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Might just be a glitch. What stage are you at?

Yes, but according to the DOJ's own guidelines, shootings for vehicle related incidents are only justified in very limited circumstances, neither of which fit from the videos I've seen. “Deadly force may not be used solely to prevent the escape of a fleeing suspect. Firearms may not be discharged solely to disable moving vehicles. Specifically, firearms may not be discharged at a moving vehicle unless: (1) a person in the vehicle is threatening the officer or another person with deadly force by means other than the vehicle; or (2) the vehicle is operated in a manner that threatens to cause death or serious physical injury to the officer or others, and no other objectively reasonable means of defense appear to exist, which includes moving out of the path of the vehicle. Firearms may not be discharged from a moving vehicle except in exigent circumstances. In these situations, an officer must have an articulable reason for this use of deadly force.” She was given conflicting instructions (some agents telling her to get out of the car, some telling her to move the car), nobody seemed to give her a warning or identify themselves, it doesn't look like she was aiming for the guy but instead backing up and then turning away from him, and he could have easily taken the time when he was getting ready to shoot to get out of the way instead. But as @ghostinthemachine said, I think we'll all just be coming at this from opposite viewpoints. There are already comments on this thread that are beyond belief for me, but I don't see the point in engaging in those. I'd love to debate (politely, and respectfully) sometimes, but the right wing viewpoints on this forum are often so extreme that it's just not worthwhile. I can't see how anybody can say that shooting this woman was justified, but I suspect others will not see how anybody can say it wasn't. The US is a very divided nation right now, and things like this will only make that worse unfortunately.

Of course cases are being updated. VJ is a very tiny sample size compared to the millions of cases USCIS process each year, so just because no cases were updated on here doesn’t mean anything. Plus of course, data on VJ relies on people completing/updating their timelines and a lot of people don’t do that, particularly when they’re busy with other things like holiday season. We can guess at when your friend may hear using the data (as I did above), but do remember that we don’t know if her case will be an outlier - for example, she may get an RFE that she doesn’t respond to properly, or her husband needs extra background checks etc. The very best thing you can do for her is tell her that if everything goes smoothly, her husband should be with her by the end of the year. But that there’s no point in obsessing over timelines, or comparing hers to anybody else’s in a journey with so many unknown and variables. Suggest she plans a visit or two to him during the year (or vice versa if he has a visa) to give her something else to focus on instead, and help build their evidence for the NVC stage. And lastly, I’d suggest to her that she joins VJ herself so she can find a community of others going through the same thing, and ask questions herself rather than through a third party. That would probably be the most reassuring thing she could do. Good luck to her.

As they said above - kept checking and managed to get an appointment that opened up. That’s the only thing you can do. Good luck.

Thread's a year old, I'm guessing the OP has their re-entry permit by now! 😁

Out of interest, why do you say that?

It means somebody is doing something. But it could just be an admin person scanning it ready to be looked at. Or somebody that's gone on vacation passing it over to a colleague's pile. Etc, etc. So it means it's in process, but still nothing to do but wait for them to look at it, do any final checks, and then issue the visa.

Perfectly normal, it was right before the holiday season so just waiting for it to the get to the top of the pile and somebody to look at it. Just a case of waiting I'm afraid.

Which family member are you petitioning? That makes a big difference as to timescales - see my response to you above. You could be waiting for decades yet.

Just keep checking for interview slots, multiple times a day. It’s likely you’ll snag a cancellation or they’ll open more up.

How many in the household overall, are they married?

Forget the DNA but focus on what else you can find. You say you have limited joint documents so what do you have? How much time have you spent together in person, both overall and since your previous refusals?

It depends. If you weren’t required to file (worldwide income didn’t hit the threshold etc) then just a letter stating that would do the trick. If you should have filed but didn’t, then bring your tax affairs up to date before filing.

It’s approximately a years wait for an interview - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/iv-wait-times.html His CPSA age is calculated from when his PD became current or the date the petition was approved though (whichever is the later of those two dates), not when he has his interview. So he’s nowhere close to aging out from my rough calculations.

Plenty of people use attorneys for the petition but I’ve not heard of one being required just for the consular part of the application. It’s very straightforward. Why do you feel you need one, is there a complication or issue you are expecting? As I mentioned before, it would be appreciated if you would please ‘pay it forward’ by completing the timeline on your profile. Thx.

As I said above, you need to mail them. EB applicants can’t upload. Follow the link you’ve been given.

How are you going to show strong ties to Jordan if you're living and working in Italy?

That's for 80% of cases, so will include more complicated ones or people who get RFE's. Seems to be about 15 months for most on VJ but I'd say anywhere between 12 and 18 months is 'normal'. You can search timelines to see recent ones. Good luck.

That was 13 months, but that's pretty standard. You'll see it in your account first and then get the approval notice via mail. Then the next step (the actual visa application) will depend on how quickly your parents do things at their end, and the wait time for an interview appointment, but probably 4-6 months ish as a very rough guide for that. Good luck.

Living abroad doesn't mean you don't have to file. What about income in the country you've been living in?

Might be worth another read of your previous thread, as advised then it wouldn't be until 2026 that you'd have expected a response going on current processing times - So there's nothing to worry about at all. Just to confirm, you're a US citizen, not a LPR?

You said you don’t know what the RFE is about yet? So it may be nothing to do with finances anyway. All you can do is wait for it to arrive and then address it.

+1. @SandyLinhHoang123, are you and your spouse related? If so, what relation is s/he to you?

Neither, it's SCOPS. See the 'alert' at the top of the processing times page.

Ignore the 'My Progress' bar on her case page completely, it's notoriously inaccurate. Current processing times (which tends to be more accurate) are here - https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ And you can search VJ timelines, seems about 15-16 months is the norm. That's only for the I-130 though, the second stage (actual visa application) will very much depend on them (i.e. when they pay the fees, how quickly they upload the documents etc). Once they've done all that and been DQ'ed, it's about a 4-5 month wait for a visa interview at Mumbai. So maybe, as a very rough guess, they'll be finished towards the end of the year (assuming he doesn't get put in to admin processing).