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Any specific reason you think you need a lawyer?

That used to be the case. Now plenty of folks are being detained - Your call obviously, but I wouldn't be risking it personally given Ghana is on the list of banned countries. It would be awful if he got all the way to the end, had his application refused because of that policy, and then had a ban to overcome because he'd overstayed. As he can't get a visa anyway at the moment, I'd be making sure he left on time, and then going through the safer consular processing route (hoping that by the time he gets to the interview stage, the ban has been lifted). But it will depend on your tolerance for risk and your circumstances. Hopefully you have a water tight case if you do decide to try AoS. Best of luck.

OK, so no option for an expedited service (some countries do offer that). Then all you can do is go to the interview as planned, you'll be given a 221g for the missing police cert, and then send it in after the interview. It's not a big deal, just means your visa won't be issued until they receive it. Good luck.

**Thread moved to Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas forum, as OP is currently planning on pursuing the AoS route**

Does he have dual citizenship with another country? If Ghana is his only citizenship then I wouldn't let him overstay his visa personally - https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-alerts/PM-602-0194-PendingApplicationsAdditionalHighRiskCountries-20260101.pdf And you say 2023 was 'way before you met', how long ago did you meet and start dating? Whatever route you pursue, if he's from Ghana his case will be scrutinised much more closely, so hopefully you've got plenty of evidence of a long term committed relationship.

Which country is the police cert for?

It needs to be whatever your actual salary will be. So whatever is in your employment contract (which presumably has current market wage) is what it needs to reflect.

As above you say no. The Dates for Filing isn't relevant anyway for CPSA purposes, it's now the Final Action Date that counts for calculating it. It changed in August. https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/uscis-updates-policy-on-cspa-age-calculation

If you work in the US and that's where you're domiciled, I think their chances are low, but give it a try. And agree with the question above, are the kids not USC's?

You say you spend more time in Serbia ‘at the moment’, do you live/work there? I think their only chance is if you can show you live/work in Serbia so you just want them to accompany you for a short visit to your home country.

The person you’ve tagged hasn’t been on the forum for a long time so may not see your post. But if you look back at their previous posts you’ll see this one which answers your question - But given Nigeria is now on the banned country list, you should absolutely use your British passport for everything. Please fill your timeline in (on your profile). Good luck.

You just need to answer each question truthfully, that's it. There's no trick questions. When's the course?

You'll need to be more specific, what guidance did you want? Let us know your questions and somebody will try and help.

Phew! Just in time. Congrats.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/diversity-visa-issuance-updated-guidance.html

None of them can get visas at the moment unless by any chance they have dual citizenship with another country that isn't on the ban list? Presumably your husband was going to postpone his interview until the children's cases had caught up with his though, so they can all have their interviews together, and get visas at the same time? So they must be at least 18 months away from that point. Just keep an eye on the news and keep your fingers crossed the ban is lifted by then. Good luck.

There is, I assumed the OP was asking about the country ban though as they mentioned 'all US visas'. But either way, same answer, no visas being issued right now for people affected.

Why do you think you need it? It’s not on the list of required documents. Mine was an EB1 interview but I wasn’t asked for it. Take a copy just in case but it shouldn’t be needed. I would take both just in case. Good luck.

You don't get any kind of notice, just the green card arriving but no, that’s not normal. You need to submit this form to tell them it’s not arrived - https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/ndc

No, if you’re from a ban country then there’s no way to get an immigrant visa. There used to be an exception for immediate relatives but that was removed last month. But in any event, if she hasn’t even had the I-130 approved yet then she’s at least 12-18 months away from an interview. She’s got to go through the whole visa application process at NVC, then she’s got to wait for an interview and that takes a long time in Abu Dhabi - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/iv-wait-times.html But maybe by the time she gets an interview the ban will have been lifted, just keep an eye on that. Good luck.

That may make your EB2 NIW less compelling. What visa are you on now and which country are you from?

Yes, no visa can be issued if the applicant is from a visa ban country. If the ban isn't lifted by the deadline, the applicant will unfortunately lose their chance this year.

My first thought is why EB2 NIW if you're already working in the US? EB-2 would be much easier, an NIW will be scrutinised more closely, particularly if your employer isn't prepared to petition you - the obvious question will be why aren't they, are you not bringing something unique to the US that they need? Run your case past a couple of good EB experience immigration lawyers and they'll soon tell you if you've got a chance or not. We used Fragomen and they were great.

You need to reschedule online, as directed in their instructions. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/MNL-Manila.html This also answers your question about the I-864, a copy is fine. Good luck.

See this recent thread and the links in it - Perfectly normal and nothing to worry about at all. Good luck, hope you hear soon.