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I'm just guessing but I think the EAD will be sent very soon considering they mailed us the SSC

Hey I'm just now seeing this. So we actually received a SS Card today (didn't go to SS office but reached out to congressperson and I guess they encouraged the immigration people to speed it up a bit) but I think the AoS is still pending. Does getting a ssc while AoS processes mean that I should expect a decision on the AoS soon? Perhaps an approval?

Okay thanks. And I do have the i94 but I think it's past the "Admit Until" date. Does this mean they won't accept it at the SS office if I apply for the SSN directly?

So if I decide to just bypass the SSN processing through applying for the GC and just apply for SSN in person, then would that potentially slow down the SSN processing? I currently don't know what the progress is on the SSN processing through the GC.

So I understand that I can apply for the SSN through the green card application since that's the option I chose. I also checked the box to apply for the SSN on the work authorization application, but basically it's taking too long for the green card approval and we really need the SSN for a few important things. So I'm considering just applying for a SSN directly on the social security website. Will this get me a SSN faster than through waiting for the green card? At this point it has almost been a full year we have been waiting.

Lol I feel like I am being gaslit here. Another person responded to my previous response. He said something along the lines of I can upload supporting documents before the interview. You didn't see that response?

But Davidvs said there was. I'm confused. Was he talking about some other application aside from the tourist visa application?

Wait, is there an option to upload documents as part of your application for the tourist visa? I don't remember that option being available when we did the tourist visa.

Right, I know that. I just saw someone (Boiler?) mention a petitioner and I was thinking they were talking about the B visa since that's really what my original post is talking about. So that threw me off.

That's intentional. The context in my original post is just a hypothetical scenario based on generic circumstances that assume the petitioner did everything perfectly on their end. That's it.

I'm confused. Where did you see that I was married? Are you talking my original post?

I'm not saying people need to lie. You said the DS160 has all evidence entirely self-contained. Which sounds to me like any potential evidence an officer would possibly look at regarding a ds160 would *only* be within that application. No supporting documentation. I'm saying that if that were true, more people would be getting approved right? Since people would naturally answer in a way that presents them as positive and not a risk. Im not implying people need to lie

She's not going to help with the baby necessarily, she just wants to go because she wants to be with her daughter for a once in a lifetime moment. Yes, she probably would end up helping a bit with the baby but that's not the whole reason. So am I hearing that approval for a tourist visa is kinda just a game of luck? Boiler just said you wouldn't need any documentation so i don't know what info to take honestly.

that's exactly my point

How can the evidence be "entirely" contained within the DS160? If that were true, wouldn't all it take to get approval for a B visa be to just answer all the questions accurately and in such a way that you're showing (on the application) you're obviously not going to be a security risk for the US? And we all know that's not all there is to it.

But what I'm saying is --- sometimes there's supporting documents that would help prove certain things such as proving that you have strong enough ties to your home country. They don't ask questions about that on the application. These things can get more complicated than what the answers to questions on the application can provide, and I'm just wondering why the interviewer doesn't allow enough time for petitioner to show any of the supporting documents (assuming they have strong enough evidence to show ties to the home country) before they give their decision.

How do they show the evidence they have if the officer only asks a couple of questions and then decides without even asking for any other supporting evidence the petitioner has?

But her mom isn't trying to immigrate. She has so many ties to her country, but my wife is pregnant and wanted her mom to be with her for a few So the interviewer was of the same cultural background?

By any chance, do you know if you can request the officer speak the language that you speak or have them conduct the interview in your native language, or is that not something that we have control over?

How do you know she would have been approved regardless though? Don't plenty of k1 visas get denied? That amount is quite a lot. Pretty Interesting.

I'm aware of that but just to stay focused on the topic. Do you think there's a lot of prejudice and bias involved in the decision-making for visas?

Just curious if this has an impact. I noticed a trend. My (at the time ) fiance went to interview for a tourist visa twice on different occasions a few years ago, and the officers who interviewed her were white Americans who didn't speak the native language of the country at least during the interview, but once she went for the interview for the fiance visa, she had a guy interview her who came from the same cultural background and spoke the native language with her during the interview and she was approved. I do understand that most US consular officers who work in a particular country likely would speak the local language as it's typically a requirement for the job, but oftentimes their language proficiency may not be to the same level as native speakers who may also work as US consular officers at the same place. So it's easy to be a little biased or even prejudiced and discriminatory due to cultural differences or language barriers that may occur during the interview. Now fast forward almost 2 years and my (now wife's) mother goes to interview for a visitor visa (once again her mother is not a native English speaker but is interviewed by a white American woman and the interview is totally in English) and her mother is denied a tourist visa. Now I wonder if the outcome would be different if she was interviewed by an officer who is of the same ethnic/cultural background and speaks the same language. It just seems wildly unfair when things like language barriers aren't well taken into account. I understand translators and interpreters are available, but evidently, they don't really do enough to solve that problem.

Yeah I don't mind 2024. I hope that it's early 2024 though. We'll see.

I'm not acting like it was... it's just that sometimes the process for a lot of immigration stuff can be a little bit confusing/complicated. I think most people can agree with me on that

Why does it take so long for status to be adjusted? What exactly goes into the adjustment of one's status?