The following explanations apply if you were denied a visa under Section 221(g) of the U.S. Immigration  and Nationality Act: (221 (g) denial)

1. Perhaps there are informational gaps in your visa application or

2. The processing of a visa application requires some further documentation or

3. The applicant’s passport has all available visa pages filled. 4. The application’s photo does not fulfill the standards.

5. A visa officer has requested advice on the applicability of inadmissibility grounds 

6. The Petition Information Management Service has not yet listed the applicant’s petition approval  (PIMS),

Let’s say the consulate determines that, for any of the aforementioned reasons, your application needs to go through “administrative processing.” Your visa application will thereafter be delayed while the consulate conducts additional review.

If you need to submit additional supporting documents, the consular officer who interviews you will let you know how to do so.

You will need to wait to hear from the consulate or embassy once your case has been settled if you have been informed that you are undergoing administrative processing but won’t need to submit any additional paperwork.

If you didn’t get any notice, email the embassy where you had your interview to find out the status of your visa case.

USC is unable to help you get your visa faster because the Department of State’s administrative processing is strictly regulated. Depending on the particulars of each case, the timing will vary when administrative processing is necessary. When they apply, candidates are informed of this potential. After the visa interview, most administrative processing is finished in 60 days. However, candidates should not make contact with the consulate or embassy until 180 days have passed since the date of the interview or the receipt of the documents. The length of administrative processing will be decided by the U.S. Consulate or Embassy handling visa applications.

Let our team of immigration specialists know if you have any more queries about the 221g procedure so they can provide you with the knowledge you need to allay your fears.

Family based Immigrant Visa Interview for Green Card

The final stage of the procedure is typically the interview for family green card applications (Green Card through a family petition filed by a U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident for their Qualifying relative). The interview will be conducted by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) if the prospective immigrant is currently present in the country and has applied for status adjustment. But let’s say the prospective immigrant lives abroad. The National Visa Center (NVC) will then arrange for the interview to take place in a U.S. consulate or embassy in the applicant’s country of residency.

Whether conducted domestically or abroad, the green card interview based on the family petition has two primary goals:

• To determine the eligibility of the petitioner and applicant, the intended immigrant,
• The sponsor, and to determine the validity of the information supplied on the forms and in the supporting documentation.

Therefore, it is crucial to be aware of the types of questions you should prepare for during the interview. How successfully you do so will undoubtedly affect the outcome of your application. Here, we’ll go through a few of the most often asked questions regarding family green cards.

An immigrant visa that is divided into categories for family preference and close relatives of U.S. citizens is known as a family-based green card. It is granted based on a qualifying family connection between an applicant who is a foreign national and a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States. A family-based green card is the most popular way of obtaining permanent residency among other green card categories in the United States.

Intentional immigrants who are getting ready for their family green card interviews should carefully go over all of their paperwork because the officer will likely base the majority of their inquiries on it. We therefore encourage you to review the documents you have submitted and the information you have provided in the forms previously sent to NVC or USCIS at any point to prevent giving any contradictory responses.

Family Green Card Interview Sample Questions

Marriage-based category: The essence here is to establish that Marriage is bona fide. The applicant entered into the Marriage in good faith based on love rather than for immigration benefits. 

Questions would be

1. How and where did you meet?

2. Where was your spouse living when you met?

3. Who did they live with before you got married?

4. When did your relationship become romantic?

5. Who proposed between the two of you?

6. Where and when did the proposal take place? Who witnessed the proposal?

7. How long did you court before Marriage?

8. Where and when did you meet your in-laws?

Questions about Your Wedding

1. When did you marry?

2. Where did the wedding take place?

3. Where was the wedding reception?

4. How many guests were there at the wedding?

5. Who were the bridesmaids and groomsmen?

6. Where did you go for your honeymoon?

Questions about Your Relationship

1. When is your wedding anniversary?

2. How many rooms does your home have?

3. Are all the rooms on the same side of the home?

4. Where does your landlord live?

5. Who takes care of family finances?

6. Who pays the mortgage or rent for the home?

7. What bank do you use?

8. Do you have a joint account?

9. Are both your salaries deposited into the same account?

10. Can you briefly describe the furniture in your bedroom?

11. How do you celebrate a special family moment?

Questions about Your Spouse:

1. What is your spouse’s date of birth?

2. What type of work do they do?

3. Where do they work now?

4. What is their position?

5. What is their work schedule?

6. How much is their salary?

7. Where was he working when you met?

8. Did they have a car when you met? What color, model?

9. Do they still drive the same car? If not, when did they change it?

10. How much is owed on the car they now use? How much do they pay on them monthly?

11. What is their favorite meal?

12. Where did they go to school?

13. Did he attend college?

14. What did they major in?

15. What degree did they get?

16. How many siblings do they have? Have you met them before?

17. What was their best friend?

18. Do you both have mutual friends?

Family Green Card Interview Questions for Applicants other than Marriage based category

