EmTi

Thank you for that insight!! I’m excited.

Thank you. I did hear a few stories about the secondary inspection. It’s probably not horrible but the support probably helps.

Both are true.

Thank you, that’s very helpful. Yes. That’s accurate. And he’s African.

I’ve been with my husband before, just transiting through Germany for our next flight. We were pulled out of the line (the only ones) and asked about final destination and wanted to see our marriage certificate. so this is a major blessing for us to get to this stage so forgive me if I’m overthinking things, but it’s been a difficult journey.

My husband and I probably read too many posts online, but stories of going through cell phones, inspecting baggage, re-interviewing - asking crazy questions. Things like that we’ve read before. But that must be the exception and not the norm.

Oh okay. Thank you!! 🙏🏽

Thank you.

He’s from Africa and sometimes Africans go through more scrutiny.

Thank you. I’d love to be that support for him. Weighing that against almost $2k in travel expenses is a tough one.

His English is solid. I mean, he has a thick accent of course lol but it’s his primary language. I just heard of a couple of horror stories dealing with CBP.

Question: Is it better for me to be with my husband when he arrives at his point of entry and encounters CBP for the first time? I’m in the US but thinking of flying to him so that we can enter together and wondering if it’s worth it because tickets are so expensive right now.

Thank you so much!

Yes he is a resident. We both are. Since we have leased a place here for over 2 years.

We are building a home in the U.S., not his country. And for timing, we married after knowing each other for about year and half. We met when I signed up to volunteer for a youth program he runs in his country. We dated long distance for that year, then married. You’re correct. We don’t live together. But in 2020 we leased an apartment (in Barbados not his home country), because Barbados was closer to the US than his home country and he doesn’t need a visa for Barbados. So we chose a place where we can be together easily, I could easily travel back and forth. so, we share the Barbados apartment and I travel every few months to spend a month or so with him.

We were asked (grilled) mostly about the wedding, why it wasn’t traditional, cultural. And we’re asked about how we met. Then walked through the details of when I visited, what we did.

We have an apartment but I travel back and forth to US. My primary home is US. If your spouse gets an ITIN it makes commingling finances a bit easier. They had suspicions due to my lack of travel to see him a few years ago and questioned our meeting each other online. we also did a judicial wedding with a few friends only. So we have done our best over the last few years to spend as much time as we can together, and regardless of what happens we blend our lives as best possible. but my questions remain for those who know the process: has anyone gone through a stokes interview? How long does it usually take to hear back? what does it mean for her to write her report?

It was a visa Interview, not removal of conditions. I don’t think it’s highly unusual. We have a lease together in Barbados where we share an apartment. We are building a house and my husband is with me on the contract. We file taxes as a married couple. Etc.

Applying for IR1 visa. Hello, my spouse had an interview last week, I was not allowed to attend. But they didn’t ask him much, and said they’d be in touch. The same day, the Consular called me and asked if I could attend an interview with my husband. It turned out to be a stokes interview. They had suspicions due to my lack of travel to see him a few years ago and questioned our meeting online. we have had a lot of time together for the last 2 years and showed several pictures of that. I also mentioned that we have bills together, a lease together, buying a new house together, and more. But they were not interested in any of that, the only thing they wanted to see were the pictures. so after the interview she said she has to write up her report and it could be a few weeks. My question is - has anyone gone through a stokes interview? How long does it usually take to hear back?

oh okay. Interesting.

Oh! I didn’t know that. Thank you.

Congratulations!!!! What does tentatively approved mean?

Okay. So the new 864 printed and taken is not necessary right?

My husband and I will be going to our interview soon for IR1. We were DQ in April, Our original submission date was October, 30 2021 and we used the now expired i864. We were approved with that 864. I am wondering if we need to complete the new i864 and take it with us to the interview? We are taking my 2021 tax transcripts since we were approved with 2020 taxes.

Hi everyone, My spouse and I are getting ready for our interview, and I have a question: If I already uploaded photos from our spending time together for the last few years, should I also upload a travel log showing my travel to him or just bring it to interview? Because I’m wondering how much travel will they want to see? I could only find travel back to Oct 2020, not back to when we married in 2018. I mean we have wedding photos there and of course our marriage certificate but we also have photos of our other times together over the years. And for travel the most I could do is travel back and forth from Oct 2020-Now. And most of the travel is to Barbados where he lives now, not where he’s from (nor where we married in 2018).