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  1. S2N
    When did you submit? They definitely have the I-130 if you have a receipt number. No harm uploading the passport again as unsolicited evidence. Won’t slow anything down and might give you more peace of mind.
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    I signed as interpreter (not as preparer; I wasn’t paid.) Asks the beneficiary to certify they can understand English and my husband can’t. We didn’t see any downside to it, but I suspect @OldUser is correct you could likely leave it out. We did it because it was fairly clear from our overall package that he doesn’t speak English.
  6. S2N
    Worth noting that given the current political situation, it might not be a good idea to have minimal evidence for a red flag marriage in a high fraud risk country. You can still apply, but “marriage certificate and pictures” is less than what many of us on our first marriages from low fraud countries submit.
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    Heh, sorry. Thought it was common knowledge. My bad. Because of the extensive information sharing between US/UK/AUS/NZ/CAN, most times the government has to vet foreign nationals from one of the other four, things go more smoothly. If a citizen of one of those countries was a threat, they’d be in one of the databases already.
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    NVC/London IV unit are unlikely to be an issue. USCIS could be, but the fact this is the UK means even if they’re confused it’d likely be easy to overcome. Citizens of five-eyes countries aren’t exactly subject to extreme amounts of scrutiny, even in the current climate.
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    Also with the current timeline, she’s likely going to have a CR-1 in hand before a B-2 or an expedite at NVC or the embassy would occur.
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  25. S2N
    Argentina and Chile typically have equivalent dental and oral health standards and practices to the U.S. to the point where I’ve considered getting some work done down there. In the sense that the standards are pretty high. Your case might be very specific, but people familiar with the region are going to be skeptical that it’s really a need. B2 medical is the best bet here.
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  28. S2N
    Please do. With the current state of politics in South America — Kast and Milei in the Southern Cone, crisis in the north on several fronts — I suspect your specific circumstances might become more common.
  29. S2N
    OP — my suggestion would be for your wife to file I-130 as quick as possible and if you haven’t file for your Argentine citizenship as quick as possible. If you’re still pending your Argentine passport in a year and it’s expected in a few months after I-130 approval, I’d hold on the DS-260 until you have the Argentine passport in hand. I know a lot of South Americans in the U.S. Argentines and Chileans almost universally have the easiest immigration experiences.
  30. S2N
    You fill out the DS-260. It’s your application. If a passport is renewed or changed after the I-130 typically it can be updated on the DS-260. I don’t think we’ve seen an example of someone getting naturalized during the process in a third country; but I presume it’d be the similar. @pushbrk: have you seen something like this? My assumption would be the best scenario would be: wife files I-130 using your Colombian passport. You naturalize in Argentina in the next 12 months, and then fill out the DS-260 as an Argentine national and interview in Buenos Aires. Colombia has historically had a decent relationship with the U.S., but it’s more strained now and there’s more fraud than in AR/with Milei and Trump being friends the U.S. and Argentina are on the best diplomatic terms they ever have been. I’m generally of the view that using the most friendly passport is always best in immigration.
  31. S2N
    If they live in AR and can naturalize if they don’t have Argentine citizenship already that might be the better option. Southern Cone is much lower fraud risk than northern LATAM so given all that’s currently going on, I’d personally prefer to apply from a lower fraud area. Northern LATAM isn’t Nigeria, but it’s still higher risk than Argentina/Brazil/Chile/Uruguay. Said another way: Trump isn’t likely to have issues with Milei anytime soon but there’s tensions with Colombia over the situation in the Caribbean, so having another option doesn’t hurt. The passport won’t really be needed for 11-14 months when they file the DS-260, so they have a year to do it. Colombia would also very likely work, just throwing out potential options and considerations.
  32. S2N
    Do you have an Argentine passport? It’s basically the easiest in LATAM to get because their naturalization law is so wonky vs their immigration law (i.e. it takes longer to get permanent residency than citizenship…) I’m friends with an Argentine/Venezuelan couple in the U.S. the Venezuelan is here on a research visa of some sort but under his Argentine passport. Government views him primarily as Argentine even though he’s Venezuelan by birth. I’m assuming it’d be the same with Colombia. Just mentioning Argentina as an example because I’m more familiar with Venezuelan-Argentines.
  33. S2N
    Agree with this, but also worth adding you need to pay the fee within the first year. Logging to the CEAC website also counts as an action, so doing that and sending an email should get it both automated and paper trail. I’d recommend setting a calendar reminder every 6 months to log-in and send the email on the off chance OP forgets it once a year.
  34. S2N
    It was created for frequent travelers who know the customs declarations rules to minimize time CBP officers have to spend asking questions — just like Nexus and Sentri, the focus has always been on customs. The information sharing it focuses on is also customs based — it’s why you have countries like Argentina, which has a top calibre customs enforcement agency, having GE but not ESTA. It’s a program to minimize customs screening, with security being a secondary focus — they primarily screen for security while you’re in the air, not at the airport, so a fast track on that doesn’t cut down on time spent with the officer. Its why people who travel to those high risk countries get sent to secondary but don’t have GE revoked, but people who order off-brand iPhone cases from Temu get it revoked. Same with my friend with a S clearance — he’s not a security risk at all, otherwise he wouldn’t be cleared, but he’s a customs risk. Obviously travel to non-friendly countries might slow it down, but unlike ESTA it’s not prohibited to have travelled there. You’ll pretty much always get an auto denial if you’ve ever had a customs violation, though.
  35. S2N
    Getting GE approved is mainly about customs and less about security. I know a guy with a secret clearance who gets denied GE every time he applies because he tried to bring back booze into the U.S. when he was 20. Security they do a decent job of vetting before arrival for everyone. I’m sure there’s some exceptions, but the main thing they care about is you’re not a customs risk.
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