US Immigration from Philippines

Our immigration journey has finally come to an end. Oath Ceremony and Certificate of Naturalization completed and received yesterday. They did not allow any guests to attend, so I was unfortunately not able to see this special moment for my wife. The ceremony took less than an hour to complete (including all of the pics taken inside). I want to thank everyone in the forum for their wisdom and experiences, as sometime this journey required with some of the twists and turns with USCIS and the Embassy. All the best to everyone that continues the journey forward.

A friend of mine in Florida was married to her husband overseas. There's local office in Tampa, but had her CR1 interview in the Manhattan office in NYC.

We both found it kinda strange, but is it normal not to interview at the nearest local office?

Has this happened to anyone else on here? just curious.

I just want to see other timelines regarding these CR1 visa with CR2 visa processing. the same time? Could USCIS be process these kind of PETITIONS with in a 6months? As stated in USCIS cycle time methodology? I was checking my USCIS portal. A month ago for my CR1 estimated time is 6 months then for my son CR2 was 2 months? Then after 3 weeks I check again it says 5 months for CR1 and 3 weeks for CR2? I filed on JULY 3 2022. for CR1 and CR2 on JULY 16. My I-130 form AR on JULY 26. and for my son AR on JULY 16 the day we sent his fee for I -130 form

I just have some inquiries to help my friend/coworker to file a petition for her kids in the Philippines.
Here is the situation:She is a greencard holder and been here in the Us for 4 years, she was wondering which form should she file? The i824 or the i130, her father petitioned her before and the kids was joint(follow to join) however she wasnt able to file immediately the i824 as soon as she got a greencard due to financial hardships. She is confused which is the best way to file the petition. Her kids are all minors..she is not married

Working on the IR 5 visa for a parent from the Philippines. All of our documents were accepted by NVC in July, 2021. Visa center out of Nebraska. Is there anything else I can be doing? She will be spending time with her grand-daughter (our daughter) while we work and we need to figure out childcare until then. Is there any kind of letter I can submit to push it along or is the right timing? Thank you in advance.