HelpNeeded101

Thank you for doing this for me, I was too excited to remember this is personal info and not safe in a public forum without covering it up. Really appreciate you and Ban hammer for doing this for me.

Thanks, I completely forgot I should not have had those not covered up. Appreciate you looking out for me.

Thank you so much. I will pray that your case goes even better and im sure it will, because mine was crazy complicated. If mine didn't go into real administrative processing and was simply them making the visa then im sure yours wont either. Good luck and God Bless.

Yeah I can see that now, I'm glad and kinda feel bad for disbarraging the CO a little bit due to my irrational emotions at the moment. And yeah what you see on the timeline doesn't even include the first case that I had to withdraw, this whole thing has been like 4-5 years. I'm so glad I can finally say its over for now. She is allowed to apply for citizenship within 3 years right? or is it 5 years? I think for a spouse its 3 years but yeah we will be doing that as soon as we are eligible too as I have heard plenty of horror stories where people wait a long time just because the green card is 10 years and something happens that makes them ineligible for citizenship which def wont happen with my wife since she never does anything even remotely bad or illegal but you never know what could happen and not getting citizenship ASAP is just playing with fire in my eyes.

The nightmare is over. Thank god.

Also, at the time i had received information that if both I-485 and I-130 were submitted together, they will not approve the I-824 or I-130 until the I-485 is denied or withdrawn first. This is why I didn't do the I-824 as well. Just all a big headache.

The reason I didn't do i-824 was because the estimated wait time was the same as a new I-130 from abroad. It didn't work out that way because, our case went into limbo where they didnt deny it or acknowledge my first set of withdrawal letters, then they denied it one year later, they they reopened it and it sat for 1 year, then after numerous calls to USCIS, our case was apparently misplaced and put in the national records center that basically left it in limbo, finally at that point i was able to send withdrawal letters to the correct place and it was withdrawn a week later. This was why things happened the way they did. Very complicated and unfortunate circumstances. But we've made it through, hoping this is the last small hurdle. Thanks for your input.

We did secure a job letter, its in CEAC, but the interviewer never asked for it, CBP never questioned her about anything as well as Customs when re-entering the US the second time. I gained a bachelors and masters degree while living here, so although income is 0, I have high chances of doing well when going back. Plus my dad has literally over a million dollars in his accounts, so I don't think the public charge was ever considered. This is just from my point of view but I completely get what ur saying, thats why I wish I was in there to atleast get a chance to explain these things but it is what it is.

She wasn't when she came in at first, I had a surprise proposal for her when she came. I guess technically when she left to canada and back still on a B2 then yeah that would be coming in while planning on adjusting. I hope that is not a problem though. I had asked about this years ago cuz i was worried about it since I realized it could be a problem and everyone said it wasn't a big issue since it was a previous case that was withdrawn or because I think ( I may be wrong here) that there is a law that doesn't allow refusal of the visa based solely on coming in on a B2 while planning on adjusting status. But its a little different since she wasn't actually planning that when we actually got married, she just didnt think anything of going to canada to see her parents one last time before they would be stuck there and then coming back. I hope this is not a big problem.

Yeah I can definitely see where you're coming from. Its a complicated backstory, so I do see now why she may have been asking those questions, thinking of overstays, working when not allowed, etc... Hopefully your right and that she passed that stage and its nothing to worry about. Thanks for the reply. Really appreciate it. The only reason I thought I would be allowed in with the interview is because from my research the Guyana consulate has always for as long as I can find back years and years ago allowed the petitioner, if not wanted the petitioner to be there. I think they may have changed that rule recently so it came as a great surprise to me.

Got it. I can wait a little longer. I check it literally every 6 hours even though its overkill but I cant help it, kind of have OCD with this type of stuff.

Yes I believe your right, im just always worried about everything, especially since Ive been stuck in this country for over 4 years, just straight up scared of another long delay. We have been barely surviving here thanks to our parents help but It cant go on forever. But I cant leave back to the U.S, id literally rather work 15 hours a day for 3rd world wages just to stay with my wife and kids here. Sorry for my emotional outbursts as its just been a really long tough ride. I really appreciate you replying to me. Thank you very much.

