Edward and Jaycel

Are you planning to file for citizenship under the 3 year rule or the 5 year rule?

This immigration process makes us all practice waiting 🤪 Jaycel and I are now practicing our wait for her AOS next step (Interview / Approval) Hang tough

This is great news! Please let the others of us still waiting for an interview know what the experience was like for you both

Some great advice from the other members here... I chimed in to say that if they kept her passport, I think that likely means that the consular officer thinks this is an issue that can be easily and quickly resolved. Please keep us posted of developments

You will not get an invoice number in the K-1 process. This is reserved for immigrant visas. Since the K-1 is technically a nonimmigrant visa and is only treated like an immigrant visa, they do not give you this. So take this off your list of worries

@Dashinka is correct… there will not be a USCIS biometrics appointment for the K-1 process. Your fiancé will have one by the embassy in whatever manner they do things at that particular embassy. Some have gone to offsite visa application centers where this will be done, some still do them at the embassy itself. Bringing a copy of the submitted I-129F package is good practice in case the consular officer conducting the interview requires something from it for some reason. Best of luck!

Today's stats: May 20, 2025 21:40 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 5,577 (+143) • Denied: 852 • FingerprintScheduled: 99 • InterviewCancelled: 248 • InterviewScheduled: 10,664 (+138) • Processing: 23,463 • Received: 616 • Rejected: 104 • RFE: 421 • Terminated: 161 • Withdrawal: 21 • Others: 40

Every consulate is different so I can't answer that for you but yes the next communication should be from the consulate. They will provide the exact instructions for you to proceed. Good luck! Keep us all updated

You likely will not receive anything from NVC in the mail. Jaycel never did. Did your fiancé update NVC with both of your email addresses?

What field office did your interview?

Today's stats: May 19, 2025 21:30 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 5,434 (+102) • Denied: 807 • FingerprintScheduled: 100 • InterviewCancelled: 242 • InterviewScheduled: 10,526 (+105) • Processing: 23,796 • Received: 615 • Rejected: 104 • RFE: 420 • Terminated: 159 • Withdrawal: 21 • Others: 40

Was your RFE complex or simple? Was the evidence of additional in-person meetings since filing the I-129F requested or was that unsolicited evidence?

It depends on the complexity of the RFE - I had an RFE on my I-129F, I was missing official documents from an arrest I had 30 years prior. I got the certified documents and 4 days after they received it, the petition was approved

Was this the one you created to track the I-129F? If so then you will not have an account number. One will be assigned to your wife when they accept the I-485 after you file it.

Unlawful presence is forgiven for a spouse of a US Citizen in the green card application process. If he leaves the country he will have abandoned the new application and will not be able to return so, if I were in your shoes, I would not do that. Having the receipt notice should give him proof of a pending application with USCIS and thus trigger the "Period of Authorized Stay". This is no guarantee but has been honored in the past and I have seen no indication that the policy has or will change. (The "Period of Authorized Stay" is given automatically to green card applicants at the discretion of the Attorney General)

Yes with a new application in, they should again be in a "Period of Authorized Stay". Be advised that you will need to file a new I-765 and I-131 if you filed those previously because they were attached to the denied I-485

It would be hard to answer without knowing the reason for the denial. Is that something you are willing to share?

That is the DS-3025 - The blanket waiver code they gave is correct. As @MalloryCat said above, as long as that 2nd box on the back page is checked you will not need a new medical as long as you submit the AOS before the 1 year anniversary of the medical exam. If you can get that package submitted before then, do not waste your time an money on another exam. Use that time and money to get the forms completed, evidence attached and submitted for the AOS

I don't know enough about the end results of a WoM directed at the embassy if they feel they have not finished on their end.... Maybe others on here would know.

This is actively discouraged by USCIS and it will never get to meet up with your file as @TBoneTX stated above. Best to wait for them to tell you what they think the application is lacking and respond only with what they ask for.

Without knowing the specific MENA country, my opinion is that I would think 3 years is long enough for AP from almost any country in that region and WoM is appropriate at this time.

Today's stats: May 18, 2025 23:10 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 5,332 (+180) • Denied: 776 • FingerprintScheduled: 104 • InterviewCancelled: 244 • InterviewScheduled: 10,421 (+71) • Processing: 24,028 • Received: 619 • Rejected: 104 • RFE: 416 • Terminated: 159 • Withdrawal: 21 • Others: 40 Numbers pulled last night at 11:10pm MDT - Posted this morning

After dealing with them for over a year of tourist visa renewals and having one of them not so discretely follow me out of the office in Cagayan de Oro one of the times and offer me a permanent resident visa for 500,000 PHP, nothing with them surprises me 🤪

Today's stats: May 177, 2025 23:35 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 5,152 (+181) • Denied: 727 • FingerprintScheduled: 105 • InterviewCancelled: 240 • InterviewScheduled: 10,350 (+199) • Processing: 24,322 • Received: 623 • Rejected: 104 • RFE: 422 • Terminated: 158 • Withdrawal: 21 • Others: 40

Most K-1s are processed at the California Service center (There are exceptions) If you get married, your then wife would be considered an immediate relative (This visa would be classed an IR-1/CR-1.) Your wife would get an IR-1 stamp at the Port of Entry if you had been married for 2 years at the time of her entry into the US. That means she would get a 10 year green card shortly after arrival. If you are married less than 2 years at the time of her entry in =to the US she would be stamped as a CR-1, which is a 2 year conditional green card. 90 days before her 2 year expiry date, you both would have to file for removal of conditions, which if approved would then have her issued the 10 year green card. The application to do the spousal visa (Form I-130) is currently taking approximately 15-18 months to be approved by USCIS and then it is sent to the Department of State's National Visa Center to gather required documents, visa application (DS-260) and the required fees before being sent to the embassy for the medical exam and interview process. That can take a 1 -3 months before being sent to the embassy.