US Immigration from Bangladesh

My mother (LPR) applied for my 3 brothers (F2A) in June 2018. Their cases were approved February 2021. Interview has yet to be scheduled.

I received a letter from USCIS in December 2023 with an update about their case status. The letter states the case is documentarily complete and simply waiting for an interview date at the embassy in Bangladesh. The letter lists their Priority Date as June 2018 and their category is still F2A, even though all brothers are above 21 years old now.

The current PD listed on this page is November 2019.

What are we missing here? How did their PD get skipped?

I m the petitioner and sponsor of my wife but I make slightly above the poverty guideline so I m thinking of combining my mom s income who lives with me. Since she files her taxes jointly with my dad, does my dad also need to sign his own I-864a? Or can I use only one of my parent s income even if they file taxes jointly?

When I completed my year of OPT, I emailed my school and this was the correspondence:

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I also had a question regarding my visa. My VISA expired in November 2021 and I renewed it in my country when I went to visit. The renewal was for five years.
If I end my F1-status on Accessvis, does that negate the renewal? I am planning to return for graduate school next year after going back home. Would I basically have to start the F1 process all over again or would it be easier since its already valid for the next 5 years?

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Thank you for reaching out.

A visa stamp in a passport is a travel document. The visa needs to be valid at the time you enter the U.S. Once you are granted permission to enter the U.S., it's your F-1 status that is your legal permission to be present in the U.S.

Based on your plans to return home and attend graduate school in 2024, you will need to end your F-1 status. To return to the U.S. in the future, you would work with your school to obtain a new (initial) I-20 that will have a new SEVIS ID number. We would recommend that you reapply for an F-1 visa at that time so that your SEVIS ID number matches on your visa and your I-20, however, that is a question you could consult with your school about in the future.

I'm not entirely sure what this means.

I called my embassy and the lady on the helpdesk said yes the 5-month rule applies since its a new i20 so I have to schedule an F1 visa again.

I really do not want the hassle of applying for a new F1 Visa, scheduling an interview, or doing the interview drop box if the embassy DOES NOT control admission into the US. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) does. They are a part of Homeland Security. Fully separate from Department of State and embassies.

I thought the CBP doesn't care if you continue to use a valid visa. Their response for the last decade plus has been, "a valid visa is a valid visa".

Would it be sufficient to notify my school before I receive the i20 that I have a renewed F1 visa? Also, on my renewed visa there is an annotation with my practical training date on it. Would this affect my arrival at the US port of entry?

Hi all, I filed for ROC a couple weeks ago and it says Vermont Service Center (VSC) is handling our case. We live in Washington State, and from what I ve seen WA State is not under VSC jurisdiction.

Is this unusual?

Hello,

My parents are in the US for 5 years as Permanent Residents. Currently we are planning to apply for citizenship (N-400). I'm not sure if they are qualified to have an interpreter (me) during the interview. But if it doable, can you please inform me how it can be done? and what/when to submit the paperwork about this?

Note: Based on my research, I found that G-1256 from needs to be signed before the interview and request for interpreter needs to be informed to USICS in advance. But I'm not sure about the process on how to tell USICS about the in advance about interpreter. If you can please shade some light on this, i will highly appreciate it.