Edward and Jaycel

@wangaturtle I will make a suggestion that when you do start making requests on the public inquiry form for NVC, include a scan of your NOA2 in the attachment section and on your first inquiry, after you request your case number say something line, “Please also update the petitioner and beneficiary email addresses as follows:” and give both your email addresses to them. Sometimes when they input the case information from the I-128F, the email addresses get messed up. Jaycel and I did this on our first inquiry and after that we got every email from NVC and the Embassy sent to us without any trouble. Hope you have a quick time to being “In Transit”!

It can take up to 4-6 weeks for the status to change to “Sent to Department of State”

I don’t know for sure… maybe each lockbox location has receipt blocks assigned and they move on when they use up all of the ones they have?

I-765 is $260 when filed concurrently with the I-485. The I-485 is $1,440 and the I-130 is $675

Thank you for the correction! That makes sense... The total income is the total income for the return regardless and the sponsor's "current individual annual income" is their own. Appreciate you educating us on that!

Today's stats: March 11, 2024 13:50 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 254 • Denied: 107 • FingerprintScheduled: 264 • InterviewCancelled: 40 • InterviewScheduled: 107 • Processing: 38,801 • Received: 806 • Rejected: 107 • RFE: 1,582 • Terminated: 106 • Withdrawal: 1 • Others: 90 Another 10 Interview Cancellations today

The only thing you can do is keep trying.... I know it's a crappy answer but really it's the only thing you can do. We had to try every day for weeks on end to get Jaycel's appointment last summer

That's only once every 48 minutes.... seems reasonable

And remember that even if your e-Notify request is perfect, sometimes USCIS still doesn't send the notification. Big thing is to watch for the payment being processed

Hang tough!! ❤️

Jaycel's EAD Application was approved 51 days after it was received (which was about 2 weeks after she went to the biometrics appointment) and received the card in the mail 10 days after the approval

Where normally USCIS does not want W-2s or 1099s included if you are submitting a Tax Return Transcript, in this case since he would only want his income included for the I-864, he would include his W-2s/1099s along with the Tax Return Transcript and only report his income in the item on the form where it asks for the income from the tax year being reported. From the instructions for the I-864: If you provide a photocopy of your Federal individual income tax returns, you must include a copy of each and every Form W-2 and Form 1099 that relates to your returns. Do not include copies of these forms if you provide an IRS transcript of your Federal individual income tax returns rather than a photocopy unless you filed a joint income tax return with your spouse and are qualifying using only your income.

And I do know the difference between the K-1 and IR-1/CR-1 paths.... what seems to be different is, a couple of years ago (based on all of the research I have been doing since filing for Jaycel's K-1) USCIS started issuing an A-Number on almost all benefit petition / application approval notices where the beneficiary/applicant did not have an A-Number assigned previously.

She received an A number assignment in her I-130 approval notice... "On my USCIS I-130 Approval Notice there is a 9 digit number starting with 'A' on the top right corner next to beneficiary"

Her First Name and Middle name as they appear on her passport should go in the "Given Names" section of the DS-160 and her Last Name as it appears on the passport should go in the "Family Name" section of the DS-160. This is how Jaycel filled hers out and was concerned and she asked about it when she went to the embassy for her interview and they told her that was the proper way to fill it out. if you don't have the appointment letter, bring just the K1-FTP letter. SLEC may or may not make her sign a waiver saying they are not responsible for delays in the interview scheduling process that may require her to get another medical exam if she can't get an interview before her medical exam expires. Regardless, she will be allowed to take the medical exam.

This is incorrect - Jaycel was issued her A Number on my I-129F Approval notice right above her name in the beneficiary section and as the OP mentioned above she received her A Number on the I-130 Approval Notice in the beneficiary section.

HAHAHA when I first went to the Philippines to meet Jaycel, her family threw me a big welcome party and I do believe the entire Barangay stopped by for some Lechon

Did you verify with them that they have your correct mailing address? This will be important as you will need the NOA2 Approval Notice when your spouse files for AOS after getting here and you get married.

Update the thread on how it all works out and you can thank us by filling out your timeline and keep it updated. Your timeline will improve the overall stats here at VJ and can help inform others on a similar journey as yours!

Yes.... but remember this was going to be in exchange for permanent resident status, and the way they tried to sell it to me was, "You can live here forever and only check in with BoI once per year!" LOL I wasn't interested in bribing government officials.

Jaycel and I have an almost 30 year age gap, and during her interview the Consular Officer did ask how we met. She said that her answer to that question was the one he seemed to pay the most attention to and was looking in her eyes the whole time she was answering. She said the rest of the interview was very formulaic by comparison and he only appeared to be half paying attention. On a similar note as yours above, when I lived there in the Philippines with Jaycel for a year, I was approached no less than 4 times while I was extending my tourist visa by people (who looked like they for sure were in Bureau of Immigration uniforms, except with the shirt covered up or taken off) offering to get me a permanent resident visa for the small fee of 500,000 PHP. Needless to say I did not want to risk breaking the law over there and continued extending my tourist visa until I had to move back here to the US.

Glad to hear she got served. Now do your part for yourself and your daughter. Do not accept any contact from her whatsoever going forward. You have the right attitude in your post above. Just focus on pouring your energies into being the best father you can for your daughter and being the best you for yourself. Jaycel and I will pray for a stable path ahead for you. Stay strong! 😊

What category I-130 is it? Spousal? Parent? Child? Are you the petitioner? Are you a US Citizen?

They probably lost it or it didn’t get scanned in by the lockbox. Easiest way to respond is to send them another one. Include a cover letter with your name, your beneficiary’s name, your I-129F receipt number, the RFE reference number, and state that you are enclosing the death certificate from your deceased spouse. Put all original pages of the RFE on top of your cover letter and death certificate and mail it in to the address they told you to send it. Make copies of the entire response package before you send it in to keep for your records

Today's stats: March 10, 2024 15:35 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 250 • Denied: 106 • FingerprintScheduled: 263 • InterviewCancelled: 30 • InterviewScheduled: 114 • Processing: 38,773 • Received: 808 • Rejected: 107 • RFE: 1,616 • Terminated: 103 • Withdrawal: 1 • Others: 92 LOTS of the activity by USCIS today has been cancelling interviews. Not just for November filers, all the other months being tracked as well (59 cancellations today from what I can see).... Not sure what that means. @OldUser Any thoughts?