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Hello all!
I want advice from you guys. I will try to keep this as short as possible.
I came to the US as a F1 Student visa in 2017,
I met my wife in 2018,
We got married late 2019
I applied for I-130 / I-485 with the help of a lawyer that suggested I file it myself with him guiding me through it (family friend). He stated I did not need to file for I-765 / work or travel because I will most likely be approved pretty quick, as well as he did not inform me of the medical form.
Long story short I did biometrics and I got a I-130 Approval.
Within a couple of weeks I also got I-485 denied for misfile (missing part of I-864 )
I graduated college in May of 2020 , but I was still legal until August. I got the notice of denial in April and I reapplied with all the documents in May 2020.
After that I only got a couple of notices such as the form that stated that they can use my biometrics from the filing I had before. until March of 2022 there was nothing there. March 2022 they scheduled an interview and canceled it at the same time.
Until January 2023 I did not hear from them at all. January 2023 they scheduled an interview for Feb 28th…
The interview was very interesting because right away same officer interviewed us separately. She asked pretty basic questions but she seemed like she has suspicions of some sort (acting like shes some secret agent of FBI) and started asking questions if I or my family pay my wife for the green card, which I was shocked for a second because I did not even think of such a question. Keep in mind me and my wife are both in our 20’s , no divorces, no kids with others, no criminal or anything, we both speak English and we both went to college. So once she was finished interviewing she said “You will receive an answer within 30days”…. couple of weeks after I get a notification saying I was booked for an interview… At this point I got in touch and hired an actual lawyer/ attorney. He was very confused why she was giving such a hard time since I-130 was already approved and the notice for the new interview looked the same as the previous one. he contacted a person at uscis and they said the interview was scheduled by mistake so they canceled it.
On may 5th I get another notification that I have interview on June. 5th.. more then 90 days and no answer after first interview. So now I will be showing to the “second” interview, but I can not think of what they could possibly want and what else do I need to prove? I need advice if any of you have gone through something like this.. I am born in Romania but a Canadian citizen and my wife was born and has been US citizen her whole life… couple of days ago it was 3 years since this case has been on going and more then 4 years since I first applied.
I just want to build a family, work fair and square and go on with my life, this is not how any human or to say the least any American citizen should be treated…
Thanks for listening and leave any advice or suggestions you have below! god bless!
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