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It's truly an esoteric process, so you'll just have to be patient, for now. I have been seeing that covid has affected the SS office too, where people haven't been getting their SS cards in a timely manner. I'd encourage you to look up those other cases, but iirc if you don't see anything in six weeks then you can contact the SS office (of course, you can contact them sooner, if you don't mind being told to wait).
 
Good luck, and congrats on getting to the US!

Hi steffy that's nice of you to come and help out others still..

Yhay!! Congrats 

Couples trip soon!!!! Yessssss 

Good morning everyone. He is out of the embassy already and we are approved !! Just waiting on his medical. He said it wasnt a lot of people inside Interview was at 8 and he was finish by 930. They did look at the tax transcript. Didn’t look at any of the photos or WhatsApp messages. 
Questions asked: 
Who is filing for you
Where do he work
If we have any kids together 
Where do I work
How often I come to Jamaica 
Who was the last time I came 
Did he met any of my family 
Basis questions you should know !! 

Hola Stefanie! Este hilo es para Jamaica. Por favor marque aquí para El Salvador: https://www.visajourney.com/portals/index.php?country=El+Salvador

Good afternoon all. Hope you're having a great day. My husband's visa status changed to issued today so we're expecting it to be ready for pick up soon.
 
All the best to those still on the journey. Please keep us posted. As new interviews begin to go out, remember we are here to help with any questions you may have or direction you may need.

We had our interview this morning. There were only 3 families including mine in the lobby. The consular called us up after taking our docs and swore us in. She asked us how did we meet, how I’m working while I’m in JA (I work from home), who is petitioning, if my husband has ever left JA, and if medical had been completed. Thereafter she said everything looks good. When we left Andrew’s called us to tell us medical was complete and sent today. 
 
My twins and I are going home with daddy this trip! I’m incredibly thankful and grateful for this group. Experiences prior to our time really prepared us for this day. Although they did not ask for any of the 999 pages of messages, 200+
pics, and portfolio full of documents... I walked in feeling prepared. We even studied the consular questions some of you have posted.
 
To all still waiting, I wish you all the best and pray this process moves soon a d very soon for you.
 
Thank God we are approved!!!!
 
 
 
 
 

Thanks

Congratulations! 🥳

Oh my i wish i have known this information like last year this time, my husband is not fat but build, i screenshot this information and sent it to him..thank you very much..its so helpful..God bless you and yours.. 🙏

Sorry this is about to be long.  
 
Okay hun so here are some factors I had to consider when approaching the medical with my hubby.

My husband was smoking straight up until we got the email that he got his interview date. Smh I didn’t even think about the medical having a drug test ( 🤦🏽‍♀️). So now I was in panic mode because I knew he only had about 45 days before he had to do his medical. 

 So for a chronic smoker (like smoking every day or several times a day - like my hubby was doing). It was very important that he stopped smoking AT LEAST 30-45 days from his medical to give him a chance at passing. He’s a pretty skinny dude so he could get away with that time frame. But if he had more fat on him he would need 60-90 days at least because THC sticks to your fat cells. He was doing lots of physical activity to sweat and burn off any fat which would get rid of the thc and transfer it to his kidneys which is why then he needed to drink lots of water/ water with lime/ cranberry juice/ coconut water - all those things was helping to really flush his system.  So that wa s important for him to get rid of all that built up THC that a urine or hair follicle test would pick up. Now all he had to do was not smoke at all and he wouldn’t add any new thc into his body that a urine/blood/ saliva test would pick up. He messed up like 15 days out from our medical and smoked. So it’s like he reset his clock. Luckily our medical was pushed another two weeks for some personal reasons so it gave him some more time to detox. He barely was taking any of the detox pills I sent for him ( 🙄🙄). But I knew he was not smoking, he was still hanging out with people who smoked, but not everyday, he started to keep to himself after a while. He was working on his farm so he was sweating a lot, he was drinking tons of water and getting adequate rest. All things important for detoxing drugs out your system. 
 
Come medical day he just went in with a prayer that he had gotten it out of his system enough that the test won’t detect it. Because they can find THC in your blood or urine but it has to pass a specific threshold mark for it to be alerted that you have drugs in your system and you failed the test. So once your levels are low enough you good. 
 