This is the Guyana US Embassy, I'm gonna copy paste my interview experience from another thread as I am not getting any veterans replying to it, would really like someone who has been through it to give me some insight. Thanks. I know its a long read but I wanted to be detailed so you guys could figure out what it may be. We had our interview and it went the complete opposite of everything I've read here. Number 1 issue is they wouldn't even let me in for the interview at all, which I couldn't believe because I thought in Guyana they let you do that. Next, they asked my wife a series of questions that basically had nothing to do with the actual case like what she was doing in Canada before she met me, why she stopped working in Canada (she hurt her knee), then kept asking about our previous case that was withdrawn, why she was in the U.S for so long before we adjusted status. My wife had come to the US on a B2 on that case and I surprise proposed to her and after getting married 3 months after she had arrived, she went back to Canada to see her family one last time because they were doing permanent residency and wouldn't be able to travel for a couple years. She then re-entered the U.S and that is when we applied to adjust status, the interviewer from my account of my wife seemed to be really interested in why she didn't work while she was in the U.S and my wife answered with the obvious, because she was not allowed to work as she had not gotten a work authorization yet, then they got into about why we came back to Guyana and she explained because of a family emergency ( Her grandma had a stroke and she wanted to see her in case it was life threatening.) which made the previous case get denied/ thrown in limbo and that finally I was able to get it withdrawn and start a new case from Guyana. Then the interviewer seemed to really be on why I came to stay with my wife for so long, its been over 4 years now, and she said that I didn't want to be apart from her for so long ( and at that time we didn't know how long it would take, thankfully I did come because its been way longer than we imagined with all the problems of the first case taking so long to be denied even when she left before the Adjustment of status interview. Then she started asking about our 2 kids and if they have valid passports and are biologically ours and if we plan on moving to the U.S or ever coming back to Guyana, she seemed to think that I actually wanted to stay in Guyana even though every action indicated otherwise. She was questioning domicile at one point and because I wasn't in there to really explain because I had not anticipated that I would not be let in at all and I prepared all the docs and folders that my wife would not know exactly what to show her, my wife kept asking her if I could come in and give her better explanations since I had everything already uploaded in CEAC explaining all of this and had all evidence of domicile, etc... She asked basically no questions whatsoever about our relationship. She asked her my dads name (joint sponsor), where I was born, how did we meet, when did we first meet in person and that's it. She seemed far more focused on whether my wife worked in the U.S and why she went out and back into the U.S before adjusting status which we answered and she seemed satisfied with it is my wife's thoughts. Particularly at the end when she asked if both of our kids have US passports as well as myself, my wife noticed a change in demeanor ( a good one) as she seemed to be being quite tough on her while she was standing with a newborn trying to answer the questions. It's almost as if they did not want me at the interview whatsoever to see if what I wrote in the documents I uploaded on CEAC correspond with what she says without my influence. Finally she said the visa has been approved, kept the passport, gave no white slip or any slip for that matter and said to check our email for when we can pick up the visa as well as a sheet explaining how to pay the immigrant fee for USCIS for the green card after the visa is issued. So After she finally came out the embassy as I was waiting with my toddler outside for over 2 hours, she said we were approved but then gave me a recount of the whole interview which got me a little worried because the whole thing seemed to not even be about whether the marriage was bona fide and genuine and entirely on why she left and came back to the U.S as well as why she didn't work ( which is self explanatory as its illegal to work without the authorization, im guessing this was a trick question) Well after all this I kind of had an uneasy feeling based on the line of questioning, She also asked what my dad does for a living and what I do and how did we survive here so long and she explained that our parents helped a lot and my dad made a deal that as long as I do school online he will continue to support us monetarily. She asked what school I went to and my wife mentioned im working on my Masters at the moment and for the most part was just taking notes and asking random questions out of different subjects at random, it was a young officer so maybe she is new and not experienced. The real problem is after getting the verbal approval, we get home and I check the status on CEAC and it says that its in Administrative processing which shocked me at first but after more research saw that everyone goes through that processing and it could be anything from them just waiting on the visa to be printed to background checks, etc... So now we are in another state of limbo and have no idea whats gonna happen, I wish they would have at least let me just be there to explain anything my wife didn't know about like me having all the documents proving domicile ready, it feels like the officer didn't even review the documents on the CEAC website, she didn't ask for any documents and gave no slip for admin processing. So now I just have to hope to god that it was just a formality thing and they will issue it soon but I feel kinda down that the officer didn't seem to question at all whether it was genuine but instead questioned lots of things that really had nothing to do with the case ( why she stopped working in Canada, which was before we even met). Anyway, I'm hoping like what Ive read on other accounts with similar experiences that it will change to issued rather quickly and that there wont be any large delay but I'm not getting my hopes up too high as I've really been ringed out but this system and slowly killing me but I may just be overthinking it and need to relax, its the questions and focus of the interview and the fact that my wife continually let her know I was outside and could answer any questions that she didn't know because I prepared basically everything for her as she has to manage to 2 kids on her own and had no time to look at all the documents etc... Anyway, thats what happened with my case, its been a over 8 hours and still no change in the admin processing status, hopefully within a week that changes, keeping the passport, the verbal approval, as well as giving my wife the domestic violence sheets and how to pay after the issuance of the visa as well as the fact that it seems everyone goes through admin processing regardless of approval has me feeling optimistic somewhat but with what ive experienced in this system, im ready for another limbo so I'm a little depressed about the whole situation, I hope your interview goes different as I don't think my wife said anything wrong and that we may have just gotten a bad officer. It is what it is and Il keep this forum updated on whether the status changes and how soon it does. Wish me luck because its been 4 years of hell and I don't what to do anymore but just hope to god it works out. If anyone veterans here have any knowledge and can read the situation better, please let me know so I can be prepared for any longer delays. Thanks.

