Kitta&Owen

16 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

Are you talking about the visa, itself?  or the endorsement stamp he received at the POE in the US?  

The officer should have stamped his visa to endorse it  when he entered the US.....that stamp is a temporary Green Card which should be good for a year.

The visa itself says it expires 5/25/21. He also received a stamp at the POE in the US. So I am just needing to make sure there will not be any issues if we travel outside of USA as he does not have GC yet and visa will be expired. Sorry if I am not using correct terminology. Thanks!

23 minutes ago, Ayrton said:

Assuming he entered with a CR1/IR1 visa, the officer at POE stamped his passport and that serves as a temporary GC valid for 1 year.

Just checked his passport, the CR1 he got after his interview, it expires on May 25th 2021. So does that mean he cannot travel until his green card comes in?

11 minutes ago, Ayrton said:

Assuming he entered with a CR1/IR1 visa, the officer at POE stamped his passport and that serves as a temporary GC valid for 1 year.

Yes he did, thank you so much for your help! I wanted to make sure before we booked anything

Hello,

My husband is still waiting for his green card to be delivered in the mail. We have no idea where it is as we can not track it. He entered the USA after his interview  December 2020. We are wanting to travel to Mexico next month, but we were not sure if he is allowed to travel outside the USA before his green card arrives. We would appreciate any help we can get. Thanks!

19 hours ago, RUJEN said:

Thank you, I am just thankful my honey has a sense of humor and a lot of patience during all this mess

That’s good! Gotta remain positive!

5 minutes ago, RUJEN said:

my case is still at NVC, from what I hear it will remain there until the embassy opens back up. I figure when it moves I will hear something, so until then I will just sit and wait.

So sorry! Praying it’ll be soon!! 

6 minutes ago, Chancy said:

 

Congratulations on the approval!  There is no federal requirement for a COVID test to enter the US, but you should check your state's testing requirements (if any) for out-of-state travelers.

 

Thank you so much!

1 minute ago, Lucky Cat said:

Negative Covid test not currently required to enter the US.  Check local requirements.

Thank you!

Hello, we were finally approved and my husband is coming home to the US!!! We are beyond excited, its almost been two years. Just wondering if anyone knows if a negative covid test is required before he enters USA? With the pandemic and all the madness going on, I could not find a direct answer to this question. Would appreciate any help. Thank you!

On 12/3/2020 at 6:55 PM, RUJEN said:

I'm one day behind you, mine was the 16th.

still no interview date?

1 minute ago, Linos said:

When I read about other people in this situation my mind thinks rationally about it 🙈 I think you are going to be just fine and I’m so excited that you’re at the last step of this crazy journey ❤️❤️❤️

So thankful for you and everyone that has helped in this community. Its been a long road, but things should start looking up for all of us 🥰

1 minute ago, Linos said:

Hi,

 

I’m in a similar situation and also nervous. I was denied entry to the US and my esta was revoked when I tried to visit my husband (then boyfriend) in 2019..because I was unemployed at the time and living at home with my parents basically I couldn’t prove strong ties to Ireland and they didn’t believe I would return 😔 thankfully though I didn’t actually board the flight as CBP is at Preclearance at Dublin airport...I did go to the embassy to try and obtain a visitor visa so I could visit but that was denied too for the same reasons. 
 

Fast forward to today, I have full time employment with an American company remotely from Ireland and we are married and filed our I-130 in September..I’m super anxious about my denial affecting our CR1..I won’t even attempt to visit him during the process.....I’m happy to hear everyone’s responses so far though 💕

Oh thats horrible. So sorry you had to go through it too! so far all the responses have given us hope. His interview is dec 9th, so praying for a good outcome. Check back after interview date to see if we made it!!!! Sending lots of love, I know how difficult the process is 😭

6 minutes ago, yusef94 said:

YOU'RE SO SWEET THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I'LL DO THAT FOR SURE, HOPE TO HEAR SOMETHING MAKES OUR HEART FLY FROM HAPPIENESS SOON. AND REALLY WISH YOU GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR INTERVIEW, BE CONFIDENT!! YOU ARE ALMOST THERE!

