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Thanks so much for your reply - it put me at ease! I will also take those recommendations re: other proactive preparation! I assume you've been through this? How did it all go? We applied end of June 2023 for them...based on other forums here for January-May, it seems it's around the 12-month mark post application that approvals are happening and pushing towards the next phase. Re: medical - although my parents are retired, my dad is still relatively young (hasn't hit the big 60 yet!) so I think he is actually looking forward to finding a job (any job really that includes benefits) to cover his and my mother's healthcare insurance until he is truly in retirement late stages of life. I know it isn't "free" but it offsets the cost of not working and going totally private healthcare insurance. Plus, I think he is going stir crazy, and this is an easy excuse to say he has to go back to work ! Now we do the proactive steps we can until the next stage is triggered with approvals. Hopefully there isn't too much of a lag between their 2 I-30's since they are being processed separately.

Hi, As we get closer to the NVC/consular stage I am trying to piece together the lift for our convoluted situation based on the Canadian Consulate expectations... My parents were both born in Europe, they lived in a couple countries in Europe as adults and then immigrated to Canada. They have been there since the late 80's though. So based on that as it relates to the documents we need to upload and bring to the consulate interviews are there nuances????? Anyone in this forum who went through I-130's for their Canadian family members who weren't born in Canada but are Canadian citizens and residents? I'm assuming the biggest implications is for the Police Certificates? They would need to get it from Canada and the other countries they've lived in for more than 6-months in their life (or provide proof requesting the information and not being able to get it?) What about their birth certificates? Although my application for them is for them as Canadian citizens for an I-130, do they expect them to have a Canadian birth certificate (not possible, they weren't born there). Do they need to submit their birth certificate from country they were born and if so, then i need to get those translated by a certified translator? We did that for their marriage certificate from Austria. Any other "heads up" things related to a similar case so we aren't hit with a bunch of "unknowns" requested and delays would be GREAT!

I-864 vs. I-864A and how many times to submit for your parents???? I am trying to be proactive with approval in the coming month and what i need to prepare for.... I applied for both of my parents I-130 My husband and I both work, but also have a child who is listed as a dependent Am I anticipating correctly that I will be submitting the below forms? x2 --- I-864 Forms (1 for dad, 1 for mom) x 2 --- I-864A Forms (on behalf of my husband, and 1 for dad and 1 for mom) Since the other household member is a toddler, assuming no form on their behalf needs to be completed? My income/family will cover the 125% min threshold they need show on the website for a household of 5 (i.e., 3 of us + my 2 parents). But should I still do a I-864A also for my parents showing they also have income due to retirement income? My parents are retired, but what if they live off of investments / supplemental income? Do I do a I-864A on behalf of one parent for the other parent? So confused....

Hi there - hoping you can provide some updates. Did you have to do anything to get the 2 applications to line up? I also submitted for both parents so wanting to know what to anticipate based on what others experienced/any advice if they aren't synched up in approval/NVC/etc. Thanks!!!

I just replied the below to someone else...try this and see if something happens.... Sadly, I heard nothing back for 2 MONTHS -- and i think once i finally heard back it was because of what i started actively doing, not because it happened naturally on their process side....see below. I knew something was off/wrong because a woman that interviewed the same day as me in Nashville (but with a different USCIS person) got her approval 2 days later (her and i had basically an identical case/immigration process except for the person that interviewed). So I started sending messages via that inbox feature (I never got a real response just a generic). Finally on February 13, 2023 I was desperate and panicking since there was no traction and no real communication given to shed some clarity, so I went on the USCIS website and pushed through a case inquiry under the category "lost approval letter". I didn't know what else to do and it felt like my case was lost so I figured what could it hurt. Well, it turns out that those inquiries get sent to the field office you interviewed at because on February 14, 2023, i got a response to my inquiry which seems to have come from the field office i went to, saying that their records say I had been approved. I was shocked and said there is no way. Well, i logged in and there it was so that lady MUST have looked up my case and saw how long it was in limbo and just approved it or something because all that was too much of coincidence. And later that day my status in the system that I could check online also changed. SO -- my advice for anyone going in for their N-400 interview and still no green card and they dont approve both on the day of or within a month (for no good reason, i.e., you didn't have any complications in your case) is start sending formal inquiries -- not via that inbox portal in your My USCISC but where you process lost mail/etc inquiries. Wish I did it sooner and honestly i have no idea how much past February I would have been waiting if it didn't do what I did ----

Sadly, I heard nothing back for 2 MONTHS -- and i think it was because of what i started actively doing, not because it happened naturally on their process....see below. I knew something was off/wrong because a woman that interviewed the same day as me in Nashville (but with a different USCIS person) got her approval 2 days later (her and i had basically an identical case/immigration process except for the person that interviewed). So I started sending messages via that inbox feature (I never got a real response just a generic). Finally on February 13, 2023 I was desperate and panicking since there was no traction and no real communication given to shed some clarity, so I went on the USCIS website and pushed through a case inquiry under the category "lost approval letter". I didn't know what else to do and it felt like my case was lost so I figured what could it hurt. Well, it turns out that those inquiries get sent to the field office you interviewed at because on February 14, 2023, i got a response to my inquiry which seems to have come from the field office i went to, saying that their records say I had been approved. I was shocked and said there is no way. Well, i logged in and there it was so that lady MUST have looked up my case and saw how long it was in limbo and just approved it or something because all that was too much of coincidence. And later that day my status in the system that I could check online also changed. SO -- my advice for anyone going in for their N-400 interview and still no green card and they dont approve both on the day of or within a month (for no good reason, i.e., you didn't have any complications in your case) is start sending formal inquiries -- not via that inbox portal in your My USCISC but where you process lost mail/etc inquiries. Wish I did it sooner and honestly i have no idea how much past February I would have been waiting if it didn't do what I did ----

Congrats! What an amazing relief! Im months behind you...but also applied for both parents....they continue to be "staggered" and like 7 months apart. Were your parent's status ever different? Or were they always inline? It sounds like their approvals were the same day or very close? Also did their status ever go from a couple weeks to "case is taking longer...."? If so....how long did it sit that way before finally it was approved? Were the applications via California? Thanks!!!