Thanks I really Appreciate that, I just got thrown for a loop thr whole appointment and it game me an uneasy feeling as I was sure I would be let in so I was afraid that I wouldnt even be able to explain things and show certain documents to answer questions she was haring my wife about since i took that role, and when I was allowed in I had no idea how she was gonna sift through the docs and know what to pull out when to show proof of domicile, etc.. which the officer should be able to see anyway from their computer but they sure made it seem like they didn't read anything from the CEAC website, one thing to point out as well is as I did upload new documents the night before the interview because we had to wait on her new police certificate as it had just expired and wasn;t available till the 13h so since it was so close maybe that had something to do with. Also She refused any evidence of bondafide marriage that my wife had and said she doesnt need it if that any other indication, I personally have no idea and am just hoping im overthinking everything. Thanks for your words of encouragement..

We did, and it went the complete opposite of everything I've read here. Number 1 issue is they wouldn't even let me in for the interview at all, which I couldn't believe because I thought in Guyana they let you do that. Next, they asked my wife a series of questions that basically had nothing to do with the actual case like what she was doing in Canada before she met me, why she stopped working in Canada (she hurt her knee), then kept asking about our previous case that was withdrawn, why she was in the U.S for so long before we adjusted status. My wife had come to the US on a B2 on that case and I surprise proposed to her and after getting married 3 months after she had arrived, she went back to Canada to see her family one last time because they were doing permanent residency and wouldn't be able to travel for a couple years. She then re-entered the U.S and that is when we applied to adjust status, the interviewer from my account of my wife seemed to be really interested in why she didn't work while she was in the U.S and my wife answered with the obvious, because she was not allowed to work as she had not gotten a work authorization yet, then they got into about why we came back to Guyana and she explained because of a family emergency ( Her grandma had a stroke and she wanted to see her in case it was life threatening.) which made the previous case get denied/ thrown in limbo and that finally I was able to get it withdrawn and start a new case from Guyana. Then the interviewer seemed to really be on why I came to stay with my wife for so long, its been over 4 years now, and she said that I didn't want to be apart from her for so long ( and at that time we didn't know how long it would take, thankfully I did come because its been way longer than we imagined with all the problems of the first case taking so long to be denied even when she left before the Adjustment of status interview. Then she started asking about our 2 kids and if they have valid passports and are biologically ours and if we plan on moving to the U.S or ever coming back to Guyana, she seemed to think that I actually wanted to stay in Guyana even though every action indicated otherwise. She was questioning domicile at one point and because I wasn't in there to really explain because I had not anticipated that I would not be let in at all and I prepared all the docs and folders that my wife would not know exactly what to show her, my wife kept asking her if I could come in and give her better explanations since I had everything already uploaded in CEAC explaining all of this and had all evidence of domicile, etc... She asked basically no questions whatsoever about our relationship. She asked her my dads name (joint sponsor), where I was born, how did we meet, when did we first meet in person and that's it. She seemed far more focused on whether my wife worked in the U.S and why she went out and back into the U.S before adjusting status which we answered and she seemed satisfied with it is my wife's thoughts. Particularly at the end when she asked if both of our kids have US passports as well as myself, my wife noticed a change in demeanor ( a good one) as she seemed to be being quite tough on her while she was standing with a newborn trying to answer the questions. It's almost as if they did not want me at the interview whatsoever to see if what I wrote in the documents I uploaded on CEAC correspond with what she says without