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6 hours ago, payxibka said:

NVC doesn't send packets for K1.  In addition,  all routine visa services remain suspended 

So USA wants to deny all K1 cases? If so, why USCIS still accept new case of K1?

Does anybody recently get P2.5 from NVC for finance/fiancee in China?

Does USA now is suspending the process for K1 cases and priority for CR1/IR1?

Does anybody know if petitioner lost job right before beneficiary's interview, is it workable for petitioner only sumbitting bank statements and house deed as financial support?

Is it helpful if beneficiary also has bank account in USA? Should petitioner to fill partial dependent on I-134?

5 minutes ago, Luckycuds said:

Do you have any of their old documents you can browse through?  Saved a copy of what you sent? Do you remember the month and year (if so I would just put the day as the 1st)?

i only have the document of when i submitted the application for the visa. Didn't save affidivate submission document. Never think about i will use it in the future

By the way, do you have answer for my question #3?

1 hour ago, Luckycuds said:

 

 You don't have to add you sister to the affidavit of support since you haven't gotten to that step yet ; so yes you are correct only your parents info for affidavit of support. Yes- for visa application add both parents and sister to that. 

 

Thanks. One more question--since i submitted affidavit support for my parents many years ago. really don't remember the exact affidivait support submission date. what should i do ?

3 hours ago, Luckycuds said:

1. The alien number starts with the letter "A" but I'm unsure exactly where it is on the document.

2. If you have enough income you do not need to list assets

4. Yes you have to list your parents. Even if they died you need to list them because you previously submitted affidavits for them. 

5. Yes list your parents information as well as your sister.

 

Don't forgot you have to now have to show income to support 4 people and not 2 unless your parents officially relinquished their green card. Just because they "left and aren't coming back" doesn't cut it. Also when your sisters petition is approved you will then need to show income for 5 people (or more if you have kids)

 

Thanks for your reply. Regarding application for  my sister's family, i submitted 6 years ago and is still waiting on the line. It normally need another 4-5 years to know if it's approved or not. so i didn't submit any affidivate support for her family yet. Based on my understanding, i only need to fill in my parents' information for affidivate support. But for visa application, I should fill in both my parents and my sister's family's information. Correct?

i have some questions about filling I-134. Can anybody help me on it?

1. Part 2/Information about the Beneficiary A-number: Is this the number on right upper corner of 797 Notice?

2. Part 3/Income and Assets Information: If i have enough income, do i have to fill real estate(i have my own house)?

3. Part 3/Dependant's Information: If my finace also has income in China, should i fill  "wholly depend on me" or "partially depend on me"?

4. Part 3/Other Information about sponsor/Previously submitted affidavit support for the persons: I applied PR for my parents 6 years ago and they have been PR for many years. But they went back to China a year ago and don't have plan to come back. Do i still have to fill their information?

5. Part 3/Other information about sponsor/visa petition submitted to USCIS on behalf of the persons: Should i fill my parents' information? it's already a done case. I also submitted visa application for my sister 6 years ago and still waiting on the line because it will normally take 10-11 years. should i fill in all her family member names?

Another month passed. it has been 2 months since i sent the RFE. And i sent inquiry to USCIS again today and got the same answer as last time. It still says it's delayed because of virus. And they are still waiting for security check result. And the weird point is i sent inquiry in the morning and got answer in the afternoon which never been so quick before. Does anybody have the same experience? Does USCIS stop working on K1 pending approved case because of the document Trump signed?

Another month passed by and i still didn't get updates from USCIS. I sent inquiry to USCIS for updates and was told the same reason as last month. it says the security check result still didn't come back because of the virus. I am wondering if USCIS stops working on K1 case already. Anybody has experience on it?

10 minutes ago, geowrian said:

I'm not privvy to exactly what or how they check the documents, sorry. I do know it can take longer if certain criteria are met. For instance, depending on who or where it was issued within the country, when it was issued, etc. For example, I know some US birth certificates issued during certain dates by some midwives are scrutinized due to previous fraud that occurred.

I would expect that most are able to be verified on the spot, but there are cases where a document has to go through additional verification too.

understand. we never had fraud before. But nobody knows what the USCIS officer thinks about. Seems like the only thing we can do is to wait. But it really a torture as it takes 8 months already

3 minutes ago, geowrian said:

That is the response you normally get so you stop asking questions.

That doesn't mean it's not accurate, though. Most often when a case is taking longer than normal, especially post-RFE, security checks would be the only item to hold it up. The next closest would be verification of documents (i.e. if the RFE was for a divorce certificate or criminal records or something).

I have no evidence to suggest that they are saying it's stuck on security checks when it is actually something else.

 

Since there is nothing either you or they can do to make security checks go faster, it has the impact of getting people to stop asking questions.

yes, you are right. divorce certificate from china is one of documents required in RFE. We sent the single declaration notarized document when we filed application and forgot to send divorce certificate notarization. USCIS needs to verify with china notarization place? It might take little bit of longer time if they need to. But i doubt USCIS will do it though. 

9 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Often those 2 cases are not mutually exclusive.

I'm not clear about what you said. can you explain?

8 minutes ago, boris64 said:

That is USCIS default answer to get you to stop asking questions)))

that is what i guessed from the beginnig. But it seems it might mean other things as per advice from other experience people here.

4 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Vermont handles certain types of complex cases...namely those involving certain types of criminal offenses.

i don't think my case will be transferred there as both of us background is very clean. That's why i was confused why USCIS is still doing security check. some of my friends got approved 3-4 weeks after RFE was received

44 minutes ago, In4theJourney said:

It’s possible they haven’t even picked up your RFE petition documents, anything is possible especially these days. Not trying to be negative But I believe since your case hasn’t been transferred to Vermont, that is a good sign. 

transferred to Vermont? What do you mean? Can you explain?

