US Immigration from United Kingdom

hello there,

I wonder if you have any suggestions for me.

We moved to the USA in June 2024 with a K1 visa and filed for Adjustment of status in the end of August, also asking for me to have a week permission and an SSN.

All went well and now my teen who is 17 is always asked for the SSN, so I thought I would file for her too, which is $260 so not an expense I want to make unless I am sure that the Green card will arrive very late.

We used the California centre for petition (not our choice, we live in WY)

Looking at the stats in this website, the days between Biometrics and Decision Date is currently 256. Today is April 26. It looks like 256 days after September 11, 2024 is Sunday, May 25, 2025. In the last 3months though, the average days are 168. Therefore, if the average processing time has been 168 days in the last three months, our green card was expected around February 26, 2025. And it is not here.

Both Denver and LA have 14 months average time to process adjustment of status, according to USCIS. So we would be waiting until October.

So first question is, is it worth it now to apply for the SSN? At College, my teen was going to be awarded $400 a month as an incentive, and she lost it al because of not having an SSN. Now we are thinking about university and again the SSN might be an issue.

Second question is on the medical. We had a medical in London, UK. All was well but we deferred both Covid vaccine and Flu vaccine, and the HEPATITIS series for my daughter (there needs to be a space between shots so she had the last one here)

In September we had the Covid vaccine here in the USA. But due to both of us having a MTHFR mutation, we respond far too robustly to medications and vaccines, so we have tried not to have another flu vaccine, which invariably causes flu and malaise in both of us.

So far the USCIS page tells us our case will take 12 months and has not asked for medical records.

At what point will they ask for them? Do they always ask for them?

I asked my doctor an estimate- she is also an authorized immigration doctor - and to add a note with the new jabs she asked for $350 EACH.

I'd rather just bring the receipt from Walmart Pharmacy...as other people here have done. Is it okay?

Is there any way to skip the flu vaccine? Is it worth filling the I-765 and then the GC arrives anyway?

Thanks!

Hi! My fiance is about to travel to the US with his visa and file his AOS after marriage. Is it necessary to complete Form G-325R (Biometric Information) when he enters the US through the POE with his visa? Law words hurt my brain, but from what we've read, it doesn't seem necessary as the I-94 he will receive upon entry would be classified as a "registration", and he was fingerprinted in his home country, but I want to be sure I'm understanding it correctly. If he does have to complete the form, we want to make sure we do that.

Please feel free to move this topic if it's in the wrong section, I wasn't quiiite sure where to put it.

Thank you in advance!!

Hello visa journey people

This coming Friday 25th April will be 6 weeks since our petition was approved and we received our I -797.

I've been following other people timelines to work out our timings as Ive sold my home and I plan on leaving my job once I have the money from the sale. All of this is really quite stressful on its own.

Even up until last week the NVC said they had not received our petition, and that it can take 2 to 6 weeks.

What is your experience of this?

Also from receiving your NVC case number how long until you could book your medical and interview?

I'm starting to get a bit nervous now.

Thank you visa journey community

Hi all,

Found out today that my biometrics have been scheduled for 9th May, so much sooner than I had expected!

The letter says as follows:

My UK passport has my maiden name, so I am assuming it would be a good idea to take our marriage certificate. Would that be enough?

If not, I could also get a credit card statement printed showing me as an authorised user with my married name. Unfortunately I'm yet to schedule an appointment with SSA to get my SSN name updated, otherwise would take that, and I don't think just over 2 weeks would be enough time to send off for and receive an updated SS card.

Thanks

Hi VJers,

I'm interested in hearing from those who have immigrated from the UK to the US and took student debt with them (specifically Student Finance England debt) and how to approached it.

Before moving, my repayments were taken straight from my pay at my last employer. My last pay was in January and since moving to the US in mid-January, I have no income, my husband (USC) is the current sole earner.

I'm aware that I should be updating my personal details with them, so that they can chase and rinse me for repayments keep their records up to date, but would like to hear about other's accounts before I move forward with it.

Thanks.