mekusa10:

Are you also awaiting for yours? How long is your noa2 from today?

Hello. Sup? Have you been able to contact them?

Glorioussugar:


Hello. Sup? Have you been able to contact them?

I dey. As at Thursday last week they said they haven't even received it. Will make another call this Wednesday. Have they at least received yours?

Hey guys, have you read regarding the “public charge” rule that was amended today that starts in 60 days? https://www.boundless.com/blog/public-charge-rule-explained/ https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/715471-final-public-charge-rulemerged/.


They are About to raise the bar from 125% to 250%, applicants and petitioner both disclose all including credit scores and assets. Legitbachelor what do you think?

Immigration changing

Drenimarcus:
Hey guys, have you read regarding the “public charge” rule that was amended today that starts in 60 days? https://www.boundless.com/blog/public-charge-rule-explained/ https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/715471-final-public-charge-rulemerged/.
They are About to raise the bar from 125% to 250%, applicants and petitioner both disclose all including credit scores and assets. Legitbachelor what do you think?

It will be not easy, specially for divorced people. If the marriage is real, the US citizen protects your stay, not easy to deport the US citizen spouse which came legally.

Bringing other family members, kids, parents, siblings will be much more expensive

123JohnF:

It will be not easy, specially for divorced people. If the marriage is real, the US citizen protects your stay, not easy to deport the US citizen spouse which came legally.

Bringing other family members, kids, parents, siblings will be much more expensive

Yeah! Brace up guys, things about to change tho it’s not permanently signed yet. We wait and see what happens after 60 days

Drenimarcus:


Yeah! Brace up guys, things about to change tho it’s not permanently signed yet. We wait and see what happens after 60 days

Oh dear. I pray I have my interview before then.

iwanvisityankee:
Nice thread I must say, congrats to those who have gotten their visas & have moved to US, and to those on the waiting list, I wish you all best

My question is, can I have my interview done in Nigeria, but currently I'm not residing in Nigeria.

nobody want to answer my question

Drenimarcus:
Hey guys, have you read regarding the “public charge” rule that was amended today that starts in 60 days? https://www.boundless.com/blog/public-charge-rule-explained/ https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/715471-final-public-charge-rulemerged/.


They are About to raise the bar from 125% to 250%, applicants and petitioner both disclose all including credit scores and assets. Legitbachelor what do you think?

Well, does it really start in 60 days? Here's the conclusion from the first article link you posted:-

What happens next?
It’s very important to understand that, despite the headlines you may read, the DHS public charge rule has not gone into effect. The traditional status-quo policy will remain in effect until DHS issues a final version of the new public charge rule and the “effective date” occurs.

This is the procedure that federal agencies like DHS must follow when issuing a new regulation:

(1) Proposed rule: DHS publishes a “proposed” or “draft” rule in the Federal Register (officially known as a “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking”). This document sets forth the specific changes that DHS wants to make to the Code of Federal Regulations, along with a lengthy legal and economic justification. Read the proposed rule here.

this will be published tomorrow August 14, 2019.

(2) Public comment period: For the next 60 days, the proposed rule is open for public comments. This means that anyone is allowed to send DHS their own feedback about the public charge rule, including arguments for keeping the status quo or modifying the regulatory text.

the 60 days will be over by October 15, 2019

(3) Internal deliberations: For the next several months, DHS reads through all of the public comments, prepares a response to each substantive concern, and possibly makes changes to its regulatory plan and economic impact analysis. This process typically takes a long time — six months would be very fast in federal agency terms, and well over a year is not uncommon.

This typically means the internal deliberations may be concluded from April 2020 (6 months) or up to a year October 2020

(4) Final rule: DHS publishes a “final” rule in the Federal Register. This document sets forth the final changes that DHS will make to the Code of Federal Regulations. DHS may decide to change course from its initial proposed rule, or to adopt the exact same language as before. Either way, DHS must provide a detailed justification for why it chose to either follow or ignore the public comments it received. Read the final rule here. The final rule will have an “Effective Date,” occurring 60 days later, at which point the rule becomes law — assuming that it is not blocked by a judge in a federal lawsuit.

