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On 3/11/2023 at 12:56 AM, Marabella said:

Hey guys pls I just want to know . It’s been over a year since I and my fiancé got engaged and filed for a k1. We are expecting an approval from uscis soon and my fiancé and I haven’t met since we got engaged . I don’t know if it’s a big deal that we didn’t meet after the engagement as at the time of the interview ? 

You should meet before your interview otherwise your chances of approval will be low.

On 1/23/2023 at 3:52 PM, Jorgedig said:

Why?  Because you don’t want to wait in the queue of those who were DQd before you?   Nope.

Lol

On 1/29/2023 at 7:05 PM, SHMG said:

I’m scheduled for my oath ceremony in about three weeks but my spouse is asking for a divorce. Will it affect my oath ceremony? Please help 

No unless you get div before your oath which is less likely. 

33 minutes ago, IoptimisticOne said:

Do you have an expedite reason? You should consider sending a letter to NVC if you have one. That’s what we did! The wait is crazy, hang in there!

How long did it take to get your expedited? 

1 hour ago, Chancy said:

 

Legal presence has to be longer term, to be allowed to interview for an immigrant visa at Montreal.  So a visitor visa will not work, but a student permit will.

 

Thank you for the info 

1 hour ago, Chancy said:

 

Legal presence has to be longer term, to be allowed to interview for an immigrant visa at Montreal.  So a visitor visa will not work, but a student permit will.

 

 Thanks for the info, are you saying a student visa would work? 

On 10/6/2022 at 7:43 AM, Chancy said:

*** Moved from Bringing Family of USC forum to IR1/CR1 Process & Procedures, where topics about I-130 for spouse of USC are discussed ***

 

 

Your spouse beneficiary studying in Canada will have no negative impact on the processing of your I-130 petition for him.  It might turn out to be better for him to be residing in Canada when it comes time to apply for his spouse visa as the wait time for interview in Montreal is currently shorter than that for the consulate in Lagos.

 

Are you saying he can get a  us visa  interview if he has legal presence in Canada? Like a visa? 

On 9/29/2022 at 1:51 PM, Tunlanpania said:

But I saw someone on Nairaland who was DQ on Dec 31st 2021, and did his interview First week of August. How come. Kind of Confused.

 

I also heard that an I-130 approval that stayed long with USCIS before being approved were given interview Date faster, if the petitioner is a USC, and Beneficiary is the Spouse. How true is this story ?

Is this person Nigerian? That is super fast, my case was dq couple of months ago so fingers crossed. 

9 hours ago, Gloriaaa said:

Hello everyone, creating this thread so we can be up to date on where the Lagos consulate is as regards interviews.

 

As it is, they now send interview letters (IL) on the last Wednesdays of every month for IR/CR categories. 
 

A new batch was sent today being the last Wednesday of the month for people documentarily qualified (dq’ed) june and july 2021. The latest case was july 28

Thanks for the update, the wait is killing… 

On 8/31/2022 at 1:55 PM, PatLuvO said:

Hello, if USCIS informed you that your interview was waived how long did it take to recieve your greencard? We were informed our interview was waived and I am just trying to get an idea how long it takes to get approved. Thanks.

Your interview was waved?  In Nigeria? 

On 8/3/2022 at 9:10 AM, Ashleyg333 said:

They are up to April 2021 DQ dates as of last week, those couples have their interviews in Sept. 

wow!  I just can’t wait for them to make things go faster. The wait is crazy! 

1 hour ago, kmurray3241 said:

Does anyone know if you have to pay a fee to get through the gate to get into the Embassy for the interview for Lagos Nigeria Embassy?  I'm being told it's around $280.00.  Is that true?  It is a Nigerian fee to go through the gate.

 

Help!?!?

 

Thank you so much.

Scam! Don’t pay anything to anyone. 

6 minutes ago, ROK2USA said:

 

Did not work for OP. From this thread it seems like it is 50/50... it will work within a month of filing or it won't change anything... 

I guess so, I did mine simultaneously. 

