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43 minutes ago, Wuozopo said:

Perhaps they came up with a name hit  on the security check that is the same as your husband’s, so need more background information to rule him out as the bad guy. I’ve actually never heard anybody mention being asked for this after a London interview in the dozen years I have followed the UK forum.  https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/99-united-kingdom/

 
Yeah, I’ve only been able to find one other person who has been in this situation after London interview. Like us, she was told she was approved at interview then given the 5535 a few days later. No obvious reason for her either - it seems so strange. 

5 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

OP

Were u born in UK ?

or immigrated from another country?

 

that's the only reason i can think of that would prompt a ds 5535 unless you worked outside the UK extensively or had a complicated travel history

 

if so,  check the ds 5535 forum and read posts there from others 

type ds 5535 in the search bar

I am the US citizen - My husband was born in the U.K. No immigration history in the family.

He spent 2 years Australia (not uncommon for U.K. citizens) when he was younger and worked in the US on a J1 (summer camp - how we met), but has never worked anywhere else. 
 

We have travelled quite a bit together - mostly Europe, some Asia. 

Hi All,

Has anyone received a DS-5535 from the London Embassy? I’m having a hard time finding any information as it seems they don’t use it frequently. 
 

I’m wondering what the processing times have been like?

Thanks! 

DQ 11th May, interview letter (via email) today (17th May) interview scheduled for 27th June. 

You can book your medical as soon as you have an LND number. We scheduled ours for a week after we thought we’d get DQ. 

11 minutes ago, etrangais said:

Did your husband work in the US?

No, he has a transfer offer from his employer - so will keep the same job but work for the Us branch - that we used for the I-864 income amount. I didn’t realise that I’d need to provide a statement regarding taxes, W2, etc. in this case. Devastated by the mistake. 

7 minutes ago, Kor2USA said:

What was the RFE for? 

They wanted my husband’s (intending immigrant) US tax return. He does not have one so just wrote a letter stating as such. 

First doc submitted January 22, last January 24. RFE today. 

Update: apparently so! I-130 approved today.

Hi everyone. I submitted an ‘outside normal processing time’ enquiry on 14th December (the day we were eligible to do so). I received an email the same day stating they had received the request and to expect a reply by 5th Jan. On 3rd Jan our case status changed to ‘actively reviewing’ but we have not had any other form of communication regarding the enquiry. Does anyone know if this is their ‘reply’ or if I should follow up somehow for a status update? Thanks for your help/thoughts! 

Hello, we are in a similar position. I contacted the embassy about withdrawing and re-filing - we received the following:

"Thank you for your email, we cannot accept an I-130 petition filed at the embassy for you as you have a pending application with USCIS. If you wish to expedite this petition you will need to contact USCIS, please visit www.uscis.gov for more information."

I (US citizen) have had a job offer, so I think we clearly qualify - but I'm guessing the embassy won't confirm if we are eligible and we just have to take the risk? Has anyone had any luck in getting the embassy to confirm they'll accept the new petition before withdrawing the original?