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Hi everyone, I am now on CEAC 6-step stage with NVC. I am sponsoring my siblings in Vietnam. I am submitting AOS documents. My name on birth certificate is different than my name on all other paperworks. Do I need to submit name change certificate with birth certificate, citizenship certificate...I do not have a name change certificate. I did not submit one with I-130 form at USCIS, and still got approved.

Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone,

I m facing a confusing situation with my immigration case and I d really appreciate any insight from others who may have been through something similar.

My father is a lawful permanent resident and filed an I-130 for me in the F2A category on July 7, 2021. I was born on February 25, 2001, and was under 21 when the petition was filed. However, due to long delays, USCIS did not start actively reviewing the petition until September 9, 2022, and only approved it on January 3, 2024 more than 2.5 years later.

When my case was transferred to the NVC, it initially appeared as F24, but later I was granted CSPA protection, and on September 25, 2024, my visa category was properly updated to F22. I received the Start Now document collection message on October 1, 2024, and got access to CEAC.

Due to personal circumstances, I wasn t able to submit my DS-260 and civil documents immediately, so I contacted NVC on January 14, 2025 to ask how to keep my case active. They replied on January 17, 2025, stating that as long as I didn t let more than one year go by without contact, my case would remain active and that logging into CEAC also counts as contact.

Following their advice, I submitted my DS-260 and financial documents on August 4, 2025, which is clearly within the 1-year window. But on August 18, 2025, I noticed my visa category had somehow reverted back to F24, which contradicts my previously granted CSPA status.

I ve submitted an AskNVC inquiry with attached PDF proof of their prior messages and my timeline, but haven t received a response yet.

Has anyone here seen a similar situation where CSPA was granted and then the category reverted? Did they fix it? I m just trying to stay hopeful. Any thoughts or experiences would be appreciated.

Thanks!

I need feedback of any K-1 applicants who are NOT South African Nationals. There is K-1 interview scheduled to be next month for an applicant residing in another African country due to his employment. He is NOT from South Africa. We are having trouble 1. finding information about bringing a Spanish interpreter for the interview 2. A document review appointment needed 2 weeks prior to the interview. The issue is the applicant may not be able to attend that document review appointment and we fear his interview may get cancelled. I have emailed both JohannesburgIV@state.gov and SouthAfrica.Visas@gdit-gss.com. Still waiting on responses, but time is ticking. Also calling the consulate only resulted in pointing us back to their website... Any insight will be immensely appreciated.

Hi!

Two questions about the I864A:

1) If my household sponsor, my mother, doesn't know her retirement date, should we just leave out filling in the date? Or should she give an approximate date?

2) If my mother's surname on my birth certificate is now different, will I have to ask my mother for her marriage certificate with my step dad?
For example...her name on my birth certificate says Jennifer Smith, but now she's Jennifer Smith Jones. Or, will this detail not matter to USCIS?

Hi, I just gor my greencard last monday and now want to visit my home country as soon as possible. I just suffered a loss of a family member and I am planning to go over there for around 6 weeks. After that I am hoping to start a job here in the U.S. (already applying atm).

Traveling abroad should not be an issue, right? For returning back to the U.S. I was gonna bring my marriage cert, my greencard and the approval letter and maybe a few more USCIS docs I received throughout the last months.

The only thing that worries me a bit is that my passport still is in my "old name" while my greencard has my new name (we hyphenated our last names). However, that should be covered by having the marriage cert. as proof of legal name change, is that correct?

I was going to book my flight tickets in the name that my passport shows (= old name).

Some confirmation or anything else I may need to worry about would be very much appreciated here. thank you!