Jjackson123

36 minutes ago, Boiler said:

U$U is good for 2 years, which begs the question if they have announced what happens next, nothing to my knowledge. Now here the person can file to adjust which seems simpler.

We are married so we do have a path for her to stay in the states. Everyone else on the program will gave an issue unless congress acts. 

36 minutes ago, millefleur said:

You could do that or you could have her adjust status from the U4U humanitarian parole, whichever one goes faster. The benefit of U4U is you can be together in the US for at least 1 year. 

 

Given how complicated your DCF has become (I've never see this "Adam Walsh namecheck" and things being sent to USCIS or the NVC, those steps are usually skipped during DCF), you might need to get a lawyer either way. It sounds like the Embassy in Cyprus can't do anything until USCIS/NVC corrects that error.

 

Did you try filing the Writ of Mandamus regarding that matter as @powerpuff mentioned?

 

 

I just wrote the the Inspector General's office. I am guessing someone with the same name as me has a crime related to Adam Walsh namecheck. It should still not take 15+ months to clear my name. I am pass my FBI background within 10 minutes at least once per year stateside. I wonder when the I-130 is accepted if we just fly back to Cyprus to complete the process? I do have a lawyer ready if things are not approved in the next month.   

4 hours ago, millefleur said:

I meant it more as a metaphor, sorry for not being clear. You can leave your I-130 as-is while U4U is processing. No need to do anything on the DCF side.

 

We have a U4U thread here if you're interested: 

 

Thank you for this excellent information. So we will be able to just fly back to Cyprus from the states when the visa is ready and finnish up the CR1 visa correct?  

On 7/16/2023 at 9:52 PM, millefleur said:

 

Have you considered abandoning DCF and bringing your wife over via Uniting for Ukraine? 

We just filled out the biometrics for Uniting for Ukraine. We are now just waiting on a travel date. Do we still have to abandon the I-130? 

On 7/10/2023 at 2:54 PM, Jjackson123 said:

There are a few things that concern me.

1.)The embassy did not request my fingerprints which according to the field manual is they need to invite me back to the embassy to complete.

2. It appears the physical petition was never received by the USCIS. We have been living on Cyprus.

 

We have a rented villa and have bank accounts on cyprus.  I need to visit America for two months for business so we are attempting again for a tourist visa but, I doubt we will receive it. I will bring her back to Ukraine to stay with her family if we are denied the tourist visa. This process have been a nightmare. 

Has anyone else had such an issue when filing DCF? 

On 7/9/2023 at 3:33 AM, powerpuff said:

~~ Duplicate related thread removed. Please do not start multiple threads per topic (DCF in Cyprus) as that’s spamming. It also helps others understand the whole situation if it’s in one place ~~
 

This certainly explains the administrative review by USCIS you mentioned previously. There’s nothing much you can do when it comes to background checks, this one is taking a while it seems. If your record is clean then probably your name matched someone who has committed an AWA crime. 
 

One other solution I’ve seen here is a filing a Mandamus lawsuit with a federal court to force a decision. 
 

 

There are a few things that concern me.

1.)The embassy did not request my fingerprints which according to the field manual is they need to invite me back to the embassy to complete.

2. It appears the physical petition was never received by the USCIS. We have been living on Cyprus.

We have a rented villa and have bank accounts on cyprus.  I need to visit America for two months for business so we are attempting again for a tourist visa but, I doubt we will receive it. I will bring her back to Ukraine to stay with her family if we are denied the tourist visa. This process have been a nightmare. 

5 minutes ago, myjourney123 said:

Oh it wasn’t an interview. It was the I-130 filing, no interview yet. 

O interesting! They asked us some questions while filling. We have been waiting almost 6 weeks now for the case to get created and processed. I think Cyprus is not a set up for DCF as Frankfurt is. We were going to go to Germany but staying on Cyprus seemed more relaxing. 

Just now, Jjackson123 said:

When did you file?  They did not tell you if you were approved at the interview? 

We were approved on March 24 the interview date. 

9 minutes ago, myjourney123 said:

No, they haven’t said anything. Just sent us a checklist with documents to send them via mail what we did. But they haven’t said anything about creating a case with USCIS. We are just hoping to hear at least something at some point. 
 

When did you file?  They did not tell you if you were approved at the interview? 

