US Immigration from Philippines

My wife filed for ROC in October 2020. ROC was sent to Potomac processing center. She has 2-year extension letter which expires at the end of this year. January 2022 she filed N-400. March 2022 she received notice that her ROC was transferred to National Benefits Center. No reason giver although we thought it was because she filed her N-400. My question now is what processing times should we be looking at? The USCIS website does not give processing times for I-751 at NBC. If they have a processing time, is it based on when they received the transfer or the initial date of filing? And then there's the issue of the N-400. Just asking now so if necessary I will no when to inquire if the processing time is outside the normal processing time.

Hello.
On april 2021 I submitted a I-130 for my mother, then on February 2022 I received a RFE because my mother took 6 years to get me registered with my country (colombia) so on my birth certificate the registered date is about 6 years after i was born, on march 2022 I flew to Colombia to try to get as much documentation as possible but sadly at the hospital I was told that because we were from a rural town, most of the old records were lost and now everything was digital with whatever they managed to save, so I got 2 affidavits from close family friends stating that I am my mother son as well a certificate for a government daycare stating what years to what years i went there and my parent names as well, I authenticated all this and sent it back to the USCIS.

On June 15th I receive another REF saying the documents i summitted were insufficient and send me another list but now im kinda confused, It says that

"After careful review and consideration of the entire record, USCIS is re-issuing you a new RFE to give you an additional opportunity to submit new evidence, as well as to undergo voluntary DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) testing to establish the claimed relationship, should you wish. If you do not choose to submit new evidence or if you do not wish to participate in the optional, voluntary DNA testing, USCIS will make a final adjudicative determination based on all the evidence submitted by you to us by the deadline date. If you choose to undergo DNA testing and the laboratory is unable to mail the results to our office by the deadline date, you must still respond to this notice within the allotted time period and submit evidence from the laboratory indicating that DNA testing has been initiated. In Matter of Rehman, 27 I&N Dec. 124 (BIA 2017), the Board of Immigration Appeals (the Board) addressed late registered birth certificates. The Board provided a non-exhaustive list of factors to consider when determining whether a late registered birth certificate is sufficiently reliable proof of the parent-child relationship, including:"

does this means if we get a DNA test and the lab mail the results back to them, it will be more than enough or do i should still try to get documents from my country.

My father was petitioned by my grandmother 15 years ago. Until today, we are still waiting for his petition to be approved. He has attempted several times to come to the United States to visit me and my husband, but his visa application is always denied. They immigration's major reason is for him to wait for his petition from my grandma to be approved.

Since I will be applying for my citizenship in few years from now, should my father withdraw his petition from his mother and wait for me (as her daughter) to sponsor for him to come to America? I think it would take many years if we would wait for his mother's petition.

I hope someone can give me an advice about this situation. If my grandmother should withdraw her petition for my father, what are the steps to process this? Hope anyone here could help me! Thank you!

Hello,

I just wanted to share that after two years of waiting, our case was finally approved yesterday by U.S. Embassy Manila. We were one of those couples contemplating between switching from K-1 to CR-1. I posted about this here:

and here:

The last post was back in November 2021, and we were about 1-1/2 years in the process.

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who gave their advice and their words of sympathy and encouragement. Being in this forum really helped us get through the long wait.

For couples just starting out on this journey and are choosing between K-1 and CR-1, I advise you to read all the comments on both posts and encourage you to go the CR-1 route (if we were to do it all over again, we would definitely choose CR-1). But of course, it all depends on your own unique circumstances and what feels best for you.

Also, regarding the long waiting time, it was really stressful for us because of the uncertainty of when it would happen, so my advice is try to immerse yourself in projects, hobbies, or any productive activity to distract you and to while away the time--this actually made the wait easier for us, and when our interview letter came, we were pleasantly surprised. Then everything seemed to go much quicker afterwards, from scheduling my interview and medical to procuring the required documents to the actual medical and interview. I'm actually still in a bit of shock and can't believe that the interview's done.

Interview - Check. Now moving on to the next stage, the CFO.

This is a hard subject to find any information on...

What is the best path for my wife and I to take in getting her kids (9 & 12 years old) to the U.S.? She has been in the U.S. and a 10 year green card permanent resident since 8/5/20 (married in the Philippines 4 years ago) and we finally got a chance to get her kids passports in the Philippines and are now looking to start getting them here to the U.S. Do we need to start the immigration process for them just like we did with her, or would they become citizens when she does next year or is it faster for me (U.S. born citizen) to adopt them (something I plan to do at some point anyway)?

Thanks ahead for any info...Jo