US Immigration from Philippines

Hello -

I am about to submit my I-130 for my mother. For those that have gone through this process, is the timeline really at 18-24 months?

I also want to confirm if the following fees are what I need to pay for at different stages of the application (not including incidental expenses):

I-130 - $625

NVC - $325

AOS -$120 (Affidavit of Support)

St Luke's Medical - 30K (rounded off)

Am I missing anything else?

Thank you.

As I (Trent) recently mentioned, we are DOCUMENTARILY QUALIFIED. We are waiting on interview assignment for the Manila embassy. I had an NBI Clearance done prior to our marriage which has now expired and has status as single. Do I need to get a current NBI for Rose to take to the interview?

Thank you

Trent and Rose

Hello all,

Just want to get confirmation that I'm doing this process right. We filed the i-751 jointly, but then got divorced a year later. Once the divorce was approved, I immediately sent in a letter to request the i-751 to be amended to a divorce waiver, and then I also uploaded the final divorce decree through the online portal. Is going through the online portal good? Do I need to send the amendment request letter and the final divorce decree through the mail? Is there anything I'm missing?

Thank you,

Our case was DQ'd October 14, 2025 and is still at the NVC. The IV Scheduling Status tool states that the " NVC is currently scheduling documentarily complete cases with visas available from October 2025". We have yet to hear anything, and we've been expecting something any day now, all month.

I'm curious what the timeline has been for others at this stage of the process. If we don't get a notice for an interview by the end of the month should I contact the NVC for status on our case? Should I wait into April, even though they might start working on cases DQ'd in November?

I've been marking time concerning a lot of decisions until I get the interview notice.

Regarding updating evidence for I-864 and I-485

My wife filed her I-485 in the beginning of March 2026 and we filed the I-864 using the last 3 years of tax transcripts available (2024,23,22) before I filed my 2025 return.

Taxes and whether to file updated I-864:

We were married in 2025 so we are filing our 2025 return Married Filing Jointly for the first time.

Once my accountant completes our returns and files we want to upload the return.

I m thinking of waiting until the transcripts are available which supposedly takes 2-3 weeks after filing

Should I just upload the tax return/transcript or should I update form I-864 and upload that?

in the drop-down menu of USCIS for uploading evidence, there are several categories to choose for the uploads:

* I-864

* Income Tax Return

* I-864 Supporting Documents

* Bona Fides of Relationship

If I redo an updated 864 I would guess I should use the category I-864

but if I just upload 2025 tax transcript , should it be Income Tax Return category or I-864 supporting documents category?

Also since this is the first time we can file a Joint Tax Return (which is a document that proves Bonafide Marriage)

Should we upload the Joint tax return twice?

Once for the I-864 and also use under category Bona Fides of Relationship?

General question regarding uploading evidence;

How much other evidence and how often do you suggest uploading?

Bank statements, credit card statements, photos of relationship, utility bills etc