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17 hours ago, paddingtonlover said:

hello! I'm 26F, and i've been wanting to visit my friends and relatives in US for quite some time now. 

I can fully fund my trip and my expenses, however i work freelance because i'm currently taking oral chemotherapy medications. 

Are my monthly doctor's appointments enough for the embassy to believe that i won't overstay in the US? 

What other documentations do i need to bring to support my application?

Thank you!

Do you have any other strong ties to your country ? Some strong relationships? Family, significant other, clients who are in contract with you? School? 

47 minutes ago, Mamaz said:

I am a US citizen, and I filed a petition for a green card for my dad under the parents of a US citizen category. Today, he was denied a visa at the Nigerian embassy for smuggling an alien to the USA in 2016.

So back in 2016, my dad went with my son to the embassy for a visit visa, and he told them he was his son. The truth is, my dad raised my son, and culturally, he will always say he's my son's dad. So now, when my dad came to the USA in 2016, he spent 3 weeks here in the USA and went back to Nigeria alone, leaving my son in the USA with me. My son has since adjusted and become a US citizen.

Now my mom is in the USA and a permanent resident, but she is suffering from stage 4 breast cancer, and my dad has to come to the USA asap, but his visa has been denied by the embassy today, and he is said to have smuggled my son into the US. The visa officer said he's not admissible under 212(a)(6)(E), and he also doesn't qualify for a waiver. Is this true?

What is the way forward?

Can we apply for an i601 waiver?

Can we also apply for humanitarian parole?

Any advise? 

Which visa was denied? 

6 minutes ago, Herndon said:

 

My spouse has NO LAST NAME, NO SURNAME, NO NO MIDLE NAME since her birth, she has just her first name in all her documents like Passport, Educational Certificate, birth certificate, Marriage Certificate etc....

when I fill her i130 form online what do I need to write in the box of "Last Name"?

if I write "No LAST NAME" in the Last Name box will USCIS reject the petition?

please advise, how should I proceed with this?

Thank a lot in advance.

Does her family have a name? In some countries, a person's first name is tagged along with their entire father's name. I just noticed your country is Pakistan. My family is from there as well, and typically their NICOP ids, etc, all have father's name on the ID. From memory, I believe that translates into being a person's last name there.

2 hours ago, Mike E said:

 

Thank you!!

Does anyone know if anyone with an expired conditional green card with 4 year extension letter can get visa on arrival to Dominican Republic. 

3 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

If she is using her foreign passport, that would be TSA compliant.  My wife and I went down to Florida when she was in the middle of her AOS process and she simply used her passport to get through TSA.

Yeah, I figured but if she’s undocumented — I think that may raise a flag if she’s been mark for deportation or something. Not sure how that works on their end if that’s known via scanning passport or not or by some other mechanism. 

1 minute ago, Crazy Cat said:

Are you sure about that?  I believe 2025 is when Real ID becomes effective.

Yes, you’re right! It’s May 2025. I thought it went to effect already bc of the signs everywhere at the airports. 
 

20 hours ago, jrthumbs said:

My wife is going through the process here in Georgia with immigration to get here papers.  She is undocumented currently.  We have a honeymoon planned to be in Florida in a few months.  In case she doesn't have her papers yet and with the new law.  Will she okay to come to Florida for a few day for vacation?

As long as you don't fly, I think you should be ok. All travel now requires a TSA compliant ID, which could be difficult for her. Also, avoid traffic violations as cops there are always on lookout and may cause problems if she plans on ever driving while she’s there. I would avoid her driving if all possible. 

2 hours ago, Jose1028 said:

i really want to thank you all for caring and giving me advise. i'm sorry for confusion if i caused so i want to summurize everything again. i hope i'm clear now. 

if you can read it again, give me advise, i would really appriciate. i can explain more if you need to know details.

 

1 - i'm 24 year old spanish citizen and i went to us embassy to get F1 visa to get my masters at northeastern uni in boston. (masters in criminal justice)

2 - school gave me conditional acceptance because my toefl score was low. condition was to come to boston, finish language school(SCHOOL A) (different than northerstearn, but their partner) and start my program next year. When i went to embassy, the condition was there so i didn't lie or hide it. 

3 - i arrived boston last year(10 days before my class starts). their tution increased a lot, cost of living in boston was more than i guessed so i decided it would cost so much and i wanted to find cheaper option for just language school. 

