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Hi, we have our biometrics this Wednesday. How long does it typically take to get the work permit and/or advance parole after? Has anyone had this go quickly? Thanks!!

2 weeks ago we were finally asked to send in my fiancé’s passport and updated ACRO. Finally thought we were in the home stretch. Today, the CEAC site states the following: You have been notified that your registration for an immigrant visa was cancelled, and any petition approved on your behalf was also cancelled. We informed you that your application might be reinstated if, within one year, you could establish that your failure to pursue your immigrant visa application was due to circumstances beyond your control. Since you have failed to do so, the record of your registration and any petition approved on your behalf and all supporting documents have been destroyed; any Department of Labor certification has been returned to your prospective employer. If you are still interested in obtaining an immigrant visa, the petitioner should contact the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) regarding filing a new immigrant visa petition. Has anyone been through this? Quick history: Interview was 19 March 2024 and was refused due to medical. Waited a year to go random alcohol screens and the new, approved medical, was sent to the consulate 07 March 2025. We were asked to send the passport and ACRO 28 March which we did within a week and it was stamped receipt 7 April 2025. The receipt was by mailboxes etc. I can’t get confirmation on the documents actually making it to the embassy other than they were sent. Today, the status sends this. After a 3 year wait since inputting the app, you can understand what this message is doing to our mental state. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hello! In March 2024, my husband failed his K1 medical in London due to a DUI from 2006 (apparently the law changed and it doesn’t matter how old the charge is- it usually fails you). He was put into a mandatory year long program where he was to take 3-4 random alcohol screen at Visa Medicals in London. Complete pain as he lives in the north and it cost £150, train travel, and a day’s pay. Anyway, I can’t find anything about what to expect now that we are coming to the end of this and I’d love to speak to someone who has been through this. When he failed his medical March 9, he stated his last drink was Feb 15 2024. Does his year start from his last drink, the date of the failed medical, or when they decided to call him for his first test which wasn’t until Mid-April? Can we expect any sort of “front of the line” privilege for the consulate interview since this is round #2? Any insight in this would be so helpful! I will be happy to share everything we’ve been through as well. thanks!

Fiancé was told he failed his medical yesterday due to the fact that the Dr. felt he had a problem with alcohol based on a 2007 conviction of DUI. He was told the exam would be sent to the embassy in London. His interview is 3/19- is the failed medical an automatic visa rejection? I can’t find any concrete answers to my question or anyone who has been through this. We have a lawyer who is researching but just wondering if anyone has been through this?