DrJayRough

18 minutes ago, DrJayRough said:

Very interesting to learn the answers to these questions from OP. Indeed, this case is unusual-ish. However, we have seen some of the examples here when people get their 10-year GC upon joint I-751 submission while being in the divorce procedure and not filing the divorce waiver. Then they apply for N400 and get rejected since their 10-year GC was obtained unlawfully. The exact dates here are extremely important. The OP's timeline is somewhat close to that situation (he divorced in 2020, applied for N400 in Nov 2022, now it's 2023, 5-year rule, probably married in late 2017/early 2018)...

 

Eagerly waiting for the OP answers...

More to add. While it is still interesting to learn these answers, I went though OP's first post here. He was granted a 2-year GC in Nov 2016 (obviously, marriage happened before that date), so it's strange the officer had some red flags with this case. I am surprised that wrong answers can affect an N400 application so much... I would expect that the officer would issue and RFE to prove bona fide marriage after I-751.. does it even ever happen? In any case, it is somewhat strange.

1 hour ago, Redro said:

Questions: 

• What date did you get married?
• When did you apply for adjustment of status?
• When did you receive your GC?
• How many years did you receive/when did it expire: 2 or 10?
• (When) Did you apply for removal of conditions?
• When did you receive 10 year green card?
• When did you divorce (how many years were you married)?
• When did you apply for citizenship.... 

Reading your first post... the officer suggested you withdraw the N400... but did she tell you anything else about why she believes you should withdraw/did she ask you any other questions?

I would request a FOIA (freedom of information act)- information about your immigration history and comments about this interview and previous interviews as it appears due to your "jet lag" and being "not conscious" you do not remember the interview well... and it will be a good refresher and will help you decide IF not WHEN you should apply for US citizenship... 

 

Very interesting to learn the answers to these questions from OP. Indeed, this case is unusual-ish. However, we have seen some of the examples here when people get their 10-year GC upon joint I-751 submission while being in the divorce procedure and not filing the divorce waiver. Then they apply for N400 and get rejected since their 10-year GC was obtained unlawfully. The exact dates here are extremely important. The OP's timeline is somewhat close to that situation (he divorced in 2020, applied for N400 in Nov 2022, now it's 2023, 5-year rule, probably married in late 2017/early 2018)...

Eagerly waiting for the OP answers...

14 minutes ago, marriedtomrg said:

Short visits are good. When you have a green card, you cannot be outside the US for more than a year, otherwise that would be seen as abandoning your status as a LPR. She should be fine. I assume you both have submitted Change of Address forms to USCIS?

Thanks for your reply, we did not yet notify USCIS about the change of address. We will do so, once we finalize our lease contract

13 minutes ago, Lil bear said:

I did exactly the same thing. Very common to have to go back to finish up and tie off loose ends. As a USC she can come and go without time limitation

11 minutes ago, Lil bear said:

She is the USC.. he is the LPR. No issue at all 

Thanks for clarifying and confirming, Lil bear. By the way, how does that affect the plastic green card issuance? 

2 minutes ago, Timona said:

Sounds good 

Thanks, Timona

Dear All,

My wife (USC) and I (beneficiary) are currently trying to figure out the best way to deal with our jobs, while not jeopardizing the immigration process. We checked a ton of posts, but nothing really related to our situation. Our background:

Applied for IR-1 visa in Feb 2021.

Received the visa in Oct 2022.

During the process we both are residing in Spain (we used a joint sponsor). Now our situation is that I accepted a job offer at the University in IN, which starts on Jan 1st 2023. Since it also includes teaching, I need to be there on time. My wife currently works in Spain and is finishing her projects with her employer, but that employer asked her to stay for another 1-1.5 months to complete the projects (we both can legally live and work in Spain till Mar 31st 2023). She really likes her current job and she has some problems finding jobs in the US in the area where we intend to move eventually. Please, let me know if this plan is good to proceed with:

We got our airplane tickets for early December, we arrive in CA (her home state). A week later we move to IN to settle in our new home. She and I think that she needs to properly re-establish her domicile in the United States (as per the I-864 requirements). For that purpose she co-signs our new lease, gets an IN state ID or DL, signs up for utility bills together with me, signs up for voting in IN etc. Then in the early Jan she goes back to Spain for 1-1.5 months to finish her job and after that she moves back to the US while (hopefully) having a job offer near me.

