US Immigration from Ethiopia

Hello everyone,

I have something bothers me this days when I read the required documents to file I130 one of the required documents from the checklists is Evidence of a bona fide marriage ,my question is we got so much proof or documents we can share to uscis but we didn't put enough documents cause we taught that we can share it on the next step on NVC because most of the documents are plenty and its difficult to download in the online site and we taught that what we share was enough, now my question is can we share more documents after we file on uscis account right now while still reviewing ?or its just no use to do that now or the documents we already share by itself is enough?

Thanks for help.

Hi all,

We just had a meeting with an immigration lawyer that was less than helpful in getting answers. I am coming here in hopes that someone already has experience and can speak to how this works.

1) Spouse arrived on CR-1 in June 2022. He doesn't have a green card yet (were told at airport this could take a year due to the backlog).Also told we need to file our I-751 within 90 days of our 2 year wedding anniversary (Nov 2022).

This is different than I previously thought, I thought it was within 90 days of his 2 year anniversary ENTERING the country. As we don't have a card with an expiration...

Q1: What is the actual timeframe for filing?

2) Spouse is African. When we're there, he is known by his given name and father's name (last name). His legal name, however, and thus, on US documentation, he is given name, GRANDfather's name (father's name has become his middle name here). Lawyer said he wasn't sure, but probably to wait for the interview that will come with the I-751 and ask the officer if his name can be changed at that time to match his African identity (given name, father's name).

Q2: Has anyone changed their name for reasons other than marriage, and if so, how did you do it?

Any insights are appreciated!

What is the timeline for K1 at the US embassy in Addis Ababa?

7 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

You must contact the new consulate, then request a transfer. They might want proof of legal residence.

I got my NOA2 on May 18. No NVC case number yet obviously. I am aware we have to email the embassy we intend to transfer to, however are we able to do that with no case number? Just the uscis receipt number? NVC shut down their phone line and they probably won t email our case number until it s already sent to our old embassy and that s too late. I m stressed

Hi guys, so I think this is a common issue when a case transferred to the embassy and waits for months. I am trying to ask for experience like that on how to make the embassy work on my file. I tried to send emails with health reasons asking to be able to have interview but it doesn't seem to be working. Any ideas. My case is k1 been at US embassy for over 2 months now. They haven't sent any emails and there is no slots available to book an appointment. Thank you.