4 - i researched and found a school in chicago. went to my friends place who went to this school. this school (SCHOOL B) was cheaper, i also found a roommate for a lot less price.

5 - i contacted SCHOOL A to transfer me to SCHOOL B. They did it. I got A NEW I-20 from SCHOOL B.

6 - i have no way of checking transfer process, i just asked my school "if everything is fine" they said "fine you are good"

7 - I went to SCHOOL B for 9 months. no issues. learned a lot. getting ready to take toefl again.

8 - Had to move back to spain for 2 months. i spent a month in spain to find sponsor. now i have it. SCHOOL B gave me a new I20 before leaving us. 

9 - now i have valid F1 visa with SCHOOL A, and I20 from SCHOOL B.

10 - I read it is fine(having f1 visa from another school) and very common to re-enter in this case, but i want to ask you guys. i also read i don't need a new visa. 

 

I really didn't make any illegal move or mistakes without knowing but i'm dealing with a system i don't know well and im worried something can be missed in all of this.

i was told many students change school, nobody care as long as you have valid visa and valid i20 document and valid student status. now i get different views which makes me worry. 

thanks again, thank you a lot. 

16 hours ago, Jose1028 said:

my master school asked for high toefl degree and i didn't have. so they said i have to go to language school. their school and city was too expensive. i found a cheaper one in cheaper city. that is why i transfered.

after arriving usa with school A visa, i never attended it/started but i transferred within a week to another language school. i checked with school officials to make sure transfer was legal and fine and everyone said they did it right. this is really the whole story of my past. i am 33 year old male from spain. i had to go back to spain after studying 9 months because of family loss.

 

now i have my I20 from school B(LANGUAGE SCHOOL) and F1 visa(from first school), my question was to learn if i can re-enter without issues.

 

thanks again.

Not sure if there are two people writing this, but in an earlier post you said you were 33 years old then recent posts say you are 24. Maybe there's a confusion in the facts presented. 

19 hours ago, Fenja said:

Of course! I got the Nebraska Service Center. I thought California is generally the quickest? Maybe I'm wrong. 

19 hours ago, OldUser said:

Things changed lately, even if it's the quickest, the quick is 20 months, but won't be surprised if jumps over 24 months in the future.

Yeah, @OldUser  you are right, all processing centers are showing up as 20+ months for I-751. This was as of now: (the website was down yesterday, so hopefully, these are current!)

California Center - 80% of cases are completed within - 20 Months
Nebraska Center - 80% of cases are completed within - 20 Months
Potomac Center - 80% of cases are completed within - 28 Months
Texas Center - 80% of cases are completed within - 24 Months
Vermont Center - 80% of cases are completed within - 20.5 Months
 

Update: Received NOA1 today, the service center is California ... apparently one of the longest processing centers for I-751 .... 😰

On 3/21/2023 at 2:20 PM, Fenja said:

We got an IOE number for our 751 as well! They'll send you the access code in a separate letter. And you can see your service center on the NOA1.

May I ask what was your service center?

18 hours ago, TeddyFazBear said:

Im seeing a lot more recently filed IOE cases being approved very, very quickly lately. Coincidence? Entirely possible…but the optimist in me says maybe they are changing how they do things and speeding this process up finally. 

Be interesting to see how cases progress in the coming weeks and months for us all!

Yay! Definitely, looking forward that! 

1 hour ago, Fenja said:

We got an IOE number for our 751 as well! They'll send you the access code in a separate letter. And you can see your service center on the NOA1.

This is really helpful! thank you!! I know to be on a lookup for 2 letters now!

8 minutes ago, TeddyFazBear said:

I think everyone is getting IOE case numbers for 751s now. 

Thanks, just was getting slightly concerned if I mailed to wrong address or they processed mine differently for some reason. 

7 minutes ago, OldUser said:

Did you add the case in your myUSCIS account? Did it ask you for some sort of access code after entering case number?

Actually it did! Tried adding the account, but it does ask for an access code. I don't think we have that. If it doesn't get included in our notice letter, will probably request one.

15 minutes ago, OldUser said:

Yes, I remember seeing people mentioning IOE on this forum for I-751.

 

Congratulations, you'll be able to see and download all notices in your myUSCIS account before they're physically sent to you.

Ohhhhh, did know this! Thank you, will definitely check!