You guys will get good news soon! Watch her videos for details on what is needed for an expedite, but once we got our stuff ready we emailed it to NVCexpedite@state.gov hope some of this helps. 😊

Just now, yusef94 said:

I'LL GIVE IT A TRY THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

No problem! She has so many videos that we used for our whole process-most helpful! Also read through comments. Theres an email to send expedites to-I will look for it for you.

13 minutes ago, yusef94 said:

how can I expedite the VISA? our document DQ three months ago and still no response from both NVC and Embassy 

I watched this video on YT. She was VERY helpful. We requested expedite but denied.

Just now, yusef94 said:

isn't happy? we started our application early 2017 and just got DQ 3 months ago!  😭

i wish you the best of luck and happy days 😊

Oh my gosh!! I am so sorry that took SO long!! I was thinking our situation was taking so long because I've seen others getting interviews and approved way before us! Thank you so much and we will keep you guys in our thoughts. Praying for good new for you two!!!

2 minutes ago, yusef94 said:

from friend experience who he himself had even worse reason to get denied entry to US in 2011, his VISA was approved in 2017

 you have no problems at all so no worries and good luck!!

also could please let me know how long did it take from DQ to interview day? Thanks 

 

Thank you so much!! To be honest I don't know our EXACT dates because it took so long. But we DQ early July of this year and interview id Dec 9! But overall we began this process 1.5 years ago, so our story isn't very happy

7 minutes ago, JFH said:

It won’t have an impact as he wasn’t removed, he was just given the opportunity to withdraw his request to enter and was sent home. It does sound, from what you have written, that it could have been justified too. You say “he was in the USA at the time and we went back to the UK to visit his family”. This implies his main residence was in the US and he was just making a visit to the UK and didn’t actually live there. That’s not what the VWP is for. It sounds like he was misusing it to live here on 90-day installments with quick visits out of the country in between. 
 

It’s all water under the bridge now and won’t affect the CR-1.

Thank you so much for your reply! Its helped us relax!

3 minutes ago, payxibka said:

This will have ZERO impact on the decision 

Really?! Thank you, I could cry!

Hello, I would really love some help as we are VERY anxious and nervous. My husband has an interview on Dec 9! We know he will be asked about this and I was wondering if this will get us denied

He was NOT removed, BUT refused admission to the USA on the visa waiver program in 2019 and returned to the UK same day.

So basically he was in USA at the time, we went home to UK to visit his family. On the way back he was pulled to be interviewed at airport. They went through everything and had him for 2 hours for questioning. They said he was NOT banned, but he did not have proper visa and would need  to go back to UK ( which they put him on the next flight in the same day so he never left airport). He went home and applied for a different visa in which he was DENIED that one too, which we then decided to get married and file for CR1. so he has been in UK since then.

I'm really hoping this doesn't mess up our chances of getting approved....does anyone have any experience on  this? Thank you!

17 hours ago, Chancy said:

 

From your post history, it seems you are doing CR1, not AOS.  I'll ask a mod to move this post for you.  Please update your profile.  Anyway...

 

US health insurance is not required for the medical exam nor the visa interview.  Letter of intent to get insurance is not required either.  Note though that the consul officer may still ask about insurance if your husband has a serious medical condition that requires ongoing treatment, which could lead to him becoming a public charge.  If not, no need to worry about insurance until he moves to the US.

 

so sorry, I haven’t fully got the hang of how to properly use the site. But I really appreciate your response, thank you so much!

Hello everyone! Hoping we are all well and hanging in. Just had a question that I would appreciate help on. My husband has his medical on 25th November and his interview 9th December in London. I am needing to find out if he MUST have medical insurance BEFORE any of these appointments or if we can just have a letter to state our intent to get it before he comes to the US. I have seen people say different things so I just need some clarification please. Thank you guys!!!

This makes me feel so much better. Thank you so much for your help!!

awww perfect! so he should not have an issue coming back to US again after leaving? Thank you so much!!

Hello friends! I hope someone can help me answer this question as I have been unable to find a sure answer anywhere. My husband will be entering the US soon to activate his greencard. Once he has done that, how long do we have to wait before he is able to leave the US again? I just want to be sure because we are wanting to go back to the UK for New Year, but we did not want to risk it because I know it will take some time for the actual physical greencard to come in. I would appreciate any help. Thank you so much!