I previously wrote our story. My French husband had his CR1 interview on December 4, 2019 and was put on Administrative Processing for a missing document. Fast forward to March 2020, and Paris Embassy finally contacted him that his visa was ready and they needed his passport to put the visa in it.
By then my husband was in the US visiting me, then corona started, and his flight was
cancelled.
After some careful consideration of all the circumstances we decided to do AOS from the United States. We politely informed Paris Embassy about our decision and asked the Embassy to withdraw the CR1 visa application and send husband s documents to our address in the United States.
Today we received their response:
Thank you for your email.
We are unable to send documents to the United States. If you are determined to cancel your immigrant visa application, please provide an address in France to receive your documents.
VWP travelers currently in the United States who are unable to depart by the end of their authorized period of admission due to an emergency may seek relief by applying for Satisfactory Departure. This discretionary authority permits United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to extend a VWP traveler s admission for a period not to exceed 30 days in order to allow the VWP traveler to depart the United States without penalty.
VWP travelers can apply for Satisfactory Departure by contacting the local USCIS office or through the local CBP port of entry (including deferred inspection locations).
USCIS Field Office Link: https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/find-uscis-office/field-offices
CBP Deferred Inspection Site: https://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/deferred-inspection-sites
We will keep your CR-1 application for you pending your response.
Sincerely,
Immigrant Visas
U.S. Embassy Paris
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What do you smart people think of this email? Especially about the paragraph in bold (which the Embassy emphasized, not me)?
P.S. I am not asking what we should do...we already mailed the AOS package, and are not turning back.