US Immigration from United Kingdom

Hello, I am looking for information from anyone who has applied for a Certified Criminal Record Check For Personal Use from the RCMP in Canada from overseas with a view to supplying this as evidence during the IR-1 visa process. My understanding of the process is as follows:

1. Fingerprints from Police Station
2. Send to RCMP through third party website
3. RCMP review and send the criminal record check back via mail.

The issue I am having today in Melbourne, Victoria, is that I visited the police station to get the fingerprints and I did not get the fingerprints on a Canadian form but on one that is letter headed Police Victoria. Does anyone know if this is sufficient?

Separately, the vaccination list on Travel.State.Gov is as follows:

• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Influenza
• Influenza type b (Hib)
• Measles
• Meningococcal
• Mumps
• Pneumococcal
• Pertussis
• Polio
• Rotavirus
• Rubella
• Tetanus and diphtheria toxoids
• Varicella

I have checked with my doctor and I have not had a tetanus and diphtheria toxoids, is it recommended to get vaccines before the medical examination before the interview? Additionally, I haven't received a Varicella vaccine because I had chickenpox as a child and the Rotavirus vaccine isn't recommended for adults, has anyone encountered this before?

Good morning,

About to file i-485 together with i-864 (sponsor) and a joint sponsor.

Need clarification on which of the following types of Tax trancripts I need to print off and send:

From Sponsors IRS Account

1) Account Transcripts

2) Wage & Income Transcripts

3) Return Transcripts

4) Record of Account Transcripts

Nor sure which to submit. Any clarification gratefully accepted. Thank you

I did an AOS from my H1B to GC. I have been a permanent resident since the last 5 continuous years now. Have no criminal history or tax offenses.

The only real issue in my situation has been a long term divorce and child custody case that's been holding out for 3 years now. I do not know when the decree will be issued, nor when the child custody case will be finalized. My lawyers have said it should come sometime mid-2026. There were no issues of infidelity or anything like that, but the marriage was full of physical abuse and the court has been taking a lot of that into consideration for this custody case.

I am aware of the 8/15/25 Good Moral Character Memo as well, and have enough documentation to prove that: neighbor's letters, community and church involvement, mentoring, employer letters, etc. .

I am eligible to apply for N-400 on the 5yr rule but have not started the process yet. I'd like to do so in order to ensure the safety of my child and to prove to the court that I am serious about settling in the United States long term. I have no criminal/DUI/minor offense history, always have filed taxes on time (always paid any taxes due on time as well), and am current on the small amount of child support I pay...

So the question is...is it okay to go ahead and file the N-400 on 5yr rule while I wait for the divorce decree to come? I am okay hiring an immigration lawyer as well in case that is recommended in the current climate. FWIW, I am a British Citizen.

CR1 marriage based visa to USC. I am currently at the stage where I have my medical and interview date in February 2026.

I was born in Nigeria and came to the UK when I was 3yrs old. I have been living in the UK ever since and also have UK citizenship and British passport which I have used with an ESTA to travel to the states to visit my Husband a few times a year since mid 2022. We also applied for the marriage based green card via my British Passport.

With this new Travel ban Nigeria has been put on the partial ban list.

Would being born there and having dual UK and Nigerian citizenship stop them from issuing my visa? Me and my Husband are extremely worried

From what I can see it says Dual citizens where one of the citizenship is not on the ban list are fine to enter USA as long as you travel with the passport from unbanned country. But what about being issued a green card? Does being a UK citizen and having British passport save me?

Hello forum friends,

Anyone able to figure out what is happening here:

So I filled my I-485, my I-765 and my I-131 all together.

I have receipts for my I-485 and I-765 but my I -131 came back today rejected.

It has been rejected because the payment amount does not match the required amount

I did not include any payment due to the USCIS website stating Do not pay the immigration parole fee when you submit Form I -131 to USCIS. Beginning on Oct 16 2025, if you are in the United States and we determine that we can approve your request for parole or

re parole and that it requires payment of the immigration parole fee, we will notify you that you must pay this fee before we can approve the request.

So I m confused however my I-485 is being processed, I m thinking is it worth spending $1000 for the parole fee or should I just wait till my green card is approved? ( which hopefully it will be)

Anyone any experience of this to advise me further?

thank you
Lesley