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You won't need to look up any medical term, you can ask the doctors if you have questions but it's all very straightforward i.e. height/weight/x-ray. They're not going to chuck medical terms at you as part of it, it's just a quick check and then they put results in the report (rather than give them to you). But yes, you can have your phone. And they give you the police cert back. Good luck.

I meant on your profile on VJ - far more useful than the spreadsheet as then it helps all EB applicants and adds to the body of knowledge on the forum. It also means we have answers to the questions like which visa category, what your PD is, etc, without having to find it on the spreadsheet. If you're EB2-NIW then a job offer isn't going to be a valid reason for an expedite, as you don't need a job offer for that visa. As said above and on the link I gave you, usually only emergency medical situations qualify.

EB2 or EB2-NIW? And what's your PD? Please do fill your profile/timeline in. What's the reason for the expedite? You can contact NVC to ask, but job wouldn't usually be a valid reason - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/national-visa-center/immigrant-visas-processing-general-faqs.html

Anybody filing under the 5 year rule can file 90 days early as they don’t have to meet the ‘marital union’ requirement at all - I’m one of them as I got my GC through employment. To add to @OldUser’s link, it’s also in the N400 instructions - https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/n-400instr.pdf

Interview for what? DV? She should have a detailed checklist of what she’ll need to bring and yes, marriage certificate is on it. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/diversity-visa-program-entry/diversity-visa-interview/diversity-visa-prepare-for-interview.html

The marital union requirement is separate and must be met at the time of filing.

Yep, saw that - you posted at the same time as I did, edited my post! 😊

Then you did the right thing withdrawing, you weren't eligible to file yet. Best of luck with the second application.

Not necessarily. When you say you got your GC on 8/26/22, is that when you entered on your immigrant visa? Or did you enter on your IV earlier than that/get your green card through AoS and therefore live with your spouse before that date?

Congrats! That's pretty standard for any 'normal' application via London, mine was the same. Interview on Monday afternoon and I had my passport back with visa on the Thursday afternoon. AP is usually just a final box checking exercise, it's only unusual circumstances/people with links to high risk countries that will take longer for AP.

Before you decide, I'll ask @Crazy Cat to share their excellent comparison list for K1 vs CR1. Good luck.

You can travel and marry but then you would return to your home country and apply for a spouse visa via consular processing. AoS woudn't be an option. You haven't answered the questions about the age different or consulate? It could be very important, particularly if you've only met once. You might need to plan another few visits together before re-filing if it's a large difference and/or a high fraud consulate, another denial wouldn't be good.

Ok, so it sounds like they had some doubts about the validity of the relationship. Hopefully checking that will take less time than if it was other checks, but it’s just a case of waiting it out now. Good luck.

It can take a lot longer than 4 weeks. All you can do is wait it out I’m afraid. What were the additional docs they asked for?

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/iv-wait-times.html Bonne chance.

I was asking about it for any future application.

What's the age difference between you both and which consulate? Just wondering if that might be difficult to overcome anyway, even if you refile with the correct documents.

It seems they’ll find out anyway if they look at the I-864, so I think you’re going to have to have a tough conversation with them. But if you’re going to be living close to them then surely they’ll know - won’t they invited to events with you and your husband, come to your house etc? Even if they don’t find out from the I-864 there will be many other ways they could once living near you. What if (God forbid) you were in an accident and they turned up to the hospital to find your husband there? What if they keep trying to set you up with girls and somebody else tells them? As Boiler said, if you didn’t want them to know then you shouldn’t have petitioned them really. I don’t think you’re being fair to them by lying to them and bringing them to another country when they don’t know about something so major - if they find out 6 months in, do you think they’d want to stay? Wouldn’t it be better to be truthful now and let them decide if they still want to come? If it’s causing you this much stress and they’re going to find out anyway I’d tell them now rather than risk them finding out from another source. Best of luck to you.

They won't usually schedule interviews if no visas are available though, and the link I gave you above says May 2023 are currently being scheduled for employment based. I'm sure once October rolls around it won't take long. Good luck.

Then it seems you do need to take the I-864, it's on the consulate specific interview instructions - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/GUZ-Guangzhou.html#pre_interview_checklist Is that the document you're worried about, or is it something else?

Perfectly normal, and nothing to worry about. The visa quota has either been met or is about to be, so they're only scheduling those DQ'ed well before your date - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/iv-wait-times.html Which country were you born in?

What exactly are you worried about them seeing/hearing? Is it a specific document or something else? And which consulate?

Can you amend your text so it's a bit smaller? No idea why it's coming up so huge but it makes it really hard to read! Boiler wasn't saying you had aged out, just that you are looking at two issues - aging out and seeking to acquire - as one. All you can do is wait and see what NVC say, and if they refuse to move you back to F2A that's when you'll have to argue that you couldn't seek to acquire within a year anyway due to their original error. Good luck.

Is he South African? Why is he not interviewing in the country where he's resident? That would presumably be much easier if he can't travel to SA easily.

Their advice is correct though. It does keep the case active, but it doesn't stop you aging out, they just didn't mention that bit! But as I said above, if you couldn't submit in June 2024 because they had you as F2B, that's the argument you'll have to make if they refuse to move you back.