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[Ramirez619 0]

I filled a I601 waiver with a priority date of May 26. At this rate I may get. Response by November or December. My passport expires in March 2017. Is it necessary to renew my passport. Does it have to be valid 6 month's after my interview? Thanks in advance.

[LionessDeon 2,060]

Yes if I were you I would renew it. I-601 waivers (not I-601a) are taking about 8-10 months to process.

[Ramirez619 0]

Yeah that's what I figured. Do I need to contact US consulate or USCIS if I do. Since my current passport it's registered with the ASC bio metrics appointment I had back in May?

[LionessDeon 2,060]

We filed for a different type of visa. We did not notify the embassy until after the new medical was done. DHL made him send his new passport in with the new medical exam results. If you have a way to notify them of the new visa number (email or something) I guess it wouldn't hurt.

[Ramirez619 0]

Yeah your right. How long have you been waiting for your waiver to get approved??

[LionessDeon 2,060]

It took 10 months.

filed 8/4/15

RFE 2/12/16

Approved 5/25/16

[Ramirez619 0]

That's good finally you have your approval. I hope I don't get the RFE, so it will be quicker. I only have the 9b inadmissible

[LionessDeon 2,060]

Thanks. I watched the USCIS tracker during our whole waiver process. There were about 12 other I-601s received on the same day as mine. It seems about half got RFEs. The other half got approved but not for another month or so. Latest trend is that it takes 2 months after you send in the RFE response to get a decision. One case I still watch sent in their RFE response on May 18, 2016...still no decision.

I hope you get a straight approval without RFE too! Good Luck!

[hawk2006 0]

Where I can find the USCIS WAIVER TRACKER? Thank you!

[LionessDeon 2,060]

If you have an iPhone go in the App Store and search. USCIS case tracker.

Edited July 9, 2016 by LionessDeon