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Are you and your wife sharing this account? Your post history is really confusing. How did your wife get her green card and how long has she lived in the US since getting it?

For the green card, yes, you use the usual tracking site but put your receipt number in from when you paid the green card fee. You can't track the SSN's though. SSN's are usually delivered in 10-14 days or so (assuming you ticked that box on the DS-260), green cards about 4-6 weeks but can take up to 90 days.

There is a chance they've asked for your passport as part of the background checks i.e. to look at stamps in it. So I really wouldn't worry if it's not been returned yet, it may be needed as part of your AP. Just keep an eye on your status, if it changes to 'issued' then you'll know that the passport will be on its way back to you soon. Good luck.

I meant which country are you going to be interviewing in. That makes no sense at all, ignore whoever is telling you that. It doesn't matter when your interview is, you still can't enter the US on your F1 visa more than 30 days before your course starts anyway. So just get the interview booked asap, if you are in a high risk country there's a good chance you'll be put in to AP, so you don't want to leave it any longer than necessary.

We weren't even asked about chicken pox - I had photos of my kids covered with spots all ready to go but not needed! They just checked the box off to say not required, that was it. This was 18 months ago though so maybe it's changed since.

I honestly can't remember, I know my husband and I had to have tetanus as ours were too long ago, but don't recall if it was standalone or part of that. We had to have Hep B as well, and our children had to have Hep B and Hep A (my husband and I had already had that). None of us had to have a flu jab as it was summer when we had our medicals, they only do them in the winter I believe. You'll be sent a list of the vaccines required when you book the medical, so you can either choose to have any missing done in advance or get them done there. Good luck.

They're all mandatory, unless any are not available in the country an applicant is in (i.e. for varicella, in the UK - that's usually waived as it's not a vaccine we have). From the list you have above, you'll have to get them all unless you want to apply for a waiver. We all had to get Hep B as well. You can get them done during the medical if you want, they'll give you any that are missing then.

Which country? I'd recommend as soon as possible personally, I don't see any reason to wait.

I couldn't agree more with this. It's simply not fair on her. Watch 'Immigration Nation' on Netflix, and see if you want to take the risk of her having to go through that. You'd be better off leaving asap and then trying to come back legally once your ban is ended (use the time to get a degree/masters and work yourself in to a position where you might qualify for a work based visa). Far better to leave whilst you're in control of it all. Best of luck to you.

You haven't filled in your timeline, so we don't know the details of your case or what stage it's at, when is your PD? If it's current then possibly. If not, then no, there's nothing to sue them over - as said above, no visa is available by law until your PD is current.

To be fair to them, there is nothing they can do when a visa simply isn't available by law.

Any complications - criminal record, previous spouse petitioned for, etc? Just checking, but you're a USC?

Oh that's a pain. My UK bank doesn't charge anything for foreign transactions. Do you have UK credit card? You could use that if so.

You've put it in the right place, it's a NVC question. But if this is the same case you asked about earlier this month, I responded to that thread, there's no Welcome Letter due yet - please see my response on there.

For which category? Please fill in your timeline so we can help.

He had a I-192 waiver? Good news that it's a standard criminal inadmissibility denial, I know you probably don't think that though! But I was worried it was because of misrepresentation due to previous entries when he was inadmissible, which would be much more serious. This should be fairly easy to overcome, it'll just add more time unfortunately. I hope the lawyer can help you get the waiver filed asap, if you decide to do it yourself then there are tons of people on here who can help. Best of luck.

Exactly as the response you've had says, you're in AP and just have to wait it out. There's no way to expedite it, and nothing anybody can suggest other than to have patience.

I'm sorry to hear about your mother. I would absolutely apply with evidence of her diagnosis. But I'd apply now, I wouldn't leave it until you come back in June - if DCF isn't granted you'd then have to start a lengthy process from scratch. At least if you apply now and it's refused you know you can get the I-130 filed as usual to get things underway whilst you're in the US. You don't need to stay outside of the US whilst it's being processed.

It means exactly as it says. Filing a I-130 doesn't allow your relative to live or work in the US, as it's only the first step in a two step process. You have to file the I-130, then once that's approved your mother-in-law will apply for a visa at her consulate. Once that's granted, she then can move to the US.

As @SalishSea said you need to look at the Visa Bulletin. As you can see from this month's VB, the current date is 1st May 2016 (assuming you're not from Mexico or the Philippines - much further back if you are), and therefore only those who have PD's before that date are eligible to get visas. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-for-november-2024.html Once your PD is current on the Visa Bulletin, you'll then be added to the queue for an interview and to go through the rest of the process. But just don't assume that it will move forward with time. If you go back to earlier this year i.e. May 2024, you'll see that it's only moved forward a month since then, so one month progress in 6 months. And it's actually one month's progress in seven months, as next month's Visa Bulletin has already been released and it hasn't moved forward again. Hopefully it will move a bit soon, but I'd guess at another couple of years perhaps, given the rate it's been going? That is just a guess though, nobody knows for sure. Best of luck.

Call who?

Yep, absolutely. Your wife IS still a permanent resident as she's residing with her Canadian citizen spouse - see the link I gave you above. She can live outside of Canada for indefinitely and she'd still keep her PR status as long as she's with you (unless the law changes of course!). That's the good news. The bad news is that you reapplied needlessly last time, but you can't win them all. 😂

I just used my UK bank cards/credit card until I had a US account.

Yep, that's the PRTD I mentioned above. Much easier/cheaper/quicker for the OP than a whole new PR application thankfully! 👍

Have you actually had anything official or just word from the senator? I'd wait until you get a formal notice to see exactly what it says. It may not be the CIMT itself that is the issue, has your fiancé ever entered the US and not declared his crime?