Waivers without interviews?? YES/ NO/ MAYBE ???

[Islandgirl93]

So here is what I’ve read and gathered so far about the waivers and such concerns. It’s more of a possibility for work based cases, for persons who came here on k1 who’d have initially had an interview before coming here, parents who are filing for their children and vice versa. But for marriage based it’s a bit more of a technicality. The two cases that I saw where the interview was waived they had an initial Interview and the interview that was waived would have been the second interview/ stokes interview. The other case that I read was something along the line of filing i130 first back in 2016 or something then i485 some time last year. And they too had an interview for the i130 which they said was similar to the i485 interview. As it relates to EAD they are still working on them, and quite a few people are getting issued their cards. This is definitely great for those who can work. But on the other hand some people can’t work because at the moment most places are closed down and a travel card isn’t that much helpful when you can’t travel beyond your front door!?? but if you have to work and you can then be careful as much as possible.
another point to mention, I asked my lawyer about these situations and he said yes uscis can ofcourse waive interviews but they won’t just hand out gc to everyone especially before vetting who you are and if you’re relationship is real etc. he said for now they have a tentative reopening date in May and hopefully by then things can slowly return to normal where interviews are concerned. However there will obviously be a back log and there is no denying that. But in the event that things get worse where the virus is concerned and the offices are closed down for even longer... then they might have to take some other form of action. But who knows what that will be???!!! Feel free to reply and express your concerns but please keep it courtesy and respectful of your other immihelp users. Thanks

[HartfordCtFilerI-485]

Thanks for sharing this info. I was wondering what they were going to do as well as far as interviews. I’m in CT and have been waiting for the interview to be scheduled since 11/2019.