JCR918

Approved & Issued - Total time for I-130 & consular processing 129 days. My wife and kids arrive to the USA on Monday just in time for Christmas

Ok so you think it's all good mainly because of the expedite processing and having things rushed ? They took my wife's passport and no 221g forms given or anything further about needing anything . I was praying my family would all be together by Christmas time I wonder if they are also waiting to see if I enter the country on the 28th of this month since we submitted flights etc and only had one visit also . This is so stressful hopefully we get approved soon

Still refused and no emails from the Embassy. They did open the case twice this week but the last opening was two days ago. Does this still sound normal to be refused for 6 days ? I'm so stressed out with this

Don't feel bad my wife had her interview last Wednesday. They scanned some documents then took the passports NO FORMS GIVEN , 221G etc and they just told my wife they couldn't take any action at this time we are in refused status still as of today however it does show they have touched our case.

Did your wife get told to fill out a Ds5535 during the interview or any other forms given ?

Hopefully it updates soon our case was expedited we filed our i-130 on Aug 10 2024 and been lucky to get this far so fast. My wife said she also saw them put the passports in a folder and put DHL stickers on them too

My wife said one officer told her that everything was good but the other one basically said they would have to review everything. I logged into CEAC and it doesn't show anything right now but case tracker shows Updated today " Refused"

It's the embassy in managua nicaragua. Yes they told my wife they didn't have the marriage certificate and other documents they took everything from her and made copies. They also took her passport. My wife said they mentioned the lack of our WhatsApp conversations. We tried to keep it simple and only show a few per month in a nice presentation, this was the only negative thing said. She got NO slips and they handed her the domestic violence pamphlet. This is all that was told to us. I'm assuming since they handed her the pamphlet and kept the passports and no colored slips were handed to her we are good correct ?

My wife just had her interview at the embassy. I guess they didn't have our documents even though we uploaded them to the NVC before an expedite. Online it shows visa refused , they took my wife and kids passports , scanned the documents then gave my wife a domestic violence pamphlet. They told my wife that they would have to get back with us. Is this a good sign that we got approved ? If so about how long will it take for us to get an update you think ?

Also with this case being expedited so fast how does the play a roll into the visa interview ? I'm sure it has some type of effect, one being they know we didn't have a lot of time to gather more evidence , Also maybe my wife getting her visa faster on the spot specially with all the higher up officials pushing this through for us? We honestly wanted more time because I had planned to make several trips to see my wife. I still have my trip next month booked and hopefully they will see that we didn't see us getting through this process in less then 107 days we were told it would of taken 24 months

No not adjustment of status. My wife lives outside of the USA. We got a lot of help getting this push through fast. Her Embassy interview is next week. I understand I can't file 2024 since its not January yet but will they allow me to submit that next year if need be ? I don't see why not since the case has a year to qualify before expiring. If you get a 22g form due to income and can show you satisfy the requirements that's all that should matter correct we are talking about less then 60 days before 2024 ? As far as my joint sponsor goes I should be good correct ? $500K IRA over the age + $1,500 short of required guideline on w2 personal income taxes

Also question would they allow me to submit my 2024 taxes next year IF there was a issue with my i-864 or my joint sponsor since Jan is right around the way? I'm self employed next year I can show we made more than enough without using assets or the need for a sponsor or additional income if needed using 1099 , etc

Hi everyone! I respectfully ask to see if I could get some input to see if I'm missing anything or could run into any issues prior to my wife's interview next week. My wife and I are both greatly in love but I'm concerned with the interview for several reasons. The first biggest issue is my past wife of 17 years who was also a foreigner passed away back in March 2024 due to cancer. At the time her and I where in the middle of a separation however we stayed together so I could help her since she was dying, We set our differences aside and halted the divorce . I met my current wife roughly two years ago we were just friends briefly talking while I was with my past wife just friends nothing more and not very often. During the time my wife knew she was going to die she persuaded me to move on and finding someone else, so I wouldn't be alone and could find someone to love our children as much as she did. She knew about my current wife who I wasn't married to at the time and gave her blessing for me to move into working on building a relationship with someone else. While my wife was sick and becoming unresponsive etc I build up a relationship with my current wife. I'm was a father living alone with 3 kids and my current wife was helping me with parental advice etc. We got VERY close over this period. After my wife passed away I decided to book a trip to fly out and see my wife. A month before the trip I asked her to marry me and she agreed. We go married in July I was in her country for 2 weeks. My wife also has two children who are very active with my children , Our entire bond is very strong. We gathered wedding pictures & photos, money from gifts , whatsapp chat , Skype call logs, letters from my family and friends some of these letters coming from higher up law enforcement agency employees etc stating they saw us together and knew about us and watched our wedding live . We have a lot of support In addition to this we were able to get our I-130 case looked at and expedited. Our PD was August 10th and we are already getting a interview. Biggest reason for the approval and expedite where the children, who are greatly struggling with the loss of their mother , and two of them are developmentally behind on top of this I run a company that has 3 people working for it and it's been struggling to move forward due to me having to look after the children. I know my love and my wife's love is real and I have no doubts about showing that. My concerned is at the interview they will see that my past wife of 17 years died and I got remarried so fast I would think my past marriage history would help showing that I have a long relationship etc. But I'm concerned that with one visit this will be a issue. I did have a second trip booked prior to my i-130 being approved Airbnb , flights etc and it shows the dates I submitted that as evidences as well we honestly had NO CLUE we would be this far so fast and thought we would have more time to build evidence. So with all this what's your thoughts ? As far as the documents go my i-864 I didn't make enough however I have a home worth $410,000 + a Tesla Model Y worth $21,000 I was roughly $28,000 short from the guideline for my household size. On top of this I'm getting $28,000 income coming in from social security every year for the kids from my wife's death benefits. I'm not sure if this income will be accounted for but it should reduce my household size regardless since the money is supporting my 3. I do have a joint sponsor attached , My joint sponsor is married however has over $550k in liquid cash personal assets aging over 2 years in IRA and is over the required age for no penitialy , in addition to this w2 income that almost met the guidelines my joint sponsor was short $1,500 . I don't think any of this will be a issue do you ? Also my wife speaks spanish and not a lot of english , I speak very little spanish myself we use skype translation , When we are together we use translation devices + my step daughters are teaching me spanish they both speak english and spanish I don't think this will be a issue we can clearly show how we are able to communicate ? Any recommendations we might need ?