Elliott & Dora

Hello everyone. Applied for the N-400 today for my wife today. Applying under 319b since currently working for US company in South Korea. Swearing in location is Dallas, TX because she wants to change / shorten her name. Received my Notice of Receipt almost immediately but no reuse of biometrics :(. Time to approval is estimated at 9 months.

8 CFR § 211.1 (6) A Form I–551, whether or not expired, presented by a civilian or military employee of the United States Government who was outside the United States pursuant to official orders, or by the spouse or child of such employee who resided abroad while the employee or serviceperson was on overseas duty and who is preceding, accompanying or following to join within 4 months the employee, returning to the United States; or

Thanks for the clarification and I guess we will be taking a small vacation to “activate” the visa’s. I don’t believe I need to do reentry permits due to my employment status of US entity. Yes I am aware of this and that is my next step as soon as she has her green card.

The visas expire in Dec 2023. From what I have been reading if I am working overseas for an US entity then requirement that states a green card holder cannot leave the US for more than 1 year doesn’t apply. I am very interested in what starts the process. Are they required to enter? I am thinking of sending an inquiry to USCIS and the embassy and await an response.

Hi, I am currently working as a US Gov employee in South Korea. My wife and step children were recently issued the I551 temp visa’s in their passports. I understand most of the implications that affect her green card status while residing with me here but I am confused if they are required to enter the US to start the green card issue process. I have already payed the immigration fee and the interviewer at the consulate was fully aware of my status here and that I would not depart for a few years. Should I contact USCIS to make sure they are aware of my current situation and not to expect the family members to enter the US till the end of my tour here? Will any of this delay the issuance of green cards? TIA Elliott&Dora

I have similar questions but upon a little research I learned that you have to use this website (USCIS case status https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do) with your receipt number when you paid the USCIS Immigrant Fee. It will change the status on the green card is printed, issues, etc. There is a large discussion about this in the forum below. Hope this helps.

I did file a separate I-130 for each person but the I-864 applied to all once I submitted on the NVC site since the applications are linked to each other. For the evidence I just submitted it the same for each person. My first attempt resulted in RFI's which caused me to submit more than enough evidence and I just mirrored all the applications the same for evidence which resulted in DQ's.

My case is similar to yours but even more complex, My family and I live in Seoul, South Korea and my wife and step children are Colombian. The CR1, IR2 x2 all DQ'd on different dates. Two of the cases requested RFI's but in the end was DQ'. All the interview dates was scheduled at the same time. I will say it took two weeks after DQ till I got the interview notification in my email. Good luck

Hello Visa interview scheduled July 6 in Seoul, South Korea for my Colombian wife and step children.

Update! IR-1 DQ 4 May now waiting for interview date. I was wondering if we will track interview dates as the Mar forum has or is that too much trouble?

IR-1 RFI submitted 4/21 thank you

Hello I would like to add a second IR2 for submitted Apr 7th and DQ on Apr 18th. thanks for you for the spreadsheet keeping track of all submissions

Hello RFI IR-1 18 Apr 😞

Hello Please add IR-1 submitted Apr 7 IR-2 submitted Apr 7

Which site or app did you use that told you the service center?

At https://myaccount.uscis.gov There is a new tab next to case status for the petition you have filled

If you interested in becoming a US citizen the topics below will interest you.

1. Still at initial stage of i-130 being processed in Nebraska 2. Beneficiaries 3. USC 4. We are all abroad. I am a Department of Defense Civilian working in Korea. We are living here on current A-3 Visas. Because biometrics are taken when they are all issued B2 visas. I assumed they would use the same biometrics taken for that visa.

I searched but I couldn’t find this answer so I decided to ask. I have recently filed my I-130s and my beneficiaries currently have B1 / B2 visas. Does that mean they will no longer require fingerprints since they were taken for the B1 / B2 visa? Does that shorten any part of the process since they are already in the “system”? I did list their visa numbers and US visits on the I-130 as requested on the form.

Status moved to "Case Is Being Actively Reviewed By USCIS" June 24th.

I filed in March 2022 also and was transferred to Nebraska. Currently "Case Was Received And A Receipt Notice Was Sent" Hopefully this will update soon.