US Immigration from Ireland

Hi all. I have received a letter from our local field office requesting we attend for a "stokes interview" for the I-485. When I look online it suggests this is normally a second interview. This is the first time we have been contacted by our local field office for anything to do with AOS. Is this normal? It says on the letter, reason for appointment: Stokes interview, both petitioner and beneficiary must be present.

TIA

Like many others here we received the "vague RFE" around being unable to process (see below) the I-864. At first glance I had no idea what the problem was because I'd sent my tax transcripts for the last 3 years. Upon closer inspection of the form itself, I realized I had entered AGI not Total Income for the last 3 years so I'm guessing that's why it was kicked back as those numbers didn't match the total income lines on the tax transcripts and they probably just stopped there and hit the RFE button.

I'm wondering if I should

1. upload the new I-864 with that section corrected, or

2. upload new I-864 and resend the tax transcripts, or

3. upload new I-864 and follow instructions for the vague RFE and send the whole 2021 tax return with W2s, 1099s, and schedules?

I guess I'm wondering if they will have kept everything from the first submission or if I should treat this as "I have sent them nothing" and resend tax transcripts and supporting evidence of income?

I'm concerned about submitting the corrected form to get past this RFE and then having them decide they need more evidence of current income because I have been self-employed for the last year. If that happens, will they even send a second RFE or just reject the application outright?

We are unable to process the I-864 because it has one or more deficiencies. In order for us to process
your application further, you must:
Submit a completed and signed Form I-864, Affidavit of Support, from the petitioning sponsor. All
pages must be present and of the latest edition date.
Provide the petitioning sponsor's Social Security Number on Form I-864.
Provide a complete and correctly calculated household size for the petitioning sponsor on Form I-864.
Submit a complete copy of the petitioning sponsor s Federal income tax return, including all supporting
tax documents (W-2s, 1099s, Form 2555, and tax schedules) filed with the return, for the most recent tax
year.

Hi All,

I currently live in Chicago and Chicago is my local office.

Timeline:

Applied for Citizenship via N-400 In October 2021.

May 2022 - Received interview date for citizenship in CHICAGO for July 2022.

June 2022 - I am relocating to Colorado. 1 month before my interview in Chicago.

Question: Since I am moving to Colorado in June, and my interview is in Chicago in July, I have zero problem flying back to Chicago in July for my interview. However, What will be said at my interview when they find out I actually live in Colorado now? Will they tell me that my interview needs to be changed to their Denver office? Can Chicago office approve an interview if the applicant lives in a different state.

I wasnt able to change my address from Chicago to Colorado as I am currently still living in Chicago. I move in 2 weeks. So should if I change my address on their system in 2 weeks, will my interview be cancelled as they see i moved out of state.

Any advise would be great.

Thanks!

Despite me telling people transferring an immigrant visa interview to a different embassy in a country which I am not a resident or citizen, it appears there are still some who do not believe it. So let me explain exactly how I did it. I am now living in the US having moved in December 2021.

Step 1. In July 2021 after having being At NVC for almost 12 months, I contacted the embassy in Bucharest directly asking if they would adjudicate my immigrant visa. They replied in August 2021 and said that they would, and asked the NVC to transfer my case from Dublin to Bucharest. I received a new case number beginning with BCH2021 (old number was DBL2020****** .

Step 2. I got my petitioner to send an expedite request based on the grounds that unless I immigrated as soon as possible they would withdraw the petition and this would not be in the interest of the USA. The request was accepted.

Step 3. The embassy in Bucharest reached out to me directly to schedule an interview and I went there a few weeks later and did both the medical and interview in Bucharest. The visa was issued.

The rules are the rules, but this is my experience and it shows that the rules are not always enforced. Those who told me that I am EB-3 and this is a CR* forum and for me to get lost - learn how to treat people with respect. Also EB-3 visas and CR* visas are both immigrant visas and are both handled by the NVC so there is commonality in the handling of the visa scheduling.

Apologies, couldn't find a timeline thread. I got my visa via DCF to the London Embassey in 2014, and now it's my brother's turn. What is the current typical turnaround time from first sending docs to passport in hand? When I did mine it was 4 months from submitting package to interview and then had my passport shortly after. Is it still around the same?