This final rule will still take 60 days before taking effect, which means the earliest time could be mid/end of June 2020

What does this mean for me?
Even if the new rule is finally enacted, expanding the number of government benefits that trigger a denial on public-charge grounds, it won’t penalize applicants for their use of such benefits prior to the Effective Date of the rule.

It’s unclear, however, whether immigration officers might start applying some of the tighter standards for denying applications right away, beginning with the new rule’s Effective Date.

Here’s the bottom line: If you are contemplating a green card application or a naturalization application, you’re almost certainly better off if you get it filed right away, as far in advance of these new changes as possible.

Drenimarcus:
Hey guys, have you read regarding the “public charge” rule that was amended today that starts in 60 days? https://www.boundless.com/blog/public-charge-rule-explained/ https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/715471-final-public-charge-rulemerged/.


They are About to raise the bar from 125% to 250%, applicants and petitioner both disclose all including credit scores and assets. Legitbachelor what do you think?

I don't think the bar was raised from 125% to 250%. I think its still 125%. However the changes I noticed are:
1. Household Size definition.
2. Beneficiary is now also a reference point in the calculation to determine public charge
3. Other factors such as age, health, income, qualifications, etc also counts and a wholistic approach will be used.
4. The Public Charge Bond of over $8000.

I noticed that household size is now defined as the number of people living the same house as the beneficiary and petitioner. Also included are dependents of both beneficiary and petitioner regardless of whether he or she lives in the same house. Also included in the size is the co-sponsor. For instance if the petitioner is a divorcee and has 2 kids from the former marriage and has parents he take care of. If the petitioner also has a cosponsor and the beneficiary has a kid who will be immigrating with her. The household size will be 9 (beneficiary, beneficiary's kid, petitioner, petitioner's former wife, petitioner' s two kids, petitioner's mum and dad, cosponsor). Note that all these people are counted regardless of whether they are physically staying in the house or not. Imagine if the petitioner is staying in a family house where there are four siblings. Thats 9 + 4!

I also noticed the amount the co-sponsor makes is only used if and only if the sponsor makes up to 50% of the 125% poverty line.

So if the fiancee is financially independent, resides by herself and has no kids and the beneficiary has no kids as well and intends moving in with her, the household size is just two (2). This number however becomes more complex if the fiancee and/or the beneficiary are divorcee and have kids and/or are still living with their parents and not financially independent.

I must however state that this wholistic determination of public charge based on income as well as other factors such as age, health, qualifications, could be tricky. One might be declared a public charge even if he meets the 125% requirement because of his age or his health. But the good thing is that there's the option of Public Charge Bond.

iwanvisityankee:
Nice thread I must say, congrats to those who have gotten their visas & have moved to US, and to those on the waiting list, I wish you all best

My question is, can I have my interview done in Nigeria, but currently I'm not residing in Nigeria.

I think you can but it might mean you'll have some delays.

After getting your NOA2, you'll need to contact NVC and inform them of the need to change embassy the moment you think they've received your casefile from USCIS. You'll need to provide them with reasons and with supporting documents (such as copy of Nigerian Passport which confirms citizenship or Residency Permit which confirms Residency). If they don't respond on time and couldn't effect the change for you then you'll have to contact the two embassies involved and request the switch from one embassy to the other. Most of the time, its the US Embassy in Nigeria that will determine if the switch is possible or not since they are ones you want to take up the case.

@sleekymag, I think the proposed rule was already published last year October 10 and they got 266,000 public comments. Heres the link: https://www.uscis.gov/legal-resources/final-rule-public-charge-ground-inadmissibility

I think the auhor of that piece you quoted got it wrong. So I think this October 15 date is the start off date unless the Courts says otherwise. I learnt a group has taken this new rule to court. Lets see how this pans out. But I think this rule has come to stay.

