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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Ukraine
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12 hours ago, MSF said:

It is completely legal but intentions matter - hence non-disclosure.

Visiting the US on a tourist visa and lying to CBP about the intent to visit?  That is, saying to CBP that you want to "just visit" but the true intent is to adjust status?

 

That is fraud.

 

And any lawyer that recommends this or helps you with this should be reported.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Taiwan
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14 hours ago, MSF said:

It is completely legal but intentions matter - hence non-disclosure.

Sounds like entering the US as a visitor with the intent to adjust status.  Sounds like visa fraud.  I would steer clear of that attorney.  

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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I see some assumptions were made about what will be done, so let me clarify and maybe this will be useful to others,  I-130 application was processed by USCIS in one year, filed in April 2022 and approved in March 1 2023

 

We filed DS-260 and with I-864W and got message that documents have been approved in the case CEAC portal we are now waiting for appointment to be assigned. At least that is what we were told.

 

For those that handled these interactions - do they contact when appointment becomes available? Do we need to try to get one on out own? Letter seems to indicate they will reach out to us when appointment available.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Wales
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She did not apply for a B2 or was it refused?

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Australia
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17 minutes ago, MSF said:

I see some assumptions were made about what will be done, so let me clarify and maybe this will be useful to others,  I-130 application was processed by USCIS in one year, filed in April 2022 and approved in March 1 2023

 

We filed DS-260 and with I-864W and got message that documents have been approved in the case CEAC portal we are now waiting for appointment to be assigned. At least that is what we were told.

 

For those that handled these interactions - do they contact when appointment becomes available? Do we need to try to get one on out own? Letter seems to indicate they will reach out to us when appointment available.

Yhe NVC will forward the application to the Consulate when the application reaches the top n of the pile and there is an interview slot v available. The NVC Will notify you and then the Consulate will provide further info. Nothing you can or need to do at this stage 

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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To give an update for those how maybe interested,  we recently got DS-260 processed and schedule appointment in Manila.

I-130 took one year to process - filed in April 2022 and approved in March 2023

DS-260 took another year - filed March 2023 and approved in April 2024
Manila appointment was available in about 30 days - early May 2024

 

I will update when process is complete.

If anyone has advice about any new issues to look out for that have recently risen please let us know.
Getting paperwork ready and will be doing Medical before the interview.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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US Visa has been issued for this petition.

 

To sum up since my last update:


Medical Exam was done mid April
Manila embassy interview was done mid May

 

We were told that we must travel by October 2024 in other words - 6 months.


Here are some additional things I found, some maybe useful and some may not for you, if there are errors please suggest corrections.

 

Medical Exam

For US we were told that medical processing must be 2 weeks prior to embassy interview date.

Two days were needed, so expect to be there two days minimum, book return flights in the late evening if you fly.

 

Embassy appointment

If you made a mistake in first or last name fields on your embassy appointment application, here is what we found to be the correct way to resolve that:

If you already have an appointment - you will need to cancel it before your profile can be reset and you will be able to create new one with correct name.

 

If you have an error in your name, cancel the appointment, call embassy phone number and ask them to create service request, mention to them that you want it reset so you can restart the application, mention to them that you canceled the appointment.
They will remove your application within few days and you will get an email when you can login and start over.
If you do not cancel your appointment they will not be able to reset your application and it may take them 2 weeks to inform you of that.

 

Extra: When filing DS-260 and supporting documents.

If you are filing for child of US citizen under the age of 18 and unmarried then you will not need to provide financial supporting evidence, this category falls under exemption.

This means you can omit this section and  in its place load a letter requesting and exemption, explain that beneficiary is a child of the US citizen that is below the age of 18 and not married and is exempt.

This only applies to children of US citizens as I described above.

 

I will update once process is fully complete, we are aware of required meeting(training, stamping the passport) before departure is allowed, that will be completed.

 

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