Update on my wife and her Green Card - Documentarily Qualified

[AZLD4Candidate]

After five rejections by the NVC, she is now Documentarily Qualified, meaning the NVC and the consulate in Guangzhou are setting up a time and date for her IV interview.

Big hurdle overcome.

The rest is almost automatic now. She needs to prove in the interview that we are legitimately married and that she is going to move to the US permanently, which is a much lower bar than an NIV, which the applicant has to prove they aren't staying the US.

The physical will be easy as she is clean.

After that, the visa is issued. When we come back, we give the visa packet to the CBP officer at the port of entry. She is allowed into the country, and six weeks later, she gets her SSN and her actual 10 year green card.

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Physical?

Why? My husband never had a physical for his green card . . . or citizenship.

[AZLD4Candidate]

3. It's a requirement now.

[drray23]

6. I got my green card early 2000's and the requirement was there

I had to go to the local health department to get specific vaccines and also get tested to certify that I did not have aids and tuberculosis.

[DFW]

22. The Germans required the same of me when I moved my residence there.

It's probably a standard thing. Even though I was married to a German since 1982, to get the residence permit, I still had to prove, on top of a clean bill of health, that I had health insurance, steady employment and financial stability, so that I wouldn't be a "welfare immigrant" coming for the benefits while contributing nothing.

Ironically, it has turned out to be the other way around. They take, all in, 50% in income taxes (on top of what I have to pay in the USA), even half my US social security, and give back zero in return. Oh, well, somebody has to pay for those tax-free €10,000 per month pensions for former members of their parliament.

[JustAnotherGen]

27. Sounds like Italy

With those pensions.

[JustAnotherGen]

26. Ahh

My husband had his in 1973.

No physical for citizenship- just biometrics. Easy peasy!

[leftstreet]

2. "clean?"

You mean healthy?

[AZLD4Candidate]

4. Yeah. healthy. They do disease and drug tests.

[drray23]

5. Great news! It took you guys a long time to manage to get to this point

You are finally seeing the end of the tunnel. I am glad.

[Karadeniz]

7. Yay!!!! Congratulations !!!

[shrike3]

8. What wonderful news. So happy for you two. n/t

[Recycle_Guru]

9. how long have you been married? if less is han 2 years..may only get 2 yr green card

with ten year green card after that.

[AZLD4Candidate]

12. Nine years September 12th

[Recycle_Guru]

13. ah! perfect! glad you are trying to get the heck out of dodge

so to speak

[AZLD4Candidate]

15. As fast as possible. China sucks now and it's getting worse thanks to Winnie the Flu,

his criminal cabal, and their wolf warrior bullshit.

[BigmanPigman]

19. I saw your post about the laundry detergent adver.

and had no idea it was that bad. Glad you are almost back.

[Demsrule86]

10. That is great news AZLD...so happy for you and you wife.

[Happy Hoosier]

11. Great to hear!!!

It’s been a long road! Here’s hoping the rest of your way is smooth.

[Lemon Lyman]

14. Congrats!!

I try to stay up to date with your posts. I must've missed some.

The last I remember you'd exhausted your options with local & national politicians, and you were moving to be with her instead of her moving here. Then I think I read that you'd made it there. Now you're going to get to be together here.

How wonderful!!

[AZLD4Candidate]

17. That was the last one. . .but part of it was to continue working on it together rather than

separated. We're in China but we're getting the fuck outta here.

[mountain grammy]

16. Good news.. Congratulations!

I'm so happy for both of you.

[LoisB]

18. Good news. A long journey. Congratulations.

[betsuni]

20. So it wasn't a diabolical conspiracy after all?

[Demsrule86]

24. Six rejections... I would say something is rotten in Denmark.

[ancianita]

21. Such good news. So glad you're both now seeing daylight ahead.

[Nittersing]

23. Finally!!

This is such great news. Back to Arizona?

[FakeNoose]

25. This is great news! Godspeed my friend

It's horrible that the Chump administration blocked your efforts for so long.
But you and your wife have outlasted him.

With any luck Chump will be headed to prison when you and your wife return triumphantly to our shores.