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You’re to the NVC stage? When you log into CEAC look under applicant information. The last column should be civil documents. Upload there. I can’t remember, that section might not open up until you’ve paid fees and filled DS-260.

On Facebook there is a group that has had recent approvals for F4 visas. They had 2006 priority dates and March 2020 DQ dates.

Looking through timelines here, the last interview for an F4 visa was early 2020. I don’t know if this is an indication of lack of data or that there is just no movement with these visa’s interviews. It would be helpful if you filled in your timeline so that people wouldn’t have to search through previous posts to see your visa type, country and relevant dates. It will also help people in similar situations to you now who want to know about how long different parts of this process are taking. COVID has caused all sorts of backlogs and delays. My wife’s mom was just DQed and we are expecting up to a 2 year delay to get an interview in Ghana.

CO should be familiar with religion and culture of your culture. If dating is not allowed, then the idea of sending an unmarried woman abroad (K1) would seem to be a non-starter. Might also raise suspicions that you are indeed a relative and not fiancé. CR/IR-1 is already superior in many aspects, I would go that route.

I do wonder if you are willing to devote the time and money to this if it can be overcome. It would seem that you are outside of do it yourself territory. Do you have a good lawyer and the money necessary to pay them for a long time? If not, when interviewing I’d ask if they had ever dealt with a case like this and had a successful outcome. If you can’t find a lawyer that had success with this issue you are probably wasting your time and money. Please keep us informed, this issue seems to come up, but we don’t hear back from people.

I think if you are the only one sponsoring then you would need to include W2s in addition to tax transcripts to establish how much you make individually (assuming you file jointly). I think it looks better if you sponsor together. I think it’s more straightforward too, easy to see the correct number on the tax transcript.

Great news!

We provided my parents’ address, but that is also where we actually intended to live (at least for a bit).

Thanks for the update. My wife’s mom’s case just got to NVC. Seems like interviews are being scheduled a little faster.

I’d second the advice to look carefully at a cr-1 vs k-1 visa. Both for personal and visa reasons I would recommend spending more time together in person. Also agree that lawyers are not the best for all people. Many of us have managed this process ourselves. You are likely looking at eventually having to file I-751 and N-400 petitions too, you will save a lot of money if you can read carefully and follow directions (and therefore don’t need a lawyer).

Maybe try this address: USCIS may authorize the Department of State to accept a petition filed with a U.S. Embassy or consulate in other limited circumstances (PDF, 60.52 KB). To request to file Form I-130 at the U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt, please send an email to FrankfurtIV@state.gov.

Looks like the visa navigator is just a fancy google doc: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScEvNF5RK-2bvqW7SicenUtdxrPxl-4XfdyfR6FWoC3uNRk4g/viewform I went through and these were the instructions I got for your situation: How long ago did you send the email? I bet you will get a response from that address eventually.

If he is filling an I-9 document he should use state ID and Social Security card (which should be unrestricted). This way nobody has any idea about immigration status.

Is there really any need for a letter? It’s so easy to see when someone became an LPR and how old they were at the time. It would shock me if this was an issue.

This. The speed that our I-751 petition was dealt with ended up being about our N-400 processing. The IO said there was no way the I-751 would have been on his desk if not for the N-400.

This seems like the most likely explanation to me too.

Traditional marriage is a legal marriage in Ghana. You would be ineligible for a K1 visa.

I wonder if you could also write a letter to NVC stating that your parents were married and divorced traditionally and that there are no documents. Since your mom wasn’t remarried, in my mind there is less necessity to show that the marriage was dissolved at a particular point. Your father’s death certificate would show that they are no longer married.

Ok, I think you can still get a traditional marriage certificate and divorce certificate. Have your mom go to the municipal or metropolitan council. I think they may still be able to give her a marriage and divorce document. It would be good for her to bring a witness to both the marriage and divorce. The marriage certificate should look like this:Apparently they will often put the divorce on the reverse side and/or give you court decree.

Were they married and divorced traditionally? Is your mom remarried?

Seems like there is an exception to that if you are adopting a biological sibling of the child that is over 16 who is under 16.

See link: https://www.uscis.gov/adoption/bringing-your-internationally-adopted-child-to-the-united-states#:~:text=Parents must accrue 2 years,during and after the adoption.

I think the original poster said that the document had indeed been saving the whole time. There were 20 copies when they went to submit.

Hmm…I know that a valid visa can be used in an expired passport in conjunction with a new passport. I wonder if it makes any difference if that new passport is from a different country. It looks like maybe not ok: ”If your visa is still valid you can travel to the United States with your two passports, as long as the visa is valid, not damaged, and is the appropriate type of visa required for your principal purpose of travel. (Example: tourist visa, when your principal purpose of travel is tourism). Both passports (the valid and the expired one with the visa) should be from the same country.” (https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/frequently-asked-questions/about-basics.html) I guess that “should” might be a little squishy.

The statistics from USCIS say that 80% of cases are finished within 14 months. You are still within normal processing time.