Tim&Pashy

On 3/4/2023 at 11:41 AM, centric23 said:

Definitely not guaranteed. I was just observing trends of people who filed in December and January. Hope they keep up the momentum.

We filed in September 2022 and still waiting 

I'm filling out my affidavit of support and I'm on page 4 where it wants me to calculate my household size. 

It says:

- Enter the number of persons you are sponsoring (just sponsoring my wife, so that's 1)

- Yourself (that's 1)

- If you are married enter 1 for your spouse (that's 1)

Then it adds up to 3, but really it's only 2 people. 

Which one do I leave empty, so I have the correct number of people?

9 hours ago, Tonez said:

I arrived in the US on K1 last December.

My medical was done in the UK last October and I have a completed, signed, dated with all required vaccines on my DS-3025.

 

The DS-3025 was obviously included in my AOS package. Originally had the interview scheduled on June 28th, but that got cancelled on June 3rd. Heard nothing from USCIS until yesterday when I received an RFE asking for a completed I-693 medical form, including vaccinations.

 

I don't understand? My medical was done less than a year ago (and a lot less than 6 months before entering the US) and I had the extra vaccinations required at the medical (and I already had covid, which has been included on the DS-3025) which have been ticked and signed off on the DS-3025. Why are USCIS requiring me to pay for another medical that's going to have the exact same information as the DS-3025 I already sent them.

 

I've seen in Facebook groups recently others have had the exact same RFE in the same situation but a few saying they don't want to fight USCIS. It's ridiculous they are treating immigrants like this, even though we have followed everything they asked us to do.

 

I've attached the RFE and my DS-3025 proof of completion as reference 

What I've read on the instructions for the I-693 is that even if you got your exam before a year is up, you still have to submit an i-693 form but you only need to do sections 1-5 and 7 instead of the whole thing. 

On 7/28/2022 at 6:18 AM, Smile4rill1 said:

How did it go, have you gotten the visa yet and how did you go about it. My husband has interview next week but his physical is a day after. He is from botswana. We won't want him to overstay his tourist visa.

Yes we got it. She took it to the immigration office in Durban to get it fixed. She is here in America now.

1 hour ago, Crazy Cat said:

That is irrelevant.  There are dozens of cases here on VJ which required new medicals during administrative processing. DOS doesn't suspend the clock during AP.

 

For the record, my wife only had 5 months between her medical and visa expiration (4 months after visa was issued).

Have you seen any examples of a visa having only a week or two for the expiration date after the issue date? 

2 hours ago, Timona said:

 

From old address? Or different location 

At the original address

13 minutes ago, Timona said:

I remember you. So update us, how did she end up receiving her PP? Did she go pitch camp at old address?

 

 

Look for cheaper flights via Google Flights. Don't go to specific airlines.

 

https://www.google.com/travel/flights

Her nephew picked it up for her

2 hours ago, Mike E said:

So my wife’s K-1 …

 

medical: November 20

Interview: December 26

Issued date per visa: December 28

Actual issue date: January 6

Visa in hand: January 7

Visa expiration date: May 13

 

 None of the  dates were exactly 6 months prior to May 13

 

Days between November 20 and May 13: 174 days. IOW not even 180 days. 
 

The 6 months from medical thing should be seen as aspirational. And yet for your case I would be paranoid that a CBPO at the port of entry will enforce it.  So I would have arranged to have the K-1 visa holder in the USA by now.
 

And in fact we flew to the USA January 9, just 2 days after the visa was in hand. We waited so long to start our life together that we saw no need to wait longer.  I would think the same is true of you two.  
 

So IOW you should assume CBP treats the visa as expiring 180 days from the date of the medical and the visa holder should be coming to the USA in a matter of days.  
 

I would also file I-693 with the I-485. 

It's not that we want to wait, but medical was February 2nd. If the visa does expire on August 2nd then we have to buy plane tickets now which are running upwards of $3000 instead of getting them in two or three weeks when they are much cheaper.

This is what it says

I believe I read that the visa is supposed to expire 6 months after the medical exam, but my fiancee just got her visa in hand and the expiration date is in December despite her medical exam being in February (so I thought it would've expired in August). Does she really have until December or should she be making plans to leave ASAP?

1 minute ago, Timona said:

 

Not sure why you'd list that address then.. that aside, time to pay someone she trusts. I'm sure $50 will do the job.

 

If you choose to pay someone to pitch camp, for the sake of whatever you believe in, don't tell them what's in the package. Just say it's important medical package results that you have been waiting on. 

 

On another note, since she lived there and survived, she can go herself and relax indoors for the next 1 to 2 weeks as she waits for it herself. I'm sure she'll be fine. I'm by no means diminishing her safety here.. but giving you all possible options: good, bad, ugly. I'm sure within 2 weeks, it'll have been delivered. 

 

Good luck

At the time, it was a safe space for her. She had a falling out with the landlord there and that's why she had to leave.

I was reading the delivery info on the ais website. It looks like they will only drop off the package if she is actually there or if someone who has been authorized and has a copy of her identification is there and will sign for it. If not, they bring it back to the nearest DHL store. I'm just hoping that is true. We just want to get it at the DHL store anyway. 

