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Sorry to start a new topic, but I ve been looking everywhere, forums, lawyers, even ChatGPT, and I m still very confused.

My mom is a lawful permanent resident (LPR) and filed an I-130 petition for my brother, who is currently under 21. The petition was filed in December 2023, and my brother will turn 21 in November 2025.

We ve spoken to two different immigration lawyers, and they gave us conflicting answers:

• One lawyer said that when we filed the I-130, the visa was current, and we could have filed for adjustment of status right away. (The last time the visa category for children of LPRs was current was in early 2023.) They also said that even if my brother turns 21, we can still apply for the green card once the I-130 is approved, and he won t age out.

• The other lawyer said the I-130 would take at least 3 years to be approved and that my brother would age out unless both the I-130 is approved and we file for adjustment of status or consular processing before he turns 21.

Because of this conflicting information, I started reading online forums and asking ChatGPT, but I keep getting mixed answers. Some say that children under 21 of LPRs are in the immediate relative category (like children of U.S. citizens), and others, including ChatGPT at times, say they fall under the F2A category and may have to wait 4 5 years.

According to USCIS's case processing times, the California Service Center currently takes up to 55 months to process an I-130 for a child of an LPR (F2A category).

I m now really worried that, unless something changes, the I-130 won t be approved before my brother turns 21, and that he will age out and lose eligibility under the F2A category.

Is there anything we can do to preserve his eligibility? Does the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) offer any protection in his case, and what steps should we take, if any, before he turns 21?

One last important detail: my brother is currently in the U.S. on a valid student visa and is expected to finish his studies by September or October of this year.

Any clear, fact-based guidance would be sincerely appreciated. We re overwhelmed with the conflicting advice and just want to make sure we do everything we can to help before it's too late.

Hi,

We (I am in the US, but parent is abroad) applied for B1/B2 visa in 2023 for the parent, had interview in early 2024, however no reply received so we wanted to ask senator to ask for case status at the State Dept. The website for TX Senator Ted Cruz asks for a privacy form and a letter outlining the case. https://www.cruz.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/ussenatorcruzimmigrationprivacyformfillable.pdf
A few questions about the form etc here:
Who is the petitioner and the beneficiary in this form linked above? Am I the petitioner and the parent the beneficiary? I guess ill put State Dept. info on case number etc where it asks for USCIS case info etc?
The record being asked for is for the parent, so should I sign this form?
How long does it take for the senator to reply and get the case status etc?

Thanks

It states on the NVC website: "If a visa is not available because of statutory limits on the number of visas, NVC cannot schedule your interview." Does anyone know the number of visas granted to each country by the U.S.? Or a website that might have that information?

Hi everyone! I m in the process of helping my fianc prepare for his K-1 visa, and we recently encountered a little uncertainty regarding the medical exam and vaccinations.

He had his medical exam today, and we learned that the facility doesn t administer vaccines, so he went ahead and got the MMR, Hep B, and DTP(diphtheria, tetanus, & polio) vaccines (instead of the Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) yesterday. We realized that he still might be missing the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine.

The doctor was impressed that he was proactive, and said he didn t need the pertussis vaccine for his visa, but we re not sure if that applies just to the K-1 visa or the whole Adjustment of Status (AOS) process. We really want to make sure everything is squared away now to avoid any extra costs later when he comes to the U.S.

For anyone who is around the same age (27 or so) and recently went through the K-1 or AOS process, could you share if you were required to get the pertussis vaccine (as part of the Tdap)? Or if it wasn t necessary for the visa process?

Thanks so much for any insight you can provide!

So my wife's n400 has been rejected twice. I am a bit confused as to what we are doing wrong in regards to the reduced fee amount. I have included pics of our receipt letter and part 10 of the form. Our check was for 380 which the fee schedule shows. Any idea what we are doing wrong?

As for the other things mentioned in rejection we figured out and believe we have corrected. My wife messed up filling out page 3 of n400. When she reprinted a new page a new edition of the form came out. Page 3 was new edition and rest was old edition. Old edition is accepted for few more weeks but the mix of the 2 had them put page 3 back by the evidence and say it was missing. Could this have anything to do with the fee problem?