US Immigration from Brazil

So my husband has an F-1 (opt) visa. He's been here since 2016. His opt began in 2024. We began the marriage based green card process in January 2025. He received his EAD in March. However, the green card application is still processing, but his visa is expiring in July of 2025. Should we fill out the form I-539, or is it okay to wait until the green card application processes. I understand without this form and the green card is denied he has to leave, so should we do it as precaution? Or is it necessary because his visa is expiring?

Hello All,

I'm sure all of us who are "in-waiting" pay attention to the estimated times for acceptances, biometrics, interviews and the like. I know those are based on the most extreme case averages mostly. I'm not certain this would be any metric for anything, but my wife and I filed in early January of 2025, and we just got an update to both our I-485 and I-130 cases. Both elements have now had an interview scheduled for early July. We're excited that it seems the progress is much quicker than expected given we were originally told 15-18 months to even get an interview or potentially receive the GC. We understand that it could be some time after the interview before the GC is mailed, but we're thrilled this seems to be moving along rather reasonably. Is this time frame aligning with others in our same situation?

My wife already has her EAD, so that was adjudicated prior. The disappointment was that we filed an I-131 for Advanced Parole, and now it appears we may get the GC before the Advanced Parole is even approved. Only reason we did that was because we were told the Advanced Parole would most likely come before the GC. The downside there is the money spent for the form, to not even get the cost out of expenditure. All that matters to us is that we get some of this process behind us and can happily continue forward!!

I m currently filing my wife's N-400 online and gathering the documents to apply based on the 5-year rule. She has been a permanent resident since October 2017 and has only traveled outside the U.S. once, for two weeks. However, I noticed that her passport does not have a re-entry stamp showing her return to the U.S. What should I do in this case?

HI. My Husband filed my petition online (I-130) in hopes of getting the Receipt notice immediately, and save papers when mailing the I-485 (AOS) concurrently. However, it has been 40 days and no mail of the receipt notice received, and no PDF file of the receipt notice available for printing on his online USCIS account. We only have the receipt number as provided on the online status ("Case Received and notice of receipt has been sent"). My husband is a US. I am from Brazil. This is my second time to visit US and decided to stay for good. my I-94 recent travel has stay validity until July 2025 though. We are very anxious on how long can be a concurrent filing be accepted since we cant mail the I-485 without the actual copy of the receipt notice. We now regret this move and should've just filed I-130 by paper together with I-485 as concurrent.

We are wondering if a receipt number is enough, and writing a statement to explain why there's no notice of receipt received to be attached on the concurrent filing, and provide the payment receipt of the online I130 and the page copy of the online USCIS account of my husband that details the status, history, and receipt number of the online I130 filed. Reddit and Youtube are not helpful either.

If someone had a similar situation, I would greatly appreciate if you share your experience, and provide the steps you took with this situation.

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