Interview before i-130 approval?

[SilverStarG 20]

OK, so.. we had an RFE back in January, the only thing they asked for was a copy of our original marriage certificate, which we provided and they received Feb 18th, and today I checked on My USCIS and it says an interview has been scheduled and we'll receive info in mail? The only thing I can find is maybe they suspect fraud? (It's not- we've been together two and a half years, have visited together 7 times in two years and have a daughter together), I guess I'll find out for sure whenever we get something in the mail. Just seems a little weird to me, it's I-130, I'm the USC and he's still overseas in UK.

 

Anyone with any experience with this? Our PD was 7-3-2019 and our status never changed to approved/no NOA2 or ever anything from NVC. Happy our status has finally changed (nothing had changed from March 16), but a bit uneasy if they're suspecting fraud 😕 😕

Edited August 8, 2020 by SilverStarG

[LilyJ 1,258]

I would give USCIS a call. My first instinct is, it may be a glitch or a mistake on the website. Either way it certainly wouldn't yet be a visa interview for your spouse since you haven't gone through NVC yet. I wouldn't be too worried about suspect of fraud, just give them a call once the weekend is over to see what's up with it. Make sure you've got enough time to wait on hold for an hour or so though.

[SilverStarG 20]

I did call USCIS, she said that my interview wasn't scheduled yet but the officer had put in a request for there to be an interview and once it was scheduled I'd get something in the mail. I double checked that it would be for me, the petitioner, before the i-130 was approved and she said that was correct. That the officer may have additional questions or want some clarifications on things prior to the i-130 being approved 😕