Vahradrim

Hi!

Just to update people on that and maybe help someone in the same case.

- We called the USCIS (held an hour... 😕 ) and the lady told us that if we submitted our AOS before having confirmation that our K1 is withdrawn, it would surely be denied.. Haha we were like "That's not what people told us... great!"

- We called the NVC  (held an hour again... 😕 ) to urge them to withdraw our case but the lady told us our case was sent back to the USCIS 6 days ago. Okay good! She also told us that "of course we can file our AOS even if our K1 is not withdrew yet" !

Lol don't know who to believe these days...

- We called the USCIS back  (held an hour aaaagain... 😕 ) to ask them if they got our case from the NVC and if we could file our AOS before having the confirmation that our K1 is withdrawn, and another lady told us she couldn't answer that so she scheduled a call with an officer who should call us next week and answer our questions.

It's just withdrawing an application, I'm sure it's just clicking on a button, for something that cannot even happen anymore since we're not eligible to K1 now that we're married, there not even a verification to do or anything.

No wonder why the cases take a year to be processed, they just don't want to work.

Also, did I mention my first call to the USCIS (after an hour waiting on the phone hearing the same message "We can only speak to the petitioner or the beneficiary, otherwise we cannot help you.") a lady told me she could only speak to the petitioner and since I'm the beneficiary she will not talk to me. Had to get my wife in one minute, she introduced herself and the lady on the phone was just muted... After 5 minutes being like "Hello ? Is someone there still ?" we had to hang up and call again to wait another hour !!

It's not the first paragraph I see where the "Skip to..." is reversed in different forms. I also put "No" and skipped to 63 on this one.

On 2/11/2021 at 12:40 PM, HRQX said:

Do you not get your money back when the airline cancels the flight?

I got a refund from French and English airlines (Air France and British Airwaves)

None of the Americans companies ever paid me back, never answered my messages, mails, tell me on the phone that my case is processing but I don't really believe it's true.. my money is long gone with them imo...

2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

They restricted travel where there was not a compelling reason, a citizen returning home is pretty compelling

Yeah I don't need any of them anymore but the problem I had with these flights is that most of them they get cancel 2 days before because they are empty, and there's no way to know at the time I book them.. I had this problem when Covid started and I lost thousands of euros on 5 cancelled flights. Now obviously the situation must be more stable. Anyway, it's off topic but nice to know some flights are still scheduled.

41 minutes ago, Boiler said:

6:45 PM

SCHEDULED

AF 3577

Paris CDG

flight duration

7h 15m

JFK

CDG

New York · Thu, Feb 11

Scheduled departure

6:45 PM

Terminal

4

Gate

B28

Paris · Fri, Feb 12

Scheduled arrival

8:00 AM

Terminal

2E

Gate

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Maybe there are flights now, but at the moment we started to look for solutions 2 weeks ago there was only news saying EU and France will close their borders and my flight got cancelled, that's why we looked for solutions.

So I don't know what the point of your message was but thank you for the info flights are still scheduled.

13 hours ago, HRQX said:

You also have the option of doing it later: https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-4

Applicants may submit the Form I-693 medical examination report to USCIS:

• Concurrently with the immigration benefit application; or

• At any time after filing the immigration benefit application but before USCIS finalizes adjudication of that application. If not submitted simultaneously with the immigration benefit application, applicants may bring the medical examination report to an interview or wait until USCIS issues an RFE requesting the medical examination report. 

In  the latter case, USCIS also sends a courtesy letter that says "DO NOT MAIL DOCUMENTS AT THIS TIME."

I saw I could do it later but I normally have all my vaccinations and I was able to have an appointment with a certified doctor "pretty soon" (2 weeks not so far from where I am). So I will submit it at the same time.

Thank you for the information though!

Thank you so much for all your answers, you all made us feel better ! :D

Their message was weirdly worded so we got scared..

Perfect then, we will wait for my medical appointment and we can send the whole package to the USCIS

Thank you very much for your help!

Hi everyone, after searching a lot on the forums, I couldn't find an answer to my problem, I need your help :

The context :

Last year, my girlfriend (female US citizen) and I (male french citizen) decided to start the K1 visa process, then Covid stroke, of course...

Our case got approved by the USCIS and sent to the NVC (NOA2 received), it stayed stuck at the NVC for months.

I visited my girlfriend on ESTA on December 19, 2020 and I am still currently in the US (since almost 2 months now).

My return tickets got cancelled, Biden extended the travel ban and France (and the EU) closed its borders to all non-EU arrivals.

We looked online for solutions to our situation and we saw we could get married while I was visiting her (since I had no intention to marry while visiting her on my ESTA when I crossed the border, I actually had no idea it was even possible).

So after confirming with people who did it and searching a lot to be sure it was legal, we got married and my girlfriend is now my wife!

The problem :

We decided to withdraw our K1 visa petition at the NVC. So we sent a letter explaining the situation, and since we're now married, we cannot apply for the K1 visa anymore and ask to withdraw our petition.

The NVC got back to us a week later (today) and their answer was :

"This petition is currently undergoing necessary administrative processing. You will be notified with further instructions when the processing is complete."

What we tried :

- Searching online a lot. Couldn't find an answer that fits our situation.

- Calling the NVC today. The person told us they received our mail yesterday and our case is in this state since yesterday, but the person wasn't really sure and told us it might be because they want to send the package back to the USCIS... Not a big help, he didn't really know.

Questions :

- I read online that "administration processing" was a state where the USCIS or NVC was performing a background check. Why would they start a background check when we just asked to cancel our case anyway? Except to block our case in that state and keep us from adjusting status ?

- Since the NVC confirmed they received our withdrawal request, can I adjust my status (I-130 + I-485 that I was preparing since a week now) while on this state ?

We are really stressed something happened. We are sure we didn't do anything illegal and we followed exactly the same steps than multiple we talked to and who got their green card, so we're really stressed we got unlucky or we missed something? :'(

Thank you for your help.