my influence. Finally she said the visa has been approved, kept the passport, gave no white slip or any slip for that matter and said to check our email for when we can pick up the visa as well as a sheet explaining how to pay the immigrant fee for USCIS for the green card after the visa is issued. So After she finally came out the embassy as I was waiting with my toddler outside for over 2 hours, she said we were approved but then gave me a recount of the whole interview which got me a little worried because the whole thing seemed to not even be about whether the marriage was bona fide and genuine and entirely on why she left and came back to the U.S as well as why she didn't work ( which is self explanatory as its illegal to work without the authorization, im guessing this was a trick question) Well after all this I kind of had an uneasy feeling based on the line of questioning, She also asked what my dad does for a living and what I do and how did we survive here so long and she explained that our parents helped a lot and my dad made a deal that as long as I do school online he will continue to support us monetarily. She asked what school I went to and my wife mentioned im working on my Masters at the moment and for the most part was just taking notes and asking random questions out of different subjects at random, it was a young officer so maybe she is new and not experienced. The real problem is after getting the verbal approval, we get home and I check the status on CEAC and it says that its in Administrative processing which shocked me at first but after more research saw that everyone goes through that processing and it could be anything from them just waiting on the visa to be printed to background checks, etc... So now we are in another state of limbo and have no idea whats gonna happen, I wish they would have at least let me just be there to explain anything my wife didn't know about like me having all the documents proving domicile ready, it feels like the officer didn't even review the documents on the CEAC website, she didn't ask for any documents and gave no slip for admin processing. So now I just have to hope to god that it was just a formality thing and they will issue it soon but I feel kinda down that the officer didn't seem to question at all whether it was genuine but instead questioned lots of things that really had nothing to do with the case ( why she stopped working in Canada, which was before we even met). Anyway, I'm hoping like what Ive read on other accounts with similar experiences that it will change to issued rather quickly and that there wont be any large delay but I'm not getting my hopes up too high as I've really been ringed out but this system and slowly killing me but I may just be overthinking it and need to relax, its the questions and focus of the interview and the fact that my wife continually let her know I was outside and could answer any questions that she didn't know because I prepared basically everything for her as she has to manage to 2 kids on her own and had no time to look at all the documents etc... Anyway, thats what happened with my case, its been a over 8 hours and still no change in the admin processing status, hopefully within a week that changes, keeping the passport, the verbal approval, as well as giving my wife the domestic violence sheets and how to pay after the issuance of the visa as well as the fact that it seems everyone goes through admin processing regardless of approval has me feeling optimistic somewhat but with what ive experienced in this system, im ready for another limbo so I'm a little depressed about the whole situation, I hope your interview goes different as I don't think my wife said anything wrong and that we may have just gotten a bad officer. It is what it is and Il keep this forum updated on whether the status changes and how soon it does. Wish me luck because its been 4 years of hell and I don't what to do anymore but just hope to god it works out. If anyone veterans here have any knowledge and can read the situation better, please let me know so I can be prepared for any longer delays. Thanks.

Its a 4 month wait currently at Guyana. DQed oct 6th, got interview email feb 2nd. interview is in mid march. We have a thread already shouldn't be very hard to find.

I cannot believe my eyes but we just got the appointment letter email. almost exactly 4 months after DQ. Our appointment is a month and a half from now. So I am about to get busy getting everything ready now. Thanks guys for all your support!

