy. Which means everything you see on that page after your expedite is the EMBASSY who is generating the content. Do whatever the page asks you to do, read the instructions, upload whatever it asks for etc. Contact the embassy by email too, to let them know you’ve done so and thats it. Good luck to everyone. My husband has his interview tomorrow and with any luck he should be with me and our kids next week. Have a lovely year!

Good luck Mary!!! Finally the end of this process is near for you! Start preparing for the big hug with your husband 😍

That's a lot of time for an expedite in the final stage! It's good news that they received everything. I hope your husband can schedule the interview soon. 

I wish I could be there with him..he'll do fine though, perk of being together for over a decade is we've told the story of how we met Ad Nauseum 😆😆