US Immigration from Canada

Hello,

First of all, I would like to thank you for sharing any information you have related to the progress of your visa process. This platform has been a useful resource for me and many, and I want to thank you for that.

As the post title suggests, I have applied for Green Card under F11 category. my PD is 7-Dec-2015 and my documents were DQ'ed on 1-Feb-2022. I submitted documents early 2021 before they were qualified in 2022. I have a couple questions:

• How is the interview date notified? Is it through email or a letter? If I recall correctly, all communications were through email.
• Are the photos taken in 2021 still valid? Would I need to get new photos once I get the interview date?
• What other documents would I need to refresh or renew since it has already been more than a year since the submission date?

I would appreciate any information you could share that will be relevant to my case.

Thanks!

Hey Guys,

A question for ya all if you guys know or can explain.

Currently a Permanent Resident with a Green Card- applied i-130 for a Canadian born unmarried over 21 child over 5 years ago (2017) still under process.

Want to file for a USA citizenship n-400

If the citizenship process is completed and the petitioner become citizen of USA before i-130 is approved what will the category of i-130 (would still be "filed by PR GC holder") Do you have to inform USCIS in writing that the petitioner of form i-130 is a US Citizen now

Would the filed i130 classification change for Permanent Resident to filed by a USA Citizen. I think it will not - I just want to make sure that there is no mix up at the that end (meaning Form i-130).

I hope I didn't confuse ya all

thanks

s

Hello,

Using this platform to see if anyone is or has been in the same boat.

My spouse was sponsored for an EB3 VISA. after a year of waiting for an interview, it happened in Montreal this past August 22nd. I wasn t able to provide my medical as my doctor has postponed my appointment because of covid. We attended the interview, my spouse received an approval right away, and I was refused and presented with a 221g refusal letter, due to lack of medical. That is understandable. The medical was submitted to them electronically two days after the interview (Aug 24th). So far no news and they have my passport.

As per their page, there was an update made on the file the 16th of Sept (8 business days ago). But nothing yet. I am wondering if I should get concerned?

Anyone has been through something similar?

thank you,

J

I am petitioning for my wife s green card, and we are at the NVC stage. My father is joint sponsor with me. I have a question concerning supporting documents for the AOS.

The platform clearly states: You MUST bring all of your original documents (not a photocopy) to your interview at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate.

We have a scan of my father's passport bio page. Does this mean my wife would have to bring his original passport to the interview? Or would a regular color printout of this page work? Or a notarized copy?

I assume that in this case, a regular printout is OK, but does anybody have any experience with this?

So I'm definitely not like most lol - I filed for the K1 Visa in August of this year.
For background, I am the petitioner - Male, I filed for my beneficiary in Canada - female.

Now for the odd-ball situation I'm in. My parents never married, they are still together (I believe they filed Domestic Partnership). I have my mother's last name and not my father's.
I have been wanting to do a last name change to match that of my father's plus my wife-to-be wishes to have this last name also.

Now, for the question you may not have the answer too.
I, the male - should I initiate the court proceedings now to get a legal last name change or should I wait until after the K1 is approved, get married and do a name change and my wife would also have to do the same - essentially a not so "bang for a buck" idea haha.
Really what I'm trying to figure out, is if I can do a last name change now and send the documents to USCIS as an "update" to my name.

• I am in California so I cannot put my father's last name on a marriage certificate because... California doesn't allow it cause I'm not "associated" even though my birth certificate says otherwise but hey! whatever, its the gov't lol. I wish I knew this sooner cause I would've updated it prior to filing...

Is there possibly a way to reach out and find this information out from USCIS? I have tried googling but unfortunately I'm the minority here ... since I'm a guy...

tl;dr - male petitioner wants to change last name but already filed K1, can I do court proceedings to change legal last name or should I wait?

I don't want the K1 Visa to be null and void for something that I see as submitting as a simple update/supplement.