Kelhec

4 hours ago, Chancy said:

 

The consulate will only accept a medical report from one of their accredited panel physicians.  Your son-in-law will have to wait for the findings at his visa medical.

 

Yes, I know.  I am wondering if the panel doctor will accept the medical information provided by his doctor concerning a year of following him with drug tests

3 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

Please ask a moderator to move your post to the correct forum.

How do I do that?  Sorry…I tried to fix it the first time and it didn’t change.  

Yes I apologize this was for IR1 not B2.  I clicked the wrong forum.  But yes, he is doing a voluntary 1 year of drug testing and monitoring prior to his interview.  He withdrew his B1/B2 application over a year ago when denied entry due to them thinking he was trying to immigrate (he was not).  And the issue of any prior drug use came up in that secondary interview and he was honest and said yes to pot in the past.  It is now part of his record so he wants to be honest and show he no longer uses and is not an addict.

1 hour ago, Crazy Cat said:

Son-in-Law.  This interview is for a B2.

Correct…son in law 

18 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

It will be up to the interviewing Officer as to whether he wants to see any evidence.  If he was denied entry before, it will be a factor.

He was denied entry on a B1/B2 visa because they thought he was trying to immigrate since he was married (he wasn’t and have evidence of that); but they found a picture of weed in his phone during secondary search which is how it came up.  He was allowed to surrender his visa without any ban etc…. Our attorney said that part won’t be an issue…just the admission of past drug use.  Which is why I’m wondering if front loading with the drug tests is going to be helpful

I am hoping someone has experience with this.  My SIL was questioned by CBP regarding pot use and it is in his file.  He will be doing his consulate interview in a few months and in preparation for medical has been under a doctor’s care in Colombia getting monthly drug tests to show he is clean for the last year (will be 1.5 years by interview date).  So, will this front loaded evidence be enough to keep from getting the automatic one year ban and get him approved or if not, what should we expect at the interview?

Happened to my son in law.  They think you are going to try to stay and adjust status from here since you have a case pending.  We didn’t even have a case pending yet but he was honest he was just married to a USC and coming here for a celebration after the wedding and they sent him packing 

On 10/6/2021 at 4:14 PM, aerodnight said:

I think you are right. Yesterday I was on chat with live agent who told me that my case was transferred to CSC, however, he didn't want to tell me when did it happen. I was surprised that my case is at CSC since they supposedly have 2-2.5 years processing times for I-130 and I got AR status 20 days after filing

Same here!  Now I’m wondering if the AR actually means anything or if the processing times the government has posted are wrong…

Filed 9/16 and changed to “actively  reviewing” 9/27.  Nothing since then.  We received two receipt notices, one from Nebraska then California with instructions to set up the online account.  The one in our notices online is from California so I am now thinking that is where we landed.  I have the attorney checking.

Yes he had a letter from the attorney stating he was returning to Colombia and they would wait to file later, a document from his university proving he was enrolled and had to return, and a return plane ticket.  It was a very traumatic experience and caused a lot of problems.  We learned it was mainly because he has been here 5 month before in the year so just watch cumulative time.  A good immigration attorney will advise you on this.  Ours never asked how long he had already been in the US this year so despite the fact it would have been under 6 months for the year he was flagged and the CPB officer wasn’t buying that he wasn’t planning to stay despite the evidence the contrary.  He even had the invitation to the wedding reception he was here to attend but nope.

It is possible, but be careful.  My daughter’s fiancé racked up 5 months cumulative and had a return ticket prior to 6 month limit, a letter from the immigration attorney that they were waiting to file i130, and proof he was enrolled in university in Colombia.  They cancelled his visa and forced them to start the i130 process sooner than hoped.  The CBP officer tore everything up and was determined he was lying and had either worked in the US while here or was trafficking drugs.  We were later informed by our new attorney that they start getting crazy after about 3-4 months of visit time in a year.  Note, we have a new attorney because our last one didn’t warn us of this and now they have a visa cancellation to deal with during the process