US Immigration from Netherlands

Hello everyone!

The past weekend my UC wife and I submitted the I-130 and I-130a form after getting married two weeks ago.

I have two questions

1. My wife is excited/keen to take my lastname. Would it be advised to wait till after the entire visa process to change her last name - or could we do so already, while the I-130 is pending?
2. My wife currently lives with her sister, but is planning on moving out at the end of the year, while her sister will stay living at that place. Does she need to inform USCIS as the stage she moves? All mail received after her move will of course be kept by her sister to come and collect (she will be living pretty much around the corner)

Thank you!

Hello everyone, I have some questions:

my husband and I applied in august for the I130/CR1 spousal visa and next friday I am travelling to the US from the Netherlands to visit him and go to a family marriage.

1) I have already an approved esta that expires 2 weeks after my return from the US. I applied before we were married. will it be a problem that is expiring soon or is it ok?If in the meantime we got married and applied for the spouse visa, is the current esta still valid or should apply for a new one?

2)Because of the travel ban I am bringing with me a copy of my husband birth certificate /passport to show that he is a US citizen and also our marriage certificate. Is this sufficient or what other documents do I need to bring with me?

3) I have a return ticket after 2 weeks but in addition I asked my employer for a letter stating that I am an employee at the company in the Netherlands and that I have a permanent contract, because I thought it is good to prove that I will return to the Netherlands.

what else should be stated in the letter? what other proof can you advise me to bring to prove that I will not stay?

thank you in advance

Ambra & Dillon

Hello Forum,

I (from netherlands) just recently married the love of my life (from Texas) and we are starting our my CR-1 application.

The one bit of information i can't seem to find is wether or not my wife should register being married before the application or not.

The county clerk in Texas told my wife that she has to do that at the appostile office and the appostile office told her she should do that at the county clerk.

So what we are trying to figure out is if it is even necessary to do that or that applying for the CR-1 is doing that in itself.

For info, we got married in the Netherlands on the 14th of August 2021. My wife is back in the US and i'm still in the Netherlands.

I've been to the US several times, and my now wife has been to the Netherlands even more.

Thank you in advance for anyone who responds.

I entered the US on my K-1 visa last month, but during entry the officer didn't ask for the sealed packet, so I forgot about it. I've tried contacting USCIS about it, but it's impossible to actually speak to a person and the robots don't know what I'm talking about. Can anyone tell me what I'm supposed to do with this packet now?

Hello!

we just started our own timeline on visajourney and after receiving NOA1 we got the processing estimates, but we don't understand , is this the estimate of starting to process our filing or the estimate of the the date when the beneficiary will get the visa?

Thank you!

Ambra&Dillon