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I received a letter from the US embassy in Nairobi to complete ds160, affidavit of support forms & pay for the interview.

I have completed the ds160 and Affidavit of support forms but i'm having trouble paying for the interview.

When i created my account on https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-ke/iv , and clicked "PAY VISA FEE", i have no option to do so.

It only shows me the amount and not the bank account number and where to deposit the money.

Do i first have to wait for an appointment slot to open to pay for the interview?

We just got approved for immigrant visa (EB-1) through consular processing and have our passports, planning to enter the US through land border between Canada and USA, has anyone gone through this process? Can you share your experience at the border?

Hello, I got this message from NVC:

"Please Submit Every 2023 1099 Form and W-2 Form for Petitioner"

Here's the problem, I submitted Tax Returns, they got reviewed, then I got RFE before for 1099 Form, W-2 Form, and Schedule.

I submitted all separately and Schedule was accepted, but 1099 Form and W-2 Form was rejected with the reasoning "Please Submit Every 2023 1099 Form and W-2 Form for Petitioner"

I am not familiar with U.S. Tax Documents so I submitted everything my Petitioner sent and thought was appropriate.

Could anyone kindly send examples of these documents and how long they are (pages) because a lot of time is being wasted in this back and forth and even my Petitioner is confused about the documents required.

Hello, The expiration date on our NOA2 is 26Dec2024. We are needing to conduct the medical and interview at the US embassy in Manila in late January 2025 so to give me the petitioner time to fly to Manila to be with my fianc due to her needing my help in navigation everything in Manila. She is unable to do it on her own. The case was updated to 'Ready' on 7Nov2024. Neither me nor my fianc have received any communication from NVC nor the US embassy in Manila. I submitted public inquiry to both NVC and the embassy inquiring about having not received any notification. The NVC just told me that they had sent the K1 petition to the US embassy and did not address not having sent me a FTP email notification. I sent the inquiery to the US Embassy in Manila about two weeks ago and finally received this response:

At this time I have submitted the DS-160 and paid the visa fee on usatraveldocs. It sound like from the response from the embassy that I can go ahead and schedule the interview after the NOA2 expiration/validity date. At this it does not appear that the US embassy in Manila has opened any appointments yet for January.

My questions are : If the embassy does not open any January dates prior to my NOA2 expiring and I end up having to schedule the interview after the NOA2 expiries, will that cause a problem? Could someone who has experience and knowledge on this topic provide some feedback?

Thank you very much!

Hi everyone. We are in the process of filing for Citizenship (form N-400).

On page 9 of the form #22.a. "Are you a person born as a male who lived in the United States at any time between your 18th and 26th birthdays? (Do not select "Yes" if you were a lawful nonimmigrant for all of that time period.)

then the box has either Yes or No as the option

I am confused by "lawful nonimmigrant"

My husband came on a K1 fiance visa and has his current green card. He came when he was 25 years old.

I think that maybe I should be marking YES to 22.a.

Then: 22.b: If you answered "Yes," to iten 22.a., did you register for the Selective Service?

We were told by a lawyer that when he signed his K1 visa application it stated in a box near the signature something that acknowledged he would automatically be signed up for the selective service. BUT then on 22.c. it wants provided information about your registration and asked for date registered and selective service number

Any advice on how to proceed with this part would be greatly appreciated

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!