US Immigration from India

Hello All,

My fiancee has some concerns about overstaying in U.S. once he comes. We both understand that we must get married within 90 days. From there we would file for his adjustment of status, but he is wondering how long he can remain in U.S. once the AOS has been filed. My understanding is that once we have married, we would file for AOS, and he would be legal to remain for however long it takes for them to finish processing. However, he is worried that if there is no defined expiration, immigration could just kick him out and give him a ban at any time. When you apply for AOS are you given some sort of timeline for continuing to remain in the U.S. that is written on paper?

Hey All,

Our petition was approved in December, and we just recently were notified that the NVC would be sending it to the consulate in my beneifciary's country. Due to recent unexpected job loss, we are concerned about finances suddenly being a reason to deny our K1 visa. We both have assets and savings, and I am of course looking for new employment. Our i-129F is going to expire in March, IF I am understanding the timeline correctly (please correct me if I am mistaken!). Has anyone had to request a delay for an additional four months to revalidate the i-129F and been successful? Thank you!

Hey All,

Our petition has been approved (YAY) and have received the notification from the NVC that the petition is now on its way to my beneficiary's consulate. I am wondering once they contact him about making a visa appointment, does he get a choice in when it takes place or will it be assigned to him? Here's why it matters: I'm currently receiving roughly 3k monthly in unemployment income after becoming displaced at my job of 8 years. I am of course looking for new work and hope to find it soon, and neither of us saw this coming. Prior to the job loss, I was making very good money, I am an educated profressional and was well above and beyond the 125% poverty guidelines requirement. Although I receive unemployment at present, and have savings, we do believe that without gainful employment, our chances are at risk. I'm just wondering if he will have some wiggle room in when he schedules his appointment e.g. "within 3 months, within 6 months" etc. so that we can ensure I am employed again by the time of the interview. Thanks for any information or insight!

During filling DS-260 at NVC stage, there is column "Mother surnames at Birth" in Family Section. Should we fill Mother's maiden surname in this column along with first name and middle name at her birth in "Given name" column or is it fine to put current name as present in Passport, which is now her legal name? We have filled current name as per passport for mother in the I130A form (i130 petition is already approved) in the Mother's maiden name column in Parent's Section.

Kindly guide, whether we can put same current name as mentioned in I130A and as per passport in this DS-260 "Mother surnames at Birth" column to avoid discrepancy between I130A and DS-260 forms or will there be any issue during Consular visa processing interview if we put current legal mother's name as mentioned in passport in "Mother surnames at Birth" column in DS-260 form Family Section?

Hello Team,

I am applying permanent residence for my dad who is currently in the US on Visitor visa. (Mom passed away recently). Iam filling his i-485 and have the below questions -

1. Part 4- Information about parent/SPOUSE
   1. Dad's mom has no Family name- What should be entered?
   2. Dad's parents DOB is unknown - DO we enter Unknown?
   3. Information about current spouse- DO we enter anything here (Since Mom passed away )
2. Part 16 and 17 regarding SSN- Do I need SSN for my Dad? He retired long back and will not work.
3. Can the i-485 be signed electronically or do we need physical signature (Asking because he is currently with my other sister in a different state)?
4. Every page has an A-Number. can we leave it blank?