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Context: My husband and stepkids are currently scheduled for their interviews at CDJ in Mexico on September 26, and our plan is to have them cross as soon as they get their visas (hopefully a week or two after - early-ish October). Our second wedding anniversary is March 11. We are (like many of us here on VJ) dying to finally live together; plus, getting my stepdaughters enrolled in school and having my husband get a U.S. job sooner rather than later is a major advantage. Could you expand a little on why ROC should be avoided if possible? I've read through this thread and others that it is expensive ($595 x 4 for us - goodie!) and is extremely delayed. I guess my initial reaction is - well, sure, it may be a lot more waiting, but at least we'd be waiting together, living together. It's been hell doing all of this paperwork and paying all of this money, plus the waiting and waiting and waiting, all while living apart. Is the ROC process particularly nerve-wracking? Is there a chance of losing status? Are the chances of getting denied high? All that to say, this thread has me rethinking our plan a little bit. To wait until March would break my heart and crush me, but I'm curious of ROC is bad enough that it would be worth it to wait.

Thank you!

Just echoing that you do need four separate I-864s! They end up being similar because it's a lot of your information, but do pay attention to Part 5 (the calculation of your household). Your household size should be the same on all four forms, but the way you calculate it will be different on your husband's vs. your stepkids'. I'm in the same boat as you - petitioning my husband and three stepkids - and my advice is make sure that for each of their cases on CEAC, you upload the same financial documents! Even though we as the petitioners see them as "one case," NVC does not while they are reviewing. I forgot to upload one document to my third stepkid's case on CEAC, and the rest got DQ'd, and hers didn't. I had to resubmit and wait for hers to be DQ'd a month later. When their interviews were scheduled, the three who were originally DQ'd first got assigned interviews, and the third stepkid did not. She got approved an expedite, and then was scheduled an interview 2 weeks before the others 🤦🏻‍♀️. So now I'm having to hassle the consulate to move her interview to the same day. All that to say, double and triple check each case before submitting! PS. Happy to see someone else in my situation on here. I haven't come across many people with four cases going on at the same time!

My husband has his interview in September at CDJ in Mexico, and it is required that I (the petitioner) bring my long form birth certificate. Vital records of the county I was born in does not provide short and long form - it's just one kind of certificate. It includes: My full name, DOB, time of birth Hospital name and city/county where I was born Both parents' full names, ages, places of birth, SSNs, and address at the time of my birth Full name, mailing address, and signature of the attendant/doctor Signature of the registrar Is this considered "long form"? I think the words long and short trip me up because I expect the long form certificate to be a full page, and mine is only half a page.

We filed four I-130 petitions on June 2, 2022 - this is our timeline: Received the notice of I-130 approval on November 14 (letter was dated November 12) Received notice via email of NVC case creation on November 19 Paid the AOS and IV fees on November 21 Submitted everything to NVC on April 13 (got way delayed getting passports for my minor stepchildren) 3 our of the 4 cases were DQd on April 26 by NVC; forgot to upload one document to the fourth case, uploaded that and it was DQd on May 26 Currently waiting for an interview If your case was sent to NVC on June 2, and you still haven't received any communication from them, I would submit an inquiry here.

Glad to know even different DQ dates get interviewed together. You are lucky to have an interview so quickly - our consulate's wait time is around 12 months.

Yes, I filed four (4) separate I-130s for each of them in the USCIS stage. When we proceeded to NVC, I also uploaded a separate I-864 for each of them. In Part 5, this is how the household was calculated: Part 5: Sponsor's Household Size - for my SPOUSE 1. Person you are sponsoring in this affidavit - 1 2. Yourself - 1 4. Dependent children - 3 Household size - 5 Part 5: Sponsor's Household Size - for each of my STEPCHILDREN 1. Person you are sponsoring in this affidavit - 1 2. Yourself - 1 3. Currently married - 1 4. Dependent children - 2 Household size - 5 I used the same supporting financial documents for each stepchild, but each stepchild (each IR-2 application) has their own NVC case number and Invoice ID number, so you have to upload all supporting financial documents for each stepchild separately.

I contacted NVC, and this is the response I got: To Whom it Concerns: Your inquiry contains requests involving multiple petitions. In order to protect the privacy of all visa applicants, the National Visa Center will respond to one case per inquiry. Please resubmit your inquiry with only one case per email. Hmmm... how can I only reference one case per email if I'm requesting that all four be interviewed together?

Good idea. Just sent a public inquiry to NVC and an email to the consulate. Thanks!

We have four cases at NVC (CR1, IR2 x 3) -- three of the cases (my spouse and two of my stepkids) were DQ'd on April 26. The fourth (my other stepkid) was just DQ'd yesterday, May 26. Will NVC continue keep them all together for the interview scheduling, despite their different DQ dates?

Resubmitted on 5/10 DQ on 5/26!

Got DQ'd today (4/26) on 3 out of 4 cases. CR1 - DQ'ed IR2 #1 - DQ'ed IR2 #2 - DQ'ed IR2 #3 - Case FE Review note: This case does not meet the minimum income requirement to sponsor the intending immigrants. To avoid delays, an additional Affidavit of Support Form I-864 from a joint sponsor may be submitted. For more information visit https://nvc.state.gov/aos. The consular officer will make a decision regarding this requirement at the time of the interview. For more information, please visit https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p. All the documents are marked as ACCEPTED on CEAC. The I-864 for all four applications is the exact same. Our household size is 5, and I make at least 200% of the poverty guideline for that household size, as shown by my tax transcripts, letter of employment, W-2, and Schedule C. HOWEVER, I just realized that on IR2 #3 I didn't upload my explanation for not filing my 2022 taxes (extension), like I did for the others (although I submitted prior to tax day). I'm guessing that was the reason for the FE Review note. "The consular officer will make a decision regarding this requirement at the time of the interview." -- this is the part that gets me. Does this indicate that this case is "approved" at NVC and it's now up to the consulate? Either way, I've already uploaded the missing document (and kicking myself for missing that despite my quadruple check of everything before submitting). ETA: Will the IR2 #3 now be stuck behind the rest of the cases? Or does NVC keep them together until all are DQ'd?

I've been wondering about this as well, and I just wanted to clarify what side-loading means. Does it mean that you upload more documents to CEAC while you are waiting for your interview? And if so, do you upload those under the applicant's civil documents? Or under the petitioner's financial documents?

Whoops. I should have checked this thread before I submitted tonight. That's super weird that you would be required to write the date by hand when it's a typeable field, especially when it's nowhere in the instructions.

Can you add me? I have 4 cases at NVC. CR1: Submitted on 4/13 IR2 #1: Submitted on 4/13 IR2 #2: Submitted on 4/13 IR2 #3: Submitted on 4/13