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Hi everyone, I am sponsoring my Argentine husband from Argentina where we have lived for the past 27 years (so looking forward to joining our kids in the U.S.!) The Embassy interview is on September 2, so we are trying to organized the medical exams in August. Can anyone tell me if the lab tests can be done on a walk-in basis? One doctor is saying that we see her in the morning, go to the lab, see her again and it's all finished in one day. This would be great since we live in Bahía Blanca. The other doctor works in the afternoon, so he is suggesting to go to the lab first, but I don't see how this would be possible without having written orders for the lab about which tests they should do. Essentially, I am looking for people's experiences with this process in a chronological fashion, particularly for those who had to travel to Buenos Aires to do the exams. Thanks everyone and good luck to those going through the same process!

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I reached out to my congressperson after the application reached the 14 1/2 month mark. Her office sent me forms to sign giving permission to look into our case. I-130 approval came a month later. When I thanked her office, they told me to let them know if I have any more difficulties. I have heard similar stories from others, so it's definitely worth a try. And I wouldn't hesitate to contact them asap. The wait is already long enough.

Hi Everyone, As a retired U.S. expat, I had some pretty big files to upload for proof of assets and domicile, not to mention the I-864 itself! After wrestling with the subject for half a day, I stumbled across a relatively easy solution to reducing the files to fit the 4 mb uploading restriction. I have the HP Smart app downloaded on my computer to use with my HP printer. In the app, it says: "HP Smart can use the camera in your computer, if available, to scan documents or photos. You can also import files stored on your computer and convert them to PDFs." Please note that, for this purpose, the app only works on a computer (not cellphone). YOU DO NOT NEED AN HP PRINTER TO USE THIS FUNCTION. You do need to have each page of your documents saved on your computer as JPG files. You can do this in any number of ways, such as scanning as your documents as jpg's with your phone or scanner, or converting files with an app (I used the Combine PDF File extension on Chrome which works with files locally and not on the Cloud). In the HP Smart app, go to SCAN, and do the following: IMPORT-(choose .jpg document & choose FULL to scan entire page)-APPLY-Add additional pages by clicking the + sign. When you have all your pages scanned: SAVE-COMPRESSION-HIGH-SAVE-Save file to Folder. With this method, I managed to reduce one file from 4745 kbs to 745 kbs and the other from 8173 kbs to 1998 kbs. Hopefully this will help the rest of you with this tricky subject. Good luck!