I601a Mexico 2018 processing time

[LUIS H. 1]

1 hour ago, 1fireyang said:

My days are similar 

my received September 10 2018 and I do have a biometrics already since . When I log in on USCIS.com  it says my cases update 2/11/2019 too but nothing else shows but that they received my biometrics in October too

so anybody’s know how long we can received approval 

I do have a similar date but I have not get anything from them, I am in potomac tho...how about you?

[Hanu511 0]

2 hours ago, mikeyp123 said:

I had an update around that time as well. Mine is still stuck on Fingerprint Fee received. Received date was 7/30/18

Mine was stuck too. but when you look at the uscis website for processing time it was pretty accurate. Their site now shows:

it is taking 6.5 Months to 8.5 Months  and currently (today) are working on the ones from July 17, 2018.

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

 

[1fireyang 0]

5 hours ago, LUIS H. said:

I do have a similar date but I have not get anything from them, I am in potomac tho...how about you?

I in the nsc

[AndyJuarez 12]

On 3/9/2019 at 7:22 PM, AndyJuarez said:

Got my application updated today for RFE

Nebraska

Got receipt in mail: jun 27

Biometric appt letter recd: jul 11 for appt on jul 26

nvc 601a email: no email

RFE: mar 5

Yet to receive RFE letter in mail

 

Any people with RFE's here who can tell me what kind of thing they're asking?

Feeling positive. It was just request to send marriage cert. Sent already.

[Urias 25]

Hello everyone me again, I submitted an inquiry on March 4th,  I received an email saying that I should hear something by March 26th, today (03/18) I received another email saying that my case was assigned to an officer for review, and I should hear something within 60 days (still) 🙄, the funny thing is on this last email my priority date is diff June 25th 😑I always thought it was July 3rd, anyone had a similar experience don't mind sharing TIA .

[Jane88 41]

I am not from Mexico but I have been following this forum for a while now, because there’s no forum like that for Applicants from European countries... my Waiver I 601A was received in July, fingerprints done in August, today I received a letter with RFE😭😭😭 a lot of it...we already submitted so much evidence, but they are requesting more... I am so devastated here, We just had our first child born 2 months ago here and I cannot even describe the stress I am going thru right now... has anyone here received RFE and got approved afterwards? Not just missing marriage certificate or anything like that, but actually evidence. My husband got his physiological evaluation too, but they said its not enough, he should have done multiple sessions and not just one... Plz help, any advice is highly appreciated 

[mikeyp123 15]

34 minutes ago, Jane88 said:

I am not from Mexico but I have been following this forum for a while now, because there’s no forum like that for Applicants from European countries... my Waiver I 601A was received in July, fingerprints done in August, today I received a letter with RFE😭😭😭 a lot of it...we already submitted so much evidence, but they are requesting more... I am so devastated here, We just had our first child born 2 months ago here and I cannot even describe the stress I am going thru right now... has anyone here received RFE and got approved afterwards? Not just missing marriage certificate or anything like that, but actually evidence. My husband got his physiological evaluation too, but they said its not enough, he should have done multiple sessions and not just one... Plz help, any advice is highly appreciated 

Don’t get disappointed, it might be more beneficial if you specified what the RFE asked for. Also what other arguments did you make besides psychological hardships?

Edited March 23, 2019 by mikeyp123

[Jane88 41]

12 minutes ago, mikeyp123 said:

Don’t get disappointed, it might be more beneficial if you specified what the RFE asked for. Also what other arguments did you make besides psychological hardships?

• financial records supporting any claimed financial hardship ( my husband doesn’t have any loans, he pays every single one of his credit card on time, we own two cars but they are all paid off, he has no student loans either, he graduated community college with IT degree, we are in the process of buying a house but I am not sure loan will be processed within next 4 weeks for us to include it as an evidence). They only gave us a month to submit all the required documents... I guess being debt free in this country is NOT good...he also has no medical bills to pay...                                                                   •medical expert opinions.. he has back injury and have been to ER few times because he couldn’t bend at all it was so painful, we included ER releases but thats not enough..                                                     • evidence of monthly expeditures.               • records of membership in community organizations, volunteer confirmation and evidence of cultural affiliations...                    • birth/ marriage certificates supporting any claimed family ties.                                    • country condition reports ( I am from western Ukraine.                                                 • affidavits or letters from qualifying relative or other individuals with personal knowledge of the claimed hardship 

23 minutes ago, mikeyp123 said:

Don’t get disappointed, it might be more beneficial if you specified what the RFE asked for. Also what other arguments did you make besides psychological hardships?

