One month after we sent the I-864,supporting tax forms, and medical exam results we expected to hear something from the embassy. Really anything. Best case: you have submitted everything necessary. your interview date is June 1st. Worst case: we also need these 25342 more documents from you. But we didn't hear anything.
J and I were getting antsy, to put it mildly. So I emailed them point blank:
We sent all of our documents a month ago. We have not received an interview date. Please provide details about the status of our application.
I got a surprisingly fast email back stating that we sent in a form without a signature and we needed to send the I-864A with the signed I-864. After about 8 more emails back and forth, our sponsor, my dad, and I finally agreed on what we needed to send and why we needed to send it. The I-864A must be signed by my mother because she is also responsible for the financial support of J. It was confusing and frustrating. But we got the papers in the mail with tracking.
Tracking is a double edged sword. Its good when you see that the package is moving, but its super frustrating when you see that the package has sat in NY State sorting facility for 1 week.
Anyway, finally the package is in Germany. My advice is: even if you think you are being annoying, contact the Frankfurt US Embassy via email anyway and ask what the status of your application is. They do not provide a phone number...so email is the only way and, luckily, they actually do respond to emails.
