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  1. appleblossom
    Why does your daughter turning 18 mean it has been expedited? I'm not understanding why that's relevant? Have you had the expedite confirmed? And if so, by USCIS, or NVC, or the consulate? It's still not clear what stage you're at or what you're waiting for, have you paid the fees, submitted the DS-260 and submitted docs too? Have you been documentary qualified or are you waiting for that? What does your status say on CEAC?
  2. appleblossom
    Not long at all, London is one of the quickest consulates. Hopefully you should have an interview this year or early next. Please fill in your timeline (on your profile), many thanks.
  3. appleblossom
    Are you being interviewed together, or separately?
  4. appleblossom
    At least France is fairly small, so nowhere is too far from Paris. Pity those that live in bigger countries and have to pay for flights and hotels i.e. people who live in Vancouver and have to get to Montreal, or those that live in Perth and have to fly to Sydney, etc!
  5. appleblossom
    Ours were paid after we arrived. They just don't start the process until you've paid the fee and entered, so it will delay the green card a bit, but you can pay it anytime. It even says that on the payment page itself - https://my.uscis.gov/accounts/uscis-immigrant-fee/start/overview "You may also pay the fee after you arrive in the United States" As said above, the info you need is on the visa so only use those numbers. The DOS case number is your 'IV Case Number'.
  6. appleblossom
    I wonder if it's because you applied so long ago, so nothing was online then. Interesting anyway, thanks for the info! And good luck with the rest of the process.
  7. appleblossom
    Curiouser and curiouser! Did both welcome letters say the same thing? This isn't an issue by the way, just of interest to me as I've never heard of a family preference application having to mail docs in, so wondering if it's a new thing.
  8. appleblossom
    **Thread moved to the Bringing Family Members of USC's to America forum for accurate advice - if you are a LPR, please let us know and we'll move it again**
  9. appleblossom
    Yep, normal. Not something that is really needed with Lebanon and your dates, but it can't hurt.
  10. appleblossom
    Ah, I see. So I-140 approved - EB1/2/3? Might be worth updating your profile with that instead as it's your current application that's key - and if you could fill in your timeline that would be much appreciated. There aren't many of us EB applicants around so the more data we have the better. Good luck.
  11. appleblossom
    You don’t need to inform USCIS that you’re divorced, or separated. It’s not relevant, as you’re applying for citizenship independent of the marriage. You simply need to put the right marital status on the application but there’s no need to inform them separately of it.
  12. appleblossom
    @OldUser has answered your question perfectly, but what’s this for? It’s just that your profile says H-1B, and there’s no medical/vaccinations required for that anyway as it’s a non-immigrant visa.
  13. appleblossom
    Are you hoping for more responses? You’ve already been told you don’t need to inform USCIS of the change in your marital situation, do you have another question you’d like help with?
  14. appleblossom
    He says investor in his first post though so I think the Aunty is the one planning on investing $300k+ for the visa. I just hope she knows it’s a risky way to do it and that it won’t directly lead to a green card for the OP. If all she wants to do is invest a chunk of money I can think of better ways to do it!
  15. appleblossom
    How very strange. What kind of application and what’s the PD?
  16. appleblossom
    That’s why I said it will hopefully be approved soon, as from Oct there will be a visa available to you.
  17. appleblossom
    Yes, perfectly normal. They don't rush to approve petitions when they know there is no visa available to you anyway. Plus most people want their petitions to take as long as possible, if they have dependent kids or are at risk of aging out in to another category. Are you the spouse of a LPR? Hopefully it will be approved soon given the jump in the VB dates, good luck.
  18. appleblossom
    For family preference it's either the date the I-130 is approved, or the date they become current on the VB (Table A), whichever is later. For the OP that will be the date it's current, 1st Oct. So on that date (if my calculations are correct) OP will be ~23 years and 10 months. Taking off the almost 2 years the I-130 took to approve gives ~21 years and 11 months ish (as a very rough calculation). So over 21 unfortunately.
  19. appleblossom
    Congrats! Should be pretty quick from here on if you're applying via Dublin, it's one of the quickest consulates. You could even be over for Xmas all being well. Best of luck.
  20. appleblossom
    Just to clarify, people are responding to you stating 'once married we plan to adjust status from the visitor visa' in your opening post. That would be overstaying, and fraud, but now you know that's not an option for him. So you can marry in Italy or the US (or any other country you choose), and then file the I-130 and he'll get his visa via consular processing. Good luck.
  21. appleblossom
    I was specifically referring to the form for ESTA/VWP. Yes, a K-1 visa app will ask you about if you've ever been arrested for or convicted of any crime, sounds like you've got all the paperwork required so whether or not you're inadmissible will depend on the crime. Best to keep any questions on the forum (start your own thread rather than asking on somebody else's), that way everybody can chime in and help.
  22. appleblossom
    So if it says that clause is for adjustment applications then that wouldn't be relevant to you. They've changed it now, so that adjustment and consular apps have to use the same date. I calculate it the same as you. Sorry, but seems you've aged out in to F2B.
  23. appleblossom
    How odd, I’ve never heard of that before! Why did they email you about it and tell you it wasn’t electronic, was that in response to a message you sent? I’m wondering if that was an error. What did the Welcome Letter say? Did you upload as well? Why are you emailing NVC? It’s just a case of waiting to be DQ’ed now, no need to contact them.
  24. appleblossom
    That’s odd. Normally only EB cases need to be mailed, everybody else uploads on CEAC. Was this just a specific document that had to be mailed? You won’t know they’re in their hands, probably because they’re not yet! They’ll be in a pile waiting to be looked at. But if you know they were delivered to the right address then that’s all good. Add about a week on to the usual processing times page to give you an idea of when you might be DQ’ed (mailings always take a little bit longer). Good luck.
  25. appleblossom
    Yep, as suggested above delay your husbands interview until the kids catch up - there’s not really any grounds for an expedite, although you can try. But if you don’t want to be apart then the solution is to hold your spouses visa process for now. Good luck.
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