Allaboutwaiting

What makes you feel you need to pay someone to do so? And particularly that outrageous amount! -IMO-.
 
The instructions from USCIS and the guides here in the forum are so easy to follow.
 
And if you have a specific question, you can ask and the members will be happy to help.
 
I think all these visa services are a waste of time and money and based on what people have shared around the forum, they create problems rather than solve/avoid them.
 
 

I would guess someone “” close to home “ turned him
in ..perhaps a victim’s family . It’s a close knit community.
 
After serving out his prison term , he can still get withholding only ( and stay here) due to ongoing civil war in Ethiopia 

1.  Not an issue, unless your wife visits North Korea, Iran, or Syria.  Also, if she stays more than 6 months or gets in trouble with the law in any country other than her current one, she would likely need another police certificate.  In any case, make sure your wife updates her travel info on the DS-260 form prior to her visa interview.
 
2.  Not an issue for the consulate in Seoul if you have sufficient liquid assets, preferably in US-based accounts.  IIRC, @Redro has first-hand experience with this.
 

Looks like 5 or 6 posts a day… 

It was recently changed to less posts due to spam farms. 
 Restricted new accounts to only being able to post 5 content items the first 24 hours.  20 content items from days 2-4. 

https://www.uscis.gov/family/bring-spouse-to-live-in-US

As @JeanneAdil advices, tell them to just ask an agent to direct them to the proper queue as it varies between airports and even times of the day.

Wonder if the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center were the ones that found him or it was a member of the public that provided information.

Rather than tell them and maybe you tell the wrong line and they get embarrassed by CBP telling they are in the wrong line,  why not tell them to find the agents that are there to direct them properly to the right line
every large airport has agents to assist when the international flights come in
 
The lines for non US citizens are the ones with multiple language speakers

Congrats!  Your patience, perseverance, and knowledge paid off.

So which one are you?

So, 27 months since we filed for ROC, 17 months after our case was transferred to our local office to be interviewed -instead of being approved like every case around us- and 9 months after our last status update (that showed fingerprints were taken 😑), last Thursday, to very much our surprise, our case was finally approved with no interview and just now, we received the GC. We are still waiting for the approval letter that allegedly was mailed already. 
 
Our status still reads "Card was mailed" and we never received updates on the phone or email -which did happen for every status change when we went through AOS-.
We actually found out we were approved because we would check the online status from time to time. As for the tracking number, we got it through USPS informed delivery just yesterday.
 
After the initial shock of being transferred for an interview on February 2022 -right after responding to an RFE-, we were not really in any rush, as we received all 3 extension letters -12,24 and 48 months- though alas, we never got to travel with the 48 one. 😅 
The wait was more unnerving this week since approval than the more than two years our case was still in process.
 
As soon as we got the delivery notification I ran towards the mailbox and still got to see the mailman leaving -though didn't have the chance to say hello or thank you-.
I've checked the card five times already and fortunately everything is correct. 
 
Even though we were "fine" with waiting, the idea of still having to go through an interview was very annoying. We're glad they decided in the end not to schedule one and we are still puzzled about why we were transferred to be interviewed in the first place. 
 
The whole road since the beginning was a little bumpy and sometimes quite challenging. I personally tend to use even unpleasant experiences as a path for knowledge but in this particular case I basically learnt nothing and if I did, I didn't need to learn it this way. 🤪
 
We're just glad the wait is finally over and we can share this moment with the forum.
We will worry in a little less than 10 years, hoping the fee for renewal goes down (one can dream).

So, 27 months since we filed for ROC, 17 months after our case was transferred to our local office to be interviewed -instead of being approved like every case around us- and 9 months after our last status update (that showed fingerprints were taken 😑), last Thursday, to very much our surprise, our case was finally approved with no interview and just now, we received the GC. We are still waiting for the approval letter that allegedly was mailed already. 
 
Our status still reads "Card was mailed" and we never received updates on the phone or email -which did happen for every status change when we went through AOS-.
We actually found out we were approved because we would check the online status from time to time. As for the tracking number, we got it through USPS informed delivery just yesterday.
 
After the initial shock of being transferred for an interview on February 2022 -right after responding to an RFE-, we were not really in any rush, as we received all 3 extension letters -12,24 and 48 months- though alas, we never got to travel with the 48 one. 😅 
The wait was more unnerving this week since approval than the more than two years our case was still in process.
 
