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Immigration Interviews – COVID Updates

By Immigration for Couples / May 31, 2021 /

USCIS interview changes as it relates to the ever-changing landscape of COVID. On May 17th of 2021, USCIS announced some changes in their facilities as it relates to changes in COVID with everyone receiving vaccines. Read: USCIS Response to COVId-19 The main point of the announcement from USCIS is that they are no longer requiring…

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Reschedule Biometrics Appointment

By Immigration for Couples / May 31, 2021 /

USCIS just made an announcement regarding the process for rescheduling biometrics appointments. Read: Preparing for Your Biometric Services Appointment A biometrics appointment is the appointment that you have to attend as part of your immigration application to take your biometric data such as fingerprints and photo. This typically happens most commonly in adjustment of status…

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Using Assets – I-864

By Immigration for Couples / May 28, 2021 /

Form I-864 is pretty cumbersome. There’s a lot of moving parts and documents that go along with it and it seems to be the form that intimidates individuals the most in their immigration journey. For those of you who are just starting on your immigration journey, the form I-864 Affidavit of Support is part of…

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I-693 Courtesy Notice

By Immigration for Couples / May 25, 2021 /

We’ve had a lot of people receive an I-693 courtesy notice for their adjustment of status application.  The I-693 is the medical exam form. It’s part of the application for adjustment of status to receive a green card. You have to go to a civil surgeon to a doctor and have a medical examination completed.…

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Biometrics Rule Withdrawn (May 2021)

By Immigration for Couples / May 24, 2021 /

On September 11th of 2020, the Department of Homeland Security made a proposed rule, an announcement that they were going to expand the rules of who would have to receive biometrics appointments. The proposed rule had many parts and was much more detailed than that. Read: Collection and Use of Biometrics by US Citizenship and…

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Fiancé & Spouse Visa Interviews – Mexico Updates

By Immigration for Couples / May 24, 2021 /

For fiancé and spouse visa interviews, specifically in Mexico, there have been recent updates on the Department of State website. Typically, we don’t do country specific updates but Mexico is such a high volume consulate. They are the highest volume in the world. They have so many cases and one of the longest backlogs. This…

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Filing Taxes When Spouse Has No Social Security Number

By Immigration for Couples / May 22, 2021 /

Everybody is filing their taxes during this time and a common question they all have is what to do when your spouse is a foreign national. They’re an immigrant and they don’t have a Social Security Number yet. What are you supposed to do when you’re filing your taxes? A lot of individuals think that…

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Locate the USCIS Office Processing Your Case

By Immigration for Couples / May 18, 2021 /

To locate the USCIS office that’s processing your case, it can be found on your receipt notice. After you mail your application, you will receive a notification from immigration that says form I-797, Notice of Action. Specifically, the example that comes to mind is a lot of people are having confusion over fiancé visas. For…

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Tourist Visa Denial – Impact on K1 & CR1 Applications

By Immigration for Couples / May 13, 2021 /

A common question that we’ve seen from individuals who are on their immigration journey for a fiancé or spouse visa is that they want to know what happens if they previously applied for a tourist visa and was denied. A lot of people are worried about how that will impact their eligibility and their application.…

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Expedite Request Facts

By Immigration for Couples / May 13, 2021 /

We know with COVID, so many people are waiting and separated. That’s painful and we know that you’re looking for creative ways to be able to be together and also to get that immigration process moving so you can be together and start your life together. We have had a lot of people ask, “What…

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