US Immigration from Brazil

Hi all -- My fianc will change his legal gender (currently female, changing to male) and legal full name at some point after he arrives in the states. I'm trying to figure out what point in the adjustment process it would be easiest for him to change it.

I was wondering if rolling the first/middle name change into the marriage last name change would work best? We plan to pick a new last name together for both of us and switch to it together a few months after we get married. But I think he'd be okay with taking my last name for now if that would make it easier to change his first/middle (and then we both change our last names later on).

If anyone has had experience with this, or with changing legal gender marker during the adjustment of status process, please let me know. I really appreciate any assistance! ^^

Hi! Just a quick question: I'm American and my son is American; his mother is Italian. We live in Italy and are not married. Is the only way for us to go back to the US as a family via marriage? There is no visa in place for the mother of an American citizen minor?

I need some help figuring out the i-134 situation, I am the petitioner for K-1 visa for my Brazilian fiancee. We received a email from the consulate on Aug 18 with instructions to complete ds 160, schedule interview, get background checks from local and federal back ground checks, schedule medical appt, etc I was able to schedule a interview on Oct 8 without realizing the i-134 may be an issue. I'm not sure if this email I have is a P 3 letter, or not. It does not have any instructions to complete i-134. How long is needed for the i-134 to process? Will I be required to go for an in person interview in my city (Denver). Will it be possible to complete this before Sep 21 ( Im going to Italy for a wedding and directly to Brazil on Oct 1 to be with my fiancee for the interview). Thanks in advance for your help!

Dear all

Do we have anyone here who got a NVC expedite approval for visa interview, while not being a health professional nor a person with real emergency need?

(I mean, simply being a EB visa applicant with a support letter from their employer).

I am trying to understand whether a case can be expedited without being considered an emergency by the consular officers.

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Hello everyone.

I am trying to understand how far away from getting an interview date my case is at the moment.

Does anyone here know what is going on right now at the US consulate in Rio?

So far I have heard a few things:

1) family-based cases backlog is gone. They are now taking care of tiers 2 & 3 out of the backlog priority list.

2)they are only taking care of students and au pairs at the moment.

3) they are processing all kinds of visas at the same time.

So what is going on there right now?