3 minutes ago, myjourney123 said:

Yes, my husband and I did the DCF through Frankfurt. And there are all kinds of timelines, from being approved within 4 days to 3 weeks. I guess I’m just gonna wait 🙂  but I’ve seen your I-130 got approved and your process is going which is great 😊 

Yes it was approved but the case has to be created with the USCIS. So I’m not sure when we can even do the medical. Did they tell you something like this? 

18 minutes ago, myjourney123 said:

Any news on your case? 

Hello, not yet. We are still on Cyprus. I emailed them today to see if we can attend the medical appointment since we have the DS-260. Do you have a DCF pending? 

7 hours ago, Islapaz said:

Did you file? It might be way quicker. We file and got it "approved" in 4 days. Waiting for next steps. Good Luck!

Which did you file for? We got approval for the I-130. Waiting on the next steps.

1 hour ago, millefleur said:

That's great!! Thanks for updating us.

 

Now start working on all your other paperwork so you can get the visa ASAP.

O yea!!! We have all of the documents  translated and printed out along with my 2021 taxes the I-864 and financial documents. I completed the DS-260 also. 

On 4/23/2022 at 2:15 AM, millefleur said:

Seems like that's how it works now. Hopefully it won't be too much longer.

GOOD NEW I-130 WAS APPROVED!!!

I was able to speak with the Consular from the embassy who conducted our interview today. He told me that the I-130 was approved and it was sent to USCIS to give the embassy a green light to proceed. It seems like the DCF is like this now. 

18 hours ago, millefleur said:

I don't see how there would be any delay, the 2 processes having nothing to do with each other. DCF is for a family reunification immigrant visa which offers many more benefits than the temporary 2 year stay the Humanitarian Parole/Uniting for Ukraine program does.

 

At this point in time we have no idea how fast or slow the Uniting for Ukraine processing is. You could apply for that one while you're waiting to hear back from the Embassy about DCF. If the UFU program is faster, you can cancel the DCF later and she can enter under HP/UFU. Then later she'd have to adjust status in the US in order to get permanent status (green card.)

Thank you for your help!! I think I will do this just incase it will be quicker!! 

10 minutes ago, Boiler said:

My guess is that the DCF will come through before the HP filing.

Do you think filing an HP would delay or cause problems with my DCF? Since it says it is for non immigration purposes. 

32 minutes ago, Boiler said:

https://www.dhs.gov/ukraine

 

No such requirement and they can not give a timeline for the new programme either.

How do you think it will affect my DCF filling? 

I already filled a DCF with the embassy in Cyprus for my Ukrainian wife. It has been 5 weeks and still being processed without meaning updates for the Embassy. They cannot give a timeframe. Can I still file for the new program for Ukrainians to get my wife to America? Do I need to request my I-130 petition be cancelled first? 

Just now, AlIu said:

Thanks. I do not have the Id signiture ((

There are some other options to confirm your identity. Like a banking card. Maybe contract the local Ukrainian Embassy they can help. 

Try here my wife said. https://gc.gov.ua/ua/Informatsiini-povidomlennia/33213.html

It gave us the police certificate immediately. 

6 minutes ago, AlIu said:

Thanks. I will need it too for my interview soon. And I'm not in Ukraine and will not be able to get there to get the certificate. Did they email the original to your address in Cyprus?

Did you do a DCF with the embassy? 

They gave us the police certificate immediately using the app. Are you a Ukrainian?

7 minutes ago, AlIu said:

Is she in Ukraine now? 

Nope, we are both on Cyprus. 

4 minutes ago, millefleur said:

That's definitely the part I'm not familiar with.

 

The whole process seems very different from when we did DCF, I wish I could help more. It's just odd to see "administrative processing" at this step as that it is usually something that happens after the visa interview (the final interview.)

 

I don't see any red flags in your case so it sounds like it's stalled somewhere on the USCIS pipeline. I would be shocked if your petition is denied.

 

 

They also sent me this email. It sounds normal I guess. 

The I-130 Petition is currently under administrative processing with USCIS.  Once processing is complete this office will notify you.

1 minute ago, millefleur said:

That's definitely the part I'm not familiar with.

 

The whole process seems very different from when we did DCF, I wish I could help more. It's just odd to see "administrative processing" at this step as that it is usually something that happens after the visa interview (the final interview.)

 

I don't see any red flags in your case so it sounds like it's stalled somewhere on the USCIS pipeline. I would be shocked if your petition is denied.

 

 

We even were able to get the police certificate today from Ukraine showing no criminal record. Im wondering why it even went down the USCIS pipeline. The NVC or USCIS does not have the petition I called both of them.