What are the common problems when you have a visa interview now, specifically when you’re abroad? Ok, there’s some things that hopefully if you have not had the interview for better or worse, one thing you need to expect at least one. Of course, I have so many to share. We’re here solve immigration problems. We do offer free 15 minute preliminary discussion. We do share a secret code so that you can unlock those 3 for 10 minutes and we like to share that towards in the show.

Of course I have a better perspective on this, the problem like the common. Problems more so. Because of that we accept mandamus cases that we help clients file lawsuit against the government when there’s a there’s a delay and the thing is that there’s delays for many reasons. Ok, one thing is that you want people have filed or provided a DS 5535 So I’m talking about this because you might not receive an official two twenty one G Type Notice on the same day. Interview or even the day after. They might just go straight to this and say you need to provide this form. This is what it looks like. It’s annoying. It’s 3 pages. Look at that address.

Oh my goodness, they want to know your address for the last 15 years really is that really necessary? All your phone numbers for the last five years, all your email addresses for the last five years. You know they want to know your spam email. I guess all your social media employment where you worked for the last 15 years and you sign it on 3rd page. They want to know your relatives, your siblings, whether they’re full sibling, full blooded, half step or adopted living or passed away this season.

It is pretty freaking ridiculous. Ok, why the heck do the government want to know that? Well, I can tell you what I’m speculating why the government wants to know. This is because maybe if you have a family member, who knows, maybe they could have smuggled someone in. I don’t know, whatever they want to allege, but we have received calls about people who said that their dad was. We did some bad things and they’re not involved with this shenanigans and so that maybe that’s why they want to do this, to delay agenda is to delay, OK, because we’ve had people we had to file a lawsuit when it’s been at least four months after you provide this document and people that call us, they’re pretty quick.

They give this document as soon as possible in fact that we’ve been advising our own clients to fill out this form beforehand just in case. So you just have it ready. It’s just another reason delay and why would you. We should not let the government take advantage of the flag. Like hey by the way, I actually have the form that you might ask about. So back off buddy. Ok just give me the visa and it’s pretty ridiculous. So anyway that is 1 common problem. Ok.

The other common problem the two twenty one G notice in general. Ok we have we have client that you know we’re at the first step. They provided all documents about proving their birth. Ok, they have a delayed birth certificate, meaning, you know, most people get the birth certificate at the time of birth. But there are scenarios maybe if you were born at home or just out outside the hospital you get you may have you may receive a delayed birth certificate. We use a lot of acronyms, I’m like thinking acronym. At the same time, the government, even though in that situation, for example USCIS mailed out a request for evidence to provide that proof and after that’s all taken care of and that was approved the embassy or the consulate.

The officer over there for the visa interview is trying to hash out those same that same question and it’s ridiculous because it’s already been approved. Why do you have to question it? And they’re questioning it about the sponsor, the petitioner, US citizen, not about the applicant. Ok. So that is another common problem. Ok. That is the second one I want to share with you. That is one that is what we call basically where they could issue a issue, send a notice to US, back to USCIS to say you might want to issue a notice to. Intent to revoke the petition, that’s basically one of those our strategies. Essentially when we see the government say, hey, they’ve already rehashed this out, why they don’t need to do that again, if they’re going to do that, then how come they didn’t issue a notice of intent to revoke, like stop delaying this.

It’s again ridiculous. Ok, the third thing is most common problem for Visa interview is when people may not have realized that they need a waiver. Ok, if you’ve been in America without, you know, without a visa or overstayed your visa, you’re authorized stay. And you’ve been living in the United States for more than one year, more than three hundred sixty five days, which probably it’s safe to say that it’s a lot of people, millions of people that are in this situation. And for better or worse, there are options out there, but especially when you hire.

I’ve heard so many stories when they people hire like a notario or consultant that does not have a. Like a law license that you know they don’t explain the legal requirement, the need for a waiver. There’s a lot of phrasing about this or name different names about waiver and that is six oh one A is the form number itself. Ok provisional family unity waiver. Ok that’s another name. You really need to consider this because we’ve had people call us that fortunately we are able to prevent them from going because then they realized after our.

Discussion with our team that we talked about the need for a waiver because of the overstay, OK and the other things people call is like unlawful presence. When you overstay, we call it unlawful presence and you need the six oh one A which by the way 61A form the processing time for that is minimum before the pandemic 8 months, it shows 28 months, 28 months. That is ridiculous. Before Pandemic was eight months. But here’s the deal with waivers. You know, we just had a consultation, our team had a consultation with someone this week about the need to file a waiver and that they were waiting until there was a help, like a serious health condition, about their sponsor or their qualifying relative in this situation was Paris.

And there is a, what do you call misconception or misunderstanding that waivers require, like a medical hardship about your qualifying routes of your family member? It does not. That’s just one consideration. Ok? There’s a lot to discuss. About that the third reason, not being prepared OK for the medical exam is not just the visa interview. Sometimes it’s not, it’s a lot of things. It’s not just about not being prepared, but it’s about possibly sharing too much information, I guess you could say, because a lot of things is not up to the visa officer, OK, unfortunately the medical doctor, because when you go abroad you have to get the medical exam to explain the steps.

Your medical exam, biometrics for your fingerprints and then you have the visa interview. Ok and so when they get that medical done, you know they’re they ask questions about your you know, if you drink alcohol do you do drugs? And you know I don’t know anything about like timing of taking samples, how that shows up in the test sample. If they do all that just in general because I think there is a it feels like there is an obligation to share all that information.

It didn’t really depends who you’re speaking with right so you might you need to speak with a lawyer about that. Here’s what I heard. What happens. And that is that when you go to when a person has gone to a medical and get that test result, exam results, just get the exam conducted. I mean, and the doctor says ask, you know, when’s the last time he drank and what it’s like October right now. Last time someone drank alcohol was in July fourth right. That makes sense. You know, if you drink, I mean you would, I would think you drink in July fourth also pretty common.

It’s a holiday in America. And he said he drank 1 beer and the medical clinic used that information against him. Ok and they said look, you can’t get your visa. Like why the hell would a medical clinic try to tell Mike, this applicant that they can’t get the visa just because they drank a beer in July fourth, about four months ago? So you want to consider there’s so much to know. It’s not just about the interview, it’s about understanding what information you should share or not share with the. With the medical clinic as well, this person also had like a DWI 2012 but ten years ago.

So the weather trying to allege basically as this person is an alcoholic. Habitual drunkard. Habitual drunker is a phrase that US uses for naturalization, but the visa officer did not even allege specifically about an in ground of inadmissibility related to a health concern, which includes drug abuse and being an alcoholic. And so this clinic said that this person has to have double A alcohol anonymous classes for eight months.

That’s a bunch of bull. Ok, so this is a situation where you can file a lawsuit. It’s not about in this choice not necessarily about unreasonable delay, it’s more about arbitrary and capricious decision. Erroneous decision. Ok, this person was qualified and should have received his visa. Instead, the visa officer basically blindly relied on the physician, the medical clinics arbitrary decision. It’s very unfortunate.

So there’s a way to fight and it’s called a mandamus lawsuit. So that’s three common problems, friends. So if you if you’re new to our channel. I do have on our website free guides. Ok. Basically a PDF that has common question answers to common questions a step by step. Ok. This is one for mandamus lawsuit. So you have an idea, a better idea of timing maybe when to file a lawsuit based on a certain scenario.

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