Edward and Jaycel

This is just for the tax requirements. You also need to have proof of current income and that is done with payslips from your employer and an employment verification letter from your employer (The payslips are paramount for proof of current income and the letter is just a bonus)

So the first question is, has your spouse filed the I-130 petition for you yet? If not, the current timeline for the approval for that form is 15-18 months. You do not need to provide any financial details for sponsorship until after that form is approved and the case is sent to NVC. So you will most likely be looking at 2025 being the tax year in question and hopefully by that point a nice, solid job record to prove current income on the I-864 Affidavit of Support.

You need the tax transcripts OR the 1040s & W-2s, not both. Embassies prefer the transcripts. Make sure they are the TAX RETURN transcripts.

Great news!!

Let us know how it works out!

I have seen many timelines over the last year or two where Advance Parole takes so long that the GC is approved before the AP is adjudicated.

Yes with the amount of wait time involved, I concur with both @OldUser and @Crazy Cat

Ok good to know. Every case is different as you know and unfortunately the only thing you can do is wait at this point. The embassy even publishes that "Normal" Admin Processing can take up to 60 days. Hopefully by them touching the application it means that they are getting everything taken care of for your mother Please keep the thread updated so that this may help others in the future! And filling out your timeline helps all VJ users

Ok so when the date updates, it usually means someone has touched the file, which means someone is likely updating it. 10 days is not a long time in the world of embassies and 221g response processing and most embassies do not start the normal administrative processing every visa application goes through until after the submission. Seeing the dates update is good news. They are likely working on it Which embassy btw?

What is the timeline of this? When was the interview with the 221g issued at the end? When were the documents returned to the embassy?

Ok so I'm assuming this was originally filed concurrently with an I-485... when you have a pending Adjustment of Status application, you file under eligibility category (c)(9) and if filed on paper, it should have been sent to the Chicago Lockbox USCIS Chicago Lockbox U.S. Postal Service (USPS): USCIS Attn: AOS P.O. Box 805887 Chicago, IL 60680 FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries: USCIS Attn: AOS (Box 805887) 131 S. Dearborn St., 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60603-5517 Once you have the tracking information you can request help by following these instructions: If you or your representative believe a lockbox facility lost all or part of your package, please email Lockbox Support at lockboxsupport@uscis.dhs.gov and we will investigate.

Yes - If the form is filed by mail, it will go to a USCIS lockbox location. There are a few around the country and which one you send the application package to depends on your state. Get the tracking info from your attorney so you can see when and where it was delivered. Is your profile info accurate? Do you live in Illinois?

OP - If there is no case number assigned, have you tried emailing the lockbox where it was sent? I would get with your attorney to get the tracking info from the re-submission to get the delivery date so that you can contact the lockbox

Ours was a late November filing and it was approved in 51 days.... One of Jaycel's friends that she made at the embassy interview filed hers in mid December and just had hers approved (44 days).

This is a great point - Jaycel's POE was LAX and she had a 3.5 hour layover. By the time she cleared passport control, customs and made the trek from the international terminal to her gate for the connecting flight she only had about 45 minutes to an hour before her domestic flight here started boarding.

Did you try this site? https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/ATH-Athens.html

As long as you are here in the US there should be no issue

Yes they can ask her about all of those things. The consular officer will assume (rightly or wrongly) that if you are in a legitimate marriage, you two will have discussed your past marriage in detail

We just submitted Jaycel's AOS in November and they allowed her to use the Philippine naming structure: Jaycel (Her Dad's Last Name) (My last Name). We did the name change on both her I-765 and I-485. Her I-765 was approved a few weeks ago and she received her EAD Card and her new Social Security Card with the name properly formatted. Hopefully USCIS has learned that this format is the preferred way for many Filipinas and this is the norm in USCIS now

Great news and thank you for sharing with the forum!

Please keep this thread updated so that others in the future can benefit!

I would imagine they would give you a 221g "refusal" pending the attendance of the biometrics appointment

Oh sorry.... that's where we found it for the embassy website for Manila

Check under Immigrant visas... Most if not all embassies handle the K-1 as an Immigrant visa right up until they print the visa. And do not worry about the approval notice expiration date. If the interview happens after that date and the visa is approved, the consular officer conducting the interview will automaticaslly extend the validity date of the approval notice.

Also remember ther were two days in there (Jan 9th and Jan 20th) that the US Federal Government was "closed" and as such so was the embassy