CO OFFICERS POWERS

[Michael2017 368]

Just want to share some interesting story. A friend of mine had her CR1 visa interview. Her husband USC lives with them in Germany.

He had no current or continuing income. They had no joint sponsor, no assets. The only thing the USC husband could show is a job offer

for when they move back to the USA. The CO officer approved the application and AOS based on the future job offer.

 

This shows how much power a CO officer has to evaluate the totality of circumstances. In this forum, EVERYONE would tell you,

that without assets, joint sponsor or income the CR1 would be rejected and a future job offer is not enough.

 

[Mushulatubbe 29]

Good to hear such good news. ☺️

[R&OC 371]

Thank you for sharing this.

[shumway1756 304]

Very interesting. I have a feeling it's still incredibly unlikely for someone to be approved like this so I still don't think I would advise anyone to try that, but I guess you're right, a CO does have a lot of discretion in their toolkit. I'm also curious how they got through the NVC review as well like that. Knowing some more details of this situation here would be awesome.

[Michael2017 368]

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The mother of the USC submitted at NVC stage a AOS as joint sponsor. But she is pensioner and  while it passed NVC, the Embassy told them that pensioner can`t be joint sponsors by law. So that was disregarded and they were informed that they were solely approved by the future job offer.

[truelove29 218]

1 hour ago, Michael2017 said:

The mother of the USC submitted at NVC stage a AOS as joint sponsor. But she is pensioner and  while it passed NVC, the Embassy told them that pensioner can`t be joint sponsors by law. So that was disregarded and they were informed that they were solely approved by the future job offer.

Does this mean the mother is retired & collects a pension, and is not currently employed? 

[Michael2017 368]

Just now, truelove29 said:

Does this mean the mother is retired & collects a pension, and is not currently employed? 

yes.

[Michael2017 368]

Actually, something very similar happened to my wife.

As requirement under the visa lottery, this is how she got her green card, she needed 2 years of work experience or a high school diploma.

Her diploma was not with her during the interview because it was at the university. The consul asked her if she has a high school diploma and

which year she graduated. After that she told her no need to bring it she is approved. CO officers have wide powers to accept anything they want.

Those are 2 strong examples.

[truelove29 218]

Just now, Michael2017 said:

yes.

That's strange...our joint sponsor is retired, collects a pension & SS...and the household member attached also is retired & collects the same. We were approved at the interview, no questions asked. I guess every embassy is different? I'm pretty sure I've seen several people on here use joint sponsors that are retired.

[Michael2017 368]

4 minutes ago, truelove29 said:

That's strange...our joint sponsor is retired, collects a pension & SS...and the household member attached also is retired & collects the same. We were approved at the interview, no questions asked. I guess every embassy is different? I'm pretty sure I've seen several people on here use joint sponsors that are retired.

Well in addition to being retired she did not meet the financial requirements.

 

Long story short, they were approved on future employment offer and nothing else.

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Progress Reports to US Embassy & Consulate Discussion.