5 minutes ago, EatBulaga said:

Did you have the option from the UStravelDocs or DS-160 to select a pick-up location, usually at the delivery service office? We chose the pick-up location at the delivery service instead of having the brown package delivered to her address. Both required a payment of fee on receipt.

 

The last option is if you have the delivery number, to call the delivery service to hold the package at whichever last office for delivery and tell them that she can pick it up there.

 

Good luck.

Yeah we chose to have it shipped to her address but she is no longer living there

21 minutes ago, Timona said:

I thought they are picked at a delivery location???

 

If not, time for her to pitch camp at old address, day in day out, or pay someone she's trusts to pitch camp. 

 

The visa is important. I'd pitch camp. I wouldn't trust current owners, especially since it's Africa we are talking about. I just basing this based on Kenyan experience. 

 

Time to pitch camp. 

It's a dangerous area. That's why she left.

My fiancee's visa was just issued, but she no longer lives at the house where we set up home delivery. It doesn't seem like there's anyway to change the delivery address. What do we do? 

Is it possible to transfer the case to a different embassy even after the interview?

On 6/11/2022 at 9:21 PM, ROK2USA said:

Oh no! Hopefully that means they're planning on issuing the visa super soon~ at least Zimbabwe is right next door and it isn't too difficult to travel between the two countries. 

I'm really stressing now. Over the past month, we've emailed them four times and called twice and they will not expedite nor let us come get the passport back. They just tell us to keep waiting. 

On 6/2/2022 at 12:18 AM, ROK2USA said:

You might be in for a few months waiting with or without the passport. 

I would send another email to the consulate. Explain your situation (she is here on tourist visa and it expires June 20) and request an expedite. 

If they refuse the expedite and she stays in the country she'll be facing a fine and maybe a ban from SA (depending on how long she overstays). 

 

You don't want to deal with any potential issues if you have to fly via SA to the US. 

I've emailed them and again they responded telling us to wait for a response as if we have time to wait. 🤦🏻‍♂️

5 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Is the “under review” an actual response to an inquiry? When was the last time she called them? My experience with the JNB consulate is that they are pretty helpful, but sometimes …a little inefficient letting people know when they have actually finished processing something submitted later. Was this a Zim PCC or another country?
 

I’m not sure what the penalties for overstaying in SA would be, I am pretty sure they wouldn’t bother detaining her but if she needs to get back to SA - for example to catch a flight to the US - it could make it problematic. 

 

 

This is what they sent us yesterday.

"Your documents were received and your case is with the interviewing office for review. Please allow time for the completion of this process."

Johannesburg Visa Unit

Yes we emailed them on May 26th and they replied yesterday saying that they have the documents and it is under review. 

Hello all,

My fiancee is a Zimbabwe citizen, but had her interview in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was issued a 221g requesting police clearance and they kept her passport. She submitted her police clearance on April 5th, thinking it would take maybe 4-6 weeks or so. But as of June 1st we still have no updates other than "they received it and are reviewing it". 

Her visitor passport stamps expire on June 20th. Should she try to get her passport back in order to renew the stamp again/go back to Zimbabwe and wait there, or should we just let it expire if it takes another 3+ weeks? I'm not sure if that will affect her ability to travel if she overstays the stamp, but I'm also worried if she asks for it back, we'll be in for another several months wait when she submits it again.  

5 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

CEAC site can go back and forth on what is posted

important notice is the final decision that will be "issued"    or hopefully not denied

best to u both

Thanks. It's been sitting on Refused since February 16. Submitted the required 221g document on April 5th but nothing has changed yet. 

Hey everyone,

I know that the K1 visa is supposed to be a nonimmigrant visa, but it seems that over the last month or so that my case has been in Refused status awaiting 221g it has now changed from "nonimmigrant" to "immigrant" on the CEAC website. Is this something that happens?

So we finally got the Police Clearance we needed for our visa to be approved and we just need to ship it to the embassy via DHL. Now suddenly we have yet another problem. DHL requires us to send them information before we can drop off with them. They asked for the following:

- Applicant Name and Surname

- Passport Number

- E-mail address

- Phone contact details

- DHL office where passport will be dropped off at, and Consulate where passport will be delivered to.

- The Consulate that the passport needs to be collected from and DHL office where passport needs to be delivered to for collection by applicant.

We provided the info and now it has been 3 days with no reply. I'm just wondering if anyone else has had a long wait just to register with DHL? What should we expect? Should we try to speak to someone or just continue waiting?

After receiving the K1 visa, can the beneficiary travel to another country before going to the United States, or do they have to go straight to the United States? My fiancee is from Zimbabwe, but is waiting on her visa in South Africa. She needs to go back to Zimbabwe before going to the US to finish some things. 

9 hours ago, Kor2USA said:

I'm so sorry. Getting police clearances from SA is extremely frustrating (I always use an agent). 

Hopefully you can pick it up on Thursday and the embassy will allow you to reschedule the appointment to pick up the passport. 

 

Criminal records office closed because of unpaid rent. Absolutely unbelievable.

6 hours ago, Confusedtinybird said:

I saw online that SAPS Criminal Records unit is going to be locked until further notice due to unpaid rent. This was posted March 8.The agent she is working with should have more news or be able to tell her what to do next.

Absolutely unbelievable. How do they do this to a government building?? One where it's the only place in the country to pick up a police certificate?? Wow. Just wow.