The only reason I might want to believe this rule might be quashed in the future either by the courts or by a democrat controlled Congress or by a newly elected democrat executive is because of the fate of legal residents seeking naturalization. According to this new rule, a legal resident might have problems becoming a citizen if he is deemed to be a public charge or a potential. And this is not good. Imagine someone who has resided in the States for over 5 years and yet cannot naturalize to become a citizen because at some point he benefited from govt food stamps or housing projects. I feel that he should not be denied cotizemship. This is because he had contributed to the economy in the past before having those financial challenges. I feel they can enforce this public charge rule for visa application (i129F) and AOS (i485) but they shouldn't do it for those seeking naturalization (N400). My opinion.

mekusa10:


I dey. As at Thursday last week they said they haven't even received it. Will make another call this Wednesday. Have they at least received yours?

He called and they said it’s not in their system yet

@LegitBachelor,

I just sent you an email.

Cheers!

select500:
@LegitBachelor,

I just sent you an email.

Cheers!

Replied. Regards.

LegitBachelor:
Replied. Regards.

Thank you.

iwanvisityankee:
Nice thread I must say, congrats to those who have gotten their visas & have moved to US, and to those on the waiting list, I wish you all best
My question is, can I have my interview done in Nigeria, but currently I'm not residing in Nigeria.

iwanvisityankee:
nobody want to answer my question

It depends. If you reside LEGALLY in another country and you applied from there, you have the interview in that country. You may ask in your application to have the Interview in Nigeria, it may be approved or not.

If you are in another country on tourist visa and don't have a LEGAL Residence, you must apply in Nigeria and have the interview in Nigeria.

My K1 visa was approved on the 3rd of July,though I collapsed during the interview process from exhaustion and low blood sugar issues because I was on a 3 days mid year fast and had not slept for up to 5hours in 2days.God showed me mercy and it went well. My fiancee and I will get married come 24th in Texas. The wedding is a big one,we have spent over $18k preparing for it since November 2018.Expecting friends and family from Europe and Australia and Africa.
I flew into DFW through Frankfurt from Abuja on the 9th and 10th. POE was smooth,normal secondary processing and agric section checks. Had to fly to Lagos twice,one for the interview and the visa collection.
My candid advise to us all intending to apply is to ensure that your intentions are genuine because God won't bless a lie except you are trusting in something else to pull you through.
My appreciation goes to God and those who make this forum lively eg. @legitbachelor and others.
Mine was a miracle because I tot by collapsing during the interview I would be put on enquiry and further drilled and denied.Infact I was wheeled out of the embassy with the option of an ambulance but I declined and choose to speak with my doctor instead.
My visa pickup letter was given to me by the head of the Consulate himself,he cracked jokes with me while I laid on the floor receiving attention from the nurses and doctors.It was a miracle cos many where denied that day.
Be careful not to lie because they do background checks.They sent someone to check my address to see if it was real.
Also it is important to know that the embassy people read through forums too so if you have something sinister to write pls swallow it.
If you stay around the Dallas Fort Worth area and would be free to attend my wedding do hit me up and get an RSVP ASAP.
Thanks and To God be the Glory.

LegitBachelor:
I don't think the bar was raised from 125% to 250%. I think its still 125%. However the changes I noticed are:
1. Household Size definition.
2. Beneficiary is now also a reference point in the calculation to determine public charge
3. Other factors such as age, health, income, qualifications, etc also counts and a wholistic approach will be used.
4. The Public Charge Bond of over $8000.

I noticed that household size is now defined as the number of people living the same house as the beneficiary and petitioner. Also included are dependents of both beneficiary and petitioner regardless of whether he or she lives in the same house. Also included in the size is the co-sponsor. For instance if the petitioner is a divorcee and has 2 kids from the former marriage and has parents he take care of. If the petitioner also has a cosponsor and the beneficiary has a kid who will be immigrating with her. The household size will be 9 (beneficiary, beneficiary's kid, petitioner, petitioner's former wife, petitioner' s two kids, petitioner's mum and dad, cosponsor). Note that all these people are counted regardless of whether they are physically staying in the house or not. Imagine if the petitioner is staying in a family house where there are four siblings. Thats 9 + 4!

I also noticed the amount the co-sponsor makes is only used if and only if the sponsor makes up to 50% of the 125% poverty line.

So if the fiancee is financially independent, resides by herself and has no kids and the beneficiary has no kids as well and intends moving in with her, the household size is just two (2). This number however becomes more complex if the fiancee and/or the beneficiary are divorcee and have kids and/or are still living with their parents and not financially independent.

