US Immigration from Serbia

Hello,

Would it be too early for my dad to apply for visitor B visa in December/January, if planned trip to USA (if approved) is somewhere around July? Would that be a red flag or something, given that the wait time for Serbia seems to be short (week or so)?

Reason i asked him to apply sooner is that i like to plan my holidays in advance and book hotels/tickets asap, so i want to know if he is approved or not. If he gets approved, My husband and I would come to Serbia next year in June, hang out for 2 weeks and all of us go back together and spend another 3 weeks in USA, depending on how much vacation my parents can get from work. My mother has ESTA so she doesn t have to apply for interview.

If he gets denied, we will end up going to Greece instead, and maybe try again in 2025 =).

Hello, I got the message DOCUMENTARILY QUALIFIED in October 2022. and since then nothing happened. I heard there are big delays because of covid but even so, it's been a full 10 months. Me and my sponsors paid all the fees too. My daughter is about to turn 21 so I am a bit nervous what if nothing happens till her birthday next year? Any Idea why it takes so much? Experiences?

Thank you

My conditional greencard arrived (january 26) with an error (country of birth was written as unknown)..So i filled for replacement in february.

I was planning on traveling home this september, so back in march i called uscis to schedule infopass app to get the 551 stamp and to ask if i even need the stamp, or if i can travel with my gc and paperwork proof that i filled i90 for replacement and my birth certificate, and agent said that i will need the stamp just that is too soon and to call 1 month before i plan to travel.

Yesterday marked 1 month prior to planned travel(bought the tickets and all), and there answers this lady saying that i will be getting email or call within 30 BUSINESS DAYS. I was in shock, thats like 6 weeks from now, way after my travel. She replied that s the wait time and if i got any other questions..She did ask me about type of travel and date of travel.

I did little bit of searching through forum and found one post from2023where person says that they have been waiting 30 days just to get email that there are not available appointments.

My GC is not expired, i still have it (they didnt request it yet) and everything is good besides the wrong cob.

I m not even sure anymore if i need the stamp, as the first agent mayb didn t receive enough of training.

i m really heartbroken i really want to visit home, but i am stuck due to their errors and missinformations.

IS there anything i can do?

edit: hope i receive date soon :<

Hello everyone! Hope you're doing well.

I have a question regarding what address should I use for mailing. My mother, who was the petitioner (I-130 form) for a F2A visa unfortunately passed away and I would like to send a humanitarian reinstatement letter and expedite request to the USCIS.

The office that initially approved the petition in 2017. was the California Service Center.

For that, should I use the address that is on the NOA? (Is it still active?)

California Service Center
P.O. Box 30111
Laguna Niguel, Ca 92607-0111

Should I use their mailing address?

24000 Avila Rd, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677, USA

Or maybe a different one?

Thank you in advance for your replies!

My conditional gc arrived today with country of birth as unknown.

I can see uscis making mistake due to 2 reason.

I have dual nationality (Croatia/Serbia), i am born in Serbia. I came to USA with Croatian passport because my Serbian passport had expired like 5 years ago and i never renewed it, so on my applications from i-129f and ds160, to all aos/ead/ap forms i always put nationally Croatia (to match nationality stated in my passport) and COUNTRY OF BIRTH Serbia. So all forms states country of birth Serbia, even my Croatian passport states that my country of birth is Serbia, i have sent my birth certificate stating cob Serbia,,, and yet my gc arrived with cob unknown lol. Could it be that dual nationality confused them?

Second thing is that since i was born, Serbia has changed name from Serbia and Montenegro to Serbia (or Republic of Serbia). So idk if this caused some confusion, but name change happened like many years ago and i have sent them my updated version of birth certificate with correct country name.

Im pretty sad this happened, and i know that if i want to correct it i have to file for i90 card replacement. I have seen that it might take several months until corrected version is sent back to you (up to like 9 months, if not longer). I really don t want to give up my card as i never received ead/ap and we were planning on traveling soon~

Did this happen to anyone lately? What do you think caused them to put cob unknown? Do you think traveling with gc stating unknown cob would cause any issues at border? Did anybody filed i90 to correct mistake on their gc lately and how long you have waited until new card arrived?