As soon as we got the delivery notification I ran towards the mailbox and still got to see the mailman leaving -though didn't have the chance to say hello or thank you-.
I've checked the card five times already and fortunately everything is correct. 
 
Even though we were "fine" with waiting, the idea of still having to go through an interview was very annoying. We're glad they decided in the end not to schedule one and we are still puzzled about why we were transferred to be interviewed in the first place. 
 
The whole road since the beginning was a little bumpy and sometimes quite challenging. I personally tend to use even unpleasant experiences as a path for knowledge but in this particular case I basically learnt nothing and if I did, I didn't need to learn it this way. 🤪
 
We're just glad the wait is finally over and we can share this moment with the forum.
We will worry in a little less than 10 years, hoping the fee for renewal goes down (one can dream).

Thanks! 🥳
 
 
Thanks! We have that very pleasant calmness that comes when something is finally over.
 
And sure, we'll stick around. 😊

So, 27 months since we filed for ROC, 17 months after our case was transferred to our local office to be interviewed -instead of being approved like every case around us- and 9 months after our last status update (that showed fingerprints were taken 😑), last Thursday, to very much our surprise, our case was finally approved with no interview and just now, we received the GC. We are still waiting for the approval letter that allegedly was mailed already. 
 
Our status still reads "Card was mailed" and we never received updates on the phone or email -which did happen for every status change when we went through AOS-.
We actually found out we were approved because we would check the online status from time to time. As for the tracking number, we got it through USPS informed delivery just yesterday.
 
After the initial shock of being transferred for an interview on February 2022 -right after responding to an RFE-, we were not really in any rush, as we received all 3 extension letters -12,24 and 48 months- though alas, we never got to travel with the 48 one. 😅 
The wait was more unnerving this week since approval than the more than two years our case was still in process.
 
As soon as we got the delivery notification I ran towards the mailbox and still got to see the mailman leaving -though didn't have the chance to say hello or thank you-.
I've checked the card five times already and fortunately everything is correct. 
 
Even though we were "fine" with waiting, the idea of still having to go through an interview was very annoying. We're glad they decided in the end not to schedule one and we are still puzzled about why we were transferred to be interviewed in the first place. 
 
The whole road since the beginning was a little bumpy and sometimes quite challenging. I personally tend to use even unpleasant experiences as a path for knowledge but in this particular case I basically learnt nothing and if I did, I didn't need to learn it this way. 🤪
 
We're just glad the wait is finally over and we can share this moment with the forum.
We will worry in a little less than 10 years, hoping the fee for renewal goes down (one can dream).

You have absolutely everything messed up.
You say you applied for the visa but she is the one going for the interview. Then you say ”All these years my husband travel to visit me will go to waste.”.
 
Regardless of gender, things are as follows:
US citizen=petitioner
Foreigner=tourist visa applicant=spousal visa beneficiary=person that will be interviewed
 
Which one are you?
 

Agreed with @Mike E
 
Who are you? The husband, the wife, the US citizen, the tourist visa applicant?

He needs to move to a state that allows first cousin marriages. Otherwise he will never get an immigrant visa for his fiancee/wife.

So, 27 months since we filed for ROC, 17 months after our case was transferred to our local office to be interviewed -instead of being approved like every case around us- and 9 months after our last status update (that showed fingerprints were taken 😑), last Thursday, to very much our surprise, our case was finally approved with no interview and just now, we received the GC. We are still waiting for the approval letter that allegedly was mailed already. 
 
Our status still reads "Card was mailed" and we never received updates on the phone or email -which did happen for every status change when we went through AOS-.
We actually found out we were approved because we would check the online status from time to time. As for the tracking number, we got it through USPS informed delivery just yesterday.
 
After the initial shock of being transferred for an interview on February 2022 -right after responding to an RFE-, we were not really in any rush, as we received all 3 extension letters -12,24 and 48 months- though alas, we never got to travel with the 48 one. 😅 
The wait was more unnerving this week since approval than the more than two years our case was still in process.
 
As soon as we got the delivery notification I ran towards the mailbox and still got to see the mailman leaving -though didn't have the chance to say hello or thank you-.
I've checked the card five times already and fortunately everything is correct. 
 