Update: did check, nothing uploaded yet. I just see case histories of the prior applications for now. 

Has anyone gotten a IOE Receipt Number for a I-751 (removal of conditions) Mailed Application? We just received an electronic notification of a IOE Receipt Number, nothing in the mail, but other posts suggests that IOE numbers are only given to electronically filed applications?

9 minutes ago, JasperReign said:

I’m a US citizen and my husband is Tunisian. I’ve been out of the country living and working in Kuwait/ UAE for almost 2 years now (he’s now in UAE with me). 
 

While in Kuwait we applied for B2 and he did the interview in Tunisia since Kuwait embassy wasn’t doing them. We had our marriage license, reservations, invite from my mother, bank statements, EVERYTHING. They looked at NONE of his paperwork and denied him under 214a, that he couldn’t prove his intent.

 

Now my grandfather is ill and we’ve filled out the application here in Dubai but the first interview date isn’t until April of 2024. 
 

Do we have other options here? I want my husband to be able to meet all my family before that chance is gone, and I don’t trust interviewing in Tunisia again since they didn’t even view our papers the first time. I’m losing hope that we’ll ever be able to see my family.

From what I observed  they don’t just approve after 214(b) denial. My mother in law just got denied again this week after waiting a year to apply. Her citizenship is Pakistan and they are currently residing in Kuwait and it was the Kuwait US embassy who denied them. Now, her 3rd denial to date. 
 

She couldn’t attend out wedding ceremony in the states last year, and probably no hope of coming to her son’s master graduation ceremony this May. It’s definitely sad. I wish I had better news for you. 
 

Maybe Duabi is better? Idk. I wish you luck, and please keep me posted as we are in same situation. Thanks!

12 hours ago, Dave Knapp said:

Maybe the intent of the large increase in fees is to permit them to staff up so that they can get the processing done within the timeframe they used to do it in. Just a thought.

Actually this article said:

https://www.marketplace.org/2023/01/04/immigration-fees-would-increase-under-new-uscis-proposal/amp/

“That money would go toward an unrelated cost: processing the claims of people seeking asylum.”

You can also try b1b2 visitor visa while pending k1 decision for her to seek medical treatment in US, so you can support her through that, but it’ll be really expensive without insurance, and max she can stay would be 6 months at a time. One of my friends parents come frequently to US just for doctor appointments and medical treatments. Then if they deny that then you may have a stronger case to expedite… in my opinion. 

Ok, regarding your job. Are you in ground operations or mostly in air (i.e. pilot or flight attendant)? If it’s ground ops, you can work with just EAD.

AOS from ESTA is permitted given your situation you described. You had no intent to overstay your visa when you initially entered the US. So, no worries there. You just have to make sure your divorce overseas was finalized and have some final court or govt copy of that. Otherwise you might wind up w RFE for that. 

Actually, I traveled with my then finance at POE but wasn’t allowed at CBP inspection. 

1) you can enter with Vietnam passports. Though, FYI if you enter via Vietnam passport iso of US the US has no record of you entering another country. Should there be a national emergency or security concern unless you notify an embassy. 

2) your children would need visas to enter. 

I has a similar situation in reverse (I was the “child” with birth registered overseas but no nationality) and I had to obtain a visa to travel to my parents homeland in Pakistan. Though different countries process I think would be same. 
 

Good luck, the process should be easy to obtain a visa especially since they have a Vietnam heritage. 

6 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

FYI, neither uscis nor NVC could be expected to have any information about visas as they don’t have anything to do with them, but DOS (the department with oversight for visas) will have it if course. (We’ve had a few reports here of people with what they thought were valid visas being denied boarding to the US on instructions from DoS/DHS.) The question really is whether a visa that “looks” valid is good enough to be accepted by Mexico, even if digging might show it’s not.

Yeah, that could be anyone’s guess. Some ppl mentioned that they scan and check, so appearing valid may not do the trick. Not sure, but I guess they can try, hopefully it’ll be ok. 

Btw, my husband migrated on K1, his valid B1B2 visa was cancelled with stamp. Also, you can email the issuing embassy to inquire whether or not the Visa was cancelled. Had some uncertainty regarding MIL visitor visa, and we found out by emailing them that it was cancelled without prejudice. They do take a couple days to respond though. Fyi, neither USCIS or the NVC doesn’t have this info only issuing embassy.