US Immigration from Ireland

Hello kind people.

I was wondering if anyone obtained their Greencard through AOS/ Marriage and did not have to do a Biometrics appointment?

My attorney mentioned yesterday that he has seen some cases where the applicants were not called for Biometrics and instead USCIS used their existing biometrics data that had been submitted previously. In my case, we filed in October and as of yet have not received an appointment. Yesterday I received a letter noting my i-693 deficiency (plan to bring it to interview), but still haven't got a Biometric appointment. I am on my third working visa so they already have all my details in the system.. the last time I entered via Dublin the agent used facial recognition to pull up my profile so they know who I am!

I know there can be no rhyme or reason to USCIS but was wondering if anyone here got to skip biometrics. I am in Boston if that helps.

Thank you :)

Does the Biden immigration plan scrap this for spouses of US citizen who got deported or denied visa based n this?

I have received my Citizenship interview date ( March 10), When I log in to my account on the USCIS website I get a "we were unable to retrieve you form". Does anyone know if this is typical after receiving the interview date? This status has been like that for a few days now.

First and foremost I want to thank all the members of this forum for their support and information. I literally wouldn't be here if it weren't for your guidance.

I originally had a petition for k1. After receiving my NOA2, I was here on vacation when the pandemic got worse and so I posted on this forum for advice. The advice? Withdraw your k1, marry now and fie for adjustment. It took some time, but I did it.

We married in May, filed in Juy, noa1 in August and interview today!

I was nervous as heck. I was expecting the officer to ask me all about my k1 and why we abandoned it and why I had overstayed my ESTA. I made myself worry for no reason.

We arrived to the Field Office, Yakima, WA, 15 minutes early as per our notice. We checked in and the security guards were very sweet and telling us not to worry. My husband was as calm as a cucumber. I brought some photos, new updated info like my job payslips, adoption papers for our dog and our joint accounts as well as all government issued documentation I had and also a copy of my birth cert and passports (basically everything asked for on the notice)

We started by getting sworn in. The officer made small talk and was very appreciative of our photos. He also said "judging just this and you guys in front of me, we're not going to have any issues, i'll just need to ask some questions anyway"

We then went through our packet, again, small talk along the way and some jokes. When he asked if I had ever violated a visa I explained I overstayed my ESTA by a few weeks while we prepared things for the AOS and he just said "Oh that's fine. With covid we understand that, its not a problem". He then asked if we were filing from k1 or adjustment and I said we had the k1 and withdrew because of..and before I finished he just said "Oh right I see you put that there, that's fine!".

Next he went through the i944 and I just updated my work info and he asked if we had any other evidence we wanted to add so we gave him our dog's adoption papers (lol) and the bank accounts we had

Next was just the questions which felt more like a conversation so kudos to the officer for making us relaxed. He asked

1. When did you meet?

2. Did you start dating immediately or was it gradual?

3. Did you go on any trips? (we had shown him pics from some summer trips)

4. Where did you get married? Who attended?

5. Did you go on a honeymoon?

6. Had my husband met my family?

7. What qualities in each other did we like?

and my favourite question

Who does most of the cooking?

He then told us that was all he needed, and if we had any questions and proceeded to explain that this would be a 2 year GC. We'd get an update in the mail (the usual).

Again, thank you to everyone on this community. Your guidance helped me through the initial k1 filing, eventual withdrawal and AOS!!

For some of the options on the I-129F, I can't type in the boxes. This only occurs for sections following a tick a yes or no box question. For example, after section 8, it asks if the applicants current physical address is the same as their mailing address, and you tick yes or no. Then section 9 (physical address 1) is based on your answer from that. You fill out section 9 if you answered no. However, the form doesn't allow me to type in any of the section 9 boxes for some reason. The boxes are white as opposed to the rest of the boxes on the form which are blue. This happens in a few other sections also. I've tried opening the form in both Chrome and Edge and neither allow me to fill out that section. I can fill out physical address 2 (section 11) no problem. Any advice? Thanks.

ETA: Should I be handwriting the entire form?