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7 hours ago, Sisa24 said:

According to the track sheet, your interview / ds5535 submission was on January 2024. Wouldn’t it be too early for WOM?

It's been 1 year since my i130 was approved now. Just to get to interview stage was painful enough. For me it's worth the money to file and try at least to speed things up (job offer in hand and company luckily is fine with waiting until my green card is finalized). Doesn't hurt to try.

Filing my WOM here shortly, lawyer paid and paperwork is being prepared. Will provide an update in the next couple months

Oh hey folks... just got DS-5535'd by our friends at the Montreal consulate on my wife's birthday (which happened to be same day as my interview). Nice ending to my trip here... with no explanation. 99% I am sure it's because I like to backpack and travel quite a bit. I can tell you that I even max'd out the word count on their online form when I had to put my last 15 years of travel history.

I had a call with a immigration lawyer this morning, and suggestion was to start building your case (i.e. start sending emails to your congressman, department of state, and the Montreal consulate to request them to provide updates, reasoning, etc., and explain the undue hardship and stress this situation is causing .. well all of us. I am full out going the mandamus route, and I did ask the lawyer today about why cases are falling through the cracks. Build your case first yourself folks, and hire competent lawyers after you do some work yourself that understand the process and worth the bucks you pay them (don't hire the guys offering to do it for $1500 bucks, and not wanting to fill the large template they will eventually have to after).