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I am originally from the UK. I have a 10 year green card - It needs to be renewed March 2027. I have just received the news that my Father has Lung Cancer. I will be returning back to the UK this summer for a few weeks to be with him. Right now he seems in good spirit and is undergoing various tests to see how advanced the cancer , if it has spread and what the treatment plan will be (We find out next week). Once I have made my initial visit back to the UK I plan to apply to get my green card renewed. I have heard that there is a long wait time for this - I'm scared I will get the dreaded call to come home while my green card is in the process of renewal and that I have not received my new one. Is there a document that USCIS can issue for me to travel back and forth to the UK while my new green card application will be pending?

Have anyone receive a notice to pay for green card processing after arriving USA? Is that the next step?

Hi everyone!

My fianc (American) and I (French) are in the process of obtaining a K1 visa. We received our case number from NVC on March 18th, 2026, and I was wondering how long it would take for the NVC to forward our case to the Paris embassy. I have already done some research online, but I would like to know if anyone from France has gone through this process recently and could eventually enlighten me.

Also, does anyone know if there is any backlog right now, or if the process should be fairly smooth? I am hoping to have my VISA by the end of summer.

Thank you so much!

With Trump's visa restrictions for Nigerian citizens and other countries, if a petitioner files I-485 for a Nigerian citizen after the visa restrictions started, will the petition be processed and approved or will it be blocked due to the restrictions on Nigerian citizens?

Our case was DQ'd October 14, 2025 and is still at the NVC. The IV Scheduling Status tool states that the " NVC is currently scheduling documentarily complete cases with visas available from October 2025". We have yet to hear anything, and we've been expecting something any day now, all month.

I'm curious what the timeline has been for others at this stage of the process. If we don't get a notice for an interview by the end of the month should I contact the NVC for status on our case? Should I wait into April, even though they might start working on cases DQ'd in November?

I've been marking time concerning a lot of decisions until I get the interview notice.