Husband's Reaffirmed Petition Approved

[lutz 41]

I want to thank all of you here on VJ for all the great advice and encouragement over these past few years.  My husband's IR1 visa was approved today, thank God very much.  Luckily, he was asked only a few basic questions.  The officer had taken all of his evidence, looked it over, then called him to the window.  There he was just asked if his case was a reaffirmed one, how many children he has and if his child will immigrate with him.  That was it.  The embassy personnel then gave him the long awaited blue slip of paper instructing him to pick up his visa in 2 weeks. It has been such a long and stressful journey and I wanted to share our success to give others hope.  

[RKBKMS 0]

I am still in this long and stressful journey! I am really looking for a realistic time line for the interivew. Do you know how long after NVC said the case was documentarily complete that your husband received the interview?

[JListon 0]

43 minutes ago, lutz said:

I want to thank all of you here on VJ for all the great advice and encouragement over these past few years.  My husband's IR1 visa was approved today, thank God very much.  Luckily, he was asked only a few basic questions.  The officer had taken all of his evidence, looked it over, then called him to the window.  There he was just asked if his case was a reaffirmed one, how many children he has and if his child will immigrate with him.  That was it.  The embassy personnel then gave him the long awaited blue slip of paper instructing him to pick up his visa in 2 weeks. It has been such a long and stressful journey and I wanted to share our success to give others hope.  

Lutz, congrats!

Also waiting to receive a mail from the USCIS. Case was received at USCIS on March 7th, 2017. How many more days do you think we can possibly receive a mail. And what do you think we need to do while awaiting

[meemee1 34]

Long awaited congratulations

[lutz 41]

14 minutes ago, meemee1 said:

Long awaited congratulations

Thank you.

[lutz 41]

1 hour ago, JListon said:

Lutz, congrats!

Also waiting to receive a mail from the USCIS. Case was received at USCIS on March 7th, 2017. How many more days do you think we can possibly receive a mail. And what do you think we need to do while awaiting

Thank you for the good wishes.  My husband's case was denied in September 2015. It wasn't until around February 2016 that it even got to USCIS.  From there, it was reaffirmed in December 2016. So there is a lot of waiting.  Do you know the reason your case was denied?  We did not even know the reason, the CO would not tell my husband.  If you have a suspicion about the reason, I would start gathering evidence to refute it, so you will have that all ready when you receive your NOIR.  If the waiting gets too long, you can get your congressperson involved, and also an ombudsman.  You can schedule an infopass at your local USCIS office also.  But you will have to wait the required 180 days for your file to get through USCIS.  Good luck and let me know if I can help in any other way.

[lutz 41]

2 hours ago, RKBKMS said:

I am still in this long and stressful journey! I am really looking for a realistic time line for the interivew. Do you know how long after NVC said the case was documentarily complete that your husband received the interview?

My husband's case, after being reaffirmed, was at NVC in early December 2016.  They sent it to the embassy around 2 weeks later, at the end of December 2016.  My husband just had his interview today, so you can see, it took 7 months from the time it was reaffirmed and had gone back through NVC to get the interview scheduled.

[IcezMan_IcezLady 582]

Congratulations!!!! Oh my GOD... Thank GOD for your journey. it is finally over!! Please do a review!!

2 hours ago, JListon said:

Lutz, congrats!

Also waiting to receive a mail from the USCIS. Case was received at USCIS on March 7th, 2017. How many more days do you think we can possibly receive a mail. And what do you think we need to do while awaiting

Same here..our case was received on same date as yours..

[brown & orange 2]

Congratulations....

[JListon 0]

17 hours ago, lutz said:

Thank you for the good wishes.  My husband's case was denied in September 2015. It wasn't until around February 2016 that it even got to USCIS.  From there, it was reaffirmed in December 2016. So there is a lot of waiting.  Do you know the reason your case was denied?  We did not even know the reason, the CO would not tell my husband.  If you have a suspicion about the reason, I would start gathering evidence to refute it, so you will have that all ready when you receive your NOIR.  If the waiting gets too long, you can get your congressperson involved, and also an ombudsman.  You can schedule an infopass at your local USCIS office also.  But you will have to wait the required 180 days for your file to get through USCIS.  Good luck and let me know if I can help in any other way.

Lutz, he didn't tell me the reason. He said we can't issue you the visa at this time. And your file will be sent back to the USCIS.

I will need your help sooo much.

I will be glad if you can message me your number (personal info removed)

Edited August 8, 2017 by Ontarkie
Removed personal information.

[JListon 0]

8 hours ago, IcezMan_IcezLady said:

Congratulations!!!! Oh my GOD... Thank GOD for your journey. it is finally over!! Please do a review!!

Same here..our case was received on same date as yours..woow! Any update on your case

[JListon 0]

8 hours ago, IcezMan_IcezLady said:

Congratulations!!!! Oh my GOD... Thank GOD for your journey. it is finally over!! Please do a review!!

Same here..our case was received on same date as yours..

Icez, can you WhatsApp me so we can link up/on our case????

[lutz 41]

1 hour ago, JListon said:

Lutz, he didn't tell me the reason. He said we can't issue you the visa at this time. And your file will be sent back to the USCIS.

I will need your help sooo much.

I will be glad if you can message me your number on my WhatsApp +233241143023

I don't have a phone here in Ghana and since we'll be leaving in a few weeks I don't want to get one.

You can message me privately here on Visa Journey.  I get notifications when I have a message here so I'll be able to get back to you.

The same thing happened with my husband.  They did not provide a reason at all.   Have you been married fewer than 2 years?  That may be the issue if there is any doubt at all in their minds.   Are there any other red flags, like age difference, previous petitions, etc?

1 hour ago, JListon said:

10 hours ago, IcezMan_IcezLady said:

Congratulations!!!! Oh my GOD... Thank GOD for your journey. it is finally over!! Please do a review!!

Same here..our case was received on same date as yours..woow! Any update on your case

Thank you so much IcezMan_IcezLady.  I will post a review.  Thanks for your advice through this journey and I am wishing the best for you too.

[M&W Ben 2]

Congratulations!!

[Boohene102314 18]

17 hours ago, lutz said:

I want to thank all of you here on VJ for all the great advice and encouragement over these past few years.  My husband's IR1 visa was approved today, thank God very much.  Luckily, he was asked only a few basic questions.  The officer had taken all of his evidence, looked it over, then called him to the window.  There he was just asked if his case was a reaffirmed one, how many children he has and if his child will immigrate with him.  That was it.  The embassy personnel then gave him the long awaited blue slip of paper instructing him to pick up his visa in 2 weeks. It has been such a long and stressful journey and I wanted to share our success to give others hope.  

@lutzCongrats!!!  Sooooooo happy for you.I know you are glad the process is finally over.  Now life can begin anew!!  Safe travels to your husband as he comes to join you.