Hello, everybody. In this video, I'm excited to do another round of answering your
questions that we choose from the comments. We chose random questions from the comments,
and I'm going to be answering them. I’m going to be reading the question
and answering them, and who knows, maybe you're the one that I chose to read the comments from,
so make sure you stick for this video. We talked about embassies reopening, NVC procedures,
green card expired- what to do, and many, many other topics. Once again, maybe you are the
chosen one. So, make sure you watch this video all the way until the end. So, let's jump right in.
Hello, everybody, and welcome back to the question and answer segment of our Immigration channel. If
you like this format, I'll be sure to do more of these videos and hopefully, include your questions
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a big like so YouTube will be able to share this video with more people just like you. So, let's
jump right into the questions. The first question is from Sabrina Damo. And Sabrina is asking,
“Hi, Jacob. Can you say when will NVC start scheduling interviews?
I'm already documented qualified by NVC. And I'm waiting for an appointment date.
It's been three months since I got documentary qualified.” Thank you,
Sabrina, for this question. And again, this is a question that I see over and over in the comments
and emails that people ask me. When will NVC send this case for an interview? I've done a full video
that talks about how NVC is now scheduling the interviews and sending cases to the US Embassy
once they are documentarily qualified. In that video, which is linked right here, is a link to
this video, in the description of this video, and also a link right here. What that means is that
NVC specifically stated that all cases that are documented qualified are going to be sent
to the embassy in the order that they were documentary qualified. What that means is
that they’re also depending on the respective US embassies. So, for example, in your case,
if your embassy is currently closed or not accepting cases, those cases will stay warehoused
at NVC. Until this embassy will provide the NVC its quota, and its capacity to conduct interviews
every single month. And based on that, NVC will be able to send the case to the US embassy to
start schedule interviews. The US Embassy is not going to be requesting the files from NVC.
As I mentioned in that other video, instead, NVC will look at the capacity of each embassy
and will start sending those cases in the order that they were documentary qualified.
In your case, you're currently waiting for three months. If there are people that are waiting
longer than you, and your embassy is closed, the NVC will give that priority based on people that
were documentarily qualified just a little bit before you. Hopefully, that answers the question.
Remember, it's important to be patient. And we know that NVC is actively monitoring what
embassies are doing. And as soon as they're opening, they're going to start sending those
cases to the embassies. They have no intention to keep those cases warehoused at NVC. The next
question is from Fara Hassan. “I’m waiting for an interview appointment CR1 since October,
the US embassies in Islamabad,” question mark. Again, this is a question that represents hundreds
of comments and questions that I'm getting, people are asking, when will my embassy reopen? When
will they start scheduling interviews? In this example of Islamabad, Islamabad is one of the most
complicated embassies. They're still not fully open because of the country conditions as well.
And also, because of the staffing level of this particular embassy. So, once again,
it is really important to stay in touch with this embassy in your case, to keep sending them emails,
and more importantly, check their website, they will update. The State Department gave an order to
all the embassies to update their websites as soon as they are opened for routine visa appointments.
This advice applies to all embassies because I'm getting this question all the time. When will
my embassy reopen, when my interviews will be scheduled? Remember, it's going to be different
from Islamabad, from Mumbai, it's going to be different from Mumbai, then Moscow. It’s going
to be different from Moscow. Then Frankfurt… they're all going to be reopening in different
phases. And I've mentioned that multiple times in my videos. And I want to mention that in this
question because I think it's important. Many of you are asking this question. So,
in this case, what is that all about? You need to stay in touch with them, you need to keep emailing
them. Right now, the only way is to try to get it expedited, under the NIE exception. We've
done quite a few of those at Islamabad. And this is the only way right now to get an interview,
to bypass the waiting system. We hope that in the next few months, more and more of these posts are
going to start to reopen and you're going to see it on their websites. You're going to see it if
you email them, they will let you know which post is open and when. Once again, remember… but it's
not going to be an overall uniform reopening. They're going to be reopening one by one. And
again, Islamabad, unfortunately, I expect it to be one of the last to reopen because they do have a
lot of issues there. They do have a lot of issues with staffing, and capacity inside this embassy
to conduct interviews. Once again, I want to have more information. Trust me, I'll keep you posted
as well. The next question is from Tanzilla Zidiki. If I don't say your name correctly,
don't hate me for it. And the question is, “My case was updated to RFE for Form I-944 on March 4,
I still haven't received any notice in the mail. I need to respond by June. What should I do? They
only asked for I-944, I'm not sure what should I respond with? Tanzilla, thanks for this question.
It's a really important question. Again, I'm getting a lot of questions related to the public
charge. I've done a video specifically explaining tips for what to do now that the public charge
rule is gone. Tips for finding new cases, and also tips for responding to Requests For Evidence that
were issued before March 9. Just like in your case, you can see a link to the video here,
and also in the description of this video. But the bottom line is that, what USCIS said is that
if you have Requests For Evidence that was issued before March 9, and you have to respond
for the RFE after March 9, the requirements are that you don't have to respond to this RFE,
as it relates to Form I-944. That's what they say. If your Request For Evidence has other elements,
so I-944 questions but also questions about the Adjustment Of Status, birth certificate, criminal
issues, whatever, you still have to respond to the RFE. We just ignore the I-944 part. Here's
my advice, what I suggest is that if anybody has an RFE that only has I-944, I would still respond,
I would just respond. You go to the immigration website, download the public charge update,
it's right there, the UCS website, where it has the update on the public charge will be gone. Just
print that out, highlight the section that says that you don't have to provide the information
on I-944 anymore, and respond to their RFE, at least there is going to be a record that
you responded. And that's it. It's not going to take too long. But I do recommend, respond.
Just not to get a denial for lack of response to an RFE. That's it, that's what I would do. So,
it's not a big deal. But you don't have to provide the evidence as it relates to I-944 anymore. That
is gone right now. So, hopefully, that information is helpful. Anybody else that is in the same boat,
and probably there are many people like that, I know that you're going to appreciate that
advice. The next question is from Steel User 1983. And the question is as follows.
“Hi, I'm scheduled for a marriage-based green card interview in the first week of April at
the Chicago field office. I have a three-year-old child, can I take him with me to the interview or
not? I would appreciate your input on that.” Once again, it's an important question. And I
know a lot of people have that issue as well. So, right now, USCIS has very strict guidelines as to
who can enter the building, how you can enter the building. And those guidelines are a little
bit different between the different jurisdictions. But what I can tell you is that almost all USCIS
offices are limiting the amount of people that are coming to the interview. So, for example,
if your child is not part of the application, in the sense that if he's a US citizen, and
he's not an immigrant, and if you're married to a US citizen spouse, and you're the only immigrant,
I would not recommend for you to bring the child to the interview, just bring the birth certificate
to show that you, guys, obviously have a child, you can come with your spouse because you both are
required to be the interview. The requirement of a marriage-based interview is to bring your spouse
and yourself to be able to answer the questions. If it's not necessary to bring the child,
I would recommend not to bring the child because staffing and space are very limited. Unless,
there's an absolute necessity to bring the child or if he's also an immigrant, for example,
this is your child, born overseas and not from this marriage, and he's also adjusting his status,
of course, then you have to bring the child but otherwise, I would recommend not to bring
the child because again, staffing is limited at USCIS. You don’t want to be in a position
where you come with your child, and then they send you back because they won't let you in. And now,
you're stuck, not knowing what to do with your child. So, my recommendation, less people, the
better. So, if you like this format, let me know. I'll be choosing more questions from the comments,
and who knows, maybe I'll feature you next. Thanks for doing this. Thanks for posting the questions,
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