Lil bear

Are you referring to 1. an envelope given to you by the medical team containing your report and that you are hand carrying to your interview at the consulate OR 2. The envelope which you received with your passport following a successful interview and that you are hand carrying when you enter the US on your Visa ? If 1. then the medical team must replace /reseal/reissue it before your interview If 2. then the consulate must reseal it before you try to enter the US

This is a full standard form letter that is always used .. and then specific issues for your individual filing are marked out added on at the end It’s obviously easier for them to send the full text plus rather than tailoring each individual letter. But yes it can be confusing

Your comment about the copies not being stamped highlights the futility of any one other than the file creator.. ie NVC CEAC USCIS … fixing the “lost file” mess. You and the consulate have no way of proving or ensuring the documents you have or present are actually the same as the ones on the file. You’re probably getting the run around from the Consulate because, rightly so, it’s not theirs to fix. It needs to go quite a few pay grade levels above where its stuck now at USCIS. I agree with filing the N400. Many people do so successfully with lost GC and you have all the documentation needed now (temporary I551) You might think about the better of two fall back plans if you do need to get an ADIT stamp… if this remains unresolved and close to the 12 months mark .. a trip to the USCIS office in the neighbouring country or a quick trip back to the US to get the stamp there. Neither easy nor cheap but may be needed. Better to think ahead now than ignore the possibility and in times like this, unfortunately, it’s not what you know that matters.. it’s who you know. stay in touch .. We are all eager to know how you go with this mess and will celebrate when you get through the system

I am so sorry for how this is affecting your life. Living in the ME would be enough of a challenge in its own Yes when processing problems arise it seems the first place the file goes is into the too hard basket until someone makes enough loud noises I doubt that the consulate keeps any paper files. Anything necessary would be uploaded by them then shredded Its not their file to manage .. its USCIS file

There isn’t a packet to be recreated because there never was one. When we entered in 2016 , we carried the “sealed yellow envelope” that contained all the original documentation It was sent to us when our passports were mailed to us after the consulate printed the IV foil in them. Your wife’s case was fully electronically recorded. There is no physical packet. Never was. Never needs to be You were never supposed to get one , all the documentation was online and visible to the CBP officer at POE .. otherwise he couldn’t have processed her into n the US on her visa. That’s the “ easy part”. That’s why the consulate says they cant recreate it … its all electronic and should be on the system. They didn’t create it .. It was complete in the CEAC system at the NVC I am not sure how to move forward .. Hopefully someone else will chime in .. but i think filling the I90 may ? be a way of getting the system to recognise there is an issue. Maybe. Do you have e copies of all the documents you uploaded to CEAC? Put them together into zip file and contact your congressional reps again. Start the official request again and send them the efiles. While you can reproduce the paperwork, that’s not recreating the file. The A - file needs to be found / restored/ remade at the NVC CEAC level where it originated.. Now that Congress is past the election, maybe the representatives will start working again. Make lots of noise often

Until OP gives us some clarity by answering the questions you have asked, we are really answering speculatively… which we all know is of no help ! Hopefully he will come back very soon and do so… as i know the expertise and willingness to provide good answers is here !!

Time frames are longer now .. but yes it is as accurate as a general guide can be. Each consulate has its own format for doing things once they receive your case .. how to contact, when how to schedule the medical , how to pay , how to schedule the interview etc .. so the directions really can’t be as detailed as you would like them to be. Read through the guide , follow the link, lurk on and search the Phillipines subforum , come back with specific questions as you have then.

You cant take what you don’t have It wasnt an issue at my interview

The link was on the us govt State dept site .. in the section discussing overstaying a tourist visa in India and what to do in order to be able to leave

Laws of india regarding overstay Here is the link to the govt office that must release the traveller https://indianfrro.gov.in/eservices/home.jsp

Received is not the same as complete or Documentary Qualified. So we are not sure that you are in line for the interview yet For a sense of recent waiting times, search this site for Canadian applicants for CR/IR1 visas and look at their timeline

Sorry. Amended my reply !

As per Neonred timeline .. less than 2 years.. around 1 yr if i recall correctly But this was in 2006 .. wow , I’m up for 20 yr anniversary in 2025!! 😀 congrats

As you stated it is a non household relative, they will complete an I864 with all stated documents, including documentation to show their USC or LPR status

You cannot expedite this. The GC takes 4 weeks to 12 months for no rhyme or reason. The stamped visa ( that the CBP stamped on entry ) is all that is needed until the GC comes. It can be used for b everything that the plastic GC can Im assuming they have also entered the US as well as you paying the fee .. ** Moved to Moving to the US and your new life in America “ as the question relates to life after having already entered the US.

Correct. And that was our situation exactly. Our petitioning son’s income was over the level needed but not by a whole lot, so we had our daughter’s paperwork as cosponsor all lined up and with us .. but the IO was happy with our petitioners I864, so we were able to shred the joint sponsors paperwork.

Having a joint sponsor lined up and their paper work in hand is always preferable to being told at the interview that you need a joint sponsor .. and working through a scramble to get the paperwork done and sent to the Consulate. So yes, if you have someone who clearly greatly exceeds the financial requirements then go ahead and add it to your CEAC folio. The interviewing officer will decide and nothing is lost if the joint sponsor isn’t needed.

Good news. Good to be breathing again !!

The usual recourse is to submit an I90 as soon as you get the incorrect card .. then file for I751 when that windows opens and then file for N400 when that window opens. As you have missed the first and hence second step, this is now more complex. I think you need GOOD SOLID immigration legal advice on how to step through those 3 steps, given that you are now way late on filing the I751. Better you start the ball rolling than wait for the N400 to fall over …. Not sure what else will be refused as a consequence of your whole file review. Without the I90, the system will tell you that you don’t need to file I751. But, when the case gets reviewed in person, this will be identified and will need to be sorted out. Not a simple or quick process but essential if you want to naturalise and /or know that your immigration record is clear.

Mmmm. Sounds fishy No slam dunk huh?

Major errors in interpretation occur when a statement is lifted out of a longer official statement/explanation. Context. Context. Context. K1 90 day period is not to “try and see”. It is in order to give time for each couple .. who have already signed affidavits that they are intending to marry .. note there are no caveats ,” if I like her.. If i find i really want to marry her” listed.. to complete all the arrangements they may want have in place for their ceremony

Yes he can. It is recommended that he does as much as possible to establish residency before leaving .. SSN, drivers licence, bank accounts etc as this is evidence of the overseas travel being temporary only. He can use the stamped visa as his LPR documentation to do all of this and to reenter the US. Make sure he returns within 6 months .. hopefully they will make the trip together by then.

I will say “glitch”.

Individual circumstances aren’t relevant to USCIS. Meeting the stated requirements are.

Sign what you want to. It’s not an option for this process.