US Immigration from India

We filed an I-485 under F2A category in Jan 2022 with an already approved I-130 (early 2021).

I was current till April 2023, but then due to retrogression my category regressed to 2019 (ouch).

In August 2023, we were able to upgrade our category to IR1. Did not hear anything back from USCIS about the upgrade request but eventually a T2 agent confirmed that the request has indeed been upgraded. As of now, my case time has been 20 months. USCIS 80% time is 18.5 month for my FO (San Francisco).

But since the upgrade was done a month ago, I might have to wait a bit longer. Curious to hear from others who were upgraded in SF FO, how long did it take for your I-485 to finish?

We did an expedite request to both get the confirmation for upgrade and push for the case, but USCIS told us that the case is processing normally. This was before we spoke to a T2 agent. What do people recommend we should do (besides waiting that is)?

Hey Guys- i have filed for spouse and helped others file prior to the pandemic. So, for my parents, they got approval from USCIS on september 16. I was trying to call NVC today but seems like that "NVC process" thread on Visajourney is also dated. What happens now? they take emails from uscis forms? and we dont need to call and update anymore? they send welcome email and no point calling or trying to find the NVC Case number and IIN? i assume ds261,ds260 paying both bills and rest remains fairly straight forward and same? Please advise. or should i start posting an email to NVC weekly already? closing in on 2 weeks from intitial uscis approval notice/NOA2. Just need Case numbers to start and see if/when we can fill ds 261 and whatever first invoice comes up? and the coversheets/barcoded sheet? Thanks.

Aloha, I am Honolulu, Hawaii based American Citizen trying to being my Indian Parents to the US. They both are in their 60's, Should I apply for their Tourist Visa or Just Green Card directly?

Hey all. Our visa s status changed to issued finally, but we haven t gotten any further info/email/texts about where to go and how to fetch it. I know we designated that we d pick it up in Delhi, and the appointment papers indicate it s near Shivaji stadium on the metro line but we aren t sure if we need an appointment, or exactly where to go. Rather than just go wandering around, I decided to see if you lovely folks have some experience with it!

Thanks immensely!

I have filed for a K1 visa and a few days ago, my case was sent to Mumbai Consulate by NVC. The case is in the 'Ready' State. Per the instructions on https://www.ustraveldocs.com/in/en/immigrant-visa#kvisa, I did the following:

- filled and submitted the DS-160

- created profile on https://www.usvisascheduling.com/en-US/

- Paid fees for K1 after creating above profile

Now when I am looking to book the appointments for VAC and Consulate interview, I don't see any link to do so on https://www.usvisascheduling.com/en-US/

Is it because my K1 visa fees was only paid 12 hours ago and that I need to wait for some more time before I see the link to 'schedule appointment'?