US Immigration from Poland

I submitted my form when the edition date was 07/23/20 but obviously it s been a long time now and the USCIS is hopefully about to look at my case. I see cases sometimes rejected in the case tracker app as the version of the form no longer accepted .

I expect it would have been all over the forums if this was an issue?

I am filling Form I-485 in conjunction with I-130 to adjust the status of a parent of US citizen living in the United States and I am very confused by the section about 'Public Charge' in Part 8. items 61 to 68.d. on page 13 and 14 of the form.

From the related guidance it seems that the the mother of a US citizen applying for adjustment of status is subject to the public charge ground of inadmissibility under INA section 212(a)(4) - so I would answer Yes for item 61.

However, right after that things getting pretty confusing. Item 62 asks for size of your household, however, according to the guidance the only household members the applicant is required to list are:

• themselves
• their spouse
• their parents
• unmarried siblings
• unmarried children under 21 residing with them.
• or any other individuals who list them as a dependent on their federal income tax return

According to this, the applicant would only list themselves as part of the household because although she is living with her daughter, son in law and her two grandchildren, none of these people fall into the categories as defined in the I-485 instructions. So technically the household has 5 members (including the applicant), but am I not supposed to put 5 because they are not any of those listed people?

This doesn't seem right, which has me questioning if I should even answer yes to to item 61 - that the applicant is subject to the public charge ground of inadmissibility under INA section 212(a)(4). Or do I disregard the guidance and put the 5 people even though they do not fit into those categories?

I am slightly leaning toward thinking I don't have to answer yes to item 61 that she is subject to the public charge thing because why would we then have to list annual household income, assets, liabilities in items 63 to 65 if she is not part of the wider household according to this definition in the instructions? She has no US-based assets or income and has never applied or benefited from public assistance in the USA. And even if I say yes that she is subject to the public charge and list the household as 5, why do I have to put all this info about our family assets etc, which are separate from hers, on this form when she is the applicant and we are filing an Affidavit of Support, which details our income when sponsoring her as the beneficiary?

If anyone has any experience or knowledge about how to handle this type of situation it would be great to get your insights about how to proceed. I am sure this will be something many will be dealing with now and it would great to know what we're supposed to do!

Hopefully someone can help out. Many thanks

I just saw step 19 of the K1 process that suggests changing your name after getting married. I thought it interesting as I didn t think name changing was an automatic thing people did these days? Just thinking of all the hassle involved in that process

I know it varies wildly now in the process time frame, but say visa journey estimates an i129f to be adjudicated ( this meaning accepted or passed uscis review?) In Dec 2022, with it already being 15 months since uscis accepted it. Does the filer get notice of its passing uscis review separately from nvc acceptance? What's the timeframe for hearing this update? If it takes until nvc has it, and I've heard that can be several months, is notice of noa2 given only then? What have others seen in this regard? I can't find any accurate information about time lengths.

Does anyone know currently how long it takes uscis to notify someone who has filed an i129f of its moving from Noa1 to Noa2 status, and moving to NVC? I have a friend that sent his papers in Sept 23rd 2021, and was told he could expect to move to NVC on December 23rd. He still hasn't heard anything and Visa Journey says California is up to Oct 5th with k1 applications.