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Hi everyone,

I'm hoping someone can help answer my question about switching from the standard i130 consular abroad with USCIS to DCF? I've understood that you cannot technically "switch" over the application, but can I cancel my current i130 that is with USCIS and re-file with DCF? My embassy is France and I am a USC petitioning for my husband.

Long story short, I am an idiot who did not do their research before I did the regular filing, and I can now get a job transfer to the US with my company tomorrow if I wanted to. My PD is 02/27/2025 and I am feeling very anxious about the recent slow down with processing times. I have a very straightforward case (married for 10 years, husband has social security number, has lived in US and held green card before, 2 kids...), but I don't think that is making a difference and I see horror stories of people waiting 24 months now. I want to move back to the US with my 2 young children in July to be able to start the school year with them, but I am very nervous that my husband might not join us for quite some time.

Thanks for anyone that can give some advice.

I was filling out the paper work for our k1 visa and it was asking about my parents and now I'm kinda concerned, I"m not on the best terms with my family and in the past they went out of their way to make problems for any relationship I been in, they're also super xenophobic and racist to say the lest. I know if they get asked anything they will lie and try there best to ruin things ugh. I'm also estranged from a large bulk of them as one can imagine. So they know nothing of our relationship and I plan to keep it that way.

Would they be contacted at any point in the k1 process? And if my family is contacted is there a way I can give imagination a heads up not just for the sake of our visa but for their own safety as I have some family is rather mentally unstable to say the least.

I really want to double check before we fill this.

I will have a joint sponsor (my fianc s Mom)

So my fianc s Mom would write in her I-134 this:

I, [Joint sponsor s full name], the joint sponsor, fully intend to financially support my future daughter-in-law,
[Fianc 's Full Name]. I will provide housing, food, and financial assistance as needed. She will have access to my annual earnings, for as long as necessary until she is able to support herself financially in the United States, first as a fianc and later as my son's spouse after her arrival in the United States.

Would this be okay?

I m asking because I was thinking what should my fianc write since he s unemployed at the moment.

Should he say something like:

I am currently unemployed and do not have regular income at this time. However, I will provide full housing for the beneficiary at my residence located at [full address]. I will also assist with daily living needs such as food, utilities, and transportation to the best of my ability. Additional financial support will be provided by a joint sponsor.

Would this be okay or there are specific things they shouldn t or should be writing there?

ALSO

I ll be living at his Mom s house for the first 3ish years, so I was thinking that maybe he shouldn t mention his address in that statement, or?

Also, what should I say at the interview or when I travel to the U.S. if they ask where I m going to live? Because on DS-160 at the moment I have written my fianc s address (it s still fixable), would it be okay if I write his Mom s address?

Me and my fianc have been engaged for a year and known each other for three years. I have visited her twice and we were looking into the financial requirements.
I make $24,000 a year from my main job shown on my W2, and as a financial and service contractor for my family's business I get paid $5000 on a 1099.
This is only for the year of 2025. I live in Georgia if that info helps.

My questions are...
1) What is the minimum financial requirement to sponsor her, I see the minimum is 125% above federal minimum wage, but when i do the math on google where it says its 15,000ish for a single household, it's like 30k... but everywhere I'm seeing says its only 27,000ish... is my math really wrong here?
2) If I don't reach the minimum requirement, can I co-sponsor for a k1 visa? There is conflicting information on this too where they say you can't and can. If i could, id feel safer having my brother who agreed to help me to cosponsor if it was something he could do.
3) Do they even take my two separate incomes as valid qualification for my total income? Normally people only have one job with a higher average pay.
4) I also see conflicting information online that shows that they will check for the past 3 years of income, and some websites say you only need the most recent year.
I need to know the validity of this so that i can find out if im wasting my time trying to get the requirements for a K1 and if i should just go try getting a spousal visa (if the K1 doesn't allow co-sponsors that is).

Please help, I'm making shots in the dark to anyone who can help me.

We been Documentary Qualified since Sep 2025 for a F2A visa for our daughter that is in Thailand. We been waiting for the interview obviously. When we check the IV scheduling Status Tool it says

"NVC is currently scheduling documentary complete cases with visas available from Mar 2026". So how does this affect us? Did they lose our visa application?