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Thank you so much - we were worried we would have to re-interview or something. This is super encouraging.

Hi everyone, We just got our interview date today for 6/2/23. I immediately called the Visa Medical place and was told the examination needed to be done 2 weeks before the interview. They booked me in on the 19/1/23 - that’s only a week away! I have a chronic illness that requires immunosuppressants and so I immediately emailed my consultant's secretary asking for a medical report but she replied saying she 'cannot guarantee' they will be able to get it for me in time. Does anybody have any ideas on what is best to do in this situation? I will be getting a report from my gp, I have had all the vaccinations that I am allowed (can't have live vaccines) and I will have everything else - there's just the possibility this report won't be done. Is it best to rearrange the medical until I have the report? The NVC won't have my medical when I go to interview in that case. Or perhaps I should get as much info from my GP as possible and hope that's sufficient for the medical? I feel like this is a very limited amount of time to prep and with how things usually are, I assumed we would have more time. Any help at all would be really great! Thanks, Laura

Hi, it's really good to hear from someone in such a similar situation, thank you. I'm glad everything worked out for you - fingers crossed the same happens for us

Thank you

Thank you for your thoughts/suggestions. The exact income is actually $37,000.01 haha. The letter does include the total as well as the breakdown of salary and stipend - but my wife can also take my pay stubs to the interview. My PhD only started in September though, so I won't have 6 months worth of pay stubs, unless it's a long time till the interview. Do you think that will be an issue?

Thank you for the insight - we wondered if it was something to do with the tax return. Do you think it's a good idea to take the joint sponsor form just in case - like will they accept it at interview if there ends up being a problem? The message just made us nervous as we thought we met the minimum but now we are second guessing everything haha.

Hi, Thanks so much - we are getting the joint sponsor sorted now. Do you think it's okay to just bring the I-864 to interview or should I be uploading it onto CEAC?

I'm a US citizen and my wife is a UK citizen. Her case recently became Documentarily Qualified but we don't have an interview date yet. At the exact same time as the DQ notice though, we got a 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. The consular officer will make a decision regarding this requirement at the time of the interview." I make $37k and we're a two-person household, so I'm not sure why this happened. Maybe because I wasn't making enough last year so it's not reflected on my tax return? I'm a PhD student and my income (part salary, part living stipend) is guaranteed for five years. I included an official letter from my department (employer) as supporting evidence. My wife and I think we should probably have one of my parents fill out an I-864 as a joint sponsor, in case they say (at the interview) that my income isn't sufficient. I can also give her additional evidence of my own income in case they thought the employer letter wasn't enough, but it seems like if they wanted more evidence they would've asked us to submit it rather than DQed us? We'd really appreciate it if anyone has any insights into why I don't meet the minimum income requirement and what we should do. If we do the joint sponsor form, should we submit it on CEAC, or just take a physical copy to the interview? Would submitting new documents on CEAC cause delays given that our case is already DQed? Thank you so much in advance for any advice, we really appreciate it!!