I am beyond devastated here😭

[Jane88 41]

18 minutes ago, Jane88 said:

• financial records supporting any claimed financial hardship ( my husband doesn’t have any loans, he pays every single one of his credit card on time, we own two cars but they are all paid off, he has no student loans either, he graduated community college with IT degree, we are in the process of buying a house but I am not sure loan will be processed within next 4 weeks for us to include it as an evidence). They only gave us a month to submit all the required documents... I guess being debt free in this country is NOT good...he also has no medical bills to pay...                                                                   •medical expert opinions.. he has back injury and have been to ER few times because he couldn’t bend at all it was so painful, we included ER releases but thats not enough..                                                     • evidence of monthly expeditures.               • records of membership in community organizations, volunteer confirmation and evidence of cultural affiliations...                    • birth/ marriage certificates supporting any claimed family ties.                                    • country condition reports ( I am from western Ukraine.                                                 • affidavits or letters from qualifying relative or other individuals with personal knowledge of the claimed hardship 

I am beyond devastated here😭

We do work with the lawyer but its the weekend so she doesn’t know about RFE yet even though I emailed her ASAP

[mikeyp123 15]

22 minutes ago, Jane88 said:

• financial records supporting any claimed financial hardship ( my husband doesn’t have any loans, he pays every single one of his credit card on time, we own two cars but they are all paid off, he has no student loans either, he graduated community college with IT degree, we are in the process of buying a house but I am not sure loan will be processed within next 4 weeks for us to include it as an evidence). They only gave us a month to submit all the required documents... I guess being debt free in this country is NOT good...he also has no medical bills to pay...                                                                   •medical expert opinions.. he has back injury and have been to ER few times because he couldn’t bend at all it was so painful, we included ER releases but thats not enough..                                                     • evidence of monthly expeditures.               • records of membership in community organizations, volunteer confirmation and evidence of cultural affiliations...                    • birth/ marriage certificates supporting any claimed family ties.                                    • country condition reports ( I am from western Ukraine.                                                 • affidavits or letters from qualifying relative or other individuals with personal knowledge of the claimed hardship 

I am beyond devastated here😭

So you just made the psychological argument? One visit to the psychologist isn’t going to work. They basically gave you a blueprint of other arguments you can make to support your application. It looks like you need to give them more. Is he the only qualifying relative?

Edited March 23, 2019 by mikeyp123

[Jane88 41]

2 minutes ago, mikeyp123 said:

So you just made the psychological argument? One visit to the psychologist isn’t going to work. They basically gave you a blueprint of other arguments you can make to support your application. It looks like you need to give them more. Is he the only qualifying relative?

He is the only qualifying relative, he is Ukrainian as well, but all this family members are here. We submitted psychology evaluation, letters from his family members, letters explaining how hard it would be to find a decent job in his field there, we also included the paperwork that his family came here on parole status( based on their religion), he is helping his dad with roofing business, he translates and does paperwork for him because his dad still doesn’t speak English, we included letter from his dad explaining that, business tax returns for 3 years and business licenses, his dad doesn’t pay him, my husband has a job 6 days a week apart from that, but they want w2 where they can see that he is getting paid by his dad

[Jane88 41]

Also when we applied 9 months ago he was still in school, but he graduated now so we cannot provide any evidence that he is still pursueing education here because he currently is not

[mikeyp123 15]

To me it seems like your lawyer cannot be trusted. If he based his arguments on a single psych visit they are not serving your best interest. 

 

Remember like all waivers you are trying your best to make 2 sides of every argument. 

A. The hardship your husband would incur if you were sent back to Ukraine and

B. The hardship your husband would incur if he relocated to the Ukraine.

     Now being he is already from the Ukraine it is much more difficult to make some arguments because it’s not that difficult for a person to relocate to the country they already came from, unless he came here when he was young and doesn’t speak the language.and all of his family and community ties are here.

 

You really need to think of every single circumstance that would create a hardship. Financial arguments don’t need to be involving debt. Example if you work and losing your income would make it difficult to pay your bills, that is a hardship. Also if he relocated to Ukraine and for some reason he wouldn’t be able to work that’s another hardship. Loss of educational opportunity is another. 

 

Leave no stone unturned. Several decent arguments are better than a single strong argument as they adjudicate the waiver in totality. 

[Jane88 41]

6 minutes ago, mikeyp123 said:

To me it seems like your lawyer cannot be trusted. If he based his arguments on a single psych visit they are not serving your best interest. 

 

Remember like all waivers you are trying your best to make 2 sides of every argument. 

A. The hardship your husband would incur if you were sent back to Ukraine and

B. The hardship your husband would incur if he relocated to the Ukraine.

     Now being he is already from the Ukraine it is much more difficult to make some arguments because it’s not that difficult for a person to relocate to the country they already came from, unless he came here when he was young and doesn’t speak the language.and all of his family and community ties are here.

 

You really need to think of every single circumstance that would create a hardship. Financial arguments don’t need to be involving debt. Example if you work and losing your income would make it difficult to pay your bills, that is a hardship. Also if he relocated to Ukraine and for some reason he wouldn’t be able to work that’s another hardship. Loss of educational opportunity is another. 

 

Leave no stone unturned. Several decent arguments are better than a single strong argument as they adjudicate the waiver in totality. 

Thank you so much for your imput, it is very much appreciated. Our lawyer did our friends waiver and he had it approved, so we went with same lawyer. But we went to several lawyers before we settled with this one. Thank you again. We included loss of educational opportunity but they need paperwork proving every single point we made, and there’s nothing to submit to prove that statement. 

[Bariskurt 55]

Hello again, so recently I heard from one of my friend who was in a same situation "601a" waiver approved. finally he got his visa and is able to come back to US couple of months ago. 

So he told me that we have to register our marriage to Turkish consulate while in the states before the travel. Cause American consulate asked him to show his marriage registration paperwork during the interview in Turkey. He showed the marriage certificate from united states but that wasn't enough is that correct?