US Immigration from Australia

With the recently extended hold on other Visa categories, do people think it may speed up the K1 approval process?

Hi, I will be removing the conditions on my green card soon and I think I have everything ready except I'm confused by the Finger print card Form FD- 258. Do I go to a police department or a US consulate to get these done. There is no mention of if I need to make

an appointment to do this. Do I just print the form and take it with me? or are they special cards. I just need a little direction. Thanks In Advance.

Finger Print Cards FD-258.pdf

In early May, my husbands Green-card showed up in the mail after our original interview was cancelled due to COVID-19. We were so happy to be done with this journey and put it all behind us... until...

My USCIS app gave me a notification last week that our interview had been scheduled. Weird, we already have the green-card - I just ignore it. On Saturday the official USCIS notice for the interview is in our mailbox. Weird again - I'm assuming it was some kind of mistake. Hubby calls this morning and whilst they couldn't tell him WHY he needs to go in for an interview after already having the card, he does.

I'm so annoyed! I have already destroyed all the millions of copies of documents I'd made and I've refiled all the original paperwork I'd pulled out. I gave a stack of photos that I'd originally printed out to my mum.... All those hours of work that I was annoyed I'd done for no reason, I now have to redo!

You can see my original post about our journey here.

Anyone else see anything similar to this? I've told hubby to call again in 2 weeks and see if the next person he speaks to still says we need to go back in - fingers crossed!

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TIMELINE

**Both Australian's living in America together for the last 7 years - Been together almost 12 years.

4/16/2013 - Moved to US together on J1 Visa

5/1/2014 - Returned to Australia to file for new visa

5/18/2014 - Both approved for E1 visa (treaty/trade - Starting our own Aus based visa in USA)

May 2014 - I (petitioner) was drawn in the green card lottery. Long wait ahead for my number to come to start that process

8/13/2014 - Moved back to USA together on E1 visa

8/18/2015 - Green card interview in Sydney Australia, approved on the spot (did not do AOS and stupidly, did not include my partner on my application)

7/3/2017 - We got married!

7/7/2017 - Submitted Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative

7/13/2017 - Received confirmation that application was received and given case number

2/2/2018 - Husband had interview at US Consulate in Australia to renew his E1 Visa - Approved for a further 4 years on the spot.

5/26/2019 - Form 1-130 approved, case sent to NVC.

7/8/2019 - Submitted AOS, EAD, AP concurrently

7/12/2019 - Application marked as received

7/25/2019 - Bio appointment

1/31/2020 - EAD Approved, AP Approved

2/1/2020 - Combo Card shipped/ AOS status changed to ready to schedule

2/6/2020 - Combo Card Received

2/28/2020 - Received interview letter

3/23/2020 - Interview Day! Cancelled due to COVID-19

4/27/2020 - RFE for Medical - Mailed to San Antonio Field office same day

5/5/2020 - Status changed: Case Was Approved - Awaiting confirmation letter and further instructions
5/9/2020 - Green Card in hand!

6/18/2020 - Case updated to Interview Scheduled

6/22/2020 - Confirmed w/ USCIS that we really do need to go for interview.

7/29/2020 - Interview date

Hi everyone,

Has anyone had any luck getting approval to leave Australia/having their partners visit during COVID19? My partner can't enter Australia as hes not a citizen and as we are engaged I don't think we qualify for the defecato exemption. Any advice would really be appreciated, really struggling being away from my partner for so long.

Hi everyone,

I was looking at all the different reasons to expedite our case and EAD (once we get to that stage)- would being a healthcare worker (registered nurse and registered paramedic) be reason enough as I would be able to assist with COVID19? Would that fall under the "Compelling government interests?". Just looking at different options.

Thanks