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Edward and Jaycel

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Edward and Jaycel last won the day on November 24

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    Englewood
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    Colorado

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    Adjustment of Status (approved)
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    Phoenix AZ Lockbox
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    Denver CO
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    Philippines

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  1. Our friends just got their approval - 125 days post interview, 65 days post congressional inquiry
  2. If this is in the "Case Progress" tab, you can ignore the estimates there. They are notoriously inaccurate. I will say that a lot of the times it changes dramatically like that, it's because someone at USCIS did something with your file and it trips that progress estimator to change wildly for some reason.
  3. Read the language carefully (especially pertinent in government Policy Memoranda) it says, "Place a hold on pending benefit requests". A benefit request is not "pending" until it has been accepted and a receipt notice issued. By this language, if they follow the memorandum, they should accept and receipt the I-751 (which includes the automatic 48-month extension). The adjudication of the benefit is then placed on hold. If it's not cleared up by May, file the I-751 as your window opens.
  4. File on-time... The pause, according to the policy memo, is a pause on adjudications. Theoretically this means that your application should be accepted and receipt notice with 48-month extension should be issued.
  5. To be clear.... the OP was asking about whether the petitioner receiving benefits ever in their lifetime would affect the AOS process and the answer is no.
  6. Oh Lord.... Our friend in Maryland got the same exact RFE and they did just the Vaccine Assessment, sent it into the USCIS field office as instructed and were approved 7 days later.
  7. You should only need to get the Polio Vaccine and then have the Civil Surgeon complete the Vaccine Assessment part of the I-693 (if you can find one that will do just the assessment). There is a box on page 1 of the form #4.A. you should check indicating you are eligible for the Vaccine Assessment Only because you completed your Immigration Medical Exam overseas. Make sure you bring proof of the Polio Vaccine being administered (we got ours done at a CVS) AND bring a copy of the DS-3025 Vaccine Worksheet from the medical exam overseas. If you can't find a Civil Surgeon that will do just the assessment (all too common unfortunately) you will have to do the whole exam. If this is the case, still bring the copy of the DS-3025 and the proof of the polio vaccination.
  8. The petitioner having received public benefits will have no effect on the AOS process. For the K-1 to AOS, marry within the 90 days AND file your AOS application within the 90 days as well would be my best advice. As long as you submit your marital bona fides and your husband is not otherwise inadmissible at that point, you shouldn't have an issue.
  9. We did an AirBnB for Jaycel while she was there. There are many that are within a 5-10 minute walk of both SLEC and the embassy both
  10. I’ll give you a piece of advice that served me and Jaycel well and was inspired by reading one of @TBoneTX replies to another poster back then about becoming an A student of the process…while you are waiting approval for the I-129F, study what’s coming next with the NVC & Embassy process. We did this and from the time we got the K1-FTP email to visa approval for Jaycel was only 6 weeks. A little luck was involved in picking up an appointment but I chalk that up to also being prepared and being on the scheduling site scouring for cancellations at the most likely times of the day. AND it’s never too early to being thinking ahead to the AOS process once your fiancée arrives. Preparation, planning and understanding the process are the keys to success. Best of luck, stay here with the community and let us know your progress and share your experiences for those that follow you
  11. I have a question on the Balikbayan Visa process... When my Filipina wife and I arrive in the Philippines, I know we need to go to the Immigration Officer together for me to get the Balikbayan Visa, but do we both go to the Filipino Citizens line or the Foreign Citizens line together?
  12. Yeah I guess you can charge whatever you want when you have cornered the market...
  13. Ours charged us $50 to do the vaccine assessment but most of the others that I called around here wanted $300 - $600 to do it. We got lucky to find this one
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