Does this plan sound fine or should we look into a more appropriate way to arrive to the US? She and I are married for over 4 years now, so I think that the ROC process doesn´t apply to us.

Thank you for your answers.

Best regards.

-Peter

Ah, I discussed this with you recently. Sorry to hear you are still waiting for your passport...I am still waiting, too

Yes, same here in Spain. Looks like it's worldwide 

25 minutes ago, Nazaret said:

Hi, 

what online form did you use? 

I used this one: https://es.usembassy.gov/visas/visa-section-contact-form/

Hi, 

27 minutes ago, EIK said:

You said that you know other cases that were scheduled in 1-1,5 months? 

I think this is an outdated information. From what I am seeing now, it takes them 2 months to schedule a date (maybe even longer). I mean specifically for the immediate relatives category (yours might be different).

28 minutes ago, EIK said:

You mention you requested the expedite “second time”, did you get denied the first time? Did you request the expedite before of after the review?

I requested an expedite right after the first review at the NVC. It was denied. The second time I requested the expedite around 1.5 months into our second NVC review. It was approved.

29 minutes ago, EIK said:

Once you got the request approved and NVC sent you that email, did you contact the embassy to get an earlier appointment?

Yes, I did contact the Embassy directly and they scheduled the interview for us earlier than what the NVC´s email was suggesting.

Best of luck!

1 minute ago, danom said:

No they never gave me a 221(g) and said no information is required. I called the medical center to make sure the medical was sent. And they confirmed it was sent the day after my interview (though the co never mentioned it or gave me 221(g)).

These are all good signs. If they kept your passport, I think you can expect your visa issued soon! I’m now too waiting for ~two weeks after the interview for my passport been sent back. Similar to your case, approved at the interview, no 221(g), no additional information requested.

1 minute ago, danom said:

No it's been on ready since the interview but the case date was recently updated a few times

your case is likely still in Administrative Processing, which may take some time (weeks, months). Just stay patient and wait. Did the CO give any 221(g) to you in the end of the interview? Did they request any additional information?

What does ceac say now? Were there any changes in ceac status since the interview?

Okay, sounds good! I dm'ed you the link

Hi Melissa,

It seems that these days it's taking longer than before. It used to be around 2-3 weeks just this past Spring and now it slowed down a lot. There is a WhatsApp chat for Spain/US immigration and there is another couple that got DQ'ed the same exact day (it seems like a different couple, though). They have not yet received their interview letter, either. Good luck! Let me know if you'd like to be added to that chat.

7 hours ago, Adam Macy said:

Hi -- just curious what the basis of your expedite request was, and also when the interview finally is? 

Hi Adam,

We asked to expedite based on a pending job offer in the U. S. We contacted Embassy separately via their online form on Sep 7th and got a reply that the interview is scheduled for Sep 27th 2022.

Hi Mpowie,

I got the same exact issue back in July. It was resolved by itself within a couple of days. However, I did send a public inquiry to NVC to resolve this issue for which I got a reply in early September (kind of useless).

9 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

The words "expedite" and "fast" are synonymous.  You'll just to wait for the Consulate to work you in somewhere. Looks like they are not willing to bump interviews NVC has already scheduled.

thanks for your answer. So, you mean that they have interviews up to November already scheduled? Maybe Madrid is getting slower 

Hi All,

First of all, thanks to all VJ members for their unmatched support and knowledge of the process! Without you our journey would be a lot harder and unpredictable. 

We are getting close to having our interview appointment at the US embassy in Madrid. We asked to expedite NVC stage second time on Aug 29 and got approved on Aug 31, but when we got an email from NVC they mentioned the following: ¨Please be advised that the earliest Madrid can schedule this case is November given current scheduling.¨ (also see the attachment). This is really weird as we know that Madrid embassy is being very quick these days and takes 1-1.5 months to schedule interviews after DQ. Without the expedite request we were expecting to be DQ´ed around Sep 20, so we would probably be scheduled for the interview in Nov anyways (I understand it is speculations, but it is based on data from 7 people, so there is some legitimacy for that assumption). This basically seems to cancel any time advantage that we may gain after getting expedite approval.

