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  1. SalishSea
    Not enough to be a go-between for info. I suggest your friend join the convo here. It sounds like he's trying to adjust status via a sham marriage. Sibling sponsorship takes YEARS, and there is no visa available for him yet. Now he's got another sham marriage lined up to try and adjust through? He's wading through deportation and permanent bar territory.
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    Perhaps, but you also filed it like a month after the interview, right? That was premature, IMHO. Even background checks for applicants in low fraud countries require more time than that.
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    How do you know they’re waiving the interview?
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    There is no way to rehearse ways to answer the questions. You need to be honest.
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    I wouldn’t. Egypt is a high fraud/high risk embassy, and extended administrative processing is common. Best advice is to either wait, or get a completely refundable ticket.
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    If you plan to live in the US, you can’t plan for a “change in circumstances” to adjust on a visit. That’s fraud. You need to be petitioned for an immigrant visa.
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    This is above my pay grade. Maybe @Mike E has some ideas. I will say that if USCIS/DOS struggles to collect and confirm background/identity/family/police information on you, it is likely to lead to extended administrative processing/vetting, so the entire process could take well over the standard two years.
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    Yes. It must match your birth certificate.
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    They won't do anything of the kind. The onus is on the applicant to provide all of the required documentation.
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    I used the word later in the thread. I think you missed the post from Redro where she wrote: "When @SalishSea says “properly petitioned” she means she petitioned her husband for K1 and he adjusted status while he was in status. You circumvented the process because you came in on ESTA or B2/B2 and then applied for adjustment after your fell out of status." Anyway, I've contributed all I can to this thread and truly do not wish to provoke. Please accept my best wishes for your process.
  11. SalishSea
    Although it was actually @Redro who used the word "circumvent," I feel confident explaining that it was meant to describe the net effect of adjusting status from an NIV, which is a savings of about two years of waiting for a visa. Another synonym would be "work-around."
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    And no one is disputing that. Anyway, I do not mean to provoke you. Good luck with the rest of your process.
  13. SalishSea
    You adjusted status from a B visa/ESTA, which has the effect of circumventing the immigrant visa wait/process.
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    Right. I said "properly petitioned for a visa," which OP was not.
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    It wouldn't. That's not what I meant. My husband adjusted from a visa he was properly petitioned for, and the GC took 3 weeks. This was out of a legendarily busy field office. Perhaps your field of work itself attracts extra scrutiny? When people adjust from a K/CR/IR visa, the background checks and vetting has been completed by the consulate as part of the visa process. When you adjust from a nonimmigrant visa/ESTA, that step has not been completely to the same extent.
  18. SalishSea
    We waited three weeks after my husband's interview for the status to change to "new card is being produced." Same day approvals are the exception, from what I've noticed. I have no evidence regarding USCIS internal protocols or workflow. They do not disclose such info, AFAIK. I was not inferring any such thing as "punishment." We can only speculate that some types of AOS processes attract more scrutiny than others. What I do know is that VJ newbies often have unrealistic expectations of the term "expedite" as it pertains to US immigration. It doesn't equate to "fast."
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    THIS.
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    Really??? One is an adult, the other is nearly an adult. People abandon their kids all the time to immigrate to the US. I wouldn't get your hopes up. VN is a high fraud consulate, and I'd say her chances are low.
  21. SalishSea
    While your lawyer certainly wronged you, I strongly suggest that going forward, you do your own reading and become educated on whichever process you choose. No one cares more about it than you do, so it is unwise to blindly turn it over to even someone you're paying. You're 100% responsible for knowing the eligibility for the petitions you submit, as well as all of the content, regardless of whether it is submitted through counsel or not.
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    Perhaps, as you're now finding since "expedite" doesn't mean "as fast as you want," that is just the deal when you adjust from a nonimmigrant visa/ESTA vs being petitioned for an immigrant visa...
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    I wonder if it is just a clerical error in that case. A wrong button pushed, perhaps.
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    This is the nature of the beast of US immigration. It is not an easy, fast or cheap process.
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    Or is this case being done via the I-134.......what is it @Boiler? The parole deal for certain nationalities, including Nicaraguans?
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