Umar - NVC ISB

Hello everyone. I have been on this forum since 2017. My wife was just issued a IR1/ CR1 visa today. It took us 3 years to get a visa after filling law suit "WOM". Here is my timeline...
 
i130 Sent: March 2017
i130 Approved: October 2017
Interview: Feb 14th, 2018 and put in AP
Filed WOM: December 2019
USCIS asked for extension: March 26, 2020 due to covid-19
Visa Issed: June 4th, 2020
 
I thank everyone who helped me stay calm and patient. But I truly believe that they would have kept us waiting for another 2 years if I did not file WOM through my lawyer.  
 
I wish everyone good luck and I hope you all reunite with your family members soon. This was a very long and hard journey for us.  
 
Umar & Sana
 
 

Hope your Fiance's visa gets Issued ASAP! I would not wish this process on my worst enemy. 

DS-5535 was created after direct orders from the President Of United States.......
In a May 4, 2017 Federal Register notice [82 FR 20956], the Department of State (DOS) proposed creating a new form to standardize the collection of additional information from immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants "who have been determined to warrant additional scrutiny in connection with terrorism or other national security-related visa ineligibilities." The form was designated as Form DS-5535, Supplemental Questions for Visa Applicants. In the Federal Register notice, DOS:
Stated that collecting this information "implements the directive of the President, in the Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security of March 6, 2017, to implement additional protocols and procedures focused on 'ensur[ing] the proper collection of all information necessary to rigorously evaluate all grounds of inadmissibility or deportability, or grounds for the denial of other immigration benefits.'"

DS-5535 was created after direct orders from the President Of United States.......
In a May 4, 2017 Federal Register notice [82 FR 20956], the Department of State (DOS) proposed creating a new form to standardize the collection of additional information from immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants "who have been determined to warrant additional scrutiny in connection with terrorism or other national security-related visa ineligibilities." The form was designated as Form DS-5535, Supplemental Questions for Visa Applicants. In the Federal Register notice, DOS:
Stated that collecting this information "implements the directive of the President, in the Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security of March 6, 2017, to implement additional protocols and procedures focused on 'ensur[ing] the proper collection of all information necessary to rigorously evaluate all grounds of inadmissibility or deportability, or grounds for the denial of other immigration benefits.'"

I think it has nothing to with our names and counties our relatives have visited or lived in.  All of this is happening because of current US administration (Trump). He promised to curb immigration and do extreme vetting of everyone coming to US. We only hear in the media about illegal immigration but the fact is that they have made legal immigration process much more harder than ever before.  Their goal is to reduce the number of immigrants coming to US legally and they are slowing down the process to do exactly that. No background and AP should take this long. This Administrative Process is just to slow down legal immigration and discourage people from applying. Please reach out to your Congressman and other local politicians. Get your voice heard. 
 

I have seen this before with many cases. This happens when ur case has been in AP for a year. Dont fill it out unless the embassy tells you. When your visa is ready then the embassy will tell you to fill it if needed.