US Immigration from France

Hello everyone,

I would really appreciate some advice on a complicated matter. However, I don t need any judgment on my situation and decision, just advice from whoever thinks they can help with their experience. Let me explain myself :

I came here on a K1 visa last October. I applied for AOS on December 23rd, 2019. My EAD/AP was approved a couple days ago (May 27th), and I should receive my combo card anytime now.

I have been struggling a lot mentally for a few months now, even before the whole COVID-19 thing. Our big wedding was supposed to be celebrated with my family coming from France on April 5th, but was cancelled. My grandmother passed away 2 weeks ago, and I wasn t able to go back to my country for the funeral. And in general, I have been struggling here as a foreigner, with big relationship issues with my mother in law and feeling very very homesick.
I am very close to my family and leaving them to come here was a huge sacrifice for me, but I did it for love. I now have severe anxiety and panic attacks and have had to see a therapist.

Thanks to this therapist, we got a letter explaining our situation and my husband is going to get special/emergency unpaid time off so that him and I can go visit my family for 6 weeks, from July 31st to September 12th. We already booked plane tickets a while ago, knowing that we could cancel if I didn t get my AP in time. Those 6 weeks are not just important to me, I need this time with my family for my mental health, and that will always come first.

With the field offices reopening soon, I could get an interview notice anytime (although my status for I-485 was never scheduled for an interview, just ready to be scheduled since February 27th).

So, with that, here are my questions :

- Should we move our trip to earlier in July (instead of July 31st) and come back August 22nd ; or should we keep our dates to July 31st to September 12th ? With the backlog, I know the people who had their interview canceled because of the coronavirus will come first, but there s also a chance my turn could come fast too, I guess ?... Is it better to go earlier for that reason ?

- If we do receive an interview notice with an interview date while we are away (we will have someone getting our mail twice a week), can we reschedule from my country via phone and explain our situation ? Will our letter from the therapist help ?

Again, I am not interested in judgment in regards to my decision to go back home with an AP and for such a long time. I am very well aware that it is not recommended at all to reschedule an AOS interview, and that there is no guarantee that I will be let back in the US. But my mental health comes first and I am willing to take the risk. I am just trying to make the best decision with this situation and minimize this risk, if I can, with any advice I can get.

Thank you for reading me and thank you in advance for your help and advice.

Hello everybody and thanks already for the answer.

So i was asking a question about how i could extend my I-129 F which will be expire the 06/10/2020 ?

Infact, since the 31 March 2020 i received the letter about NVC to tell me that my case was sending to my ambassy ( PARIS) and it's my ambassy will contact for the interview.

But since that i never received a letter for my k1 visa interview and i don't think i would receive that soon because of the covid 19.

I hope so my english it's not very because i'm french

Hi, it's my first post.

I'm applying for an IR-1 visa. I'm German, living in France and my wife (Petitioner) is an American citizen. I'm at the stage where I have to upload my civil documents. I'm also uploading my wife's Affidavit of Support (AOS), her tax return, and 1099s.

Problem with the website

Uploading works, since their tech issues were resolved early May, 2020. The documents show up as "Uploaded"

But here's the problem: On the main page it says (for a week now) "Not Submitted"

Under supplemental documents I had uploaded additional 1099s. But as required documents they had only requested the tax return and the AOS (form I-864) so in theory nothing should have been missing. The more detailed message reads "At least one required document has not been uploaded to your case and/or has not been submitted for review."

Can somebody on this forum enlighten me as to why I'm seeing "Not Submitted" here?

Thanks in advance,

Martin

Hi everyone, I'm looking to have my french diplomas evaluated for the (in)famous i-944, went on internation education evaluation inc. website. At the end of the process they tell me if the diplomas need translation, it's $60 per page! Can I submit a translation I made myself or does the translation have to be performed by the evaluation agency?
And what if I have my diplomas translated by a certified translator along with my birth certificate and then submit their translation to the evaluation agency, would it be cheaper?

Any feedback on different experiences appreciated

Hi, I'm preparing my AOS filing as me and my fiance are getting married soon and I just read and re-read new i-944 form and all the instructions along with a lot of posts about it here.
Since people started filing that form in february, I 'm hoping to get some good insights in here.

- Part 2: our household will just include me and my spouse, he is he petitioner and I'm the beneficiary, should I check YES for the question "is this individual filing an application for an immigration benefit with you (...) ? for the both of us or just for me? it sounds like it concerns people who would immigrate with me (like kids....) and not people who would petition for me! Just wanna clarify that

- Part 3: again I named myself in part A. and my husband in part B. but then the question for each of us is "Did you or your household member, whose income is being included, file a federal tax return ?" Of course he did but what about me? I didn't file it here because I was not living in the US but the question says "you or your household member". My first impulse was to say No and explain that I was not required to since I wasn't living in the US but the way they put it is confusing because if it's "me or him" then it would be yes for the both of us!

- Part 3: Liabilities and Debts / Credit report and score / Health insurance /Public Benefits: question 9 specifically asks for "your household's assets and resources" which means mine AND my husband's but then questions 10 to 16 seems to be only about me since it just says "you". So for example, if my husband have currently applied to receive public benefits due to COVID-19 (until his business can reopen), I don't have to mention it because I didn't apply for any myself! Right?

- Part 4: Education and Skills: the first 2 parts make it sound OK if you don't have any college degrees or occupational skills but then the English and Language skills sound compulsory. It seems weird to me they would reject an application for that? I have a college degree and a pHD but it's all french and there's no way I can prove learning/speaking English was an important part of it. I never took the TOEFL because I learned english as a child/teenager and became pretty fluent! Any feedback on that? All I could read here was from English speaking natives beneficiaries, any non english speaking countries natives feedback? I really don't know what to reply to that, my first impulse was to leave it blank but reading posts here made me realize I might have to provide some sort of evidence even if weak!

Quick off topic subject: https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/uscis-response-covid-19 on this page, USCIS explains, in the section "Extension of Stay/Change of Status Filing Delays Caused by Extraordinary Circumstances Related to COVID-19" that if I came with an ESTA, I can ask for a 30 days extension due to COVID. I does sound like it's just an extension in case you're not able to leave the country in time. My i-94 expired a few days ago, should I be honest and try to get that extension even though I no longer have any intent on leaving the country or should I just stay out of status and hope for the best until I can file my AOS?

I'll be grateful for any replies. Thank you all