I must however state that this wholistic determination of public charge based on income as well as other factors such as age, health, qualifications, could be tricky. One might be declared a public charge even if he meets the 125% requirement because of his age or his health. But the good thing is that there's the option of Public Charge Bond.

We just have to wait and see what happens after October 15.

saintrise:
My K1 visa was approved on the 3rd of July,though I collapsed during the interview process from exhaustion and low blood sugar issues because I was on a 3 days mid year fast and had not slept for up to 5hours in 2days.God showed me mercy and it went well. My fiancee and I will get married come 24th in Texas. The wedding is a big one,we have spent over $18k preparing for it since November 2018.Expecting friends and family from Europe and Australia and Africa.
I flew into DFW through Frankfurt from Abuja on the 9th and 10th. POE was smooth,normal secondary processing and agric section checks. Had to fly to Lagos twice,one for the interview and the visa collection.
My candid advise to us all intending to apply is to ensure that your intentions are genuine because God won't bless a lie except you are trusting in something else to pull you through.
My appreciation goes to God and those who make this forum lively eg. @legitbachelor and others.
Mine was a miracle because I tot by collapsing during the interview I would be put on enquiry and further drilled and denied.Infact I was wheeled out of the embassy with the option of an ambulance but I declined and choose to speak with my doctor instead.
My visa pickup letter was given to me by the head of the Consulate himself,he cracked jokes with me while I laid on the floor receiving attention from the nurses and doctors.It was a miracle cos many where denied that day.
Be careful not to lie because they do background checks.They sent someone to check my address to see if it was real.
Also it is important to know that the embassy people read through forums too so if have something sinister to write pls swallow it.
If you stay around the Dallas Fort Worth area and would be free to attend my wedding do hit me up and get an RSVP ASAP.
Thanks and To God be the Glory.

Congratulations! That embassy stress no be here at all. If party rice and amala worh gbegiri go deh, I go book flight come Texas. Congrats once again

@Drenimarcus. Every Every dey oh. The gbedu is serious. Embassy stress is multifaceted. E dey enter inside blood and bone.

saintrise:
My K1 visa was approved on the 3rd of July,though I collapsed during the interview process from exhaustion and low blood sugar issues because I was on a 3 days mid year fast and had not slept for up to 5hours in 2days.God showed me mercy and it went well. My fiancee and I will get married come 24th in Texas. The wedding is a big one,we have spent over $18k preparing for it since November 2018.Expecting friends and family from Europe and Australia and Africa.
I flew into DFW through Frankfurt from Abuja on the 9th and 10th. POE was smooth,normal secondary processing and agric section checks. Had to fly to Lagos twice,one for the interview and the visa collection.
My candid advise to us all intending to apply is to ensure that your intentions are genuine because God won't bless a lie except you are trusting in something else to pull you through.
My appreciation goes to God and those who make this forum lively eg. @legitbachelor and others.
Mine was a miracle because I tot by collapsing during the interview I would be put on enquiry and further drilled and denied.Infact I was wheeled out of the embassy with the option of an ambulance but I declined and choose to speak with my doctor instead.
My visa pickup letter was given to me by the head of the Consulate himself,he cracked jokes with me while I laid on the floor receiving attention from the nurses and doctors.It was a miracle cos many where denied that day.
Be careful not to lie because they do background checks.They sent someone to check my address to see if it was real.
Also it is important to know that the embassy people read through forums too so if you have something sinister to write pls swallow it.
If you stay around the Dallas Fort Worth area and would be free to attend my wedding do hit me up and get an RSVP ASAP.
Thanks and To God be the Glory.

Congrats Sir. Please can you tell us your interview questions? And do you know why they denied a lot of people like you mentioned?

saintrise:
@Drenimarcus. Every Every dey oh. The gbedu is serious. Embassy stress is multifaceted. E dey enter inside blood and bone.

