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Here we go again. I’m a US Citizen and the Sponsor for my Filipino Wife and 2 Stepchildren . My wife was just denied her and my Stepchildren's Visa’s because with the New Minimum Income Requirements as of March 1, 2023, my income was deemed insufficient and she was told I needed a Joint Sponsor. We originally filed our I-130 on June 30, 2021 and were approved on May 19, 2022. At the NVC in September 2022, we were informed our income which was previously adequate, was now insufficient so we uploaded my 2022, SS Benefits Letter which showed Sufficient Income for 2022. She was DQ’d in October 2022. Fast forward to her Medical Exam March 29, 2023, Wife flagged for TB. Further testing showed no infection. (Wife disclosed at Medical that she was diagnosed with TB and Treated with 6 month Course of Treatment over 6 years ago and deemed cured) Follow up Medical on May 29, 2023, Cleared Medical. Interview Date June 7, 2023, Income Insufficient! Required to provide Joint Sponsor. Fortunately my 2023, SS Benefit exceeds the new March 1, 2023, Minimum Required Income so we went home and updated our I-864, wrote a cover letter, and submitted it, along with her Passport to LBC for delivery to the Embassy. I thought I recalled reading that once DQ’d you weren’t subject to changes in the Minimum Income Requirement. Does anyone know if that’s true? Additionally, when my Wife went to her 2nd Medical Interview she stopped by the “US Embassy Visa Information Desk” at St Luke’s and was informed that our Children ages 7 and 9 yrs old were not required to be present for the Embassy Interview, bc they are under 14 yrs old. WRONG. If you are told this it’s just not true bc in a addition to providing my new Income verification letter we now have to reschedule the Children’s Interview. A needless delay. My wife feels terrible because she had my new SS Benefits Letter with her but was too shaken to remember she had it and feels totally responsible for not taking the children bc when she called me from St Luke’s I told her to double check. She did and even took a selfie with the person at the Information Desk but the Embassy Consular wasn’t moved. I’m writing this not so much for feedback, which I do want, but to alert my fellow Citizens of these potential stumbling blocks at the finish line.

Finally!!! We have our Manila Embassy Interviews scheduled. My questions now are basic, just want to Triple Check the process. We signed up to have my wife’s and 2 stepchildren’s Visas delivered to our home here in metroManila. While the delivery address is confirmed on our Interview Conformation Email from the Embassy we haven’t paid for the delivery service yet unless it was already included in other fees we paid. How does this payment get made? Additionally, I thought I read there was another charge of $220 each for the Visa’s. If that’s correct how, where do I pay that fee? many thanks, Marc

My Filipina Wife was DQ’d on October 14, 2022. On January 10, 2023 we were notified by the NVC that the US Embassy in Manila has Approved our request for Expedited Processing of our Immigrant Visa Application. We never asked for it to be Expedited (Is this normal) however, how long should we expect to wait before we hear from the Embassy? How much time from Notification to Interview Date.