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  1. appleblossom
    Dual citizens with a passport from a non banned country are exempt from the ban, as long as you have the visa in your British passport you'll be fine. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/
  2. appleblossom
    Very odd that they aren't advising you and just telling you to wait. The scope of the ban is pretty clear from the proclamation, so what are they waiting for? https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/
  3. appleblossom
    It's all set out on the usual website, make sure you follow the consulate specific instructions as well as the general ones. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-10-prepare-for-the-interview.html Good luck.
  4. appleblossom
    What did you tick on the form? At the top of it? It can't have been K-3, so presumably you ticked 201(b) spouse? And if you haven't filed an I-129f then you've not applied for a K-3 (just as well, as said above it would be a waste of time).
  5. appleblossom
    If the immigrant visa is in hand, have him get on a plane asap. The ban doesn’t come in to effect until 1st January.
  6. appleblossom
    Nothing to do with it, it’s immigrant visas only we’re talking about.
  7. appleblossom
    K-3 won’t be happening. If CR-1 then as said above it’ll be about 14-15 months (ish) until you expect to hear anything further, which will be when you get an approval. The only thing you might hear earlier is if you get an RFE. Then the next stage (the actual visa application) will vary depending on which consulate you’re at. Could be as quick as 3 months, could be 2+ years. The whole process is laid out step by step here - 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
  8. appleblossom
    Sounds like they’re just in Admin Processing. Nothing to worry about, and just a case of waiting it out.
  9. appleblossom
    I’m sure it was if he filed last year. You might want to read this thread - I wouldn’t chance it with my mother personally, I’d go with the safe option and do consular processing. But she’s elderly and I wouldn’t want to risk putting her through that.
  10. appleblossom
    *Thread moved, as OP is adjusting status from k-1*
  11. appleblossom
    Your only options if you want to proceed and move to the US are for your wife to either wait out the ban, or get a waiver. Whether it makes sense to pursue the waiver or not depends, when is the ban due to end? Plenty of people have filed I-601 without an attorney, VJ is a DIY site so I'm sure you'll find lot of hints and tips if you hunt around the forum.
  12. appleblossom
    If one gets approved first, just don't start the visa application until the other is approved. And then once they're both DQ'ed you can contact NVC and ask for their cases to be linked and them to be interviewed together. Good luck.
  13. appleblossom
    Fair enough, it's your choice of course, but just do be aware that in forum netiquette it's absolutely considered 'shouting' and pretty rude. Are you single? If you are the threshold for filing is $14,600. What other income do you have? I assume you're not living off $16,000 in California, just health insurance alone would be more than that.
  14. appleblossom
    I totally agree. @prai, have you seen all the cases of people going for their interviews and being detained/deported because they’ve overstayed their original visa? I wouldn’t risk it at the moment, if it were my mother I’d file the I-130 now but have her go home before her B expires in January and continue via consular processing.
  15. appleblossom
    Which consulate?
  16. appleblossom
    Ignore it completely, as @OldUser said it’s not accurate.
  17. appleblossom
    Yes, you’re supposed to take all documents to the interview that you uploaded to CEAC. It’s in the instructions - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-10-prepare-for-the-interview/step-11-applicant-interview.html Just province everything they’ve asked for and hopefully you’ll be approved soon. Good luck.
  18. appleblossom
    There's already the EB-5 that requires $900k - $1.8M, that's been around since the 90's. Which is why I can't see the point of this really and I'm not sure how many will go for it.
  19. appleblossom
    Ok, so sounds like you just need to wait to be notified of the interview appointment. Good luck.
  20. appleblossom
    How old are they, are they at risk of aging out or not?
  21. appleblossom
    Ah, ok, so a different case to the one you asked about before? Then yes, probably 2-3 years for this one as a rough guess. Good luck.
  22. appleblossom
    It doesn’t. It says that if you don’t have an interview scheduled already to ‘please wait until you have been notified of your interview appointment’. So that sounds to me as though you’re waiting to have it scheduled for you, and sounds like that was confirmed when you phoned. If it’s only been a few days (and only 2 working days) then I think you’re just expecting things to happen too quickly. Expedited means quicker but not necessarily quick. But I’ll move this to the K-1 Visa forum where hopefully people can help. Good luck.
  23. appleblossom
    Looks like PD is June 2009 according to your previous thread? So there’s nothing to ‘follow up’, no interview will be scheduled as there isn’t a visa available. I’d guess 4-5 years as a rough guess, just keep an eye on the Visa Bulletin. Good luck.
  24. appleblossom
    What’s the Priority Date? DQ date is only relevant if there is a visa available.
  25. appleblossom
    I'd imagine that would be a positive, not a negative. My daughter's SH was within the previous year and it wasn't an issue at all, they just asked her why and she explained. There are other threads on the same subject with lots of other SH'ers who've had no probs with the medical, maybe get your husband to sit and have a read of those to reassure him. Best of luck.
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