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It sounds like for whatever reason they are doing a very thorough background check. I would just resubmit it with the high school listed, it's annoying but if they insist on it no much else you can do. Just think of it like this: it's not a normal CV. You're basically just submitting whatever the Dept of State wants at this point, so even if go so far as to request his elementary school or whatever, you'll just have to provide it.

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Congrats, that's a crazy long wait. I wonder if was due to the service center/local office backlog?

Try the email, or even the Skype since they listed it there.

Correct, you (the USC) don't need to attend the interview or the medical. I hope the medical goes faster this time. Good luck!

Perhaps try calling/emailing around the clinics to see how far out the medical appointments are, as that seems like the only hurdle standing between her and the spousal visa. If she can do the medical and interview in Tokyo, she could just make one trip there and do it all in one fell swoop. That's how a lot of people approach it when travel is required for the medical. There's usually a generic "What do you intend to do in the US?" or "What are your plans for work?" question at the interview. She doesn't have to go into a lot of detail if she doesn't want, they probably definitely don't expect her to have a job offer already so I doubt they would expect more than just "I intend to work as an [X]" type answer. So, exactly as you said: no reason to go into detail unless asked.

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It also happened to me a few times recently that I would hit "submit reply" and the page just stalled. I had to manually refresh to check if my post went through. I'm using Brave browser, not sure if this has happened to anyone else.

It seems to me the spousal visa via DCF is still the better option, merely because you'd have less work and money to spend later adjusting to a green card. In terms of which is faster, do you have the I-864 and other steps ready to go for the spousal visa, such as proof of intent to re-establish domicile? Often DCF timelines depend on how fast or slow the applicant themselves can get that ready. Your wife would also have to do the medical as well, although usually people get appointments very quickly. I have no experience with work visas, so I'll let someone else chime in if they can compare the wait time/workload of a DCF application vs a work visa.

The site has been down a few times recently, it seems for everyone and not just me. Got this error yesterday.

I would email/contact the embassy ASAP and find out as Peru is rather uncommon here in the DCF forum. Best to just get the official info straight away so you can plan accordingly. In general, DCF timelines can vary a lot from embassy to embassy as it depends on many local factors.

I was about to say, I'm pretty sure USC's can go through the visitor/"everyone else" line if they want. It's just that obviously most would opt not to to avoid having to wait longer.

This is the first time I've seen someone inquire about it. Indeed it seems pretty rare around here. Only other ones I remember seeing were cruise ship related, so not applicable to your situation. If you feel strongly this visa might help, why not just go for it and have them apply. Please update us on the outcome if so. Sometimes they do. Happened to us on our last trip back. For some reason everyone including USC's had to go through the same line. No idea why, there was no explanation and none of the CBP or border workers said anything. When I asked a worker if there was a line for citizens, they just told me "no" and to get back in the one line they had with everyone. So it seems to depend on the airport. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I was about to lock this as a zombie thread until I saw OP himself came back to post. Welcome back!

So how many of these teetotalers in the study are recovering/former alcoholics? I think that matters. I would imagine someone who abused alcohol for parts of their life versus someone who has almost never consumed it at all over their entire life would have different results. Need to study some mormons and other lifelong non-drinking groups to see how it checks out perhaps.

DCF is currently only available if you have exceptional circumstances, such as a short notice job offer/relocation back to the US (the USC must provide this.) Unfortunately merely being a USC living abroad no longer qualifies for DCF.

I find this to be weird too. How does abstaining from alcohol "threaten the brain"?

While I don't discourage asking a lawyer, it seems your decision is more personal and weighing up things like what matters more, being close to family, quality of life/benefits Europe offers that the US doesn't and others. Seems like it's your call and the lawyer can't advise much. Sweden most likely has some sort of taxation treaty with the US. Your husband will still be required to file US taxes even if he ends up not owing anything, an annoyance but just part of having a US passport when you live abroad. I recommend hiring a tax professional who is familiar with USC's filing taxes from abroad.

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Front loading the I-130 is a good idea. Focus on time spend in person together.

@Chadderbaby I was able to find the document on archive.org. This is the same one I used when I got married in Russia, so it should work for you: https://web.archive.org/web/20211024212452/https://ru.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/138/marriage_letter.pdf If for some reason Moscow isn't offering it, I would just translate this into English and take it to another US embassy in a nearby country and get it notorized there. I found an example of what the one used in Ukraine looks like as well, just for reference it contains an English translation: