US Immigration from Lebanon

Hello everyone,

F2A applicant received 2 emails from NVC this morning. 1 stating that his expedite request was approved and his case has been forwarded to the US embassy.

2nd email stated "Our records indicate you will turn 21 years old in 120 days or less. When you turn 21, you may become ineligible to immigrate under the F22 visa classification. To ensure you can immigrate before this happens, the National Visa Center sent your petition to the U.S. Embassy for expedited processing. The Embassy will contact you soon "

He never requested any expedite though. His PD will be current October 1st 2025.

Is this normal?

Good afternoon,

Visa bulletin is out for October 2025.

Showing F2A date as of February 2024.

If an applicant with PD of August 2nd 2023, does this mean they are current and can get a visa?

The applicant turns 21 in November this year, but should have 4 months of age calculation. Applied in August 2nd 2023 and approved December 7th 2023.

How does this work, should the visa be issued before they are 21 years old, or to be current before they are 21 years old?

Thanks

My day is finally coming this Thursday!! I won't lie, I'm a little nervous, not of the English and civics test, but the re-examination of my immigration history.

- I'm a Lebanese citizen who entered the US on a student visa from 2013-2018
- I dated, and co-habited with my then-would-be wife in 2015. We got married in 2018 and divorced in 2021 due to adultery. She cheated on me with another man and became pregnant with his child.

- I was granted PR status through marriage in 2019. We filed i-751 to remove conditions on my PR, and it was filed as a joint petition, but when the news of her betrayal was revealed, I filed for divorce, denied paternity and delivered a letter to USCIS requesting the joint petition to be converted to a divorce waiver, accompanied by the divorce decree, denial of paternity, and more proof that the relationship/marriage had been bona fide until our divorce.

- USCIS acknowledged my correspondence while the joint petition was pending and granted me a 10-year permanent residence without an interview.

I've read on more than one occasion that USCIS will go through my "entire immigration history" to make a decision on my N-400 case and given the way my USC marriage went, I'm dreading the idea of having the office ask for details of my failed relationship. It was a very, very dark time in my life that happened around the pandemic, and so much misery and depression arose because of it. I honestly hadn't realized how the scars still linger and bringing them back up will be a very, very tough thing to do.

However, because I applied under the 5-year general provision rule, would details of my former marriage be relevant? I would think since I filed for a conversion to divorce waiver, and I placed myself in a rare situation most immigrants aren't in, I feel like USCIS already did all the tight research they need to constitute my case as legitimate and good, considering no RFE or interview was issued to begin with.

I guess my only concern (and I may sound a bit paranoid when I say this, given how much I'm overthinking this) would be that the IO who was handling my I-751 case did not actually look at the divorce packet and issued a 10 year PR as a joint petition (even though I got a letter of USCIS receiving my correspondence, long before the case got approved) and that I do not actually qualify for permanent residence, and may revoke my status when it comes to light in the naturalization interview.

I know, it sounds pathetic to think like this. It's a federal agency who takes its job very seriously, and to assume a mistake like that could happen is laughable, but human error still exists.

What are my odds looking like, in your opinion?

Good afternoon, everyone!

I completed an AOS back in 2019 when I was married to an American citizen (we had been together since 2014) and my initial conditional residence had been approved, and everything was peachy perfect.

We applied for my conditions to be removed around 90 days before the 2-year mark as a joint petition

The pandemic happened, economy crashed, tensions ensued, mindsets change, and in short, she cheated on me, became pregnant with another man's child and I ended up filing for divorce due to adultery.

We completed the divorce, had the biological father acknowledge his paternity and sent USCIS a request to convert my joint petition to a divorce waiver, accompanied with the divorce decree. USCIS acknowledged my request and approved my I-751 with no interview or RFEs.

I applied for Naturalization in September of 2024 on the general 5 year basis instead of the 3-year marriage to the USC (obviously), and my interview is next month.

With all of these things considered, would the fiasco with my ex-wife possibly cause some problems in the N-400 interview? Is there anything I should prepare in advance? I know I have to bring divorce decrees of all annulled marriages to the interview, but considering I applied for the 5-year provision instead of the 3-year USC filing, what preparations should I take in consideration?

PS I have never paid for a lawyer for any of my immigration cases. Everything was done by myself and my ex-wife alone. I simply cannot afford it

Hello all,

I am asking for someone I know, they are in the US as LPR currently and might need to travel outside the US soon for extended time (over 1 year).

They wanted to file I-131 reentry permit, just to be ready in case they have to leave on short notice. My question is:

Is the reentry permit valid for 2 years from the date of issue, or 2 years from the date of leaving the US?

Thanks!