US Immigration from Belarus

This is me absolutely being nutty about things, but I just booked tickets for my wife (and new puppy) to go to Florida for the Thanksgiving holiday. My wife has a DC driver's license - thank goodness that got done - that does say 'temporary' on it but is valid until March 2023. I booked the tickets under her married name, but I just want to make sure the license is sufficient to show at TSA. Upon scanning it will they also need the passport or AOS I-797 proof because she's still a foreign national?

Thank you kindly! I presume I know the answer but I have 24 hours to correct the mistake if there is one

We just received the paper form today with log-in instructions for our USCIS account. I noticed that most of our supporting evidence was uploaded as PDF attachments; however, not everything included in our packet was there, including cover letters and a very important piece of evidence for the I-864.

Will the adjudicator be able to see the entire packet or only what s posted? I see I can upload additional documents, but am unsure whether to (at least) resubmit the I-864 evidence that s seemingly missing. TIA.

Hello,

I'm completely at a loss. My adopted daughter's I-130 has been stuck at the National Benefits Center for 14.5 months now. My wife already got an approval for her i130 at Potomac.

Currently I cannot get any information about NBC processing timeline because they don't post it for NBC and I'm not in the US, so USCIS won't open an advanced inquiry if I have a foreign zip code. My only option is to send them a message through the inbox system to which they haven't responded.

I have found that I was able to file an N-600K application for my daughter. She meets all the criteria. The only problem is I would have to get her a B2 visa for her interview in the US, but I'm ready to do this if I need to.

Can I file an N-600K if her I130 is processing at NBC?

Note to mods: Please please don't merge this thread to my wife's case, it has nothing to do with the question I asked there! Thank you.

Good afternoon! My fiancee will be filling soon for AoS after our marriage and I was just curious about how long it's taking to get NOA1. I recall from the I-129F process, we received a text a week or two after our packet was received, but couldn't actually 'see' the NOA1 until it was physically sent to us in the mail (there was no online account). My understanding from reading these progress threads is that you all are receiving texts that are letting you into an online account, which I presume to contain NOA1.

I ask because our wedding is on the 51st day of entry and we'll be filing for AoS within the following week (we have been busy planning the wedding as we've been together for almost 7 years and wanted to do as much as we could). We've been fortunate that our K1 interview was literally just last month so our financial materials and medical DS-3025 are still up-to-date. I just want to ensure that we'd have proof of our filing through the NOA1 before the 90 days are up (we ll be filing around day 59, likely earlier).

Separately (perhaps better for another thread, but I'll try here anyway): is it advisable to change last name immediately after marriage, or does that complicate things later on? We already have a SSN with her current, maidan name. The AoS guide here (this is still the updated one, correct?) doesn't mention anything about using a new last name, but I've seen it mentioned elsewhere.

TIA!

Greetings everyone!

I'm completely puzzled by the USCIS response to my I-130 case for my wife (of 10 years) and my adopted daughter (over 7 years) and our common son of 8 (US citizen through CRBA).

I applied for an I-130 on June 20th, 2021 for my wife & daughter. I applied for an expedite request on January 16th, 2022, because of humanitarian reasons as we were located in Belarus and I had issues with the local government because of the war in Ukraine and them harassing US citizens.

The expedite request was accepted and we received an official letter from DHS on March 13, 2022 stating that the expedite request cannot be reviewed because my wife's case has been recently approved and to await a confirmation on my online USCIS account and a confirmation letter through the mail.

I've waited for over 3 months, I kept calling USCIS and they said that they saw this letter in their system but it doesn't look like the case has been approved.

I finally called USCIS again about a month ago and requested to speak to a Tier 2 agent, I was scheduled a call which took 30 days to receive. The agent was courteous and after explaining my situation to him he genuinely seemed concerned for our wellbeing. He reviewed the DHS letter and said that this is a certain mistake on the part of USCIS as my case has not been approved and they didn't review my expedite request. Here's what boggles my mind, he said that if I was in the US, he would be able to schedule an appointment for me at the local office in Philadelphia and they would then approve my expedite solely based on the fact that USCIS has made an error during processing of my original request. However, because I'm not in the US at this time, they can't do anything and he said he can only send my case for a follow-up back to the Potomac office. He asked me to attach any proof for my expedite request to my online account, which I did. Two weeks later I received a response saying the expedite request has been denied because the Potomac director decided so.

What I would like to know is: Where's the law or document or court order stating that the USCIS can approve expedite requests based on their error ONLY if the applicant is located in the USA? Why is this not explained anywhere? Why do I have to travel to the US to have USCIS fix their error?

I will definitely be calling my congressman about this one as it's a clear error on USCIS's part for which I have paid with having to wait for over 6 months and having to move my entire family temporarily to Poland because of safety concerns for my life and my wife's life.

Does anyone have any experience with something like this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.