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I believe your husband does not have to prove domicile if he lives in the U.S., so I wouldn't worry about that. On the police cert front, I also don't know of any reason they would give you trouble particularly since you were there less than 6 months. We did ultimately find passing mention of the citizen-but-not-resident requirement in one of the embassy's emails, so it was sort of on us that we missed that. One other detail for @ak89; my husband's 221(g) paper also asked us for a W-2 to go with my affidavit of support, which I wasn't able to provide since I've been paid by an Irish entity since living here. I uploaded my latest Irish tax statement as well as 2023 IRS transcript to CEAC with a note explaining that I wasn't able to provide a W-2 and that seemed to be fine; so if they ask you for that and you can't provide it it may not be reason to panic Whatever extra domicile evidence you come up with, I'd recommend uploading to CEAC before your interview; the officer had no interest in looking at any of the paper docs my spouse had brought with him.

@ak89 Really sorry to hear about your delays! I know you've been waiting a long time. Just wanted to share our interview experience because you mentioned you're the petitioner and still in Ireland with your spouse. We were pretty confident going into the interview since we breezed through NVC, but they were quite choosy about our documents which led to a 221(g) refusal. The things we messed up were: - We didn't have a police certificate for a country my spouse is citizen of but has never lived in (this wasn't required by NVC rules, but apparently Dublin specifically requires it) - I hadn't uploaded my passport to CEAC to accompany my financial docs (spouse had it in hand at the interview but they wouldn't accept it there) - The officer didn't like my proof of domicile at all (again, even though NVC accepted it). Asked for more concrete evidence of our plans to move; specifically suggested a Bill of Lading from our shipping company. Specifics on that below. He received a white 221(g) refusal slip on the day of the interview asking him to upload the missing docs to CEAC and courier them back to the embassy along with his passport. We had to wait for a while for the missing police cert to come, and in the meantime we went ahead with our plans to ship our household goods (which was obviously nerve wracking given the uncertainty of everything). The timeline was: Mar 21: interview/refusal; CEAC status shows "Refused" Apr 17: Resubmitted docs via CEAC and courier Apr 19: Docs arrived at embassy Apr 26, May 1: "Last updated" timestamp changes but remains Refused May 2: Status changes to Administrative Processing May 3: Status changes to Issued May 7: Receive DPD tracking number from NVC May 8: Pick up passport with visa from DPD The whole thing was fairly awful but now it is over I hope it is perfectly smooth for you! -- Here are the specifics on our domicile submission; there's of course no guarantee that any doc(s) will or won't be enough for any given officer, we just did as much as we could. Both of these packets had cover letters explaining each doc and the overall situation. Documents that were in my initial packet, accepted by NVC but rejected at interview: - Valid U.S. drivers license - U.S. bank and investment statements (officer mentioned there didn't seem to be a lot of activity on them) - A letter from my employer indicating they were aware of my plans to move and ready to transfer me to U.S. payroll at any time (officer didn't like this because it wasn't on letterhead/didn't have a wet signature) - My initial work permit for Ireland with a validity of 2 years (intended to show I always meant to move temporarily) Documents I submitted as my second packet which led to approval: - An updated employer letter on letterhead with wet signature - Invoices and pickup receipt from the moving company (we weren't able to get a bill of lading) - A signed and notarized affidavit from my mother indicating our plans to stay with her when we first arrive - Vehicle registration and proof of insurance for my vehicle in the U.S. (I made a trip home to set this up) - Transfer history from Wise showing my Ireland to US transfers from the last year

Glad to help! Unfortunate news is that he currently doesn't have a medical until April 2. The Mater wouldn't let him schedule it before we had the date. He's on the cancellation list of course, but I suspect we might get put in processing limbo for a while after the interview while we wait for the medical to be done and processed. Oh well, what's another few weeks 🙄

Hello @AMulr and @Adrian2D, just wanted to ask what your experiences were with the medical-after-interview situation. At the moment we have our interview scheduled for March 21 and medical for April 2, though my husband is on the cancellation list. I'm wondering: - @Adrian2D did you have to keep ringing the clinic to get your new date like @AMulr did, or did they reach out to you? - In the case where the medical is after, does the embassy keep your passport, or do they have to give it back to you so that you can bring it to the medical -- in which case you'd have to bring the passport back afterward? Thanks, and I hope everything went smoothly for you both!