Even though we were "fine" with waiting, the idea of still having to go through an interview was very annoying. We're glad they decided in the end not to schedule one and we are still puzzled about why we were transferred to be interviewed in the first place. 
 
The whole road since the beginning was a little bumpy and sometimes quite challenging. I personally tend to use even unpleasant experiences as a path for knowledge but in this particular case I basically learnt nothing and if I did, I didn't need to learn it this way. 🤪
 
We're just glad the wait is finally over and we can share this moment with the forum.
We will worry in a little less than 10 years, hoping the fee for renewal goes down (one can dream).

So, 27 months since we filed for ROC, 17 months after our case was transferred to our local office to be interviewed -instead of being approved like every case around us- and 9 months after our last status update (that showed fingerprints were taken 😑), last Thursday, to very much our surprise, our case was finally approved with no interview and just now, we received the GC. We are still waiting for the approval letter that allegedly was mailed already. 
 
Our status still reads "Card was mailed" and we never received updates on the phone or email -which did happen for every status change when we went through AOS-.
We actually found out we were approved because we would check the online status from time to time. As for the tracking number, we got it through USPS informed delivery just yesterday.
 
After the initial shock of being transferred for an interview on February 2022 -right after responding to an RFE-, we were not really in any rush, as we received all 3 extension letters -12,24 and 48 months- though alas, we never got to travel with the 48 one. 😅 
The wait was more unnerving this week since approval than the more than two years our case was still in process.
 
As soon as we got the delivery notification I ran towards the mailbox and still got to see the mailman leaving -though didn't have the chance to say hello or thank you-.
I've checked the card five times already and fortunately everything is correct. 
 
Even though we were "fine" with waiting, the idea of still having to go through an interview was very annoying. We're glad they decided in the end not to schedule one and we are still puzzled about why we were transferred to be interviewed in the first place. 
 
The whole road since the beginning was a little bumpy and sometimes quite challenging. I personally tend to use even unpleasant experiences as a path for knowledge but in this particular case I basically learnt nothing and if I did, I didn't need to learn it this way. 🤪
 
We're just glad the wait is finally over and we can share this moment with the forum.
We will worry in a little less than 10 years, hoping the fee for renewal goes down (one can dream).

Congratulations 👏 🎊 💐 🥳 

Really glad to hear this fabulous news.  You must be on top of the world!
Sure hope that you'll stay active in the forums.

So, 27 months since we filed for ROC, 17 months after our case was transferred to our local office to be interviewed -instead of being approved like every case around us- and 9 months after our last status update (that showed fingerprints were taken 😑), last Thursday, to very much our surprise, our case was finally approved with no interview and just now, we received the GC. We are still waiting for the approval letter that allegedly was mailed already. 
 
Our status still reads "Card was mailed" and we never received updates on the phone or email -which did happen for every status change when we went through AOS-.
We actually found out we were approved because we would check the online status from time to time. As for the tracking number, we got it through USPS informed delivery just yesterday.
 
After the initial shock of being transferred for an interview on February 2022 -right after responding to an RFE-, we were not really in any rush, as we received all 3 extension letters -12,24 and 48 months- though alas, we never got to travel with the 48 one. 😅 
The wait was more unnerving this week since approval than the more than two years our case was still in process.
 
As soon as we got the delivery notification I ran towards the mailbox and still got to see the mailman leaving -though didn't have the chance to say hello or thank you-.
I've checked the card five times already and fortunately everything is correct. 
 
Even though we were "fine" with waiting, the idea of still having to go through an interview was very annoying. We're glad they decided in the end not to schedule one and we are still puzzled about why we were transferred to be interviewed in the first place. 
 
The whole road since the beginning was a little bumpy and sometimes quite challenging. I personally tend to use even unpleasant experiences as a path for knowledge but in this particular case I basically learnt nothing and if I did, I didn't need to learn it this way. 🤪
 
We're just glad the wait is finally over and we can share this moment with the forum.
We will worry in a little less than 10 years, hoping the fee for renewal goes down (one can dream).

So which one are you?

Agreed with @Mike E
 
Who are you? The husband, the wife, the US citizen, the tourist visa applicant?