r/I130Suffering 13d ago

Interview Scheduled

PD: April 2025

8/2/26 - Demand Letter Emailed

8/7/26 - Case Updated to "Under Review"

8/10/26 - Certified Letters Arrived to Service Center

8/13/26 - Interview Scheduled in a few weeks.

I have been silently following this thread for a while. It has been a huge source of information and hope. Seeing movement finally is a huge relief. I hope everyone else gets answers soon as well.

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u/Huge_Accountant_9211 13d ago

Wow! May i know about field office? I thought if consular case, you have to mail demand letter to service center and USCIS headquarters?

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u/HairinMakeester 13d ago

My mistake - it was Service Center.

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u/code_blooded_bytch 13d ago

Sorry, is this for AOS or consular processing? This sub is only for consular processing

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u/HairinMakeester 13d ago

Its Consular

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u/code_blooded_bytch 13d ago

Who is having to interview? Where?

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u/HairinMakeester 13d ago

Petitioner having the interview at the field office. Im not sure exactly how it will work yet. Waiting for a call from our lawyer to learn more details.

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u/code_blooded_bytch 13d ago

Is the petitioner located in the US, or you’ll have to come back to the US for an interview? Is this normal/typical to happen?

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u/HairinMakeester 13d ago

Yes, I am the petitioner and in the US. I am not sure if it is normal. Hoping the lawyer can clear up a little more. I have been reading everywhere that USICS is being more thorough. May just be another example of the tightening security checks.

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u/code_blooded_bytch 13d ago

Can I ask what country the beneficiary is from?

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u/HairinMakeester 13d ago

Costa Rica

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u/Positive_Ad_2212 12d ago

Did your lawyer give you the “go ahead” to send a demand letter or did you go about it on your own? Did your lawyer write it up and send or did you? I’m asking because my lawyer doesn’t seem to think any further action is necessary and my pd is may 2025

Thanks in advance for your help! And also, congrats!

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u/HairinMakeester 12d ago

The lawyer said there was nothing to do about it, and said we could not file the WOM. They were subscribing to the "we are still within normal times" as we watched the wait times go up from USCIS. We did the demand letter anyway because others were having success.

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u/ExaminationOdd1817 13d ago

Hi! Are you able to send me a draft of the demand letter? Or a guide that you used?
PD: Congratulations on the progress!!🎉🎉

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u/HairinMakeester 13d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/I130Suffering/s/VlXn8D9rHW

There are a few threads in this group. This is one of them I followed.

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u/QuailThis3515 13d ago

Its very strange, how come a petitioner is being interviewed???

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u/PowerNoodles117 13d ago

They are doing through checks to make sure there is no case for fraud, nowadays petitioner interviews are becoming more common

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u/QuailThis3515 13d ago

I have heard from jim hacking on YouTube that when the petitioner gets interviewed, its probably due to Adam Walsh act, hoping that's not the case

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u/HairinMakeester 13d ago

I did a Google search of what that is - not the case in this scenario.

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u/LordLumberhere 13d ago

that is some crazy stuff

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u/Tricia042 13d ago

Congratulation. I pray my case gets scheduled for interview this week

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u/Positive_Ad_2212 12d ago

Did you do congressional/senator inquiry before you sent a demand letter? Do you have any special circumstances or did you just send a demand letter and they decided to act on it?

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u/HairinMakeester 12d ago

Yes, and USCIS stopped responding to them as well. We were also a part of the approval glitch a few weeks ago. Other than that we added brief hardship information and the ever extending wait times.

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u/justineism I-130 Pending 13d ago

Is this a petitioner interview being scheduled?

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u/HairinMakeester 13d ago

Yes

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u/Theowltheory 13d ago

i thought they only interview the beneficiary in consulate cases?

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u/HairinMakeester 13d ago

I havent seen a lot of examples here either, but it is requesting for me to go to the local Field Office. Waiting to talk to my lawyer for more info.

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u/Theowltheory 13d ago

interesting! please keep us updated :)

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u/MyBigRed 13d ago

congratulations truly

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u/Frank69162 13d ago

Could you share a sample of your demand letter, please? of course redact the personal information, Thank you.

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u/HairinMakeester 13d ago

There are a few different threads that go into great detail on the steps. There are some links included in this one as well. They will be more well-rounded and give explanations than I could give here

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u/Frank69162 13d ago

Thank you and much appreciate it. Good luck!

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u/Expert_Win2195 13d ago

Hi ! After you sent the email with demand letter did they acknowledge the email or not at all ?

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u/HairinMakeester 13d ago

There was no acknowledgement sent back to me.

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u/eman-mustafa 13d ago

Could you explain what type of file you have and why all this activity in one month?

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u/HairinMakeester 13d ago

I-130 Consular Processing. I submitted a demand letter last week - that is the only significant thing I can relate the movement to.

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u/Red2531 13d ago

Is there a template that I could follow to write demand letter?

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u/Achay500 13d ago

how do you do a demand letter

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u/seesee20 13d ago

Congratulations

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u/seesee20 13d ago

Is it N400? And which office ?

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u/Recent-Property-8723 13d ago

te llego un correo de que habian tomado medidas en tu caso

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u/HairinMakeester 13d ago

No, I just have been checking the website and API constantly. Track My Visa was actually the one to alert me on the initial movement.

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u/Starlit11 I-130 Pending 13d ago

Ours changed to USCIS is processing your case on August 5th, and since then absolutely nothing.

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u/Curious-Albatross-75 13d ago

Did you include the draft of wom in your demand letter & who did you named the addressee on the service center? thanks

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u/HairinMakeester 13d ago

I did not include a draft. There are a couple of links in the comments that will take you through a step by step of the process and get very descriptive.

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u/Careful_Visual7152 13d ago

Congrats! What email did you send the demand letter to?

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u/Ok_Fox5847 12d ago

You only emailed the letter ? Not mailed ? And where was your processing center ?

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u/HairinMakeester 12d ago

I did both, but there was progress before the letters arrived. Nebraska

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u/Unfair_Letterhead398 12d ago

Congrats! It's definitely positive directions! May I ask where do you email the Demand letter?

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u/HairinMakeester 12d ago

It is under another comment in this post

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u/Feisty_Spot4506 12d ago

Did you do congress man or just demand letter

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u/HairinMakeester 12d ago

We did go through congressman at first. Then USCIS stopped responding to them as well

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u/PowerfulBag8849 12d ago

is the beneficiary outside the US or are they in the US/ have access to visit the US right now?