I will definitely, and when I went to pick up my sons passport it was really full, Cubans, Venezuelans, guyanaese, etc... but this was probably because in it was in the morning. When I make my appointments for after 1 its always pretty empty. So they are def working hard on it. I would expect 5-6 month wait at the latest is what im thinking total from dq to appointment letter. Since I am on the beginning of month 4, I'm hoping il hear something within 2 months, appointment 1 month after. And the visa issue is usually pretty quick at this embassy if everything is on the up and up with paperwork. My only worry is my wife's police certificate that was sent to NVC may be over the 1 year allowed date so il have to get new ones before hand just in case. And then the even more scary part is wondering if they want 2022 tax returns since that would place the appointment around April which is when taxes should be done. If so, should I bring new tax documents, my father is a joint sponsor and always does his taxes quite late, so il try to get him to go ahead and get it done now so that we can have it ready just in case. Don't want anymore delays. If anyone knows the answers to any of these questions please let me know. Thank you. Also, I know it says 1 year for places you are currently residing which is Guyana, but we also have a Canada police certificate that will prob be over 1 year but under 2 years old. I will of course ask the embassy but I'm wondering If I should just go ahead and order a new set of certificates from overseas with the same prints from the same company as I did before to be ahead of the curve if they don't like that the Canada police certificate because its been over 1 year old due to the embassy backlog. On top of that do I upload all these new documents to NVC now or wait until the interview has been set since that throw us back in the DQ que. I probably will do that just in case. get the interview appointment. Upload any new materials to ceac so that no chance in a delay of interview and their officer will still have the new information at their fingertips, plus il bring all originals and copies during the interview. Maybe I'm overthinking it but I can't allow another delay. Its just been too long and strenuous and IL do anything and waste money that isn't needed to be wasted to guarantee the consular officer is happy and doesn't need us to go get those items, which could take months to get. I will email the embassy directly again and ask them all this and see what they say in case if anyone else is in the same position and wants to know. Plus I'm going back feb 6th to get some docs notarized to get my most recent sons Social security card made like I did last time since I know how that process very and I know a guy on the inside of the embassy, he was the guy that interviewed us for both of my sons certificate of birth abroad and in the afternoon its pretty empty, only morning super busy, I think I will be able to get in a quick chat with him since hes a super nice guy and ask him directly as well just to cover all my bases.

I got a vague answer. I'm guessing since I have been in the que about 4 months now that it would mean someone like me who has been waiting a while still has another 1-3 months left, hopefully the former. Is there a whatsapp or facebook group for Guyana Embassy people. waiting on interviews after dq? If so, would much appreciate it getting dmed to me. Thanks. We have significantly reduced our backlog over the last few months. Applicants who have been in NVC’s scheduling queue for some time should expect an appointment within the next 1 – 3 months. Sincerely, Visa Inquiries Unit U.S. Embassy, Georgetown Tel: 1-877-246-6788 (Toll Free) Website: https://gy.usembassy.gov/

Went to the guyana embassy and they refused to give me any rough estimation whatsoever of how long it could take. Then told me to email visageorge and visageorge did the same thing. Guess just gotta wait and hope since they refuse to be transparent at all about the process.

Was DQ'd on Oct 6th, still no interview date, im picking up my sons passport from the embassy tomorrow, im gonna ask the workers there how long they think it will be or how long it has been on average for an IR1 visa appointment date to be set. Cuz its been over 3 and a half months already. Hope its not much longer, hope someone else can give some type of recent experiences to give an idea of how much longer itl be to get an appointment date.

Thanks! Do you mind if I ask you what questions the CO asked you guys in particular since you were also at the guyana embassy recently. Like what do they really focus on, I've been living in guyana with my wife for almost 4 years and have 2 kids and its pretty obvious the marriage is real. Just wondering if there is any curveball questions I might get taken by surprise me that I should be ready for.

Thank you so much for the clarification! One more question if your able. Did you also need the petitioners birth certificate issued after 2010? Mine is the same one that was issued when I was born in 1995 ( I am the petitioner). I suprisingly was actually never asked to submit my birth certificate at NVC, just my passport page so wondering if I should get an updated birth certificate for my self. My wife's birth certificate was issued in 2012 and her police certificates will be less than a year old at interview and I have everything else ready so everything should be good to go thankfully. I really appreciate your help! Thanks!

Problem is these affadavits have already been turned into CEAC and the I-130 submission. I hope the officer just ignores them. I am already DQed btw just waiting for the interview.

By the way we have a ton of other evidence of bonafide marriage so im not worried about that part at all, just wondering if these affadavits would be frowned upon since they are clearly written by me and just signed by the parents.