US Immigration from Honduras

Getting prepared to petition for USC s parents. They came to the US uninspected over 30 years ago, left voluntarily 29 years ago without coming to the attention of CBP or USCIS (no removal/entry denial records). One parent did fly back home out of the US.

Does this get reported by their best memory? Not sure if there s any documentation to use, since there are no A numbers or Social Security numbers to work with. I thought of doing a FOIA request but I don t know if a name and birthdate with no other identifying information are enough.

Has anyone on here worked with this situation before?

I've seen several different styles of K1 Visa packets. Binders with sheet protectors, top fastener style, folder with paper clips, etc.

What did you use and why? What is preferred in 2023 since they seem to be scanner more and more now?

New to the process and just beginning to put things together. My future husband is in Honduras and we have already met once and planning on a second meet in April.

The I-129F form requires a "passport style" photo to be attached. What is the best option to get this from him? Normally, I would go to the local post office or Walgreens to get this done but there there are few options. He can get a photo but how would it get to me? In other words, is there an electronic option I am overlooking which I could print here in the US? Thanks!

We all hate the asking for a friend questions, but this is following a conversation I had with someone I met through here. I actually met the immigrant s spouse here as he had a K1 visa for someone from the same country as my spouse and was also a same sex marriage they would have to petition. We texted a bit about the process.

We kept in touch regularly with the immigrant spouse for several years. The USC had serious emotional issues and it was worsened by the fact Covid hit a month after he got here (lockdown).

They divorced in January of this year and it s final. There are some saved texts and voice messages that are abusive.

He can file for ROC as a divorced person and saved documents. Is there any advantage in filing as VAWA or would it add an unnecessary layer? I did give the number to an attorney to ask but I was curious if anyone knew if one route was more beneficial? The 90 day window for ROC opens later this month.

He discounted VAWA as an option thinking it was for physical abuse only.

We are in the process of getting the I-130 filled out and the documents acquired when we noticed there are possible red flags.

First as I believe you only need the Birth Certificate of Petitioner and Birth Certificate of Beneficiary so we have my wife's and her mother's documents, but we realized that her mother's name is spelled wrong. One of her last names is missing a letter. We don't know when that happened. We have to wait until March to get back there just to fix it. How much of an issue is that really?

Second, apparently my Mother-in-law over-stayed a visa 20 years ago. Is there a form to submit along with the I-130 about that or do you just admit it when they ask last time you visited the US?

Lastly the father-in-law is concerned about the USCIS doing any research on him for some reason. I believe its an issue with multiple marriages or something. (This is why the daughter is applying for her mother and not him. He is a US Citizen.) So they want to fill out the form and just leave him off it completely. The docs we have show she isn't married, but the issue we have is the overstay. They reason for the overstay was she was visiting her husband. There is no official divorce papers which they wouldn't want to send anyways.

So how much of predicament are we in?