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Thanks for your response! I'll definitely gather as many evidence for ROC as possible. What sort of evidence do you recommend for AOS (form I-485)? Will certified copy of marriage license from county clerk suffice? Thanks for your guidance.

Greetings, My wife entered the US on a K1 visa about 70 days ago. Do we need to include proof of bona fide marriage when filing form I-485? We are sending a certified copy of marriage license. Is that enough? she's covered by my work health insurance and the utility bill is under her name. Do these count? We're going to have a joint bank account soon. I don't know how much proof they need I just want to get the ball rolling asap.

Greetings, My wife entered the US with a K1 visa and we got married within 90 days. Then we applied for a new SSN and her card came with this restriction: "Valid for Work only with DHS authorization". On both I-485 and I-765 forms there is a question asking if SSA has ever issued a SSN which we answered "Yes". Then the following question asks If we want SSA to issue a social security card. My question is, if we answer yes, will SSA automatically send an unrestricted card when AOS is approved or do we answer no and physically apply for unrestricted SSN at social security office once we have the green card?

It is cruel, discriminatory, and an insult to human dignity. Sadly there is nothing we can do but to wait. It's completely out of our control. No news of my WoM. We are waiting on the judge to decide the case.

No updates. Just crossed the 10th month of AP. Nothing to do except to wait.

There are mandamus cases where the judges have found that delays of 3-5 years are reasonable. In my opinion, the goal of mandamus should not always be to win the order from the judge because your lawsuit can always be dismissed (unless you're waiting for years). Dismissal is the new norm. The goal should be to accelerate the visa adjudication. Theoretically, the lawsuit sheds light on your pending case and things start moving in the background. I say theoretically because no one knows for sure not even expert lawyers who we pay thousands of dollars to.

For anyone wondering, the government's attorney filed motion to dismiss our case. We are going to file our own opposition and then it will be up to the judge. The only issue is that the judge can take "several months or more" to decide the case (according to our lawyer). So we are back to square one and waiting with no end it sight.

No, nothing so far

My case was updated yesterday on CEAC without me making an inquiry. Maybe a positive sign of progress being made? Government attorney's response is due in 6 days.

Update on my mandamus lawsuit All parties were served on 11/13. Their answer is due on 1/12/24. This was my lawyers response when I forwarded the 221g email I got from the embassy: "It's not really a final decision since it's under 221(g). The case status now is "Additional security screening is being conducted". From the email you received, we understand they started working on the application again, but we need to wait and see what happens." I want to remain optimistic and I think good things will come out of this lawsuit! I will keep ya'll updated.

Hey guys, I just received this email from the Abu Dhabi Embassy! It's just saying that the visa has been denied under 221g. I already knew this since 6.5 months ago because they gave us the physical 221g refusal form at the embassy. Does anybody know why I got this email now? I am very confused. Could it be because of the mandamus lawsuit that I recently filed? My lawyer's office hasn't gotten the confirmation that summonses have been served to all parties yet. By the way, our case was also updated on the CEAC website.

I've seen three recent cases where Iranian AP cases were cleared within a month after the dismissal of their WOM. In one other case, they were cleared after challenging the motion to dismiss, even before the judge could decide. It's a crazy unpredictable process so don't lose hope. As for me, I have already signed a WOM contract with an attorney a few weeks ago and the lawsuit is currently in the process of being served. So it's too late for me to back out. I'm not going to let them dismiss my case without a fight and exhausting every legal option available.

16 months after filing the case or 16 months of AP? My fiance is only 6 months in AP but 27 months since we filed the 129F.

Hello, did the judge dismiss your case after the extension or did the defense attorney file for motion to dismiss? What was their rationale for the dismissal?

I was replying to a case that is in AP. USCIS does not handle administrative processing for visa applications. Administrative processing is managed by the Department of State.

It will be filed on Nov 1st. You'd think a war between Israel and the Palestinians wouldn't drag Iranian civilians into the mess. But these folks don't seem big on common sense, so they might just find a way to make it our problem. Now I'm second-guessing if I blew my money on this lawsuit. Who knows? I guess we'll find out in a few months.

In 2 weeks, it'll mark half a year since I started waiting in this AP limbo after sending in DS-5535. I'm not sure if waiting this long is considered "unreasonable delay". I lost all faith in US immigration process and I can't just keep waiting forever without any updates. My fiancé and I decided to initiate the process of filing for WOM. I signed a contract with Jim Hacking LLC and paid the attorney fees. I'll keep you all in the loop with updates here.

My fiance had her interview at the Abu Dhabi US embassy yesterday. They refused her visa for no apparent reason. The interviewer gave her a sheet that our case requires "administrative processing" and may take several months. They did not ask for any evidence of relationship, I-134 form, W2 forms, or the any financial support documents even though we had all of those with us! We are utterly devastated because we waited 637 for an interview date and we planned the wedding and we were not expecting having to wait more months. This morning they sent me (petitioner) to fill out DS-5535. The questions in DS-5535 are almost the same as DS-160 which we filled out like 3 months ago. I don't know what to expect after this. Does anybody know how much longer we would need to wait?