The email was received from NVC. How much am I supposed to trust it? Can we ask the Embassy to speed things up? CEAC status check says ¨Ready¨.

Thank you!

On 7/14/2022 at 4:43 PM, iskramar said:

My wife is a Russian citizen and is currently outside of Russia. Our case is at the NVC stage and the only document we need is her criminal record paper. We currently have the criminal record as an electronic version from Gosuslugi. Can we print this version and translate and notarize it? Will this format be acceptable for NVC?

Thank you!

Hi,

Yes, I just got our Police Certificate form the Russian electronic government (Gosuslugi) accepted at NVC. Another option that visa reciprocity table offer is to get one from a Russian Consulate/embassy. We also summitted that and it also got accepted. Make sure to translate everything.

Best wishes!

On 7/12/2022 at 5:36 AM, michael_n1988 said:

I’ve checked my account today and it’s finally updated to the correct status. It went from INCOMPLETE to ACCEPTED. Seems like they finally fixed it. 

Hi Michael, 

I am now having the exact same issue. Did you receive any messages from NVC in your mailbox after the first review? How long did you have to wait till the problem got resolved?

Thank you.

17 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

RFE for signature on the I-130a is rare.  Sometimes it's because they I-130 was completed incorrectly indicating the spouse IS in the USA.  Worst case is send the RFE back with a note pointing to the instruction you followed.

Thank you for your answer.

13 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

Read the instructions at top of the form where it says Start here

it is fully explained for your foreign spouse to fill out 

last sentence says,  it you live overseas ,  you must fill out the form but do not need to sign it

 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-130a.pdf

While this is an absolute true and I also followed this instruction while filling out our i130a form, I found a couple of stories on VJ from people, whose beneficiary spouses live overseas and they didn't sign i130a as per the form's instruction, but they still got an rfe requiring their signature. My spouse didn't sign i130a and we are now wondering if she should have... Does anyone here think that these two scenarios: living abroad together or the petitioner living in the US and the spouse living abroad can make any difference for this vague requirement by USCIS? Thank you!

P.S. We are still waiting for our NOA2 from TSC

2 minutes ago, powerpuff said:

OP is going through adjustment of status in the US, not spousal visa.  

Ahh, thanks! Should’ve checked the profile.

Best regards.

-P

21 hours ago, nox5589 said:

Hi,
We sent our RFE response and it was delivered today. USCIS has not updated the status and I don't expect them to do it for another 3 or more days.

RFE was about sponsor income proof(self-employed/freelance). We sent w2s, 1099s, tax returns and transcripts from 3 years. How long does it realistically take to process it? I know it's technically 90 days but what are your experiences with RFEs of financial documents?
 

Hi there,

just our of curiosity. Did you get RFE for NVC stage, namely you are now working on I-864 form, or is it still the first stage at USCIS? I am just seeing some conflicting posts and comments on this forum and I want to know at which stage these documents really come into play. I don't remember USCIS asking for financial documents upon our I-130 online submission.

Thank you!

Best regards.

-P

17 minutes ago, Sammy.NZ said:

Our I-130 has been on the  "Being actively reviewed" status for nearly 5 months now ?!? Can someone tell me if this is normal? Most comments I've seen people seem to get approved shortly after their account changes from "Received" to "Case Being Actively Reviewed" - should I be worried ? Someone ease my mind if you're dealing with the same thing.

 

Cheers

Hi Sammy.NZ

Our case has been actively reviewed for almost 4 months now. PD 2/26, also transferred from Nebraska to Texas. I have a feeling that it’s just some technical update, that has a little to no meaning. After surfing the Internet, I think that what we have to wait for is a second “active review” notification, which seems to mean that case is REALLY being actively reviewed.

Good luck and stay patient! We all will get our approvals some time soon.