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Had the interview today and passed 🙂 Oath scheduled near end of Jan.
Good luck everyone!

Had the interview today and passed 🙂 Oath scheduled near end of Jan.
Good luck everyone!

Had the interview today and passed 🙂 Oath scheduled near end of Jan.
Good luck everyone!

Had the interview today and passed 🙂 Oath scheduled near end of Jan.
Good luck everyone!

Wow!  Just WOW!!!
 
 

Hi I am physically in Hong Kong and have applied for the certificate a few days ago. They accept the welcome email from NVC containing the applicant's full name, case number, etc. as an evidence for the "request letter". Hope this helps.

I have included the boarding passes and passport stamps. I have also captured our posts with photos in social media (e.g. Facebook) with comments from friends and relatives and translated the posts and comments in non-English to English myself. I included all these in a ppt and submit it as a compressed PDF. Hope this helps.

Hi all, an update - my DQ date was May 25 and I got the interview date (early Aug) this morning.

I would like to thank everyone at this community for their continued support, Everytime I asked a question I received the answers I was looking for and it was folks like you who helped us in this journey.
 
My wife visa was issued today, that is 3 days after we mailed the passport to the US Embassy in Ankara, Turkey.
 
The embassy staff was very courteous and responsive at all the times. 
 
 
Thank you again for you support here and I wish you all to get what you want soon.

Hi all, an update - my DQ date was May 25 and I got the interview date (early Aug) this morning.

No, you don’t need to do anything. 

Hey I don’t know how to tag you guys in this but I just got a reply from nvc. The interview is scheduled for July 6th, which is very soon. It’s also just a few days shy of four months since, I think it was March 9th that we were documentarily qualified. 
 
good luck guys. 

Just an update that I was notified yesterday that my interview is scheduled for July 19. I did email NVCexpedite@state.gov on Saturday requesting an expedited processing but I'm not sure if that had any impact on my interview being scheduled. Good luck everyone

I just got my expedition request approved by HK Consulate yesterday. Haven’t received interview date but finger crossed.

Yup, I'm IR1. I'll keep you posted. I've never checked my email so many times in my life.

I tried that one and wasn't able to compress it to 2mb.

For your reference, I submitted my docs near end of April and got DQ today.

For your reference, I submitted my docs near end of April and got DQ today.

Hello all!
 
Just wanted to post some hopeful news to anyone that is waiting. My wife and I filed out I-130 back in September 7, 2020. We waited a grueling 8 months and finally got word 3 days ago that it has been approved and sent to NVC. I looked online and it stated to call NVC in 2-3 weeks to ask for the case number but surprisingly, this morning I got the welcome email from NVC! I hope everyone else’s case starts to speed up as they catch up. Good luck all!

My situation was different but similar. There was no COVID when I arrived, I haven’t had to adjust to motherhood and I was able to work from the very beginning. But I went through similar emotions of feeling “lost” and that I would never settle here. It was almost like a grief for my old life. And I’d visited over 40 times before I moved! Case in point that no amount of visits can prepare you for living here. 
 
Anyway, here’s what I did. It may or may not work for you. Stop comparing things to back home. Accept that things are different here and the life you had in Europe has gone for good. Mourn the loss of it, for sure. But convince yourself to start to see things as “different”, not “wrong”. I’m in a group on Facebook for British ex pats and I see posts from people who’ve been here a decade of more still lamenting that they can’t find custard powder or fairy liquid here. Some of them even resort to importing things at huge expense from Europe. Don’t. Just find a new way to make custard or wash your dishes. Find a new way of doing things. I can’t stand the bread here. I grew up in a bakery that my family had owned for generations. Until I went to university I’d never eaten bread that wasn’t made in our own kitchen. The stuff they sell here and call bread, it’s an abomination. Yes, I know they sell so-called artisan stuff here. Still not good enough for me. Much too sweet. So I make my own now. And I actually enjoy it rather than seeing it as the twice-weekly chore that it was throughout my childhood. And much better than ordering from British food suppliers online. It’s my connection to my past and brings fond memories. Allow yourself the memories but don’t be angry that those days are gone. 
 
I’m finding that I’m less and less saying “we don’t do it like that at home” and more and more “that’s different. But it obviously works here”. Some things don’t change, and that’s OK. You will still be you. And your homeland will still be your homeland. But start to see it as a favorite vacation destination now, and look forward to going back again, rather than seeing it as a the home you been pulled away from. Carve out a new you. Keep some bits of the old you but accept that some bits are gone for good. When my mum comes to visit all I hear is “well we don’t do/say/have that in the UK”. My response? Well, this isn’t the UK. Things are not “wrong”, just “different”.
 
Last month I became a US citizen. People I work with were thrilled and sent messages of congratulations like I’d run a marathon. To me it was just paperwork. I’m still me. Someone said “how does it feel that you’re now an American?” And I really don’t know. I’m still me. Still can’t understand the rules of baseball. Still need to use a knife and fork to eat and will never be able to cut food with the side of a fork. Still expect “chicken salad” to be a garden salad with slices of grilled chicken rather than chopped chicken in mayonnaise. Still say “Aubergine” and not “eggplant”. But that’s ok. Not everything has to change. But not everything will stay the same either. 

It’s an adventure to be enjoyed. 

Hi, I have left the middle name fields blank in the online I-130 application without any problem. 

Yup this is approved without any problems.

Yes your mom's case is now in the queue for interview scheduling. IR5 is now being processed by the US embassy in Manila. https://ph.usembassy.gov/visas/ There is about a month wait to receive an interview appointment.
 
The note about the minimum income requirements just means that the NVC thinks your income may not be enough to sponsor your mom. But the consular officer will decide on that at the interview. NVC sends this note so you can prepare a joint sponsor if the need arises. Apparently, earning 125% or above isn't the only criterion. The sponsor must demonstrate that he/she has sustained and can sustain the income requirement. 

My wife just call.....
 
Her and her daughter's visas were just approved!!!!
I am flying out June 2 to pick them up!!!
 
Dave

Alhamdulillah. Thank you so much everyone . For all your help . My spouse was asked to pickup passport and visa this morning. I wish you all the best and Inchaa Allah soon y’all will hear good news.