For family-based relationships like siblings, parents, married children, and unmarried children (over 21 years of age), the questions relate to the family relationship between you and your sponsor. However, they are not as intimate as they are for a marriage-based green card. The questions will attempt to establish:

1. If you genuinely have a qualifying familial relationship with the sponsor claimed in your application

2. If your sponsor is a citizen or lawful permanent resident

3. If you have any disqualifying past criminal record (your police clearance certificate will be reviewed)

4. If you have ever violated any U.S. immigration law (your immigration database will be reviewed)

5. If you have drug addictions or if you are or once were a drug addict or dealer,

6. Whether or not you are a habitual drunkard

7. That you are not a terrorist or belong to any terrorist organization

8. If your children are genuinely yours if you have children on your application

9. If your marriage is bona fide and entered into in good faith if you filed with your spouse

10. Whether or not you have any infectious disease by checking your medical examination

NOTE: Sometimes the questions above are not asked direct as they are in the marriage-based Interview. It is just a way of an officer to verify whatever information you give at the Interview with the one filled in your form.

How an Immigration Attorney Can Help

The family-based green card application procedure is a drawn-out and arduous trip, and you have expended money, time, and energy to reach the last stage, the visa interview. And we are confident that no one who has worked so hard to get this far will ever make a single error during your interview because it can result in a setback or denial. Hire a family-based green card immigration attorney to avoid this.

F4 India is a group of very skilled immigration lawyers who have a wealth of expertise and experience in the family green card application procedure. In order to minimize RFEs that can create delays, we will assist you in preparing your petitions with the essential supporting documentation. You can get in touch with our attorneys today and schedule a consultation by emailing info@f4india.com.

Revoking Proclamation 10014: A Proclamation

The entry ban established by Proclamation 10014 of April 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Corona virus Outbreak), as further extended by section 1 of Proclamation 10052 of June 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrant’s)

Immigrants Who Pose a Risk to the US Labor Market During Economic Recovery After the 2019 Novel Corona virus Outbreak), as amended by section 1 of Proclamation 10052 of June 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrant’s. On the contrary, it causes harm to the United States, notably by blocking any of a citizen or lawful permanent resident’s family members from joining them here. Additionally, it hurts American industries that hire people from all over the world. Additionally, it hurts those who were chosen to be given the chance to apply for, as well as those who have already been granted, immigrant visas in the Fiscal Year 2020 Diversity Visa Lottery. These people are unable to enter the country because of Proclamation 10014, which could delay or prevent them from receiving diversity visas for Fiscal Year 2020 and living out their American goals in some situations.

Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Corona virus Outbreak), as well as section 1 of Proclamation 10131 of December 31, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrant’s Who Continue To Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Corona virus Outbreak), do not further the interests of the United States. On the contrary, it causes harm to the United States, notably by blocking any of a citizen or lawful permanent resident’s family members from joining them here. Additionally, it hurts American industries that hire people from all over the world. Additionally, it hurts those who were chosen to be given the chance to apply for, as well as those who have already been granted, immigrant visas in the Fiscal Year 2020 Diversity Visa Lottery. These people are unable to enter the country because of Proclamation 10014, which could delay or prevent them from receiving diversity visas for Fiscal Year 2020 and living out their American goals in some situations.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States, by the power granted to me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), hereby find that it is not against the national interests of the United States for those listed in section 1 of Proclamation 10014 Consequently, I hereby declare the following:

Revocation, Section 1. Section 1 of Proclamation 10052, Proclamation 10014, and Proclamation 10131 are all null and void. Review of Agency Guidance, Section 2. The Secretaries of State, Labor, and Homeland Security shall examine any rules, directives, policies, and other similar agency actions created in accordance with Proclamation 10014 and, as necessary, issue new directives in line with the principles outlined in this proclamation.

Section 3. General Rules. (a) Nothing in this proclamation may be interpreted to limit or otherwise affect: I the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency or the head thereof; or (ii) the responsibilities of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget with regard to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This proclamation must be carried out in accordance with existing law and is dependent on funding.

(c) No substantive or procedural right or benefit, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, or any of their officers, employees, agents, or other individuals, is created by this proclamation and is not intended to be created.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fourth day of February, two thousand twenty-one, and of the two hundred and forty-fifth anniversary of the United States of America’s Independence.