US Immigration from Brazil

I didn't know how to write the title concisely, I apologize.

I filed for I-130 for each my wife and son (step son to me) on November 28, 2022. And we have been in the long silent countdown that is USCIS ever since. Based on averages here of other US/Brazil submissions (which I take with a grain of salt), we should hear approval around end of October. I know that was unlikely but still. In June we noticed our online countdown move from 3 months to 1 week and we got excited at the random promotion in time. But, when the countdown expired we were just left with "Your case is taking longer than expected to process" message, which was frustrating because technically it wasn't even past the original countdown. However, today I got a message and the system restarted our countdown clock and saying 7 months. If accurate, at this point that would be 18 months total and well beyond the 14th months Nebraska is showing as 80%.

The more concerning part is that the I-130 application is now showing a received date now of October 12th, 2023 even though it has had the received date of November 28th like everything else (including the receipt). It almost feels like they are starting us all over.

Has anyone else seen this happen and have any idea as to what may be happening?

As much I was trying to keep my hopes in check, I really thought that we were getting towards the end of the USCIS portion in the next few months.

We waited for the 90 days prior window to open. We carefully prepared and sent the removal of conditions packet before travelling to immigrant's home country for a wedding celebration (3 years of waiting to finally hold a wedding in her country). By some twisted fate, the USCIS decided to act with lightning speed and schedule an appointment in the short term. I got back and received the mail 2 days after the appointment had passed. Since then, we have called 3 times, I have uploaded a letter as additional evidence to our case, and we have gotten absolutely nowhere, all under constant threat of our application being discarded.

The first call, we were given a reference number and told to wait for the rescheduling. It never happened. Our second call, the gal was a little more helpful. Unfortunately, a few days lot we got an email saying we could reschedule online, as if this were a solution. It' wasn't, of course, as we cannot reschedule online. We called back to try again, since the canned solution does us no good, and guess what? We can't make another request for an additional 30 days. I guess it wouldn't be a "visa journey" without some mind-numbing incompetence strewn along the way.

For those interested, this link covers important details about rescheduling, as well as good cause. If you want to go a step further, you can even find a pdf of the policy manual explaining what is considered good cause:

https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/uscis-launches-online-rescheduling-of-biometrics-appointments

At this point we are wondering if we can just get to the time where we can apply for citizenship since that is easier than trying to re-schedule biometrics.

As the title says - my husband and I applied for the CR1 a little after we got our K1 NOA2. Before applying for the CR1, my husband sent a notarized letter to USCIS clarifying the situation and formally withdrawing from the K1 application. He didn't get any confirmation letter or anything from them yet (and we don't even know if we ever will).

Today we got an email from the embassy in my country with the instructions for me to prepare for the K1 interview. My first thought was to just ignore it but now I wonder if ignoring it will mess up our CR1 application in the future. Should I update the embassy or try getting in touch with USCIS? Or both?

Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone,

My wife and I filled ours N-400 on the same day (June 16th, 2023) - she was called for an interview in about 2 months after, was approved and is going in for the oath ceremony this Friday. All in her process took a little under 3 months.

We were hoping we would be doing this together but mine hasn't even moved to field office for interview, it still says under review. She even asked the USCIS officer during her interview and he said it's still under review and didn't have more info.

I'm wondering if this is common and what I should expect. We have an international trip coming in December so I'm trying to anticipate what I might need to do.

Thanks!

Giuliano

So recently I ve been to the DMV to get a learners permit and they said there was an error when they scanned my green card! I had my green card interview back in March and got my green card a few weeks later. They did not tell me much about the error but it was something like USCIS havent updated my status on their system. I believe I m still a K1 holder on their system when it should be as a permanent resident? I m so confused. How should I proceed?