Edward and Jaycel

You will base your current individual annual income on, exactly that, the current income derived from the gross wages from the paystubs (multiplied by how many pay periods per year). Include 6 months of paystubs (per the I-864 instructions) and if available, an employment verification letter. Whatever this amount is, that is supported by the evidence (Pay stubs, employment letter), you will put that in Part 6., Item 7. "My current individual annual income is:" If the return has already been e-filed and a Tax Return Transcript is available on IRS.gov (or will be available soon), then personally I would wait for that. You will put the amount from the "Total Income" line on the Tax Return Transcript, from whatever year you decide to use, in Part 6., Item 16.a. of the I-864. If you use a Tax Return Transcript as your supporting document, you do NOT include a W-2. You only include W-2s, 1099s etc. when you are using a copy of the tax return (1040) instead of the Tax Return Transcript. Hope this helps

If you are the beneficiary, you do not fill out the I-129F… your petitioner does. All of the criminal history questions are for the petitioner not the beneficiary. You as the beneficiary would disclose any criminal or court proceedings on the DS-160 form prior to your interview for the visa at the consulate

Unless they have been scheduled for an interview, these cases should still be being processed at the NBC. If they determine that it can be approved without an interview, it will be approved there at the NBC. Here’s hoping we all stay there at the NBC! 😁

Exactly this…

Today's stats: March 7, 2024 13:05 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 229 • Denied: 103 • FingerprintScheduled: 277 • InterviewCancelled: 18 • InterviewScheduled: 118 • Processing: 38,643 • Received: 815 • Rejected: 107 • RFE: 1,760 • Terminated: 101 • Others: 94

I’m not 100% sure on this but I think when she enters the US, the CBP officer is the one who stamps her passport as IR-1. Others can correct me if I’m wrong

AND the section about ever violating the terms of your nonimmigrant visa. They are in Part 9. Items 13 & 76

As a K-1 Visa entrant, she should have already had an Immigrant Medical exam before her K-1 interview abroad.

Today's stats: March 6, 2024 15:05 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 227 • Denied: 100 • FingerprintScheduled: 282 • InterviewCancelled: 18 • InterviewScheduled: 116 • Processing: 38,601 • Received: 814 • Rejected: 107 • RFE: 1,803 • Terminated: 100 • Others: 94

Lots of places out there - Can't share the link here but if you Google around I'm sure you can find it

I completely understand... It was doing the same for us "No Slots Available" for a few weeks and then one day a calendar just happened to pop up when we logged in with 1 single appointment available. (Likely someone else's cancellation). Believe me when I tell you that all of this madness will just fade into background noise once she gets her visa and arrives in the US. It will be a shared trial that you both survived together and it will be something that actually strengthens your bond

This is just the tech side of me asking - I do not have experience with NVC and uploading docs to them. Do you know the DPI (image quality) of the scan you are making of the BC? I would recommend the highest DPI possible (usually 600 DPI) for a scan of a document like that

@Gapsie I sent the message above as you were sending your reply to my first message and want to make sure you saw it. It's very important that the tourist visa refusal gets disclosed on the DS-260 when it comes time for that

Just be sure when you get to the NVC stage and fill out the DS-260 for her Immigrant Visa, you DO disclose the denied tourist visa in the appropriate place in the DS-260 form

A tourist visa application does not require a petition to USCIS so you answered correctly. That question is asking if anyone else has filed an I-130, I-140, I-129, etc., before on your mom's behalf. Don't sweat it, you didn't screw anything up

It means it's a form letter the embassy sends everyone that inquires about interview appointments. Keep trying to schedule.

Keep trying to schedule

Did the date of your current status change?

Today's stats: November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 224 • Denied: 98 • FingerprintScheduled: 293 • InterviewCancelled: 16 • InterviewScheduled: 114 • Processing: 38,538 • Received: 819 • Rejected: 107 • RFE: 1,858 • Terminated: 100 • Others: 94

Yeah... That status always gets marked complete after the biometrics but will get un-checked if they decide they want to interview you

Ahhhhh ok... LOL I was really confused there for a minute

When did you get a biometrics appointment before that was then reused if you had your packet rejected?

This looks to be good news! They have probably got finished or near to finished with the AP and are ready to issue the visa which is why they asked for the new medical. They will probably ask for the passport once they review the medical exam results.

That happened to us when we first set up the account for a day or two

Good Luck!