Orion22

On 6/21/2023 at 4:22 PM, Swafford25 said:

Thank you for your help! I thought that may be the case, please see the attached photos.

We got this exact message when we got DQ'd in April. Had no issues at the interview today, they didn't even ask about a joint sponsor or anything financially related other than what my wife does for work and if she still will be getting same income when moving back to the States.

You should be good 👍 Good luck to you and your spouse! 

We got approved at the interview today!

763 days after PD. Very relieved!

3 minutes ago, Alex&Nayden said:

Well the real question is - does the petitioner make 125% over the poverty level for your household?

 

If no, then they won't approve you.

If it's barely above it, you are taking a big risk.

And if it's definitely above it, you should be fine. 

Yes, it's quite a bit over the 125% 👍

1 hour ago, Alex&Nayden said:

This has happened to many people. Basically, the officer at the interview will make the final decision. But if the petitioner does not make enough, you need to have a joint sponsor by the time you get to the interview. If the petitioner does make more than enough, then I guess you can just go and see what happens. I personally wouldn't risk it. I would secure a joint sponsor just in case. 

Thank you!

We don't have a joint sponsor, so hopefully they'll accept the income at the time of the interview. 

We just received notice that we are DQ'd after sending in more proof of income. They say the case doesn't meet the income requirements, but we do. They asked for a joint sponsor back in November for our first round, but we don't have one. How is it possible that we're DQ'd, but they say we don't meet the requirements? 

We're not sure what to do here, very frustrating. 

6 hours ago, Elliott & Dora said:

Which site or app did you use that told you the service center?

Lawfully, you have to manually put in your service center otherwise it picks Potomac as a default. 

Approval in the document section! What a relief! 😄

We got our first active review! 😁

Any news from the May '21 filers?

We're still at 'case received', Vermont. 

46 minutes ago, Kuchiki said:

 Is your case within the normal processing times of Vermont? If yes, then you just gotta wait. If not, then put an outside normal processing request at USCIS. In our case that didn't work so we had to file WOM to get our case move forward. Best of luck to you. Hopefully things will pan out in your favor. 

Thank you. Yes, it is within normal processing time. What is WOM?

2 hours ago, dwheels76 said:

Hey file the K3. Maybe it will kick start the I-130 and make hem review it. Nothing to lose. It's free.

Thank you for your comments! Our lawyer sent in the K3, PD 3.11.

We uploaded unsolicited evidence a while back too. 

Hopefully some movement soon! This is such a strange process

5 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

Every case is different and every reviewer is different.  Once you get outside of normal processing time, you can inquire......good luck.  This whole process is agony.

I know right! Vermont recently increased processing time to 12 to 16 months, so still a while till we can put in a case inquiry. Never imagined it would take this long. Thanks!

I know nothing is normal when it comes to USCIS, but I see that most people applying around the same time as us and later(even this year have at least a status of active review or approved and we have no change or movement only case received.

How normal is this?

Thank you everyone!

So it doesn't sound like a big deal to change the address later, we of course don't want to lie or give false information. But our situation is just a bit different.

We're gathering everything we need to prove domicile, my wife will also write a cover letter when we move in to the NVC part explaining our situation. We're ready 😀

8 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

she should return and set up a US address 

 

does she have US bank account?

 

state ID or DL?

 

What address does she use for her US tax returns?

 

that is what she should use

 

 

Yes, she has a US bank account,  DL, storage unit etc. She has a virtual mailbox that she uses for those things, I believe the taxes has our Norwegian address. We run a business together and her leaving right now to get a place in the states isn't very ideal for several reasons.

We are still in the USCIS stage, but we know there's going to be a question in the next stage about where we're going to live.

My wife has been living with me and my child in my country since 2020, she came right before covid hit. We got married here and we couldn't afford to pay for 2 homes so we sold her home in the States since we would be living in my country till the visas are approved.

We will be going back to her old city to live, but we don't have anyone to ask to use their address. And signing a lease for a place we haven't seen, or even know when we can move into doesn't feel like an option. We don't know how long this visa process will take.

Our lawyer said we could use our friends in a different states' address for the I130 but for the next round we need a physical address of where we will stay. This might also be something they will ask about in the interview as well I assume.

Have anyone been in this situation, what did you do? Are there some solutions here?

Thank you both!

The name change documents was listed as required documents for Norway for CR1/IR1 applications.

I was told the documents needed stamps, but I might have misunderstood about the translated documents.

The translated version has a sworn statement as mentioned above, so then it seems I have everything I need.

18 minutes ago, mcjp said:

Interesting. Please keep us posted. I keep reading about K3 being defunct, but every now and then somebody will have one approved. Best of luck to you and your family.

Thank you!

What seems to be happening in some cases is that the K3/K4 will be denied, but they approve/start processing the I130 instead. So for us, we're using it as a nudge rather than an actual application. It's free when you already have a I130 in. We had some things come up with our current living situation and the visa process is taking longer than expected so hopefully this will help speed things up so we can get moving.

Hello Scandinavians ☺️

My wife (USC) is petitioning for me and my son. PD is May 20th 2021, Vermont Service Center. We're still waiting for approval on the I 130's, no movement since NOA1. Our lawyer sent in a K3/K4 last week, we'll see if that helps any. 

6 minutes ago, Kor2USA said:

When was the last time you checked if you were in Vermont? Have you chatted with Ask Emma on the uscis site lately?

Our receipt said Nebraska, but when we sent a message back in August they replied with Vermont. We have tried to get a hold of them through Ask Emma, but when we did they said we had to call to get more information about our case. We have tried calling but it won't let us through even with 'live agent' 'info pass' 'technical issue/problem'. We have sent a new message through the inbox, but no reply yet.

11 hours ago, webber777 said:

Congrtulations! Vermont seems to be moving bit faster this year it seems.

Orion22 so you never even went to Active review status? Are you USC or LPR?

No, the status haven't changes since May, it's still Case received and notice sent. My wife is a USC petitioning for me and my son. We're in Norway.

Congratulations!! 😀 Great news! Our PD is May 20th 2021, our case has not been updated since then. Our lawyer is preparing an I129f for us now, hopefully that will help speed things up a bit. Our landlord is wanting to sell the apartment we live in asap, so we suddenly had a little more pressure added.

8 hours ago, anna4614890 said:

Does anybody have that issue?...Hope it's nothing...

 

Looks like that for us too. I've seen other people posting about it too. USCIS is probably just having technical issues ^

We haven't received our NOA2 yet. PD May 20th 2021. We live in Norway. Our lawyer filed for us, look like it went to Nebraska first and then Vermont. No change in status after NOA 1.