US Immigration from Ireland

Hi everyone,

Been tracking my NVC case number since August 2020. Was documentarily qualified in November 2020. The status has always been 'At NVC'. Today however, it's showing 'Your search did not return any data.'.

Has anyone encountered this before? Getting worried that something's up!

Thanks!

I am a Conditional Green Card holder, and I have my I-751interview to remove conditions, on Aug 23.

I filed my petition jointly on May 29, 2019 and remain happily married to my spouse.

The letter I received, under the section titled "Who should come with you?" does not mention my spouse; it just mentions attorneys, interpreters and disability assistance.

The letter only mentions the documents that I should bring: it does not mention my spouse.

My spouse did not receive a letter addressed to her: does she need to attend the interview?

I have tried calling the USCIS Contact Center for clarification, but the automated system is not helpful, and just provides me with canned responses and status updates.

Has anyone, who filed jointly, received a similar letter and attended their I-751 interview on their own?

Thanks in advance!

Looking for opinion on what to do in our situation.

Wife (US) and I (IE) have been living in Ireland for 3+ years since being married. We are about to file our I-864.

Currently we each earn around ~70k USD from employment in Ireland, but as this is all foreign source income it can not be used for form I-864. We would prefer to NOT have to use a joint sponsor as it is quite a big commitment, but it is possible for us if truly required.

Our assets look like this:

Net property value ~40k USD. Last appraised <2 years ago so it should reasonably accurate.

Stocks and bonds ~20k USD

Cash ~ 31k USD

Taxes owed from student loans ~(16k) USD - note: this is payable as a % of income. If I earn below ~40k USD I am not required to make ANY payment. I am not sure if it is a requirement to include this, but I so far include in all my calculations to take a conservative approach.

There is also a car worth approx 5-6k USD which we will sell when we leave Ireland, but we do not include as per the guidelines.

So in total we will have approx. 75k when we submit the form in 2 months time. Total required for lower 48 is 17,420 * 1.25 * 3 = 65,325

What is your opinion on our situation - do we have enough to be in the clear at time of submission? Is a joint sponsor preferred or will we be ok with this level of assets? (We could also potentially delay the application another 2 months to save another 8-10k.)

Bonus question - does it matter who is holding the assets, the applicant vs the petitioner/sponsor?

Hello,

I put in an expedite first week of June and just heard back today. They said they are currently reviewing my case and to get in touch if I haven't received an answer in 30 days. From what I gathered its not up to the NVC, it is up to your local embassy, is that correct?

I feel like our chances are good since we've been at the NVC since April with all my husbands (applicant) documents approved since June. We just keep getting delayed at the NVC over silly stuff, signatures, them approving documents then going back and rejecting them for our joint sponsor, etc.

Our local embassy seems to be completely up to date and scheduling interviews 3-4 weeks after getting DQed.

I'd appreciate hearing anyone else experience with an expedite request, how long it took etc.

Thanks a million

Hi There,

I have had several extremely frustrating calls with USCIS agents and bots recently.

Long and short is: I apparently have my Biometrics Appointment next Friday. It is part of i751 to remove conditions on my CR-1.

However, I have still not received an appointment letter. The lady on the phone last week said it was sent the previous Friday. The lady on the phone yesterday said no mail had been sent.

Of course, when I asked about this discrepancy she gives me the story of how she cannot help me. Seemingly oblivious to the ridiculousness of two people working for the same division, having completely conflicting reports.

What do I do? The second lady kept telling me to download the form from the MyUSCIS account but I kept telling her, there was no documents tab... Just complete and utter s**t show from these folks at USCIS