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Ok now I wanted to know: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/ACK-Auckland.html As soon as you receive your appointment date, you must schedule a medical exam in New Zealand. Click the “Medical Exam Instructions” button below for a list of designated doctor’s offices in New Zealand. Please schedule and attend a medical exam with one of these doctors before your interview. It is however consulate specific, below the one regarding Germany: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/FRN-Frankfurt.html#medical_exam_instructions ATTENTION: IV Consolidation applicants (from Croatia, Cyprus, Slovenia, Slovakia, and the Netherlands) should ideally complete their medical exam in their home country if a panel physician is present there. Additional medical exam info for IV Consolidation applicants, as well as a list of designated doctors’ offices, can be found

used to be 2 more updates. first one "card is being produced" and the second "card has been mailed" However past results do not guarantee future outcomes.

@Ban Hammer Thank you for the notice. The link was to a read-only Google Doc, but I understand the policy and your recommendation. Thank you for keeping the forum safe.

as vj has no control over what that other sites collect from members visiting that site, multiple posts have been edited to remove the link to that site. do not post that external link again. charles vj moderation

Aloha: it has been long time for this vawa journey, but it is really worth the waiting. Thanks TboneTX, I remember we were in vawa part 10, at that time it was 2012, at the beginning my case got denied in 2013 due to lack of enough evidence. I refiled it in 2016 in New Zealand with more details evidence, waiting for 18 months, my case got approved in 2018, got i551 immigration visa interview in US consulate General in New Zealand in Feb 2021 due to pandemic, finally got my green card in Hawaii in April 2021, thanks god I can work as engineer again! In August 2024 I become US citizen in Hawaii🤣 in my citizenship ceremony immigration director gave my US citizen certification, she also mentioned my US immigration journey last over 10 years, it is a long journey but the result is worth for all the waiting, god bless America 🇺🇸

There wasn't an interview at consulate yet. NVC issued the case number on June 26 2026, kept it, then returned to USCIS for review.

Send it to the USCIS California Service Center (a search will give the address) or the Portland USCIS field office or boat. And yes, this is optional, so don’t lose any sleep over it. Good Luck!

IR1 1. Date you received notice from NVC that you are Documentarity Qualified (DQ'd) - 11.15.2023, but I601A approved this past Nov 25, 2025 2. Date you received an interview assignment from NVC (if you have received one) - N/A 3. Date of your interview (if you have received an interview assignment) - N/A

Just right to the same address you got your receipts from USCIS. Honestly, all of this is optional. The moment marriage ended and AOS was abandoned, you are not liable for I-864 or anything else.

Does not apply to UK

Hi Everyone, On Tuesday of this week my wife and I received notice that we are now documentarily qualified for our visa interview, and the NVC will be working with the US embassy in her country of Chile to schedule the interview, which we are thrilled about and very relieved to be at this point. I did want to see if anyone else has run into this specific circumstance, however, as we also got a message which I am confused by through the CEAC portal at the same time as we received the DQ message. In submitting the civil documents after submitting her IV application, we had a document type listed on the page that asked for a police certificate from a country that my wife only visited for 5 months many years ago, in addition to the police certificate from her home country, which we submitted. After doing some research on this, I found that some people who also had this come up ultimately just submitted a letter stating something along the lines of "Since I was in this country for only 5 months, I am not required to provide a police certificate," and listing the months she was there, in place of an actual police certificate from that country, so we did that. But now, along with our DQ message, we also received a message that states, "This explanation has been accepted for NVC purposes. However, when you are able to obtain this document, you will need to upload this document under the Optional Documents section and present the original to the consular officer." My understanding is that the police certificate would not be required at all, and they DQ'ed us anyway, so now I am not totally sure how to proceed. Does this mean that we will need to somehow still obtain a police certificate for the country she visited, or could this have been just an automated response and do they mean that we should just resubmit the same letter that we had written before, and have her bring that copy to the interview? I don't think she'd even be able to obtain a police certificate since she never formally lived in the country she was staying, but maybe she could get a letter or something else similar. I plan to reach out and try to speak to someone directly about this, but since we are already documentarily qualified, and they will schedule our interview anyway, should we be doing anything further through the CEAC, or should I just reach out to the US Embassy in Chile to see what they need at this point? I am a little worried that there could be any delays in scheduling our interview until anything more is uploaded, but in our other correspondence with the DQ it seemed like they are going forward with working with the embassy to get that scheduled, so I'm not sure if this is something I should be worried about or not for scheduling purposes, or for the interview once it is scheduled. I know my post is already a little long, since I am a bit confused by our recent correspondence and not totally sure how to proceed, so any insights or thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

