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I highly recommend prioritizing paying the 120 for Global Entry. https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/799684-global-entry-with-conditional-green-card/ If anything, the extra background check may facilitate USCIS processing, since GE, TSA, CBP, USCIS, etc. are all under DHS information sharing along with the airport benefits of TSA and GE. However, with GE, there is also the extra responsibility of self-enforcement of customs. For example, you complete the self-declaration form on arrival and breeze through the GE kiosk with no checks. You may have forgotten you brought in some restricted items like fruits, but your luggage CBP x-rays already recorded the fruits. Don't be surprised if your GE gets revoked with no warning, and your USCIS processing or any DHS-dependent processes get more scrutinized with no clear explanations. This is just an example of some posts I've been reading.

Thanks for sharing! Please post updates to VJ community as that may be of interest to some.

I may be missing a few details but my wife has a Filipina RN friend who came on an EB2 which is different from EB3 since EB2 starts with a permanent residence green card on entry. She recently bought out her 3-year recruitment agency contract after 2 years and got hired direct with another hospital system. For EB2, it is a matter of how much can be saved to pay off the remaining part of the contract since immigration-wise, they already have a green card. If your friend already has her permanent resident green card, then she could have came on an EB2? Paying off a 2- or 3-year contract in 3 to 6 months is fairly rare unless she already had huge savings coming into the US.

One VJ member filed 2025-06 Nashville and was approved. https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/citlist.php?op6=All&op7=Nashville+TN&op1=6&op2=&op4=1&op5=5%2C10%2C11&cfl=0

Did you at least receive a biometrics appointment or biometrics reuse NOA? If you check your processing time for Tampa and get inquiry date? https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ Depending on your field office and receipt date, you may be eligible to send an inquiry.

The consulate may have grounds for denial as they may expect tax transcripts for 2022, 2023, 2024 for I-134. Or you show your current income to exceed the required. Please post the outcome from the K1 Interview.

The joint sponsor still needs to file late and settle any taxes for 2024, and have the IRS tax transcript to be a joint sponsor. So even if you submit the I-129F before April 15, this year before the 2025 tax return is filed, the time to NOA2 is currently around 10 months, which is still enough time to file the 2025 tax return and download the tax transcript. So by K1 beneficiary interview time, the K1 petitioner and joint sponsor should include the 2023, 2024, 2025, tax transcripts as part of the I-134.

So around 2024 is when the traffic started to drop?

@Syed Jamshed Ali First of all, you never asked a question to the VJ members to help you. Second, if your purpose is to ask NVC and the US consulate to restore your 1993 priority date, a VJ post does nothing to accomplish that. AI generated or not, not much may be done outside of hiring a lawyer.

@Cacolina inputing "When is your receipt date" with Sep 17, 2025 https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ The earliest you can submit questions is October 23, 2026.

NVC used to have a phone number. I would try to find the phone number to call NVC directly to address the issue ASAP because the case may get forwarded to the consulate fairly quickly. If the case does forward to the consulate in Manila, then you have to contact the US embassy in Manila to try to transfer your case to AIT-Taipei. When our case was at the NVC, we had to call the NVC phone number to get our TAI**** case number and invoice number so we could track our case at the CEAC visa status check site. Fortunately, NVC assigned and forwarded our case properly to AIT-Taipei. Double check your I-129F, Part2, if the K1 beneficiary mailing address listed is a Taiwan address or Philippines address?

@James-Celine @Edward and Jaycel Does the NVC case number start with TAI********? Is the K1 beneficiary currently in Taiwan? Has the case already been forwarded to the consulate, or is it still at NVC? Did NVC email you a copy of the marked-up I-129F?

@TomAye I don't believe I-129F asks for social media. But the DS-160 does ask for social media account(s). The K1 beneficiary could conceivably leave that field blank. The only posted stories I've seen regarding social media are that the case officers are looking for consistency or discrepancy to the case presented. For example, if the K1 fiancée is posting online the petitioner as hubby or wifey, it would invalidate the K1 visa since that would insinuate the couple is already married. Use some basic common sense, and as @Crazy Cat suggested, don't overanalyze with mental gymnastics.