6 minutes ago, geowrian said:

No, they do security checks before, after, and/or alongside reviewing the petition.

Security checks are run through various agencies. One of the most common ones to get held up are criminal background checks and/or FBI checks. These checks are essentially a black box - USCIS requests them and then awaits for a response from the appropriate agencies.

Normally this is instant or minutes, but all sorts of factors can cause it to take longer. Even people with high security clearance levels get caught in them sometimes (not just with USCIS).

It could be as simple as somebody with the same or similar name with a criminal history, so they have to manually investigate to verify it's not the same individual as the petitioner. Or if the petitioner did have a criminal history, to ensure it matches what was on the petition and/or retrieve and review the details of those cases to ensure eligibility.

It could be national security checks as well, but absolutely no way for anybody here to know that (or for him/her really). I only say because that's possible...criminal checks tend to be more often the delay.

 

The checks at this stage are with the petitioner to ensure they are eligible.

 

As Far As I Know

(Dang - others beat it to me by the time I posted this)

thanks for your reply. so can i say that my RFE documents look fine with USCIS. And USCIS is only waiting to get result from security check, correct? Once they get the result, most likely the case can be approved. No?

1 hour ago, geowrian said:

It's not an automatic response AFAIK, but it is a common response. Many cases that take longer than normal get hung up in security checks.

by the way, what is AFAIK? sorry, i'm new for the case. Can you explain?

13 minutes ago, geowrian said:

It's not an automatic response AFAIK, but it is a common response. Many cases that take longer than normal get hung up in security checks.

The security check was supposed to be finished before RFE requirement was sent, no? Application was sent on July of 2019 which is 8 months before. What kind of security check they are doing? Territory? 

security check is on the applicant, no? because the case is still in california center and we are still waiting for P2.

very confused and worried 

I'm still waiting for P2 for I-129F case. I filed application in July of 2019. My RFE was sent in Feb. which is over a month ago. I sent an online inquiry to USCIS and asked the status.

And i got the answer on the next day which was very quick than usual. I was told the case was delayed because they still didn't get the result of a security check.

Is it possible this is an automatic reply generated in USCIS system? Does anybody have same experience as me?

On 3/25/2020 at 5:49 PM, Greenbaum said:

Ok. I left that part out. Not 100% get approved BUT BUT BUT most do. Your mileage may vary. Oy Vy. I'm done. Have a safe journey. 

Can you give your thoughts on the result of my inquiry  from USCIS? 

4 hours ago, celestial47 said:

We have the same situation we sent RFE and they got it march 17 we have been waiting since then 

They got my RFE on 2/24 which is over a month ago. And i sent inquiry to USCIS yesterday and they replied me TODAY that required security check result is not coming back yet. I'm so confused. The security check was supposed to be done before RFE sent. And i have never seen USCIS replied application so quick. Someone told me this is all the same reply as long as the case is still in process. I don't know if it's true.

1 hour ago, ELLENH said:

i sent recent inquiry to USCIS regarding my RFE status. I was told the case is currently delayed because the required security checkes are still pending. What kind of security checks? Wasn't it supposed to finish the security checks before they sent me RFE? Are they checking if my fiance still come to USA with B1/B2 after they told my finance his B1/B2 is cancelled? I am very confused and worried

Does anybody have the same situation before? What's exactly going on??

On 3/25/2020 at 5:49 PM, Greenbaum said:

Ok. I left that part out. Not 100% get approved BUT BUT BUT most do. Your mileage may vary. Oy Vy. I'm done. Have a safe journey. 

i sent recent inquiry to USCIS regarding my RFE status. I was told the case is currently delayed because the required security checkes are still pending. What kind of security checks? Wasn't it supposed to finish the security checks before they sent me RFE? Are they checking if my fiance still come to USA with B1/B2 after they told my finance his B1/B2 is cancelled? I am very confused and worried

11 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

If you look at this from a managerial perspective I would think they would, with the limited staff at USCIS and NVC, take those cases that have a better chance to be adjudicated sooner then those that would not me. Meaning, if I have a case from China and a case from Croatia and China has thousands have cases of COVID-19 and will be months before the embassy reopens compared to Croatia that has little impact, I'm going to adjudicate the Croatia before the China submittal. I look at the BIG picture rather then the small one. Just my opinion. 

 

You're on the cusp of getting an approval and during times like this it's just going to be delayed and you cannot, nor can anyone else change that. There is nothing to worry about getting approved. They wouldn't have asked for additional information (RFE) if they were not going to approve you. Be safe out there.

i saw some people still got rejected after RFE was submitted. 

4 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

If you look at this from a managerial perspective I would think they would, with the limited staff at USCIS and NVC, take those cases that have a better chance to be adjudicated sooner then those that would not me. Meaning, if I have a case from China and a case from Croatia and China has thousands have cases of COVID-19 and will be months before the embassy reopens compared to Croatia that has little impact, I'm going to adjudicate the Croatia before the China submittal. I look at the BIG picture rather then the small one. Just my opinion. 

 

You're on the cusp of getting an approval and during times like this it's just going to be delayed and you cannot, nor can anyone else change that. There is nothing to worry about getting approved. They wouldn't have asked for additional information (RFE) if they were not going to approve you. Be safe out there.

Thanks for your reply. I just feel like my case is not in normal time frame from the beginning. I filed in July and got RFE in Feb. which took longer time than majority of the cases in China. And i was requested to send engagement ceremony pictures which i don't have because my dad was very sick by that time. I didn't know if USCIS would consider my relationship not real or not. They also asked me to send financial support which is normally required later on. All these seems not normal. I don't understand what USCIS is exactly looking for. That's why i am so worried now