@Dashinka @Crazy Cat I'm about to cry. I have tried to called USCIS to get the address to send to but they hang up on me and won't allow me to talk to anyone. I tried their chat where the rep hung up on me once saying they couldn't give me any specific information. I tried chat again which sent me to the same rep who tried the same thing until I asked why she is refusing to give me a simple address, the US citizen. She gave me an address and I'm not sure it is accurate. I am so frustrated. How do I find the proper address? The only address I have is on the biometrics appointment letter. The letters saying they received the AOS was returned by my mail person and USCIS never sent us new ones. Everything about every step of this has been awful including right now. My youngest child tragically died this year and I am having a hard time taking care of these things. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hey guys, Mark and I had our K1 Adjustment of Status interview at the Chicago Field Office on Saturday, November 22. And I feel it went over alright. The officer was professional and light throughout most of the interview. Asked mainly Mark the questions. He asked How we met, how the relationship developed, the standard I-485 yes or no questions, and also shared some personal stories. The interview felt pretty fast and at the end, he told us he couldn't make a decision at this time, handed us the white paper, and told us he needed to review our case again, possibly also look at the original K1 petition to make a decision, probably on that following Monday. Ever since after the interview, the case status has been sitting on 'Case is Being Actively Reviewed by USCIS'. We did have some minor hiccups with documentation that have since been addressed as best we can. Mark applied for his social security card in early October, (he was admitted Aug 30), but they sent it to the wrong address, which kind of derailed some other necessary things. He was unable to get an Illinois State ID and Chase Wouldn't let us open a joint account either. We're also in a roommate situation and not on a lease together. The day before the interview, we did manage to get another social security appointment to correct the mistake, however, they couldn't issue him a replacement card due to his status expiring soon. In the interview, the officer even did acknowledge it was kind of a rough position to be in, as we had only been married for 2 months and Mark was only in the US for a bit longer than that at the time of the interview. Some of these we've been able to address, we got a notarized affidavit from our landlord stating we've been living together, the officer actually suggested that at the interview, when I presented an informal lease. And Bank of America allowed Mark and I to open a joint account together without Mark having an Illinois State ID and we also have a renters insurance policy together now. We've already uploaded this to the portal under unsolicited evidence after the interview. I was just curious if any others have had similar experiences they could share, particularly at the Chicago Office, but also others and what Mark and I should be expecting next in terms of a wait or anything else.

You typically do not need that marriage certificate. Just divorce decree for prior marriage.

Thanks. I have the certified divorce decree. I just do not have the marriage certificate for prior marriage.

Just got documentarily qualified for IR1/CR1 and I'd like to add our case to the tracker. 1. Date you received notice from NVC that you are Documentarity Qualified (DQ'd) 16 December 2025 2. Date you received an interview assignment from NVC (if you have received one) TBD 3. Date of your interview (if you have received an interview assignment) TBD I'll update when we receive notice. Thanks!

It will be. Don't wait until mid January to file, the I-130 should only take you an hour or two to do, so get that submitted asap to give him the best chance.

That is great! Congrats! It may or may not update. Typically next status is when green card is produced and sent to you by USPS

Any idea how the partial ban on country will affect Eb visas? Did anyone receive visa from the previous ban?

Congratulations!

We just married 3 months ago, he was 20. I think it will be close, the FA date has been moving up pretty fast over the last year. Its 22 months away right now, his bday is 8 months away, add 12 months for application processing and thats 20 months. My God is a miracle working God, He is going to get tired of hearing from me over the next few years 😁

You didn't read far enough down the page! Scroll down to 'Petitioner Documents' and you'll see it says the following - "If you are applying for an IR1, CR1, or F2A visa as the spouse of a U.S. citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident and your petitioning spouse was previously married: You must obtain evidence of the termination of EVERY prior marriage your petitioning spouse has had. This evidence must be an original or certified copy of one of the following documents: FINAL legal divorce decree, death certificate, or annulment papers."

Ah, ok. That's good, so she could adjust status through you, although it'll be at least a year. Follow the guide at the top of the page (this is aimed at spouses, but it's the same process for a parent) - But why does it limit her? With an EAD she should be able to work as if she had a green card? And if it's been 4 years then it might be worth asking on the long running VAWA thread where the good folks there will be able to give you advice on how to hurry things along - Good luck.