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Friends,

I am so excited to tell you that my case was approved today. I just saw it online

NOA1 Date: Dec 19 2024

NOA2 Date: Aug 14 2025

If your NOA1 is before Dec 19th, you should check your status

Hello everyone, my name is Thiago, and I recently married my fianc e. She's a citizen and wants to file the paperwork so I can stay in the country. I entered with a visa, and my stay is still valid until November. The problem is, we don't know what to do with the forms, which ones we should fill out, or what to do next. We wanted to do it on our own. There was a lawyer who was charging us 8,000 for the process, but everyone told us my case was very simple and shouldn't be all that. If you could help guide us on what the next step should be, I'd really appreciate it.

Hello everyone.

In early November 2024, I decided to apply for a USA B2 tourist visa. I paid the Aramex service fees, and two days later the appointment calendar opened for me. I selected the earliest available date, which was in mid-April 2025.

At that time, I had only opened a DS-160 form in order to pay the Aramex fees and secure the appointment date, I did not complete or submit that DS-160. Several months later, in early April 2025, I created and submitted a new DS-160 without any issues. A friend of mine who had visited the USA told me he had done the same in the past without problems.

However, as I recall, in February 2025, the new Donald Trump administration introduced a requirement that the DS-160 confirmation number must match the confirmation number listed in the visa appointment booking. I assumed this change would not affect me, since I had paid the Aramex fees back in November 2024 before the rule change.

On the day of my interview in April 2025, I passed the security check without any issues. But just before the interview, an embassy staff member reviewed my passport, appointment confirmation, and DS-160 confirmation page. She informed me that my DS-160 confirmation number did not match the one on my appointment record, and that I needed to reapply, reschedule my appointment, and submit a new DS-160 with the matching confirmation number. She gave me an instruction sheet and clarified that I would not need to pay the fees again. I noticed that I was not the only applicant facing this issue, several others had the same problem. From my understanding, before February 2025, the embassy accepted mismatched DS-160 and appointment confirmation numbers, but now they no longer do.

A few days later, I followed the instructions: I created a new DS-160 and scheduled a new appointment for early January 2026. I submitted this DS-160 in May 2025.

In July 2025, I lost my passport. I reported the loss to the police and received an official report to request a replacement. It took about 10 days to receive my new passport, which now has a different number, issue date, and expiry date.

While reviewing my DS-160, I also noticed another issue: in my travel plan section, I indicated that I would visit the USA in December 2025, which is incorrect since my new appointment is in January 2026.

I contacted a travel agency to ask for advice. The representative told me to keep everything as it is, and to simply inform the consular officer about the changes (new passport details and updated travel dates) during my interview. He warned me that if I submit another DS-160 now, I will receive a new confirmation number that will not match my current appointment, which could cause me to lose my slot.

My questions are:

1. Should I keep everything as it is and simply explain these changes to the consular officer during my interview? Will they be able to correct this information on the spot?

2. Is there any way to update my DS-160 with the new passport details and travel dates without losing my current appointment confirmation?

Thank you for your time and assistance. I look forward to your guidance.

Hello, my fiance filed for a K1 visa this April and it seems the process will take very long so I am here to get all the distractions I need lol

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/washington-state-employee-young-son-detained-by-ice-canadian-border/281-a2c9f151-800a-4346-812a-14f13328b6da

Sarah Shaw crossed into Canada mistakenly thinking she had the proper visa to return home to Everett. She and her 6-year-old son are now being held in Texas.

I thought this was interesting, well an example of the usual standard of Journalism sic and the GoFundMe is amusing https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-sarah-and-isaacs-fight-for-freedom

The story is contradictory as if her then husband had indeed sponsored her why would she be applying for a GC? And what Visa could she possibly have had had that was still valid 31/2 years later? The only one that fits would be the K3 but that seems highly unlikely.

My money is her coming as a visitor with presumably 3 children, marrying, maybe filing to adjust, divorcing and then VAWA. She has EAD but not AP.