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You'll be sent a checklist for the medical, and for the interview you need to look here - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-10-prepare-for-the-interview/step-11-applicant-interview.html. No photos were required for the medical (they do take their own photos though, when you first arrive and check in for your appointment). 2 were required for the consulate. And on the letter from Visa Medicals it says payment can be made by card or cash. Not sure what you'd need to pay for at the consulate though? We didn't have to pay anything there. But if you are expecting to pay something then I'd check with them directly. HTH.

I didn’t - we didn’t need to reschedule ours so just went with the appointment we were given which was for all 4 of us.

Consultant or lawyer? I very much hope the latter, a ‘visa consultant’ for an EB2 isn’t a good idea! You need a really good lawyer with lots of experience of EB cases to put the best possible case forward. And yes, you do need letters of recommendation and they need to be from people who are very senior/well respected in your industry. You can’t get somebody at the same level as you (or lower) to write them. I applied EB1 (also business rather than academic). My lawyer said 3 letters, and crucially that at least 2 should be from people in the US, as the whole point of the application is to show that the US needs your skills. I put forward about 10 names of people in each country I’d be happy to ask to do the letters and gave their backgrounds, then the lawyers picked who they should be from. They knew who would be best received in the US. For example, for the UK I had several that are very well regarded in my field but maybe their reputation and qualifications wouldn’t be well known in the US - so they picked the guy that worked in the government, as they knew that a letter on headed paper from there would carry much more weight! So I had 2 letters from people who knew me in the US and 1 from the UK. Each letter was 6 or 7 pages long and very detailed. HTH.

You need to pay the fee per person - I paid x 4 for myself, spouse and children. Having separate interviews is very odd, never heard of that before!

But the RFE seems to be for another type of application, it says no visa is currently available for his category. Hence my confusion!

What visa are you actually applying for? You’ve posted this in the K1 AOS section but the RFE doesn’t seem to match that. Please provide more info (and complete your timeline). Thx.

In another thread I gave you the link to the VJ guide to sponsoring parents. HTH.

He was asking Dolibash, whose profile says SA. HTH.

His name is still in it - might want to edit that out.

That's fine if you're in the US, but lots of us apply from overseas where checks are obsolete (I couldn't get a personal check from my bank account in the UK even if I wanted one). As @mam521 said, the US banking system is really behind the times, and unfortunately so are USCIS's payment methods.

Credit card for ours, although we did phone our CC company just to warn them about the upcoming charge and tell them it was authorised. Even though they don't normally reject things for security reasons, I didn't want to risk it! I do the same for any big or unusual transaction. We don't have checks (haven't had a check book in about 15 years, they're just not used in Europe any longer), so it was our only option anyway.

Not sure how it will help, as said above you’re likely to be put in AP for the L visa too. As for green card/citizenship you’d just carry on with your original plan and get the GC via your spouse.

You can look at the monthly visa issuance stats on the USCIS website to see how many Montreal are issuing each month. Probably not many though as they have to prioritise other visa types and Montreal has a huge backlog for all categories. What’s your PD? If you could fill in your Timeline that would be fab. Good luck, I hope you hear soon.

Good luck.

Please read through the thread - if you're an EB2 applicant you have to mail your docs, there's no option to upload.

Am I going completely mad (always a possibility), I thought it still required I-130 even if AOS?

No problem. Just saw your other thread, and yes, her smoking marijuana is potentially a big problem. She needs to stop, and you need to be prepared for a longer process - she may be required to test clear for a year before being approved.

It won't impact her ability, she can continue to work on her H1-B - and she can apply for EAD too if needed, that's quicker but still around 6-8 months so factor that in.

It's still the same visas, even if inside the US. So CR1 if you're married, K-1 if you're not. Both take about 18 months as a rough guide.

Currently only those with PD's earlier than Nov 2019 (nearly 4.5 years ago) have visa numbers available to them, so do prepare him for a longer wait than he had. He can certainly visit them, and vice versa, but it's a big thing to be away from your child for years, so I guess he needs to work out if having a green card is worth that sacrifice. It often is for those from much poorer countries, but may not be for somebody from the UK - particularly as he still has a route to a green card in the future via you if you stay there.

Yes unfortunately, it's the same as when you petitioned your son, they are also subject to a wait as they are not immediate relatives. Category F2A, so keep an eye on the Visa Bulletin - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-january-2024.html If your son has a fiancee and baby, is he sure he wants to live apart from them for so long? That's going to be tough. It might be worth having a conversation about whether or not he's prepared to do that, or if he gives his green card up and returns to be with them. Not an easy decision I know, but one to discuss with him. Good luck.

It's in the NVC section of the forum I think, a long thread for EB1 & EB2 applicants. I don't think there is anybody applying via Dhaka though, but still worth a read. Good luck, hope you have an interview at some point this year.

You've posted this in the family based section of the forum, I'd suggest you ask a lovely mod to move it to either the relevant country forum, or the employment based one. There's a big thread for EB2 applicants that may be helpful too. This is for CR1 applicants (which will have priority for interviews over your case), but may give you an idea at least, looks like it's at least 6 months - Good luck.

See above - his PD becomes current next month.

It has a different date on the USCIS website. But also says to use it despite the date when you select ‘Edition Date’ from the drop down menu - https://www.uscis.gov/i-864 Good luck.