Meama

I have the same issue. I entered the US in Feb 2014 and got married in March 2014. My mother has recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer and my need to return to the UK is imminent. I understand that I have to book my travel tickets in my maiden name but need to know if there will be an issue when returning as my GC is is my maiden name.

It all seems very daunting I know.

My POE was Sanford Airport, Orlando. My brother had traveled with us although he was returning to the UK after a two week vacation. My son and I were directed to the Non-Citizen line while my brother went through as usual. We were shown into a little room with a BP guard and he took passports and our envelopes and opened them. After verifying some information on his computer and asking us a few questions i.e. where we would be living and when my fiance and I planned on getting married, we had to sign some documents and our passports were returned to us. I must admit that the BP guards could have been a little more friendly but other than that it was all pretty straight forward.

Congratulations!

I see people have posts where their case status is updated to reflect the package being sent and forwarded to the NVC what worries me is that our case status hasn't changed to show this. So im wondering if they havent sent it or not updated the status.

Surely if theyd sent it a week after approving it it would be ther within 2 weeks?

We received a letter on Saturday (16th Nov) to say that the NVC had received our petition on 8 November and have forwarded it to the Embassy in London. The USCIS website states that it is still with the Department of State so it looks like they are a little slow updating it. Once you have your notification from the NVC try tracking your application on https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?eQs=o/iS8zDpeAKjMWCuebHqOw==. I've found that this is a little more accurate.