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You can see all of that on OP’s timeline. Thread closed as OP indicated petition was approved after the RFE.

Second bullet after “YOU MUST BRING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WITH YOU”.

This overview answers most of your questions: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition.html USCIS online estimates are very unreliable. It takes on average 12-14 months for petition approval *** Topic moved from Bringing family members of LPRs forum to Bringing family members of US citizens to America forum ***

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Is this for a K1 case or something else?

If that’s what you want to do and feel most comfortable with then go for it! There’s no harm anyway in this plan. At least that way you will know you did everything on your part to prevent an error from happening. Good luck and keep us posted.

*** Topic moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures *** You put the passport number in the Passport info field. Travel document is something different like an Advance Parole document so in your case that is not applicable so you put N/A.

Congratulations! Thanks for coming back to share your update.

Personally, I don’t think you should go to CBP deferred inspection. Reason being that ultimately it’s the USCIS that determines which GC to print and it’s a completely different entity. Of course, USCIS also gets it wrong sometimes. I’d pay the fee and see what shows up and then file I-90 it’s it’s still a conditional one. Dont worry, you won’t have to do removal of conditions since by law you’re untitled to a 10 year GC. That’s just my two cents and others might disagree. Oh my. Sometimes I do wonder how they get these jobs. It’s baffling

That is odd. I would definitely call or at least chat with a live agent. I’ve read anecdotal evidence that sometimes cases are rerouted to a faster field office that can be further away. But I’m not sure how that works or if that’s the case here

What does it show when you search by your zip code? https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/find-a-uscis-office/field-offices you have to scroll down to the bottom

Yes, there’s been a backlog like that for the past year I believe.

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*** Topic moved from LPR brining family members to IS forum to AOS work/tourist/student visas forum as this is an adjustment of status case, not an LPR petitioning for a relative abroad *** Sorry to hear about you loss. I’d put “no family name” Yes Put N/A as he’s widowed (no longer married). Absolutely. It’s not just for working, you might need for health insurance, to open a bank account, etc. E-signatures are not accepted. What is accepted though is a scanned document of a wet signature. So you could send the page where he needs to sign by email, he prints it out, sign it physically with a pen, scans it again and sends to you by email and you print it out. Yes as he doesn’t have one yet.

As mentioned, nobody can predict what will happen. There’s no formula to “convince the CBP”. If you’re okay with accepting the risk of your visa getting revoked, then go ahead with the plan. Why can’t he visit you? It’s a two way street.

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I have no desire to argue with you whatsoever. After all, I didn’t create these guidelines and norms, the US department of state did. They’re not some old laws, this is literally a current guideline. All I’m doing is informing you of facts and reality. You can do whatever you want and have your family provide whatever documentation you want, this has nothing to do with me. Since you’re adamant about examples, I have personal experience. My parents applied for a US tourist visa some years ago to attend my graduation. I wrote NO letters and they brought NO letters of explanation or any other documents related to this. They simply filled out the DS-160, paid the fee and attended the interview. If the consul wishes, he can ask for a purpose of the trip. That’s all there is to it and that’s all that happened. They were approved for a 10 year visitor visa and that’s because my parents have exceptionally strong ties which is mainly long term established professional careers in their home country as well as properties and they do not need any financial support to visit the US. This is in line with the quoted text I gave you regarding strong ties to the place of residence.

Correct. Department of state (which is responsible for handing visas) clearly states that such letters have no effect on whether the visitor visa is approved or denied. Note: Visa applicants must qualify on the basis of the applicant's residence and ties abroad, rather than assurances from U.S. family and friends. A letter of invitation or Affidavit of Support is not needed to apply for a visitor visa. If you choose to bring a letter of invitation or Affidavit of Support to your interview, please remember it is not one of the factors used in determining whether to issue or deny the visa You should read the rest of the page in detail. It has a lot of useful information: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visitor.html

Tax returns/transcripts are not evidence of current income. It’s evidence of past income. You need to include actual evidence of current income which would be an employment verification letter on official business letterhead stating your salary, position, date when you started the job, etc. and paystubs. Yes

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It’s good you’re doing your research and weighing pros and cons. And the CO will know local traditions too so it’s wise of you to mitigate any potential issues that may arise in advance. Good luck in the process.

As a former K1 myself, CR1 is the way to go. Especially to avoid any problems with the scenario you presented. Moreover, it’s just a much better option and the processing time is not very different from K1.