US Immigration from Colombia

Hello! I am in a similar situation. Our interview was Feb 24, 2025 and received a 221g yellow paper and passports returned. The 221g stated to send in new original birth certificates and the passports at the same time. The docs were received by the embassy on March 12, 2025. Since then we are in a holding pattern waiting. I know the "holy week" stuff happened. But we are getting so stressed out because of this. Is there any update on your progress?

Question, is uscis checking cases by categories? I mean, see spouses cases come approved first than children under 21 years old ? We filed for my daughters husband f2a, because he is LPR.

I am a US Citizen married my Colombian wife 3 years ago she has a 16 year old son who lives with us in the US. We are filling out the N400 to begin the Citizenship paper work for my wife. Do I file for my step son the 16 year old now as well and fill out a separate N400 form for him? Not sure how to or do I have to wait ? He has green card as well like my wife.

Hello, all.

To make a long story short, I am a US citizen and my husband has been in the US as a permanent resident since May of 2023. We were married in Colombia in 2019, began his process of immigrating under the CR-1 Visa program, which eventually became an IR-1 during the long delays of the pandemic, and he was issued a Green Card around the time he relocated here in 2023. It was a long road, and now we may have more to do.

Considering the current political climate, especially as it relates to immigration and LGBTQ+ rights, we are thinking about what steps we need to take in order to protect our marriage and his immigration status in the (seemingly likely) event that Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) is overturned, perhaps as soon as this Summer. My understanding is that this would send the issue of same-sex marriage back to the states, and being in Georgia, it's likely same-sex marriage would once again become illegal here. Fortunately, for now, the language of the Respect for Marriage Act (2022) should protect a certificate that we obtain in a reliably blue state. So, we're thinking of doing just that. But, I have some questions that I have not been able to answer with my research so far.

1. Can anyone confirm that our Colombian certificate would, indeed, be nullified if same-sex marriage becomes illegal in the state of Georgia? I'm pretty confident the answer would be yes, even in spite of the Respect for Marriage Act, but have not been able to confirm for sure.
2. Would there be any problem having both our Colombian certificate and a US certificate issued by, say, the state of California? I've seen that requirements for marriage licenses/certificates explicitly state that you cannot already be married, of course. But I have not been able to determine if this applies to foreign certificates.
   • If it would pose a problem, what would we need to do?
3. Once we have said US marriage certificate, would we need to provide any updates to any immigration authorities?

Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you all and stay resilient in these uncertain times.

Derek & JP

My wife is now in the fourth year of waiting for her AOS. We filed this past September (2024) for the renewal of her work authorization (which she received) and advanced parole, which hasn t been received and could be another year of waiting. We re contemplating going to speak with an immigration lawyer about our case to see what we should do. We live in South Florida (Fort Lauderdale area), looking for any recommendations for attorneys.