US Immigration from Vietnam

We've ran into an issue due to ignorance of visitors visas. My MIL came to visit in order to see her grand-daughter born. She had been in the US for 5 months at the front of the year, and we brought her back early for a due date of Dec with the idea of having here just in case anything happens to cause an early delivery.

Wasn't aware of the limit of time within a calendar year and assumed as long as she spent time back at home it wouldn't be an issue.... And we were obviously wrong. CBP hassled her at the airport and has limited her stay to 2 months. We're considering a few things.

1. Head home now and come back closer to the due date
2. Extend her stay via USCIS, not clear the process for this, but we understand that this should be an option?
3. See if we can convince her mom to go the green card route and do AOS.

Any advice?

Dear VisaJourney Community,

I opened the I-130 since Dec 2019 for my brother (born in 1992) and his family (his wife-born in 1992, his daughter born in 2018, his son born in 2022).

His family except his son travelled to the US in 2023. Now his whole family (all 4 members) is granted travel visa renewal.

Today I saw in the online account, USCIS updated "Estimated time until case decision 16 months".

Does it mean they are reviewing his case and will give the decision within 16 coming months?

Anybody has experience regarding this notice?

I have heard that is not good news since they will start counting the age of his children. And his case will still take 12-15 years more to process before his family can move to America.

Thank you so much for your help!

Hi everyone,

Thank you so much for helping me. I need your advice. I am the petitioner. I submitted my I-129F in May last year to sponsor my girlfriend from Vietnam. My I-129F was initially approved in February this year. Then it was sent to the NVC 1 month later. However, NVC returned my application back to USCIS for review. It has been almost 5 month of waiting. A couple days ago, USCIS reopened my case. Yesterday, I received a notice from USCIS. I attached the notice below. From my understanding, USCIS asked me to resubmit page 2 in form I-129F by 9/23. They lost my second page. I am not sure if I need an immigration lawyer to help me with this issue or I can handle this myself with the guy from immigration service I paid for. Please give me advice!

Card Was Produced

On August 15, 2024, we produced your new card for your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, Receipt Number IOE0XXXXXX. The tracking number assigned is UNAVAILABLE. You can use your tracking number at www.USPS.com in the Quick Tools Tracking section.

USC petitioner for stepson under 18 in Vietnam. Filed I130 March 2022. DQ at NVC on 13 June 2024 (over 2 years to get to this point). Any idea on how long is the wait for interview date at the Ho Chi Minh consulate in Vietnam? I know there is no definite timeline but any recent timelines and/or estimates would be beneficial. Any advice? Thanks in advance.