Sleepy1234

I believe your husband does not have to prove domicile if he lives in the U.S., so I wouldn't worry about that. On the police cert front, I also don't know of any reason they would give you trouble particularly since you were there less than 6 months. We did ultimately find passing mention of the citizen-but-not-resident requirement in one of the embassy's emails, so it was sort of on us that we missed that.

One other detail for @ak89; my husband's 221(g) paper also asked us for a W-2 to go with my affidavit of support, which I wasn't able to provide since I've been paid by an Irish entity since living here. I uploaded my latest Irish tax statement as well as 2023 IRS transcript to CEAC with a note explaining that I wasn't able to provide a W-2 and that seemed to be fine; so if they ask you for that and you can't provide it it may not be reason to panic

Whatever extra domicile evidence you come up with, I'd recommend uploading to CEAC before your interview; the officer had no interest in looking at any of the paper docs my spouse had brought with him.

FYI to those still waiting for interviews - I’ve come across the details of other people who DQ’d in March and got interview letters last Friday. So, appears the whole first in first out shtick that the NVC tells us all is a lie as a bunch of folks have been skipped - color me surprised lol. 

Received our interview appointment this afternoon from NVC for June 6th. Check your emails if you were DQ’d around the same time (Jan 25th)

Thank you so much! Yes I honestly can’t believe that it’s taken this long, Lord knows this embassy isn’t nearly as busy with people trying to enter the states as some of the other ones globally are and yet here we are 2+ months later with no end in sight. 
 
I’m fortunate in that I’m actually living here with my husband (the one I’m sponsoring) but somehow that’s actually worse in a way - no interview date means no window in which to book plane tickets, pet transport, the movers, or find an apartment or daycare for our daughter which are critical. Like I can’t even being to guess when we’ll be there so I can put down a deposit for daycare. The anxiety over how expensive all the last minute arrangements are going to be is actually crippling. I know I should be grateful that he and I are together but still. Ugh. Will keep this thread informed for sure. 

I would be shocked if you didnt hear anything by next week. I was speaking with a girl on lawfully with a similar timeframe and she had to wait a full two months after being DQ'd and then was scheduled the following. Its still a little crazy it takes this long to schedule an appointment so that you can reunite with your other half considering we are such a small country. The girl on lawfully also said that they seemed to be extremely understaffed in the embassy and that only two of the windows were open. Also it is J1 season up until May/June but still the should be prioritising IR1/CR1 appointments. Will be sending all my good vibes your way! 

I would be shocked if you didnt hear anything by next week. I was speaking with a girl on lawfully with a similar timeframe and she had to wait a full two months after being DQ'd and then was scheduled the following. Its still a little crazy it takes this long to schedule an appointment so that you can reunite with your other half considering we are such a small country. The girl on lawfully also said that they seemed to be extremely understaffed in the embassy and that only two of the windows were open. Also it is J1 season up until May/June but still the should be prioritising IR1/CR1 appointments. Will be sending all my good vibes your way! 

Perfect, will do! Thanks for your help

Our i130 was filed on the 9th of March 2023! Still waiting on approval from USCIS......