wav_m

I had my interview today – albeit in London rather than Montreal – and they didn't find any issues with my paperwork, so I am assuming that it was in fact the correct one!

We got our case number yesterday! Called to book the medical (way in advance, don't worry) this morning. I believe the case number came about 52 days after NOA2, which is better than we were expecting.

I hope this is the right subforum for this topic. When we filed our I-129F, I (the beneficiary) was a self-employed contractor doing content writing work for one company only. I listed that company on the I-129F, filling in my job title as "Contract Content Writer," as it was my sole job at the time. Our I-129F was approved without issue. Since then, I have ended that professional relationship and acquired other freelance jobs. I'm now wondering how to describe my employment on the DS-160. I believe I've been self-employed the whole time, but I'm torn regarding whether I should list the first role (the one I listed on the I-129F) separately from my subsequent self-employment, to avoid creating an obvious discrepancy between the I-129F and the DS-160. I would love to get a steer from anyone else who has filled out the DS-160 while self-employed. Thanks in advance for any thoughts!

This is so helpful. Thank you so much – at this stage in the process, knowing what to expect is a real gift! Glad it all went smoothly for you.

I'll add that based on conversations with other people who have recently needed Canadian police certificates, the correct certificate no longer makes reference to 'databank CMP-PPU-030'. Mine (and others') read: 'Your application for personal information held in the National Repository of Criminal Records has been processed. No personal information about you was found in the National Repository of Criminal Records.'

I'm really sorry to be the bearer of bad news. The Canadian police certificate process is really confusing and opaque – I hope you can get the mistake corrected easily and quickly.

If it helps, I requested a "certified criminal record check for personal use, subtype Other" and asked that it include "RCMP National Repository entire holdings." That's based on the DoS website as well as advice I found on VJ.

HUGE congratulations – I'm so happy there is some forward movement on your case after such a long wait. Hopefully the RFE is taken care of quickly!

Huge congrats to all the recent approvals! I know it's been a rough wait and I hope you get to enjoy the relief of being closer to the move. ❤️

Hi all – I am hoping you can provide a very quick sense/sanity check on my Canadian police certificate, which arrived today. I requested it through Commissionaires, and specifically asked them to search RCMP National Repository Entire Holdings. However, I can't see that wording anywhere on the certificate. Here's what it looks like. Do I have the right certificate, or do I need to request a new one?

Joining this thread with a NOA2 date of June 26 2023! Congrats, everyone.

My fiancé and I had our NOA2 show up on the case tracker today! We're in the 94500 range. Received: 16 June 2022 NOA1: 17 June 2022 NOA2: 26 June 2023 Crossing my fingers for everyone still waiting.

They've started processing May cases, gang... I'm crossing my fingers that we all get good news in the next few months.

I believe (don't quote me on this, but I suspect others will back me up) she'll need to get her work authorisation first. She'll apply for that along with her Adjustment of Status and advance parole for travel pre-green card.

In my capacity as a June filer I am absolutely climbing the walls with both nerves and joy...!

I'm literally not even a February filer, but when I saw your NOA2 date in your signature in another thread I had to come and say congratulations! I see you around the forum a lot and I've really been rooting for you as you've waited for this. Huge, huge congrats.

I feel absolutely the same way – I don't think I'm very sentimental about weddings themselves, but I do know for sure that I'd be ten times more miserable if we were married and living apart. It just doesn't feel like the way I want our marriage to start out.

I really agree with you about writing off the whole US – so many of my British friends are horrified that I would even consider moving there! But it's easy, when you're from a country as small as the UK, to forget that each US state has its own subculture (and many states are big and diffuse enough to have several). I'm sure you'll have an awesome time in Kansas!

I will also be in San Francisco! and despite the probable bug with the numbers today, I'm excited because I just picked up the custom-made trousers I'm going to get married in. It's all feeling very real!

A thing I have to tell myself a lot (as a person who is also predisposed to worry) is that I'm already doing everything I can. I've prepared and researched as much as possible. Past a certain point, things are out of my hands. And that isn't ideal, but it's also something that kind of has to be tolerated. Until we get to the inquiry date, there's nothing my partner or I can do to make USCIS go faster or make them pay attention to our case. I am desperate to live with him and start our life, but if I let every single fear take up real estate in my brain, I would never get anything else done – and there are things I can be doing instead, like earning and saving money to help us out when I'm not able to work, that are actually productive and that help me to feel in control. It is so hard to balance staying informed with staying sane! But it is also worth keeping in mind that (and I hope this isn't inflammatory) one of the media's favourite hobbies is panicking about illegal immigration, because it garners outrage and keeps their viewer numbers (and advertising profits) high. It's a reliable bugbear that doesn't necessarily take into account the finer points of how immigration works. I think that on the list of things to be worried about, the end of Title 42 is more likely to be low than high. I hope this isn't presumptuous of me, and I don't want to suggest that your worries aren't legitimate – just that it's worth taking a step back from them and finding ways to manage them, especially given how long you'll be stuck with them otherwise. This is a long haul, and over a year of full-tilt anxiety is no good for anyone!

Yeah, this site seems to suggest that USCIS being fee-based means it keeps ticking over as usual – at least it did during the last major shutdown. Hoping that's true! (I mean, I'm hoping there's no shutdown, but I think one can hope for the best while preparing for the absolutely unthinkably bad.)

This is so smart, you're right – also I have no idea what's happening in that gif but it's so satisfying to watch (kind of like the lines going up on the spreadsheet graphs).

Not convinced we're going to hit 5000 this month, but it still (touch wood) seems like it's been a good week!

Hi! I am currently living in Canada, and am planning to come back to the UK for my K-1 interview. Because of concerns about delays with ACRO (I saw they had a cybersecurity incident), I would like to apply for my ACRO certificate as soon as possible. I just wanted to check whether (in your experience) it matters whether the address on your ACRO certificate is the same as your address at the time of the interview. Should I wait to apply until I'm back in the UK, or should I do it now so I have it? I know it's good for at least a year once you have it, but I want to be absolutely sure the address won't be an issue. Thanks!

Yeah, I think that's what that means. Fingers crossed so tightly that you hear something soon – the uncertainty must take such a toll, especially with people in your NOA1 month getting approvals.