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Just checking, you’re doing it here? https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-gb/iv/information/iv_services

Please fill in your timeline! To ‘pay it forward’ for the help you’ve received and help others in return. As said above, not really sure what you’re asking either but you can’t usually update the DS-260, you just need to let the interviewing officer know of any updates or changes at the interview. Good luck.

You can search the forum to find timelines, most recent I can find was about a year and that seems to track with other threads. If you could fill in your own timeline too to help others it would be much appreciated. Good luck.

As above, be 100% truthful. My daughter had very recent SH scars (from the previous year) and was also on Sertaline at the time of the medical. Neither were an issue at all, but we did have a letter from her GP with the all important wording about her ‘not posing a danger to herself or others’ as @koriyal has said above. Good luck.

No idea about K1’s I’m afraid. CR1’s wouldn’t wait anywhere near 6 weeks, but as above it’s a very different process.

It looks like yours is a K1 case though? So a very different process.

OK, so 90 days from 14th then - so still 10 days or so to go but I’d have thought you’d have received it by now (or at the very least, the status would say ‘card in production’), so suspect you may have to fill in the form above to get it. Good luck.

It’s usually about 6 weeks. Has it been 88 days since you paid the fee, or since your spouse entered? The timeline starts from the later of those two things. Once you get to 90 days you need to fill in this form to report it as not received https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/ndc It’s usually something simple, 3 of us got ours within a few weeks, but my daughter’s never turned up - turned out she just needed to have her photo redone as it wasn’t up to scratch.

It’s all laid out step by step on the website, as said above you just need to follow the instructions. Make sure you read everything here very carefully and follow the consulate specific instructions too - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/step-2-begin-nvc-processing.html

From your previous thread - Please do fill in your timeline. Good luck.

Ah, ok. I would suggest he joins us here with his own account.

Definitely do both. Being selected in the DV doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get a visa, so you don’t want to give up the H1B opportunity for it. Edit: confused, as your previous posts say you’re a USC? So are you asking for somebody else? And if so, it is your father that you asked about in this thread?

Goodness only knows, it does seem very odd advice. Perhaps you just misunderstood what he said. The fact that he didn’t know the answer to a really basic question (whether you can have a K1 and B2 concurrently - her B2 would be voided upon issuance of the K1) would ring alarms bells for me personally. As said above (and if you search the forum) then there’s no such 90 day guideline. As @Crazy Cat said then no, that’s immigration fraud. But also just wanted to say that there’s no rule requiring her to stay in Thailand whilst the K1 is being processed. She can visit you as usual on her B visa during it. We are just trying to help. There are plenty of attorneys that post on here whose advice you can also read, but at the end of the day it’s your choice. We’d just hate to see you end up with your gf being refused entry or only being admitted for a short period of time, or getting a ban because you get married and then USCIS think she’s committed immigration fraud. But we’re just telling you the risks, it’s totally up to you what you do. I’m going to unsubscribe from this thread now but I wish you the very best of luck.

The point was there’s no such thing as the ‘90 day rule’. Marrying earlier than that wouldn’t make any difference.

Presumably your case status says ‘at NVC’ now though? You don’t normally get any kind of notification, just the case updates on CEAC.

Congrats! Hope you’re at one of the quicker consulates so don’t have to wait too long for an interview. As above, please do take 5 mins to help others by filling in your timeline, thx.

They’re not irrelevant, they’re for background checks. Probably something on the DS-160 or your social media triggered a concern that they want to look at. Just provide everything asked for and hopefully you should be fine Good luck.

If your kids aren’t safe then why are you waiting 3 months to go and get them? If money for flights is an issue then sell anything/put them on credit cards/try charities to see if you can get there sooner?

Presumably you mean it’s now an ‘IOE’ case? That just means it’s been made digital, as said above, it doesn’t change anything. Still probably 20+ years to go I’m afraid.

I’m sure it is written down somewhere, but it’s for the I-130 you’re the one applying so the grounds to expedite it can only be for you - your wife is a third party. When she actually applies for the visa at the NVC stage then her medical issues could be used as grounds.

That’s a heck of a lot of hecks. 😂 Look, we’re just giving you advice based on what we’ve seen here before, it’s of course your decision. She may get lucky, but if she doesn’t, then you need to be prepared to visit her instead for quite some time. I wouldn’t personally take the risk (particularly with the current administration), and just the healthcare/tax hassles alone would make me do shorter visits, but it’s up to you. And I agree with @Boiler, get a second opinion from a different immigration lawyer. Just search ’90 day rule’ on the forum for info on why the first lawyer you spoke to may not be worth listening to. Good luck.

OK, so there is no current I-130 that has been filed? I’d think your chances of DCF are very good then, but based on the job offer rather than your wife’s health (as said above, usually only the petitioners health is relevant). If DCF fails then taking it to an office is Tampa is pointless, it just needs to be filed and then expedited - and don’t forget you must also expedite at each other stage i.e. with NVC and the consulate for interview.

Perfect! Just wanted to check. Best of luck with the rest of the process.

No probs. Just checking but you did submit two I-130’s, one for each parent? I’m sure you did but as you mentioned ‘DS-260 form’ (singular) just wanted to make sure!

Processing times for them to be DQ’ed are here - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html Once the cases have been DQ’ed the wait for an interview varies hugely by consulate, it can be anywhere between a couple of months to a couple of years. No idea where Jamaica is on that spectrum (assuming that’s where they’ll be interviewing) but you can search the forum timelines for an idea. You can also contact NVC and ask that the two cases be linked so that their interviews are together. Good luck.