I swear my right leg is still feeling the stress. Oya I deh come, maa go check my schedule. Congrats bro!

saintrise:
My K1 visa was approved on the 3rd of July,though I collapsed during the interview process from exhaustion and low blood sugar issues because I was on a 3 days mid year fast and had not slept for up to 5hours in 2days.God showed me mercy and it went well. My fiancee and I will get married come 24th in Texas. The wedding is a big one,we have spent over $18k preparing for it since November 2018.Expecting friends and family from Europe and Australia and Africa.
I flew into DFW through Frankfurt from Abuja on the 9th and 10th. POE was smooth,normal secondary processing and agric section checks. Had to fly to Lagos twice,one for the interview and the visa collection.
My candid advise to us all intending to apply is to ensure that your intentions are genuine because God won't bless a lie except you are trusting in something else to pull you through.
My appreciation goes to God and those who make this forum lively eg. @legitbachelor and others.
Mine was a miracle because I tot by collapsing during the interview I would be put on enquiry and further drilled and denied.Infact I was wheeled out of the embassy with the option of an ambulance but I declined and choose to speak with my doctor instead.
My visa pickup letter was given to me by the head of the Consulate himself,he cracked jokes with me while I laid on the floor receiving attention from the nurses and doctors.It was a miracle cos many where denied that day.
Be careful not to lie because they do background checks.They sent someone to check my address to see if it was real.
Also it is important to know that the embassy people read through forums too so if you have something sinister to write pls swallow it.
If you stay around the Dallas Fort Worth area and would be free to attend my wedding do hit me up and get an RSVP ASAP.
Thanks and To God be the Glory.

@saintrise,

Congrats on that!

I just sent you an email invite via Nairaland.

Cheers!

saintrise:
@Drenimarcus. Every Every dey oh. The gbedu is serious. Embassy stress is multifaceted. E dey enter inside blood and bone.

Please check your email

ifunanyamaka:

Please check your email

Hi, I received no email yet. Can you double check? Or you meant oya saint?

LegitBachelor:
@sleekymag, I think the proposed rule was already published last year October 10 and they got 266,000 public comments. Heres the link: https://www.uscis.gov/legal-resources/final-rule-public-charge-ground-inadmissibility

I think the auhor of that piece you quoted got it wrong. So I think this October 15 date is the start off date unless the Courts says otherwise. I learnt a group has taken this new rule to court. Lets see how this pans out. But I think this rule has come to stay.

The only reason I might want to believe this rule might be quashed in the future either by the courts or by a democrat controlled Congress or by a newly elected democrat executive is because of the fate of legal residents seeking naturalization. According to this new rule, a legal resident might have problems becoming a citizen if he is deemed to be a public charge or a potential. And this is not good. Imagine someone who has resided in the States for over 5 years and yet cannot naturalize to become a citizen because at some point he benefited from govt food stamps or housing projects. I feel that he should not be denied cotizemship. This is because he had contributed to the economy in the past before having those financial challenges. I feel they can enforce this public charge rule for visa application (i129F) and AOS (i485) but they shouldn't do it for those seeking naturalization (N400). My opinion.

You're right. Thanks for the link. This is serious.

Glorioussugar:


Hello. Sup? Have you been able to contact them?

Call the NVC oh. I got my case number.

mekusa10:

Call the NVC oh. I got my case number.

Oh great. Please what number did you call them with? And did they request for anything?

Glorioussugar:


Oh great. Please what number did you call them with? And did they request for anything?

Full name, date of birth and email of petitioner. Call: 1-603-334-0700.
You know what's funny, last week I called the officer said they haven't received the file but today the officer said the file has been there since NOA2 date So try to talk to at least 2 officers.

mekusa10:

Full name, date of birth and email of petitioner. Call: 1-603-334-0700.
You know what's funny, last week I called the officer said they haven't received the file but today the officer said the file has been there since NOA2 date So try to talk to at least 2 officers.

Wow. My Fiancé called yesterday and they said it hasn’t gotten to them yet

mekusa10:

Full name, date of birth and email of petitioner. Call: 1-603-334-0700.
You know what's funny, last week I called the officer said they haven't received the file but today the officer said the file has been there since NOA2 date So try to talk to at least 2 officers.

So you can fill the form and do you police report now?