Hi all,
Unfortunately after my spouse's CR-1 interview today they asked him for an RFE (request for more evidence) to upload his CV.
The officer was very confused, asking for 2021 W-2 and stating it was not uploaded to CEAC, which I uploaded to CEAC and my husband pointed out it was uploaded. He also asked my husband about his degree, and asked him to go in depth on his master thesis topic? (completely unprepared for this according to the consular interviews).
My husband applied for a tourist visa last year (he is from India, we are the same age, both studied in Germany together for our Master's degree which is how we met) and was denied for his tourist visa based on not showing strong enough ties to Germany, as he is currently on a job search visa after finishing his master's degree. He was also asked about this, if he wanted to come to visit me - I think the officer was confused about my husband was coming to visit me and to attend his sister-in-law's wedding (so he could attend *my* sister's wedding here in the US).
It was really disappointing to hear that he was asked for stuff we weren't prepared for. The officer also asked for pictures of us, which my husband also wasn't expecting to bring, since our I-130 was approved with our evidence of bondafide marriage package. We should have been more prepared with extra evidence
The consular officer asked him to wait to receive an email from consulate before uploading additional documents (frustrating especially since there is no time estimate for this). They gave him back his passport (as I will be visiting him and traveling together next month). The consular officer said if my husband's visa is approved, he can send his passport via mail to the consulate to apply the approved visa.
Any advice on how to handle this RFE? We went through our I-130 and NVC approval process without any issues, and it feels like this RFE was really random. The RFE paper didn't even have which specific document needed to be uploaded, the officer only wrote "Upload Review to CEAC Admin", only my husband knows that the officer asked for his CV.