US Immigration from Nepal

approval expires 2024-09-20. She is Nepalese student in Bangalore, India (for 3 years, the college probably never did FRRO form C)
We have been asking how to change to Kathmandu to process in her native country, since Jul 9-31. They require a letter....not paying $30 to waste 3wks for it to arrive.
Since it was sent by NVC, we're supposed to WAIT (since they're all about shortening processing time, best to not spam them with queries) or them to contact us. We have been asking where is the mail (since Nepal mail sucks [her idea. since she didn't bother to tell her mom to check] and nothing arrived in India where she is,) and what is the next step from Mumbai since Jul-30.
Stupid that they send it to Nepal, she's a student in India (current physical address in petition), BUT THEY SET THE EMBASSY TO MUMBAI, WHEN THEY ASK WHICH EMBASSY YOU WANT!!!!
Ticket response says it was given to a team. Then we have to ASK AGAIN for them to say they mailed it Jul-11, and attached intructions (packet4) in that response. It is Aug-2.
NOW WE KNOW WE HAVE TO GET PCCs from 3 countries.
(She finds how/where to do medical, makes flights home to get documents, i do a 134.)
and the India one will take 20-30 days, their website sucks, we figure out how to get it, it is Aug-17.

**this is Aug-17:
I am having difficulty getting a Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) from India and it looks like it is going to take some time. Moreover, due to my 10 years previous stay in South Korea, I need to get Police Clearance from South Korean Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal as well.
Since, its going to take a while to get my both PCCs ready, I would like to request you to kindly extend our expiry date of our USCIS approval Notice.
**
their response: "We understand that you have a query regarding the DS-160."

I resubmitted the issue, pasted all this and said "no, we don't"

when information in query is sufficient (I don't usually make them, she did) ~70% of the time, the answer is off topic. this includes THEM NOT RESPONDING to me when I said, "no, you didn't answer our question at all" (<-not exactly) and pasted her post and their reply.

My husband already filed our I-130 and we decided to file it with my married surname (husband's surname). He added my maiden name in "other names used". We knew that I could update my name on passport during the wait period. We also knew CR1 Visa / LPR are issued to the name on the passport at the time of interview, as long as that name was mentioned in form I-130.

However, after applying for an updated passport we discovered that my country laws only allow to ADD husband's surname to the maiden name, but not REPLACE it.
To replace it, apparently we have to go through a much lengthier process of changing citizenship card, re-apply for passport, repay fees, update all other civil documents, etc.

So my new passport has my maiden name as a middle name, and husband's surname. But this three part name (given + maiden + married) was not mentioned in "other names used" in form I-130.

Will this be a problem? We are okay with the maiden name being included in LPR if it will not cause issues, as the alternative is a big hassle.

Would appreciate if anyone could share similar experiences with surname change / addition.

I130 approved for my father. NVC emailed me to upload documents. but my father lost his passport recently. so now he has put application for new passport. in the meantime can I upload I864 and other supporting AOS documents or wait for passport to come so that I can do DS 260 and upload everything altogether on same day.

hi all

I apply for my daughter (unmarried, 21 years old over) I 130 and it is still pending in USCIS. As of today now , her mom is naturalized and got US citizen.

Could I upgrade my petition using from her mom naturalization.

I have a confusion that I am the main petitioner but if any parents are naturalized we can request for upgrade or not?

Help me please if any body has good experience.

Thank you