For anyone looking for a recent timeline for IR1, we just got scheduled: DQ 26 December Interview Letter from NVC on 7 Feb Appointment is on 21 March

Yes, and I hear they're backed up/some folks are needing to do medicals after interviews. My husband just filled a form requesting an appointment and they said they won't give him one until he has an interview date. So I suspect it may ultimately may be the medical rather than the interview that is the last step.

Sorry to hear some of you are still waiting! We were DQed just after Christmas, here's our timeline: Submitted 6 Jan 2023 (Nebraska transferred to Texas) Approved 7 Dec 2023 NVC welcome letter 12 Dec 2023 Docs submitted 19 Dec 2023 Documentarily Qualified 26 Dec 2023 Now just waiting on interview date in Dublin (and medical). Definitely nice to feel like things are moving along after all of the waiting. I hope you all get good news soon!

Nice! So bit of a long wait for the letter, but the interview is sooner than I've seen for some other folks. Did you have any issue booking a medical at the Mater in time? We were considering calling up and asking for a medical appointment before we have the interview date, since I know the clinic can get backed up.

Why would London cover Dublin? Not the same country. FWIW, I asked Dublin embassy earlier this year about DCF and they said they don't do it. But yeah, definitely get started ASAP and you won't be worrying about domicile for a while.

I actually only just got passed to NVC, but am trying to build out a very rough timeline so we can plan our move. Once you get a date I'd appreciate you reporting back, thanks!

Just got our approval! Logged in, saw a new "Actively Reviewed", and the approval notice was under "Documents". Hilariously the estimated time, which had been "taking longer than expected" since the summer, went back up to 4 months on the same day it was approved. Didn't get any email about it, so definitely keep checking Sent 1/6/23, Approval 12/7/23. Texas service center. No K3 or expedite. Hang on friends, the next step is within reach!

Hi all, anyone have recent intel on the wait time for an interview in Dublin for a CR1/IR1 visa, post DQ?

Unfortunately I'm not seeing much evidence yet that the reduced processing times are "true", either from my own case or the various groups I'm in. I'm a Jan 6 filer, currently in Texas. Estimated time dropped from ~7mo to ~4weeks around the same time as everyone else saw the big reduction. It then counted down nicely and is now in "taking longer than expected". Of course there's still time for the situation to change, but I'm staying buckled in assuming the ~12mo we'd expect normally for the USCIS stage.

Yeah, same. Ours was at 7 months and dropped to 5 weeks last week, now 4 weeks. This thread on Reddit's r/USCIS community suggests that there might be a legitimate operational change behind this, but there's no way to know for sure unless/until people actually start seeing faster-than-expected approvals.

All right friends, let's get this thread started so we can stay in touch about progress as it comes. I'm a USC petitioner, living with my husband (New Zealand/British citizen) in Ireland. Here's what's happened with my case so far: 1/6/2023: Filed I-130 online. Got NOA1 and active review right away. NOA1 was from Nebraska. 1/7/2023: Got one of those generic "we have taken action on your case" emails. No change in the online tool, so I asked Emma to see if my case had been transferred. Agent said it was in Texas. 1/10/2023: Another of the same email. Asked Emma again out of curiosity. Case still in Texas, so perhaps the action taken was to assign it to an officer 🤷‍♀️ I'm sure we are many months out from any action, but my engineer brain wants to understand how the operations of all this works. It's awful but sort of fascinating. Best of luck to you all.

@Spouse_vis I'm a Jan filer, but after filing and getting NOA1 from Nebraska and active review right away, I got a similar "we have taken action" email that didn't seem to map to any changes in the online status. I asked Emma about my service center a couple days later and she said my case was in Texas, so I suspect the action taken was the transfer from Nebraska to Texas. Now we wait.