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I selected pick-up and was able to pick it up 3 days after the interview.

For package 3 they definitely accept all documents in German. For the I-130 I also received instructions that said that all documents have to be translated into English. It doesn't really make sense that they have different requirements for different packages.

Thanks! Oct 30, so plenty of time for the passport to arrive.

My visa was approved today. Everyone at the Frankfurt consulate was very nice and I was out after 1.5 hours. The whole process took only 2 months and 1 week. Good luck to everyone!

The German salary does not count at all on the I-864. So your income from the previous years would be 0 (I assume you used the Foreign Income Exclusion or the Foreign Tax Credit on your US tax return). Is your new income from the same employer? If not and you just have a job offer from a new employer, you cannot include this in your current expected income either. We were in the same situation and thus used assets on the I-864.

That was quick! We also provided a photocopy as there was no transcript available yet. The IRS states that processing of paper returns may take up to 6 months this year.

They told me to submit a request to schedule an interview first. This request was approved within a couple of hours. Then I selected an interview date.

No, they won't. You can send them an email though, they are very responsive.

That was one of the biggest challenges. I think it's hard to get it from a German bank, so I had someone mail me a cashier's check from the US.

Great that you got the approval. 1. If I remember correctly, they only require proof of delivery address which is the registration at your current address in Germany. 2. The earliest date was in 4 weeks.

It's weird that it's taking so long. Hope you will get the approval and case number before Thursday!

I'm going to have my interview appointment in October, 2 months after the consulate received the I-130 petition. So there is still some hope. We put a lot of effort into the I-130/I-864, wrote a cover letter that explained all supporting documents, and organized them in various sections to make it as easy as possible for them. The I-130 approval still took 4 weeks which is longer than what people reported in previous posts from this year. Everything after that went super fast, though.

Re varicella: The doctor in Frankfurt just asked me if I had chickenpox in the past and did not require a titer as proof. So I could've saved the 100 EUR

I went through preclearance in Dublin with an approved I-130 and interview date in October without any issues. The officer did not mention the pending application at all and just asked me how long I was staying and where I was going.

Td (tetanus/diphteria) is fine as well - you do not need pertussis. The yellow booklet is definitely sufficient. I'm German and did not have any other documentation either.

Yes, plus tax transcripts/returns and mabye some documentation for reestablishing domicile. You will also be required to turn in your original marriage certificate and divorce certificates, if applicable. One more photograph and a copy of your passport. And when they send you the approval you will need to print out the last page of the email to fill out.

Just have everything ready for the next package. I filled out the DS-260 on the day when I got the I-130 approval and mailed my documents the next day.

I regulary checked the appointments on doctolib. Whenever someone cancels their appointment, it becomes available and suddenly you see appointments popping up in the next couple of days. I guess you need a bit of luck. There is also a waiting list that you can sign up for on doctolib, but I found that they do not inform you quickly enough to get the appointment that becomes available. So just keep checking doctolib for the Frankfurt and Berlin appointments (I would focus on Frankfurt). They seem to have more appointments available and they were rellay nice and fast - I was finished in 1 hour and 20 minutes. You can do the DS-260 as soon as your I-130 is approved and you have a case number. Then you mail all required documents (birth certificate, police reports, I-864, etc.) to the consulate. Hope that helps!

I received the approval of the I-130 and a case number last week, exactly 4 weeks after receipt by the consulate. I actually have my medical tomorrow - they only require the case number and the confirmation page of the DS-260. Hope you're hearing back from them soon!

Hi, is anyone doing DCF with the Frankfurt Consulate at the moment? Based on previous posts in this forum, I assumed that the I-130 approval would go very fast (2 to 3 weeks). However, it's been 3.5 weeks since the Consulate received the documents and there is no update yet. Would be interesting to hear timelines of others who recently filed with the Frankfurt Consulate. Another question: Do I need an interview date for the medical exam in Germany or just a case number and the confirmation of the DS-260? I was able to get an appointment in September and hope to get the approval of the I-130 by then.

Unfortunately not. It's been almost 3 weeks now. Hope to hear back from them soon.

I'm really impressed with the timelines here for DCF at the Frankfurt consulate! They received our I-130 on July 29, so I'm hoping that I hear back from them soon.