My mother's went from showing 3 weeks in mid October, as of today the timeline disappeared and shows "Your case is taking longer than expected to process. You will be notified if you need to take any action." My dad's went down 1 month since October and now sits at 7 months. Part of me things that countdown has pretty much zero meaning because all i keep seeing is that once you get to a week or days it just triggers taking longer than expected and sits that way... but trying to remain hopeful and that it'll be soon...or at least not a whole year later...

i'm doing at I-130 for both parents too and they are tracking differently. Did you wait on the second approval before doing the NVC actions for the first parent that got approved? Any tips/things to keep in mind for someone else going through this for their parents? Thanks!

Hi! I'm guessing based on the above that the first approval your received was for mom and you were still waiting for your father's? Has anything happened since on your dad's? Just trying to understand what happens with the process when one parent's is further ahead than the other parent's....

Yea i logged in today. It was weird...my dad's has been in "active review" since aug 24, and he had been ~2 months ahead of my mom per their timeline updates....now i see my mom's went into active review 9/15 and her timeline dropped to 2 months ...and my dad's went back to 9 months (it was at 8 months in August...) ---- the "service center" linked to the USCIS # on their notices is Nebreska...which still shows 14.5 months on average.... who knows................................... i wish i had more insight as to how this all flushes out behind the scenes and why linked parents wouldnt be evaluated by 1 individual versus 2 different timelines... i guess we'll see ....i also wonder how accurate (or what triggers) the months they have listed for each application when we log in and what creates those major swings in months..

My parents see to be staggerred too....worried what happens if this all doesn't synch up.... Dad's timeline is 8 months, mom's is 10 months....dad's status changed to actively reviewed 6 days ago, and mom's is still sitting on received....

Hi, was curious how this all shook out. I also applied for both parents, and they are also going to be dealing with the Canadian consulate eventually.

Any updates??

Does anyone else keep waking up to texts/emails that they've taken action on the case but nothing has changed when you log on? The day i submitted online the system generated a notice and everything. But the last 2 morning i have notifications for both cases and when i log in it looks like the day i sent it in!

Just submitted mine online today for both of my parents (in Canada): Submission Date: 6/27/2023 Receipt Notice: 6/27/2023 IOE Receipt Number -- so I guess Nebraska Service Center for both parents

Yes, filing I-130. All phonetic/english characters. But his name at birth (on my birth certificate, their marriage certificate, his birth certificate) is Feri. In Canada, when they immigrated in the 80s, you were allowed to put your "english equivalent" name down, so he used Frank. So on his Canadian naturalization it says both name variations but his passport shows Frank. But again, for the purposes of all this (I-130 and me being his daughter), his name on my birth certificate is the Feri version, not his current Canadian Passport page english "Frank" version. --also when they ask you to list where they intend to live, for now, do we just list my address as the petitioner?

Hi, my parents immigrated to Canada. On my birth certificate/their marriage certificate/his canadian naturalization document all have the same first name (his mother language) but his current canadian passport has the "english" version of his first name --- both of those names are on his canadian naturalization document though. Do i write an explanation and upload it as part of the i-130 or ask him to go get a new Canadian passport with the new name....only issue is that i dont know if that changes the passport # and all his visits to the U.S. were with the english version. Any insight?

My parents are older, so when they got vaccinations for things there weren't records/or they are lost. They have proof for all the COVID vaccinations but none of the ones that are from childhood. What does the medical reviewer expect for the I-130 medical interview? Do they need to re-do everything (is that even safe?), do they do blood work/tests that show immunity? Any suggestions?

thanks ! Can those be the online certified rush ones?

Hello, I am in the process of filing an i-130 for my parents living abroad. They were married in Austria - their marriage certificate is multiple pages and at the end there is a "translation key" that goes by number and gives multiple language translations. Is that enough? I figured i would attach a clean copy and also a "highlighted" copy to show where the translation is. Has anyone used a similar foreign language document as part of USCIS immigration processes with success?

Hi! I am doing this for my Canadian parents now -- when do we do the i-864 (financial sponsorship portion?) is that something you bring to the inverview versus how we have to file the i-130?

I am planning to submit for my parents who live outside the u.s. --- when do we submit the financial stuff for sponsorship??? The i-864? Or is that something they need to bring to their interview at the consulate and a check/credit card form?? Do i only submit i-130 right now? When you look on the USCIS qebsite/instructions they say where to mail the I-864, so im confused.

another (probably dumb) question -- in the i-130 where it asks to list the beneficiary's children (25 a) -- so i list married names or names at birth (i am their only child, but my name now as a married woman is different than what is on birth certificate) so for 25 a and b do i list my current name or name at birth?

Question: when you apply for both parents what happens if one is approved before the other? Both my parents live outside the U.S., so it would be consular processing in Montreal. Just wondering if the system knows to wait for both approvals or if one will get sent for interview and get approved before the other. Only asking because once consular approves you only have 6 months to cross right? Also for the question where the form asks for the beneficiary's intended address -- for now, do i list that as my home? They will plan to buy something small but cannot until they sell their home and they can't sell home until all this approves. So wondering if i just list my address in that part since they live outside of the U.S. and this is going to be a i-130 and consular processing not an adjustment of status....THANK YOU!