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Hello everyone,

My brother's priority date under the F2B category is 27 August 2012, and he was documentarily qualified on 30 August 2023. We've been waiting for his interview at the U.S. embassy, but the process is taking longer than expected. He has three derivatives, and the eldest will turn 21 in September 2026.

We would like to take the necessary steps to complete and submit any required forms and documentation to ensure the eldest does not age out. I'm aware of the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA), but I'm unsure where or how to begin the process.

Any guidance or assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

I am currently married to my spouse of 10+ years who received a spouse visa when we were married and is now a US citizen. We will be getting a divorce this year. I have been in another relationship for the past 2 years with someone who I want to apply for a spouse visa once the divorce is finalized. We have a child together and have met several times.

My question is whether such a case might run into challenges due to the short amount of time between divorce and remarriage? Both my current spouse and future spouse are from a country with high rates of marriage immigration fraud.

I know my situation might draw some moral judgments and criticisms. That's fine- just please put them in a separate paragraph after your advice/comment about my question. Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I m helping my fianc (e) complete Form I-485 for adjustment of status after entering on a K-1 visa. We are now legally married. I (the U.S. citizen spouse) have children under 18 from a previous relationship.

My fianc (e), the one filing the I-485, does not have any biological or adopted children, only my children through marriage.

Question:

On Form I-485 where it asks Do you have any children? , should my fianc (e) answer No since the children are stepchildren and not their biological or adopted children? Or should they answer Yes because we are now married and my kids are technically their stepchildren?

Would appreciate any guidance or if anyone has faced a similar situation. Thanks!

Recently, I went for an interview the sponsor told me that, as the program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, I would have a fast interview. So I thought so. I realized something was wrong when they started asking me too many questions, and it took around 5 minutes. (Like what is my major, where do I work, what about my articles are and etc.)

In the end, I got a yellow paper with administrative processing checked. The same day, I received an email with a questionnaire (in general, they ask about my employment and educational background, including a question about my articles).

Probably, I got into this clearance because of AI, which is harmless my only research is about applying LLMs in education. But it looks like they decided to run me through a check.

The problem is that it s June 15th and my program starts on July 2 yes it s late, my interview was late because of USAID s recent pause, so after the program resumed, there was no time left.

In the end, after research, I found that administrative processing never takes less than 4 8 weeks, meaning I should not wait for approval I won t receive it in time. It just sounds weird the U.S. government already spent money on me, and they just put me into an administrative check black hole.

Isn t there anything I can do? At least I filled the questionnaire the same day it arrived. And we filled congressional inquiry, which probably wouldn t speed up things.

At first, I thought that if student interviews were paused, they would work on my case faster. But then I realized nope, they re too busy implementing new vetting, so probably my case will take even more time

Any chances? My sponsor told me they re unable to postpone the program.

Good day all. I've been reading the guides etc for bringing my adult son into the USA after becoming a naturalized citizen myself last year. I am very sad to see that this process could take up to 10 years or longer ? I found a thread differentiating between adult son/daughter that are already here ?? I believe it said that they file a I-485 for a green card and I file the I-130 as his sponsor. I can't seem to find more confirmation of this process. Can anyone shed further light on this ? Can He be in the USA living and working while we wait the 10+ years ? Thanks so much,