Hannah711

Just now, Timona said:

Why would you change it if it isn't broken? I agree with the above posters. Don't start complicating simple matters after waiting all this long in AP.

Because personally I don’t want to involve others if I am able to by myself…. Anyways I will keep it the way it is. Thanks for your feedback. 

3 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

After waiting this long for AP the embassy will require a new medical exam and possibly a new I 864 with supporting evidence

u can make sure this is available to the intending immigrant in case the embassy asks

 

8 months in AP would mean u interviewed with 2020 tax transcripts

now the embassy needs 2021 and i am surprised they didn't ask for them

Yes we know we need a new medical. They did not mention anything about financial documents or anything else. They only mentioned the passport and a new medical. 

5 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

I wouldn't.    Send them exactly what they asked for.  What do you mean by "Our case was approved"?  Until the visa status has changed to "Issued", it is not approved.

Ok I will reword my comment. Our administrative processing was completed today. Do you know how we can change our sponsor? Thanks! 

6 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

I wouldn't.    Send them exactly what they asked for.  What do you mean by "Our case was approved"?  Until the visa status has changed to "Issued", it is not approved.

Ok I will reword my comment. Our administrative processing was completed today. Do you know how we can change our sponsor? Thanks! 

Can we attempt to change our sponsor after admin processing? Our case was finally approved today after 9 months in AP!!! we weren’t able to give anything to the officer at the interview that had my updated financial info trying to prove I can be his sponsor and we no longer need our current sponsor. We were told to send in his passport. Should we send in a letter with evidence for sponsoring him with it? 

We received an email yesterday from the Ankara embassy in turkey asking for a copy of my husbands renewed passport. Just a little background…We have been in admin processing for 9 months now. My husband had his passport renewed a couple months ago because we knew the expiration date was approaching. Is this a good sign or just regular procedure that they need his new passport…. We haven’t hear anything from them at all so it was excited to finally hear something from them but I don’t want to get my hopes up too much. Has anyone had experience with this? 

Just now, Hannah711 said:

I really wish we were able to get an actual answer or estimate. Where are you looking for your updates? I usually look on the nvc website but someone from the actual embassy told us we can we the updates on the embassy’s page. The nvc hasn’t updated since march. The one from the embassy updates daily/weekly for us. 

The frequency probably means nothing but it still feels good to know there is some sort of update. 

1 hour ago, MariamTall said:

Hi Hannah771, we also been in the same situation. My husband got approved on February 17th 2022 in Dakar Senegal, and 2 weeks later was ask to send in the form DS5535. Last update was March 9,2022, still no new update. All we can do is wait. Good luck to you 🙏🏾

I really wish we were able to get an actual answer or estimate. Where are you looking for your updates? I usually look on the nvc website but someone from the actual embassy told us we can we the updates on the embassy’s page. The nvc hasn’t updated since march. The one from the embassy updates daily/weekly for us. 

Hi all! 
 

just wanted to create this to see your experience with ds-5535/administrative processing. We are coming up on 6 months now. I’m assuming our medical will end up expiring and we will have to do another. Been pretty sad lately waiting, it’s already been a very long process for us….. but just wanted to hear from others. Best wishes to all!

On 4/16/2022 at 11:11 AM, Hoba said:

I don't get any error message. It just wont click the submit button. Do I have to submit both the rejected documents then press submit of can I submit them each at aa different time cause i'm still waiting for one of the documents?

I would wait for your other document. Once you submit you go back to the end of the line. If you submit another you will just go back to the end of the line again. 

7 hours ago, Hoba said:

It wont change to accepted untill they review it again. I received an RFE for two civil document I uploaded one but it wont allow me to submit it. Do I have to upload both required documents before it can be submitted?? How did you submit your RFE'd documents??

 

What error message are you receiving? Do the docs need to be attached to the same file? Or is the file size too big?

On 4/4/2022 at 7:23 PM, pknick said:

After submitting RFE related documents does it change to Accepted or Submitted, I still have in submitted but I didnt see any accepted status, how long will it take

 

You have to wait until nvc approves the documents. About a month ago when I looked at, nvc was about 3 months behind for reviewing documents from the time it was submitted. 

2 minutes ago, Kian Robinson said:

Thank you so much for these recommendations!

I just want to update everyone in case anyone has a similar experience. The family book did not need to be translated. I did upload all pages of it, including the front and back cover and it was also submitted to the consular officer at the interview. 

