US Immigration from Philippines

I applied for my Filipino wife's I-130 in May 2024, the USCIS site indicates today that it will take 10 months estimated time for processing.

I received an official receipt notice for the I-129F on August 21, 2024.

In my case, I have been living abroad in the Philippines since 2018, married in the Philippines in 2018 and I have not left the country yet.

I was anticipating a family vacation to the US in 2025 so my wife has a B-2 Visa. We have 2 children with US passports.

In a perfect scenario, I would accept a US based position with my current company (I've worked at for 15 years) and move to the US in May 2025.

I was upset to see the decline in the approvals of Non-Immigrant Visa's as I thought this would be a sure path to my hopeful timeline to relocate my family to the US in May 2025.

I'll provide an update as I go through the process. This site was helpful to understand expectations, so I hope that my feedback will helpful to someone.

Take care, Jeff.

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Hello ,

This is Michelle W from Philippines but married here in US , I am also US Citizen .

We are planning to invite my 2 daughters ( previous relationship)

To come and visit here in US .

My husband cover all they need. He sponsor all their trip.

My question is My 2 daughter doesn't have job yet because they just finished school as CNA ( caregiver).do they need to have job before I will filling application ( YS tourist ) or I can file now even they don't have job. Thank you for your responce.

Michelle W

Hello everyone,

I have a few questions regarding the Adjustment of Status application and Form I-864 (Affidavit of Support):

1. Household Size: My husband lives with me and his twin sister, but they do not share finances. He supports only me, his wife. For the Adjustment of Status application, should I list the household size as just the two of us, or do we need to include his twin sister even though they do not share finances?

2. Income Discrepancy: My husband is the petitioner and currently has a stable job that meets the 125% poverty guideline for a two-person household. However, his income for the most recent and second most recent tax years meets the 125% threshold, but his income for the third most recent tax year is slightly below the requirement by a few thousand dollars. Will this discrepancy be an issue when filing Form I-864? Would we need a joint sponsor, or is his current and recent financial situation sufficient? Also, can we supplement the income in Part 7 of Form I-864 by including assets like savings and checking accounts?

3. Social Security Number: I plan to request an SSN as part of my Adjustment of Status application. How can I ensure that my Social Security card reflects my husband's last name, or is this change processed automatically?

Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

Hey All,

I am a member of several spousal visa FB groups, and they are all reporting there was a mass auto-expedite for cases DQ'd through November 2023 in the past 24 hours. If your DQ date is Nov 2023 or earlier, you may want to check to see if yours was included :).