US Immigration from Ireland

Hello all,

Newbie here, I need some advice about the Adjustment of Status through marriage. I met my other half in 2021 in California while I was on a visit (VWP). I reentered the US earlier this year on an H-2B visa currently working in Pennsylvania, we got married in Oct 2022 in California. My spouse is a US citizen and she works full-time in California but unfortunately, my visa ties me to the work location and switching employer/location is complex. Eventually, I want to move to California and this leads us to AOS!

I recently had consultations with a couple of attorneys here in Pennsylvania but got a few conflicting advice But I heard people in this forum are kind and helpful so, here hoping someone can shed some light on the below and any tips

The conflicting advice is about the field office location for the interview. Attorney A says the field office/Interview will be at Pennsylvania as I-485 is based on my address. Attorney B, on the other hand, says the field office will be in California as the petitioner is based there and that if I want the attorney to be at the interview it would cost extra for his time, travel and stay etc. We are fine with either location but what I don't want to do is hire a lawyer who is not familiar with or has less experience with the marriage-based AOS process.

And before you ask the reason to hire an attorney, there are a couple of potential issues (red flags) which I will save it for next conversation

Thank you in advance

Hi There,

My wife and I are onto the medical part of the process and are having some issues figuring out if she has all the required vaccines. There is one that is no longer administered in Ireland so I didnt know if this will be an issue come the day of her exam.

If anyone who has completed the medical can shed some light that would be greatly appreciated!

Lexi

My husband and I are currently residing in Dublin, Ireland. My husband got a job offer in the US and we want to apply for DCF. Unfortunately the Dublin embassy does not offer this service so we applied to London and we explained our situation. They emailed us today to say they cannot accept our request.
Is this because we don t reside in London? Someone please help!

This is a very recent update and doesn't seem to align exactly with what people here are saying about applying for AP while adjusting status (I'm personally interested in the K-1 AOS case). The relevant part of the instructions is below. It says that your reason for applying must be a personal or family emergency or bona fide business reasons. Further on in the instructions, it does state that you may attach a reason for the AP or proof that you filed I-485 (I'm told it is enough proof to file these concurrently).

My question is, was the instruction page always like this? Should I leave date, expected length of trip and purpose of trip sections blank in the form itself? I know people had said previously that you can fill it out like this but I didn't find any forum posts since the date of the current form so I was a bit spooked. Thanks!

Hey, so I'm applying soon for my adjustment of status, and had my medical for my K1 visa less than a year ago. At the time I only had my first Hep B vaccine, and so got the waiver for not having all of them since there is time between each vaccination. I've now had my second hep B vaccination but won't have my third by the time I submit. My question is will I be required to get a USCIS civil surgeon to sign off on me not having the third hep B vaccine or will it be enough to submit the waiver from the first doctor and evidence of my second hep B vaccine? Thanks!