On 11/20/2021 at 3:24 AM, Kor2USA said:

If you're waiting for further instructions he might be asked to fill out the DS 5535... (not a certainty but a possibility). 

https://tr.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/91/DS-5535-Supplemental-Questions-For-Visa-Applicants.pdf

Added the form, in case you want to have a look at it and find the info in case your husband has to complete it... 

 

People from predominately muslim countries/ countries with poor record keeping seem to be asked to fill this form out. 

 

Have a search around the forums for some tips/ more info:

https://www.visajourney.com/sitesearch/?cx=partner-pub-3407508467788263%3A9725800110&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=DS+5535+syria&sa=Search

We just got this email today asking him to fill this out.

We are IR1. My husband just had an interview in Ankara turkey. We got administrative processing which was expected due to him being Syrian. We are not missing any documents. They told him to wait two weeks for instructions on how to send in his paperwork and passport. I just am at a loss. I guess we just wait?? 

6 minutes ago, Chancy said:

 

It simply means you must present yourself, with your visa, at a US point of entry for CBP inspection.  Every non-USC traveler to the US needs to apply for entry from CBP.

 

Thank you!

1 hour ago, Chancy said:

 

If Your Visa is Approved -- https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-10-prepare-for-the-interview/step-12-after-the-interview.html

 

Right, I have read this several times however there is wording in it that I question. It states before entering "You must arrive in and apply for admission to the United States." Is applying for admission the visa approval or something else we must then apply for? 

What happens after visa (IR1) approval?  Will we be able to get my spouse a ticket right away to travel to the US? What are the procedures we must do? 

I was just wondering if a joint sponsor can be married and sponsor a an immigrant without their spouse? They file taxes separately as well. 

Does my spouse need to bring the exact original of our signed I864 or would a copy be suffice? Our cosponsor can’t find the original papers she filled out but we have a scanned copy. Does she need to refill one out?

7 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

Wow,  make sure he is legal resident of the country he interviews in

and he has all the criminal reports from countries that he has lived in (for 6 months as citizen path to citizenship says)

 

just google the US embassy in the country of interview and then under visas 

some have K1 CR1 separate

and some list the interview documents under immigrant visa for both

all embassy web sites should contain same info but they don't

Yes we have done all of that. He has been a permanent for over 6 years. I will check. I was just wondering if there was any standard procedures for all embassies in terms of documents but I will check the specific embassy. Thank you 

1 minute ago, JeanneAdil said:

Following site will give you all info you need about documents

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/DMS-Damascus.html

My husband will not be interviewing in Syria or Jordan but I will look at the one for where he will be interviewing. Thank you for the link. 

I'm getting ready to send my husband a complete set of documents to take to his interview. Do I need to make him a copy of all documents as well? I did make an extra for myself to have on hand but I was wondering if he needs a copy as well. Thank you!

3 minutes ago, nelmagriffin said:

Marhaba!

This is very easy. If you read the I-130 Instructions " On how to fill out form I-130" on page 4. # 3. It clearly states the following:

 

"Answer all questions fully and accurately. If a question does not apply to you (for example, if you have never been married and the question asks, “Provide the name of your current spouse”), type or print “N/A,” unless otherwise directed. If your answer to a question which requires a numeric response is zero or none (for example, “How many children do you have” or “How many times have you departed the United States”), type or print “None,” unless otherwise directed."

reference: Form I-130/I-130A Instructions for Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, and Form I-130A Supplemental Information for Spouse Beneficiary (uscis.gov)

I hope this help.

NG

Thank you. She tried typing N/A but it didn’t allow it for some reason. 

I’m asking for a friend who is filling out the I130 form online. I searched this a couple days ago and I can’t find the page that said what to do, anymore.

She does not have any previous marriages so how would she fill out the spot with the date for when previous marriage ended? Is this a way to bypass this. She has tried leaving it blank but continues to get an error message. 

I'm a little confused, a little fed up and frustrated... I received another RFE earlier this month asking for my joint sponsors' W2s. (I submitted a joint sponsor before NVC told me not to and just wait to submit it at the interview, which was an unnecessary set back.) I have not been able to obtain all of my sponsor's W2s and IRS still has not sent her tax transcript so I called NVC to ask them what would be the best option. They suggested I just request to delete the sponsor, which will now take another month (understandably) for them to approve the removal of sponsor.  I just checked my account today and they cleared the RFE and accepted the sponsor!! 🙃

I don't even know what to think now. They accepted her and removed the RFE AFTER my request to remove her so I'm just all confused and just want to move forward! I don't really know what to do except what I have been doing, which is just WAIT 😕... has anyone had this happen?