Edward and Jaycel

JAL has been my favorite by far

Can't hurt to go on uscis.gov and open up the "Ask Emma" chat, ask for a liver agent and ask them if there is anything pending on your case because while it may not be outside normal processing times, it sure seems to be taking significantly longer than applications submitted around the time of yours. I did it on my I-129F about 8 months into the process and 6 days later I got an RFE (Completely warranted - I forgot to include a document).... Not saying that these two things are related but in a separate incident, about a month after we submitted my wife's AOS application and not having received a biometrics appointment where about 90% of the others in our Receipt Block had received one, we went on Ask Emma, live chatted an agent and asked if there was any issue with the application. Four days later, she got her biometrics appointment scheduled. Now, both times we received the boilerplate language, "Nothing is unusual about your wait time, each reviewing officer works differently", etc. I don't want to give anyone false hope that this will do anything for your cases, I'm just relaying my personal experiences with contacting USCIS.

Yes it is a confusing process in those cases but the important point to remember is, officiant's signature is key: The officiant is the person who is recognized by law as the person who performs the marriage ceremony and their signature on the license marks the official date of marriage

Sorry, I thought the judge was the officiant. Your marriage date is the date the officiant performed the ceremony and signed the license Yes you would write either "Employer" or "School" then put the name where it asks the name Yes. Get one of the paystubs, take the gross pay and multiply that by howebver many paydays are in a year (52 if paid weekly, 26 if paid every other week, etc.) But that should match what the employment verification letter says.

For that part, we followed the instructions exactly. It says to write the most recent address outside the US where you lived for more than 1 year. For Jaycel, this was a boarding house she lived from 2021-2022 while she was in College. The other addresses she had between then and the time she moved here were all less than 1 year each. For those addresses, we put them in the 5 year list which we had to use the "Additional Information" page to list them all.

Please update the thread with what you hear! Your experience could help others in the future

I also used it twice, both times for things they would be responsible for and received good responses within a few days

If you mean interview, No. Montreal is the only one that does immigrant visas

I wish I could 💙 your post more than once @yuna628

Ok cool... I had heard that making it out to USCIS can cause "Issue With Payment" problems

Just curious, who did you make the checks out to?

Jaycel's was in the lower right of her visa and the letters were red and started with a letter followed by 7 numbers We put "K-1 Visa Holder" Jaycel's was printed above her name on the I-129F NOA2 - Starts with an A and has 9 numbers after Yes It would be the date the officiating person (In your case the judge) signs it

Current Income for your household Yes - This is independant of the I-864. That's why the answers are in ranges as they want an overall picture of your finances as part of the determination of Public Charge Inadmissability. Yes - You should include it as part of the liabilities in determining the range of your liabilities This would be professional Certifications - Again this is part of determining the Public Charge Inadmissibility question. When they do this, they take an overall picture of your fianances, education and any professional certifications so they can make a judgement call on your prospects of being able to find gainful employment, not get sunk by a ridiculous amount of debt, your age, health, if you are prone to institutionalization at public expense, etc.

It’s pretty accurate as far as I can tell… come back and update this thread so that your experience can help others

For immigration purposes, the most recent tax year is 2023, until April 15th then the most recent tax year will be 2024.

Thinking the same since it’s looking for a “Reference Number” and the ROM we filed here does not have one of those

IMHO… She is a master manipulator and is being g coached what to say. She basically told you she needs you to stay married to her for immigration purposes. I hope you sent the withdrawal request for the I-130. Get with your attorney. Protect yourself. What happens to her is a result of the choices she made.

I can't get it to return any results... Our "Registry" number is ROM-SF-2024-XXXX. On the "Stamp Section" of the ROM there's also a sticker with a "DOC No." which is the same as our Registry No., a "Service No." (7 digits) and a "O.R. No." (6 digits). I've tried various combinations of all of them in different spots and I keep getting "No Match".

We just filed our ROM in December.... Let me see what I can see

Or if he withdrew the petition because she was scamming him.... Or if she was not eligible for a K-1 visa (not legally divorced from a prior marriage for example)

So I'd think the infidelity question would be an issue more of concern to you. The concerning part when you get to the embassy stage is if the ex withdrew the petition and ended the relationship because he discovered issues from her past that would cause her to be inadmissible to the US and thus be denied the K-1 visa at the interview.

Yes I was just about to ask which country also... but @Boiler beat me to it

It may cause additional scruitny from USCIS and/or the Embassy. It should also trigger extra scruitny from you. (Not in a bad sense... you just need to be aware because your girlfriend will have to be forthcoming with the embassy about this once it comes to the interview stage. She should be completely honest with you about it as well). It should not be cause for denial unless there is more to the story than it was just withdrawn following a breakup.

I sent a photocopy of my BC and my passport bio page and did not have any issues. The instructions specifically state to include a copy.

Let me clarify.... that is if you are owed a refund or have zero balance. If you have a balance due, they process your return in June and you can request a transcript in mid to late June