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U.S. citizen here. Wife had IR-1 interview May 18. Officer said paperwork was perfect. Got 221(g) white slip purely because of the nationality ban no individual issue found.

IOM medical expires October 21, 2026. 155 days left.

Aware of Sangster v. Rubio (D. Nev. Jan. 28, 2026) where TRO was granted in 7 days on similar facts.

Questions:

How strong is an individual TRO citing Sangster given the officer made zero individual inadmissibility finding?

Does medical expiry in 155 days hold up as irreparable harm or will judge say "just redo it"?

Individual filing vs joining a group lawsuit which is stronger right now?

Anyone filed TROs against this ban how fast did government respond?

Ready to retain a lawyer immediately. Looking for flat fee quotes for APA complaint + TRO motion.

About to submit the package, and I'm starting to fret about the proof of relationship stuff.

For proof of having met in the last two years I have:

Flight Confirmations for both of us, hotel reservations (in my name), and pictures from our five trips together (going back to Feb of 2024). Four of the five fall in the "two year" range. We don't have passport stamps within the last two years because in her case the passport was either not stamped (USA) or we found the dates were wrong (Thailand both times). We do have my stamps from Russia, her home, but that was almost two years ago. According to her stamps for our most recent trip to Bangkok she hasn't even arrived yet. It's stamped for June 2026 entry! We do have included a letter from a hospital stating she stayed with me while I was hospitalized for a week, but it occurs to me the letter refers to her as my "friend". (The nurses seemed to not be able to wrap their head around "fiance", because no matter how many times I corrected them they would refer to her as "friend" or "wife". I wonder if it's cultural thing.)

For proof of "ongoing relationship" I don't really know what to put. We text daily in WhatsApp and have weekly Zoom chats. I have regular emails saying "N has joined the meeting" with the meeting title, but it really is just "N", she never enters her full name. Am I supposed to just print out screen shots of our WhatsApp conversations? We really don't have much in the way of emails, because it's the 21st century. We have emails of files going back and forth as we prepare this document, but that's about it.

Would there be any value in showing that I paid for her flights to Chicago and Serbia (her visitors visa last year)? As well as her flight in Thailand.

OK, I'll ask the translation question first. In the RFE on the cover page, it states "If you submit a document in any language other than English, the document must be accompanied by a full and complete English translation. The translator must certify that the translation is accurate and he or she is competent to translate from that language to English".

All official documents have been translated by a certified translator, so that's covered. However, we've been putting together a little Word document that include screenshots of WhatsApp convos, and we're messaging in Spanish in some of it. I've put the English translation next to it, but I just got to wondering if this constitutes a "document" by USCIS standards and do we need a certified translator to translate it? That would seem a bit excessive, but I thought I would ask anyway.

Secondly, I have a couple of criminal things from 1992. I got the official court records with the court seal stamps in the mail. However, the police records don't exist before 2006. We got an official email reply stating this, signed by the records clerk and stamped with the sheriff's office stamp. Is that going to be sufficient? I had an email from a different court that obviously was sufficient, because nothing additional was asked about it in the RFE, so I'm assuming that this should be OK.

Thanks for your help!

Hi,

Is that okay if I put "N/A" for "provinces"? We technically don't have provinces in France but I'm scared they expect us to put something anyway.

Second question, is that okay if we mispelled the name of the G 1650? I put the correct first name for the petitioner but then for the owner of the bank account I put 3 "l" instead of 2 and now I am really worried.

Also, still haven't received our notice and the package was delivered on April 27th in Lewisville.

Do I need to fill out and submit an I 824 form together with my I-130?
I am a us citizen petitioning my Venezuelan husband who is living in Colombia.
our I-130 priority date is Feb5/2025 and after notification of receipt we have not heard anything else, it has been 15 months now.
I keep hearing about this form, that some people s case is delayed die to not submitting it.
does anyone know anything about this?