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⏳ EB-3 Family-Based I-485 Interview RFE - International PD Dec 2025
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⏳ **Case Status: Pending**
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Couple filed I-485 concurrently with I-130 in December 2025 and reached interview stage by May 2026. Interview was adversarial with officer scrutinizing husband's U.S. medical rotation visits and misinterpreting his student ID from a Caribbean medical school's affiliated U.S. hospital program. Case outcome pending after difficult interview experience.
Family-based I-485 filed December 10, 2025 with concurrent I-130 and I-864. RFE received in February 2026 for missing tax form on I-864, resolved quickly. Biometrics were missed due to a USCIS scheduling error and rescheduled to April 2, 2026. Interview was scheduled April 10 and completed May 1, 2026 — approximately 4.7 months from filing to interview. The interview lasted 90 minutes with an officer known for aggressive questioning. Officer focused heavily on husband's multiple U.S. entries for Caribbean medical school clinical rotations, questioning the nature of his U.S. hospital student ID despite his school being Caribbean-based with U.S. affiliate programs. Bona fide marriage evidence including POA, life insurance policy, and pregnancy anatomy scan was largely dismissed or ignored by the officer. Case outcome not yet determined at time of posting.
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This case highlights several important patterns for family-based I-485 filers: (1) Concurrent filing (I-485 + I-130 + I-864) is moving to interview in roughly 5 months at some field offices as of early 2026 — faster than historical averages. (2) Caribbean medical school graduates with U.S. clinical rotation history face heightened scrutiny over entry purpose and student ID documentation — bring detailed affiliation letters from both the Caribbean institution and the U.S. hospital program explicitly clarifying visiting clinical student vs. enrolled student status. (3) I-864 RFEs for missing tax documents are extremely common and generally easy to cure — always include all tax years requested plus W-2s/1099s proactively. (4) Officer conduct varies significantly by field office and individual officer; thorough preparation and written documentation for every potential question remains the best mitigation strategy regardless of officer disposition.