appleblossom

You know things are in motion though as the check has been cashed. Just checking, this is a spousal case? As previously you were asking about petitioning an adult child. When you do get your receipt number and can check your case online, whatever you do ignore the estimated time until completion! It's notoriously unreliable as you'll no doubt have seen from other threads asking about it.

When you say 'approved for EB-2 NIW', do you mean just the I-140 was approved? What's your Priority Date?

It's not a 'status letter', only a receipt. It doesn't tell you anything other than the application has been received, and it won't tell you if everything you sent is correct, simply because they won't know yet - it won't be looked at properly for quite some time. You know it's got there as the check was cashed, so all you can do is wait unfortunately. Good luck.

As Boiler said, look at it as buying a green card. You may get your money back, but there’s no guarantee - don’t do it if you haven’t got that kind of money to lose.

The OP says in his first post that the document checklist says he has to bring an offer letter that’s less than one month old.

For mine I said no but added they would be done as part of my medical as per the CDC’s requirements.

What stage are you at in the process?

Which consulate? Please fill in your timeline.

Yes, you do need to do this. You need to follow the usual DoS website - see step no. 2 on the step by step instructions on this page, then click on London to see the consulate specific requirements. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-10-prepare-for-the-interview.html Good luck.

How often do you visit the US and for what reason? You need to be in the US to apply for your re-entry permit and will have to stay a while before you can leave after filing. Why can't you move due to jobs and school?

You've already had the answer to your question. The point is you keep saying you couldn't leave for 3 years due to Covid which isn't correct, so it's just general advice for your waiver.

That's not relevant, you still need the waiver.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Canada.html Good luck.

Can't see immigration policy changing even if the government changes, after all the flu is another required vaccine for immigration. For a religious waiver your wife would need to be part of a religion that has a theological objection to vaccines. Christianity isn't among them. You can certainly file for a waiver though - it'll add about a year to the process IIRC.

No way to expedite it, even if you never received it. But as above, just get an ADIT stamp, you don't even need to go for an appointment to get one now, they just send it via the mail and it takes a couple of weeks. You can request an appointment on your online UCCIS account, which should then be waived if you meet the criteria.

Get credit - as above, a bank account makes no difference at all. Take any credit you are offered, even just a store card. And if you have an Amex in your home country, then that's a really easy way to do it via their country transfer. They'll use your credit score in your home country for the US and give you a similar credit limit, my US credit score went from zero to over 750 in 2 days thanks to my Amex (which I set up in the UK specifically for that reason!).

You could have left in 2020, you didn't need a consulate open to get on a flight to your home country. If you're applying for a waiver you need to be very contrite about the reasons for your overstay and not defensive, that won't help. But the bottom line is you now need a waiver, and that will take a year or two. So you need to hold your kids cases at NVC until you have caught up. In the meantime you might want to explore your husband moving to be with you instead. Good luck.

It's perfectly normal, everybody goes through Admin Processing to some extent. For some people that's for just a few hours or days whilst final checks are done, for others it's months or even years if extra background checks are needed. That's why the consulates say to never make plans until you have your visa in hand. Hard to even guess at the reason without knowing what visa you've applied for, whether your occupation is on the TAL list, and/or your country of residence or birth (generally it's longer for those from certain high risk countries, or even if you've just visited one of those countries in the past). It can be for all sorts of reasons, or it may just be standard AP and you'll have your visa back in a couple of days - unfortunately no way to know and you just have to wait it out. Good luck.

OK, then Covid isn't relevant as you could have left in 2020. So ignore the above, seems the waiver has just got to be filed.

Personally I'd be taking this up with your advisor. "If you are or have been married, you must obtain original marriage certificate/s or certified copies of EVERY marriage". https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-5-collect-financial-evidence-and-other-supporting-documents/step-7-collect-civil-documents.html

Sounds like the petition died as soon as you got married. Your mother will have to petition for you again and start from scratch, but on the plus side this means your husband and child can be included. She was supposed to contact NVC and tell them of the change to your status.

When did your mother become a citizen? Have you informed NVC of your marriage?

I'm sure they would if you asked them. Why not just report the thread and ask them to change the title so that all EB applicants know it's relevant to them if that is the case?

You said last year that your Mom 'recently' became a citizen - when did you get married, before or after that happened? As everybody has said above, you're not eligible for F1 anymore. The question is are you now F3, or did you get married before she became a citizen (as there's no category for married children of LPR's)?

Yes, but only those over 21. If you petitioned for her before she turned 21, then she's an immediate relative so there's no visa quota (and that's locked in, she can't age out). Maybe have another read of this thread from the start as it's all explained there, that's why it was suggested that you petition for her instead - so she's not got to wait for a visa to become available unlike your other stepdaughter.