US Immigration from Philippines

Aloha kakou,

After a minor RFE, we received our NOA2 dated 11/13. I am doing research about what to do/what happens next. I am seeing conflicting information. My friend John who is providing moral and logistical support says some things have changed since he went thru this. And I think my research is reflecting this.

Can some kind soul point Dina and I to a definitive resource as to what we should be doing now and what we should be preparing for?

Mahalo,

Bill and Dina

Hey VJ!

My wife's parents just got their interview dates in MNL mid Jan (just under two years waiting), and we're on the step of VAC registration for visa mailing address and fingerprints, however, upon reaching the NVC/KCC Case Number step, I'm getting:

I know the case number is correct and there's no typo, that I can confirm with 100% certainty. I found 3 Reddit's about this, but no one has come up with a solution after many months, so I wanted to reach out to be proactive.

Has anyone else experienced this? Who should we contact?

Note: Failure to schedule your VAC appointment before your Embassy appointment will result in the cancellation of your visa interview.

Thanks so much!

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/MNL-Manila.html

Hello! It s been a while since I last posted here. I m now a U.S. citizen, and I filed an I-130 for my mother in August 2023. I gave birth to my first child in 2022 and had planned to return to work after my mom s visa is approved. We received the I-130 approval last week, but my husband and I have decided that I will continue staying home with our child until he is 5. My son is currently 2.5 years old.

My question is, can I postpone my mother s visa interview? Or what would be the best route to take if we are not ready for her to come to the U.S. yet? I don t want to cancel her application because I know we ll need her help when I go back to work, but not for another 2-3 years. Thank you for taking the time to read my post.

Hi, my wife will be doing her N-400 online soon and we wanted to make a post here incase we need questions answered along the way. Our first question is about the 3 & 5 year routes.

We got all the documents uploaded for applying based on marriage for 3 years before we learned that it is considered easier to just file based on her living in the US for 5+ years.

My question is: does applying on a basis of being a permanent resident for 5 years carry less weight than a marriage basis?

Thx in advance for any information.

My (now) wife and step-daughter arrived in the US and we've since been married but haven't filed any forms.

Both my wife and step-daughter want to change their names but I'm confused when and how to do this.

From what I'm now reading I think I messed up in that I should've requested SS cards as soon as they arrived and if what I've read is correct my wife should've signed the name she wants on the marriage certificate??? Which confuses me since I thought it was a legal document and she had to use her current legal name????

I haven't filed the i-485 or i-765 or requested SS cards and I'm so confused as to what I should do first to get names changed and get the next steps going.

I just don't want to screw anything up,

Thanks for help.