On 2/7/2022 at 12:26 PM, Axl7 said:

Hello all,

 

I am a US citizen and I have already filed an I-130 for my foreign spouse (NOA - 12/08/2021) at the TSC. The current processing times indicate 10-14months of wait time before my spouse can join me in the US. As I was looking through the forums, I did the see the option of filing the I-129F as well for perhaps a faster entry of my spouse into the US (current processing times indicate 3.5-7months). However, the USCIS website (https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-of-us-citizens/k-3k-4-nonimmigrant-visas) indicates that the need for a K3 visa is rare as the I-130 is processed faster. So, I am in a bit of conundrum as to whether I need to file I-129F or just wait for my I-130 to be adjudicated. Greatly appreciate any feedback you all can share!

Yes! It will help you. I got approved a week after submitting mine.

On 1/10/2019 at 9:28 AM, yesuba1 said:

IR2 

Child under 18 and will become a citizenship once in the US since mother is naturalized. 

 

The question is, on the the first page of i864W, question #10 states "U.S. Social Security Number (Required)"

 

Child does not have a US SSN and I cannot put N/A since it says required, what do I do?

 

This is the most up to date form on the USCIS website. 

https://www.uscis.gov/i-864w

 

How did you submit this?

15 minutes ago, AGireland said:

Hey we are still waiting for it to be reviewed. We uploaded it March 26th.
 We just printed out the I-864w, filled it out, signed in ink then scanned it back on to the computer and uploaded it. From what I can find, we didn’t need to upload anything along with it so fingers crossed we will get DQ on our sons case next week  

I will let you know.

 

 

sorry about your RFE. It is such a bummer. They could easily just let you bring the I-864W to the interview rather than make you wait 2.5 months to review it again! 

It sucks! Did you upload or mail it via email to them? It sucks that they don’t specify in the requirements. I submitted for my wife too and her is DQ already. 

On 4/13/2022 at 10:16 AM, AGireland said:

Hi there,

 

Seeing as your post was a while ago now.. what did you file alongside the I-864W ? 
We filed the I-864 for our son only to get a RFE that said we must file the I-864W. There doesn’t appear to be anything we need to upload with it but just wanted to make sure.  

I got same thing for my daughter today, how did you submit yours? 

17 hours ago, Joe Joe said:

Yes. Surname first and given names. On my passport the name order is Alabi(Surname) Given names: Abiola George

 

My attestation of birth the name order is just Alabi George Abiola (No indication of first Surname, first name or middle name). 
 

The name order on my passport  is different from the one on my attestation of birth.

It shouldn’t be a problem 

4 hours ago, Diome said:

Please I am just wondering if sponsoring spouse a US citizen for I -130 with crimial records of assult on officer, assult on girlfriend and theft can file for a spouse already in the United States.  With the US citizen the petitioner I -130 will be denied based on the past criminal records? 

Possibly. 

19 hours ago, KindnessOvercomes said:

I have an interview date scheduled (Adjustment of Status from K1 Visa). I know USCIS accepts the Medical done overseas within 1 year but my overseas medical was done (March 2021) and my interview is (May 2022). Do I need to submit the i693 form ? I have a copy of the DS-3025 but I was told during my medicals that I may need to take more vaccines when I get to the US but I am not certain what needs to be done if anything . I would appreciate some advice.

Congrats, how long did you have to wait? 

2 hours ago, Kor2USA said:

How do you get to this page? 

Ceac.state.gov then case status

1 minute ago, Chancy said:

 

Our case was at NVC around a year ago.  The review timeframes then were shorter -- just 6 weeks for us.

 

👍🏾 The wait is tiring lol. 

1 hour ago, Chancy said:

 

Normal.  That was our CEAC case status until we got DQ-ed.

 

Cool, how long did it take to get DQ from submission?  

Anyone know why it’s still showing documents required after submitting all the documents?
 

1 hour ago, Lyndacute said:

I doubt it will take that long because mines was involved during Covid for further delay. but the US embassy are getting back on track. So just wait and see with yours.

I am hopeful 

1 minute ago, Lyndacute said:

Yessssssooooo

There I was getting exited for the speedy approval of my petitions, under 33 days lol…