Melancholic Mage

Just to add to this, I had a pending I-130 when I went to visit my husband in November last year. I went through border security on an ESTA with little problems, and even stated I had an I-130 pending for honest transparency. They seemed utterly unconcerned. My I-130 has since been approved and processed and I'm now awaiting an interview letter for the embassy in London. While it's not wise to visit the US at this point, I've been told by other members that this is also something that shouldn't stop you from visiting the States.

Re-reading the OP's post, I feel there might be some Mental Health issues at play. You can live on one meal a day, so long as it's a big, healthy meal, but it's certainly not advised. I hope you speak to someone about your eating patterns, if not your husband then a trusted friend or family member. Don't feel guilty about relying financially on your husband or his family - they knew what adjusting status for you entailed. Take care of yourself and eat well.

Hello, is there any chance someone can point me to or help make an Abbreviation Glossary for some of the most used terms on this site? I'm actually willing to do this myself and make this the thread for it, if other seasoned members can help provide the most used terms that float around here for us newbies. As someone going through the process of a CR-1/IR-1 visa, It took me an embarrassing amount of time to figure out IL means interview letter, and not the state of Illinois. 🙃 So: IL = Interview Letter DQ = Documentarily Qualified Any others?

Thanks for responding - congrats on being at the embassy! I hope it went well. When reading the small print/help boxes during the I-130/DS-260, it actually said NOT to upload relationship photos etc. Would having images/screenshots on my phone be enough or would you recommend printouts given your interview experience? Wedding album, maybe? Can you explain what you mean by second part of the interview? I thought it was just one long interview, one part, and that was that. Ah, I mean people on Reddit claiming they got a visa interview waiver. The interview being skipped completely and they instead getting sent their visa. I don't know if they submitted their medical records before the interview, or applied for a waiver, but there's some posts floating around about it. Confusing. Your medical - I read that there's a required vaccine that can't be given in the UK. Was that a problem for you? Does it cost more getting missing vaccinations, and what does the medical detail? Bit worried about it. I was going to book mine in a week or two before the interview date, once I get one. Proof of job and residence I take it would just be UK P60, payslips, bills, utility letters and such? I might struggle with that. Just to explain a little, myself and my US husband lived together in the UK for about 5 years, but we got a no-fault eviction notice last year. Landlord was just like 'I want to sell, get out in two months'. It was awful. The UK government still haven't prevented this unjustified way of making honest people homeless. We couldn't fight it despite being no-problem tenants, did nothing wrong, and were so worried it would affect our visa. We also couldn't find let alone go into another rental property without signing a contract for at least one year minimum, which we didn't want to do because of the visa timeline and it possibly processing. Imagine getting the visa and being contractually obligated to stay behind? It was also far more expensive than what we were paying. Hence us now having to live countries apart with our parents temporarily until the visa processes. To say it's incredibly hard? Understatement. Oh no, I hope your husband is okay! How stressful. I hope you're alright. Thank you for your reassurances. I have a whole month booked off start of August so hoping I can visit my husband then. See if I don't get an IL before that, or worse, get an interview arranged for a date while I'm over there visiting. It's a headache to navigate all this... Is there any other relationship evidence bar photos and conversations you provided? Just so I'm prepared if I need more evidence. Thank you to you both for the information given so far.

Hello all, new here to the Forum. I have a few questions about the interview process as I've found a lot of confusing information online. Myself and my partner (US Citizen) are currently apart due to complicated circumstances. They're at home in the US and I'm grounded here in my home country the UK. We were Documentarily Qualified (DQ'd, is that right? 🫠) on May 23rd. They plan to visit once we get that interview date so we can then book in medical, attend interview etc together. We've been married since March 23. I-130 was submitted the month after on April 23. My questions: Can I visit my husband in the US while my visa is processing/awaiting an IL (Interview Letter, is that right)? We didn't provide any additional documentation with I-130 or DS-260 such as marriage photos, communication, etc as online this was advised against: only give what is asked for. But now I'm seeing some threads where they were asked for this. Can I get any extra thoughts on this? We were hoping to have all of this cleared and for me to enter the US early August. Is this a fairytale dream or do you think from your experiences here this is possible? I've visited his family on an ESTA three times now over the span of four to five years. Will this help with our visa application? And the big question which I've seen some people claim: is there a chance we're eligible for a visa waiver? Even though I haven't undergone a medical? Some Reddit posts claimed this but I'm sceptical. Thank you so much for reading through this. I'll keep this thread updated with updates from my end.