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Did you get the biometrics notification at the same time as the receipt notification in the mail, or as two different letters?

Hey I'm curious, where did you see the biometrics appointment, in our receipt notice (looking online, haven't received it in the mail yet) it just says the biometrics appt if needed will be scheduled and send on a separate notification. Did you get both letters at the same time?

Just got the online access code from agent live chat, able to see at least the extension notice for my wife, though nothing about biometrics yet. So: 02/25 Received date 02/28 CC Payment made 03/04 Notice Date (not yet delivered, just when they created it)

You said no text message or email notification - did you file your packet with the e-notification form?

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Funnily enough, I was just checking my card statement and the USCIS payment showed up this morning just after posting this, and my wife received a text notification with case number. So now it timeline is: Feb 22nd sent package Feb 25th package delivered to PO box Feb 28th card charged and text notification

Dang, so the first letter back from USCIS isn't the extension, just a notice that they are taking action on the case?

Joining in the thread, technically just before end of the month, though we'll probably straddle across into March. Sent in the package for removal of conditions Feb 23rd Delivered to Phoenix PO box Feb 25th Still waiting for e-notification or payment to post, seems like most folks are seeing that in 5-10 days so hopefully next week. I did have a question about the next steps after her package is received - we're wanting to apply for a UK visitor visa, so how long does it take to get an NOA form with temporary extension of green card? Also, is there any biometric appointment scheduled after the first NOA, or would we have time to send her passport to the UK visa processing place (I'm reading its about a 10 day turnaround for that.) I just don't want to be in a situation where she needs to go to USCIS biometrics appointment, but not have her passport if needed.

I'm wondering if there's any need to include the full tax return (~8 pages) or just the 1040 form, which is only 2 pages. The additional pages still show both of our names, but so does the main filing, the only thing the extra pages are for is EV credit, interest income, HSA statement...

That sucks, but I've got a feeling that they are more "accepting" of spousal visas than fiance, but that might be just my own impression. I see you're in the chat group now, I think the Thailand recommendation is a good one.

Auto-replies don't often send back two responses to the same address within a period of time. Then again, if it requires a certain email title, that might be filtered into a specific inbox. Give it a few days to process / hear back. Yep, that's just how the world sometimes seems to work. At least you are seeing progress, either way. Someone else would have to chime in on this, but that sounds right.

So, that really only applies for spousal visas, if I understand correctly. It seems like you are doing a fiancé, so you don't actually upload documents to NVC (or, not the same amount.) Essentially, the NVC just acts like a holding point for fiance applications and doesn't actually do any paperwork (unlike for a spousal visa, when the NVC would actually require submission of financial support, civil docs, etc. (this comes later, when your fiancé is in the use, after you get married, and file for Adjustment of Status). When embassies have space/slot available, they take from the waiting list. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration/nonimmigrant-visa-for-a-fiance-k-1.html#5 The only way (that I know of) transferring to a different embassy, is to contact the embassy directly. So that email you have waiting to send - needs to be sent. If the deny it, then you will remain at Warsaw. If they accept, they will contact NVC, who will coordinate the transfer (it doesn't matter if it has been already given a date at Warsaw or not.)

Hold up one second, have you sent documentation to NVC yet? It would be helpful if you were to fill out your timeline. If you want to try transferring, then you need to send an email to that address I had previously provided. Give your personal circumstances, the case information (receipt numbers, DOB, etc.) and wait to see if they accept the transfer. If the embassy decides to accept the transfer, then they will contact NVC - there won't be anything you need to do yourself if they accept. BTW, not an elegant solution but many people are still able to get Schengen visas. My wife was able to get one for Italy (while still living in Russia) and I know another couple who was able to recently get visa to enter into Hungary. While frowned upon (getting Schengen to enter and then leave a country for another, in this case, any country->Poland) its still pretty common to do. The risk here is if the US embassy trips up and for some reason as a delay, you might be at risk of overstaying on the Schengen visa.

Not a lawyer, but you have a similar situation to a friend of my wife (also Russian.) What I understand you saying is you think you have these three options: Try to 'recover' your wife's previous greencard Try to continue with IR1 visa Proceed with the Humanitarian Parole route Again, not a lawyer, but from my best understanding: Her greencard has been abandoned. At the letter of the text "You may also lose your permanent resident status by intentionally abandoning it, including but not limited to: Moving to another country and intending to live there permanently;... Remaining outside of the United States for an extended period of time". I personally have a very hard time seeing how you could convince USCIS otherwise (regardless of if your previous GC had conditions or not.) IR1 Visa is just that a visa (as @Boiler said above.) A visa's sole purpose is to let Border Control know why someone is coming into the country. In this case, the IR1 visa is now moot since your wife received humanitarian parole and is now in the US. In this choose-your-own-adventure (sorry, always have to have a little humor!), I believe your next step needs to be on compliance with the requirements of your humanitarian parole process. I'll admit I'm a little out of my depth when it comes to 'what's next' in the parole world, but my gut feeling would be that you now need to file I-485 (again as Boiler said) because that is the official Adjustment of Status form. Seems like USCIS is okay with that approach? Another reference saying something similar... scroll down to the section about Family-Based Immigration Petitions. Form I-485 has several paths to it, so I'm not sure if you'd need to do something special for humanitarian parole, or if you just file I-130 alongside...

My wife was for 20 days (length of trip - we provided flight booking, this was before we transferred to Almaty and were doing a "test" run) and her friends were a month (I think similar situation, though they were trying to get US tourist visa in Rome. (

My wife, and more recently, two of her friends, were able to get Italy visas pretty easily.

The email that I wrote to USAKZ@state.gov, which got my wife's case transferred.

I'm assuming your case has already cleared NVC and has been 'transferred' to Warsaw/awaiting scheduling. If so, you need to request transfer from Almaty directly, not from NVC. If Almaty themselves has declined to take the case, then you probably need to escalate through congressperson, trying to do it at NVC public inquiry form will get you no where.

It shouldn't, but also NVC for us sent back the new case number same day. If you don't get it today, just give it a couple more, and if nothing by end of week submit a public inquiry form, they should be able to look it up and send you the new number.

I used the same

I posted a thread about interviewing at Almaty, if that helps. Also, if looking for flights, red wings flys from several cities (you don't only have to look at Moscow or St P)

If you are still in Russia, try to transfer to Almaty, Jerusalem, or back to Warsaw. All of those are processing pretty quickly. Ankara has too many ME&A cases (Iraq, refugees, etc.)

I would say try to, at least. 1) I don't think schengen has gotten any easier, 2) Almaty staff (and medical) all speak russian which might be more comfortable for your mom, and just guessing 3) the costs of staying there for 2-3 weeks will be lower than Poland (also the shops, restaurants, etc will be more familiar.) I think overall, my wife was much happier that we were able to get to KZ instead.

For my wife's interview, they only wanted to see the original documents (birth cert, police cert, wedding) and translations. No need for apostille - generally speaking I think the embassy staff knows what a 'real' document looks like.

My wife had an old medical card (booklet for kids), that she took to the government hospital with that card and a blank certificate (that she says she bought in just a office supply/stationery shop), and had the hospital transfer the info/stamp it. She also went to a doctor to get whatever what updated (I think Tdap, hep B, and flu.) In a group chat, some people said they were able to go get an antibody test ahead of time to prove mmr, etc. and that should be acceptable for some things.