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Hello all,

My husband had his I-r1 Visa interview today at the US Embassy in Cairo. His visa was refused based on 212(a)(4) which prohibits the issuance of a visa to anyone likely to become a public charge.

Is this a final refusal or are we able to submit stronger evidence for the Embassy to look at again?

Hi All!

I'm an often reader of this forum, and this time I come for some advice.
Im a LPR removing my conditions. I've been divorced for 8 months now.
I already filled the i751 with the waiver and I have my extension letter.
In 2025 I exited the US for a trip in early November and returning for just a week in December for the holidays.
I continued my trip
Then I re-enter the US in 2026 February for a week, but this time the cbp officer talk me so rude, implying that I was not living in the US.
I understand the logic but is not true.
I finished my trip and I'm about to re enter the US.
I have stamps of all the places I visited from November in my passport.
I presented my 2025 taxes.
I started a new job in march (I have the contract to prove it)
I never stop paying my car insurance and a personal loan.
Movement in my credit card to back this up.

Any recommendations?
I'm thinking of carrying copies of all of these with me just in case.
I'm kinda scary of NTA or that they ask me to sign my greencard away.
Is there a chance that they not allow me to re enter and kick me out?

Thanks!

This probably seems like a strange question, but does anyone have their original I-797C Notice of Action document for a Green Card extension? Is it printed on the watermarked green paper that is used for other I-797 notices?

Background: My wife's 2 year Green Card was extended for 48 months after filing for Removal of Conditions and she received a Form I-797C as a notice of the extension. We just returned from travel outside the country and were held up for a bit on reentry when presenting the original Green Card and what might have been a copy of the I-797C. I say "might have been" because the only extension document we have is on plain white paper with no watermarking. When we made a copy of it the copy was indistinguishable from the original.

The immigration officer was polite and said because the extension notice wasn't the original he would have to have an approval from a superior to OK her reentry. While we were waiting he said this is not uncommon but we should be sure to travel with the original, which he described as being on watermarked green paper. At the time I had a visual image of some of the other notices that we've received on this paper and figured we just pulled the copy or the wrong document somehow. After getting back home to the files I can't find anything else other than another I-797C that looks just like the one we presented.

Filling this idiot form out and not sure which person they're asking about.

On page 9 of the form it asks for "Biographic Information". Is that for the US Citizen or for the Alien? I honestly find terms like "petitioner" and "beneficiary" confusing. Pretty sure I benefit from having my fianc in the country.

Why would they need my information? Kinda weird.

Anyway..... Thanks for the clarification.

We are applying for K1 Visa in Manila. We already filed the DS-160 for Erlinda and she has already completed the medical. We also already have a bio-metric appointment and embassy appointment. We have not yet filed the DS160s for the three children. We are aware that each child has to have a DS160 as well as the physical and bio-metrics. We have many questions best answered by someone that experienced the solutions. The kids all need individual Visas I think.

1. Can we just take the DS-160 confirmation page for each child along to the Bio-metrics. Certainly they don't each need individual appointments for that. I'm sure they need biometrics? Ages, 16, 11, and 10.

2. Can we go set up SLEC appointment for the kids using Erlinda's confirmation and DS-160 and appointment letter from the embassy?

3. I believe that we put one on the DS-160 application for Erlinda thinking one on each of the kids DS-160s too. Does that need to be refiled to correct that or is it correct?

4. Does Zeijan the 16 year old need a NBI or Police clearance?

We considered just her and I flying to USA and then doing the kids paperwork after. Does that mean we would have to have a I-129 for each and start all over with the wait for them? Best to get it now with her Visa but what if... I know they could travel after (I think within 4 months?)

Regards

Sparks and Erlie