I was praying when he went to his interview last week that they didn’t say he failed his medical. But we were approved so that means he passed. He is on his way to pick up his visa right now. 
 
** Something to note: Now for a chronic smoker  THC can be detected in the hair follicle the longest ( like 90 days ). Urine is about 30 days, blood a 2-3 days and just hours for a one time smoker. Saliva is the easiest to pass because it doesn’t stay in the saliva but for a few hours. (And this is time frames after there last smoke, so if a chronic smoker smoked his last spliff 90 days ago a hair follicle test can still pick it up, and so on for the rest of the test and time frames) 
 
So I knew if he could just stay clean for about 30-45 days and get all that built up THC out his system he would be good. If you just stop smoking and do nothing else (like taking detox pills and those extra measures) and let the built up THC leave your body naturally it can take like 60-90 days for you to possibly pass a drug test. I only know all of this stuff because I have to administer drug test for employers at the clinic I worked at. 
 
But yea thats my story.
 
Tell hubby to keep his head up, to continue refraining from smoking. Keep to himself if he has to. You can send him some at home drug kits (amazon has them for a couple bucks) that way he can know he’s negative. So when they pop up and do random drug Test he’s in the clear. I pray y’all stay strong through this.  
 

You have 2 days. Registering on the IRS website is  not that difficult. Ask your husband to find a friend that has done so already so that he can be walked through the process and then he can download the right transcript and email to you. Please don't give up too quickly.

FINALLY!!!!!!  I know you been here since day 1 glad to hear to finally done with all of this!!!! So happy for you!! Congrats!!!!! 🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎉🎊

Arite nah another vet gone thru! Congrats sir! 🎉🎉

Sorry I’m so excited!! It’s the 9th .... lol @brah

Hey hey hey. Hubby appointment was yesterday at 9:30. After going through security he was called up to the counter where a young lady collected his police certificate, birth certificate, marriage license, tax transcript, passport. He was then called to another booth where a young lady interviewed him. He said another older lady was there was there as well. Almost as if she was training. 
 
From what he remembers the question asked were:
She ask me who was filing?
How and when we met?
How much time since then your wife visit?
If we have kids?
If any of us ever get married?
If I ever been to America?
If I ever get arrested?
Who is the person for the affidavit of support  and for the persons tax return
He said she didn’t ask him many questions, and didn’t look at the album either. 
He did note he was asked twice or 3 times in different ways if he was ever arrested. He thought that was weird. 
 
He was calling me by 10:23 am that he got approved. All in all the whole thing took about 45-50 minutes. Just waiting to get that visa has been issued please come pick up message so I can finally exhale.
 
💃🏻💃🏻🥳🥳😊😊😁😁 bop bop bop! 

Hush yah 🤗 just a little more time ... 🙏🙏 

Update: Today, I have received email for Pick up. I went to pick up center and showed my driving license. They returned back the stamped passport. No package will be given since everything is made online. We have to pay the fee through online before entering US.
 

Hello visa friends, the call that seems a lifetime away my hubby just recieved around 3:00 p.m reschedule for December 7th original date October 2nd..we are overjoyed..hang in there y'all time is coming too 🙏 our d.q date was July 10th..

Thanks Stacey for initiating this blog page. These has helped many people and our heartfelt appreciation to you for guiding us.

Yayyyyyyy 🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉 this is fantastic news from one of our vets! Lol I know it's been a long journey. Congrat! So happy for you. And thanks for the detailed feedback. We appreciate it.

Just checked my baby girls visa status and it shows issued!!!!!!  Hallelujah!!!!  Thank you all for this past years support!!!  We will be heading out soon to get her and bring her home!!!!

Yea ... they have to get .. but nobody wanna talk because they already where they wanna be... well until after the interviews and they need help again they gone come back and ask what next to do ..  😒😒 you just worry about your date my friend 💞 you done enuf... And nobody don't reply to this with no sentimental feelings or else 

Good morning all, our interview cancelled for 09/24 has been rescheduled to Dec 1st. I hope several others here have rec'd new dates and I look fwd to seeing updates on everyone's journey. I will keep those still waiting in my thoughts and prayers. Have a great weekend everyone!