@kkeys @JD2 You can also look up VJ members self-reporting their N-400 Timelines. For Atlanta Field Office, only one reported approval from 2025-10 filing. https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/citlist.php?op6=All&op7=Atlanta+GA&op1=6&op2=&op4=1&op5=5%2C10%2C11&cfl=0 And Norfolk has one reported approval from 2025-08 filing. https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/citlist.php?op6=All&op7=Norfolk+VA&op1=6&op2=&op4=1&op5=5%2C10%2C11&cfl=0 So yes, I think the government shutdown has affected USCIS processing, because USCIS depends on other government agencies like the FBI or the State Department for reports, etc.

Hello VJ admins, Go ahead and delete this if this is not appropriate. Since I've been a member from 2021, it seems that the traffic to this site has slowed down tremendously, or is it my imagination? The reason that I ask is that this site's traffic may reflect the current political climate on immigration?

@Ersen We sent our I-485 by FedEx and included a check, not ACH withdrawal. From receipt signature to check cashed was 3 days. I remembered a while back some posts complaining about direct withdrawal or credit card payment, so we chose to include a check. Did you have the receipt signature?

@steeeeve "Good character" has always been a requirement since the Naturalization Act of 1790 and has remained through the updates to the Naturalization acts since then. It is up to USCIS and maybe the current political climate on how the requirement is enforced. I would prepare a few signed statements from different witnesses to the applicant's character by the time of the interview.

Do you have an interview scheduled in which your husband can not attend?

Yes, definitely let everyone know. Thanks.

Was the 1040-NR filed? https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1040-nr And check the 1040, if you claimed any exemption from taxes on earnings as a nonresident, usually it is an item in Other Taxes? If the answer is no to both, then your federal taxes are "no" for N-400, Part 9, item 4. However, I'm not familiar enough with the California state tax laws if your situation can still be "no". Others more familiar with California state tax may chime in. If no definite answer, then I would take your tax filings and N-400 to ask an immigration lawyer.

@PGA Means not a good time to travel. But I still recommend LPR or US Citizens sponsoring visas to enroll in the TSA Precheck/Global Entry for the extra background check. @Bob in Boston The Dems and Reps are using travelers as political football. @JD2 Interesting. Which airport? Enforcement may depend on whether particular airports have the workers, because removing the programs seems to be extra work for the already stressed TSA system.

https://apnews.com/article/homeland-security-tsa-precheck-global-entry-dc1d2ccd913a74fa2c8b91dad340a3b3 Not a good time to travel, especially with this very short notice. LPR and US citizens are eligible for both TSA Precheck and Global Entry. I have been advocating both programs for years with the extra background check by the DHS to complement the immigration journey. https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/799684-global-entry-with-conditional-green-card/#findComment-10847181 Hope this temporary suspension ends soon for the sake of all travelers.

First, the K1 visa expires on entry. Second, if the I-94 expires in 9 days, instead of worrying about delays with I-693, best for you to submit the I-485 as soon as possible for "authorized stay". See if this post explains the confusion for DS-3025 or I-693? https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/799273-k1-aos-have-ds-3025-and-received-rfe-for-i-693-medical-documentation/#findComment-10833637 The short answer is that a copy of DS-3025 is sufficient to submit with the I-485. The long answer is that USCIS may or may not RFE for I-693 with the DS-3025, but submitting the I-693 with the I-485 avoids the chance for RFE for I-693. Don't confuse the extreme case mentioned by Nich-Nick as the norm. Most US Civil Surgeons are competent. Unfortunately, only USCIS or the US Civil Surgeon can answer if your DS-3025 is complete/compliant or not. If not, then USCIS will send an RFE for the I-693. Or you can see the US Civil Surgeon to have the I-693 completed, or determine the needed exam or doses to make the I-693 compliant. USCIS should have a copy of the original DS-3025 in the brown packet received by border patrol. You should also include a copy of the DS-3025 single-sided, with the I-485. Yes, you keep a copy of DS-3025 for yourself. If USCIS does RFE for a I-693, then the US Civil Surgeon will need to see your copy of DS-3025. BTW, if you do get the I-693 RFE, the US Civil Surgeon seals the I-693 and supporting documents in a brown packet much like the K1 brown packet. And you send in the sealed I-693 brown packet with the RFE letter.

Yes. Page 3, Part 4, are all the spouse's info if you are joint filing with spouse

Thanks. The link would be helpful pinned to the Tourist Visa forum. https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY25.pdf