US Immigration from Philippines

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.

I paid my parents green card on first week of September, is over 2months now but we have not received it yet.

I called and I was being told that I have to wait after 90days so they can answer my questions.

Does anyone have idea on how to expedite the process.

What would be normal timeline for Green card process.

Tia

I'm an expat in the Philippines and I've been living here with my wife of 7 years since 2018. I saw that people in my position typically have trouble proving intent to reestablish domicile. In order to prepare concrete evidence of intent to reestablish domicile, I am considering buying a condo in the US where we intend to settle and to also valuate our house here in the Philippines and post it for sale. The thing is, I am reluctant to spend a bunch of money on a condo (or fly out ahead of my wife and sign a long term lease) unless I feel like there's a really good shot at the IR1 being approved. We have joint sponsors so that won't be the issue, and I intend to do an affidavit outlining my plans to reestablish domicile for the NVC, but I read people say the offers in he Manila embassy want the American spouse to be IN America during the interview.

So my question is this: at what point can I consider that IR1 visa is a 99% sure thing? After I-130 approval? After DQ? Literally the only weak spot in our application is my domicile. We are super obviously a legitimately married couple for love and we meet the financial requirements.