Lil bear

28 minutes ago, coforever said:

Hi everyone, I am a LPR and reside in the US , my mom is to visit and applied for a B1 visa last year 2023 when I had my first child based on long wait times for my country (Nigeria) her interview is this month 

I am currently pregnant for baby number 2 and my obgyn wrote me a letter to submit at the embassy recommending my moms visa be granted as I would need her during this pregnancy and emphasizing how my previous pregnancy recovery was tough ,

I have some questions

1. Do you think this will help? have anyone followed this route ?

2. How do I send the documents along with other documents to the embassy?

 

any and all reply is welcome, thank you

The decision to grant her a visitor visa is primarily based on the interviewing officer assessment of her ties to her home country and her likelihood to overstay   Unfortunately providing the information you have suggested is mostly likely going to weaken her apparent ties to her home country .. by demonstrating strong ties to US family..  and also  increased the IO concern that she would overstay in order to support you. 
So my thoughts are .. don’t provide that documentation. 

9 minutes ago, Karen2021 said:

Just making sure since some people on Reddit were giving me mixed answers. Is it advised that we change our address in our USCIS account if we want the Green Card to be sent to our current address or will CBP ask us which address we want the Green Card to be sent? The best answers I've received have been here on VisaJourney, especially from YOU and CRAZYCAT. God bless y'all for your contributions. ❤️ 

When entering the US make  sure  you update your address for the GC with the CBP officer. This is the correct process. Not sure how linked the address on the account is with the process for mailing out the GC 

10 minutes ago, Worldtraveler222 said:

Hi! I received the medical exam envelope and it was sealed, signed, stamped. I added my fiancés name and dob on the outside. Should’ve asked beforehand but is that ok or could it cause issues?

Not a problem 

17 minutes ago, kabhatti said:

Hello everyone, after so many years I'm back to my favorite place for information. This time to help a friend who has overstay visa. However after several years, has married a US Citizen. I'm thinking with this she can apply and obtain a green card. Am I correct and what form is applicable? I485 as she is already in the US. Thanks so much and sorry I tried a search.

Yes. Adjust status and for this category overstay is “forgiven “. Apply before the fees increase in April if at all possible. Apply for work and travel authorization concurrently. Still 8 plus months before she can consider traveling overseas  

Just now, tr.thao said:

Got it! thank you so much for your help!

Took me ages to work this out too when we were filling out the forms. You are not on your own here !! 

3 hours ago, tr.thao said:

Yes himself, his wife, his kid and my parents but he fill 2 different form I864 for my parents and we're stuck at Part 5 we don't know should we put 1 in number 6 because both my parents are not LPR yet. 

Correct. You are not presently sponsoring either of them. If one of them was already and LPR under your sponsorship then you would say Yes and add them into your house hold number 

5 hours ago, tr.thao said:

Hi everyone, if my brother is sponsoring both my parents at the same time but in 2 different application. in form I-864 part 5, number 6 (person that you have sponsored in form I864) does he needs to count 1 for my mother in my father's application and 1 for my father in my mother's application? 

Thank you for your help.

No. From our personal experience ..

Each I 864 form is only for 1 immigrant .. the other parent is not added to the other parents I864. This is because there is no actual sponsorship yet.. Only potential sponsorship until the visa is approved and issued  

Just now, HKAA said:

Yes I understand that, but I know odd things sometimes get things moving. Just a thought. 

Ive tried many service requests, expedites, ombudsman. 

I cant get estimated time due to it being Potomac. It isn't listed on the website. I asked multiple agents on emma live chat and none of them can give me an estimate. 

Im about to have to do a writ of mandamus, but that is pretty expensive now. 

The thing is I didnt even need an I-824, due to my I-130 stated that I was processing out of country, but USCIS made me do it. I didnt have to do it for my spouse, but they are forcing me to do it for my stepson. IDK. 

Im not meaning to be rude .. but yes it is a blunt answer .. surrounded by the frustrations and emotions that 99% of us have through this journey … 

Wait .. like the rest of us. 😓

1 hour ago, Aur0ra said:

Do you have to add tax returns to the unsolicited evidence part? They don't ask for them officially. Is it necessary?

Yes. 

1 hour ago, Iza414 said:

different how? I believed once we register the common law marriage with the state that declaration of marriage would be in placement of the “regular” signed marriage license?

 

Timeline is one reason and the main is due to my girlfriend having severe anxiety, courthouse wedding even if small in scale is a big thing for her. Would be more comfortable and preferable if we could do common law. 

Common law marriages are only recognised /registerable in some states and are not recognised by the federal USCIS for the petition you are needing. Recognised  for naturalisation 

Hire a celebrant who can then conduct the ceremony in your living room. Some states require 1 or 2 other witnesses to be there and  sign the paperwork. .. check out your state requirements. 
 

or do a Utah online ceremony where you and your partner are in one place and via ZOOM the celebrant is in another. 

2 minutes ago, Fallon24 said:

Hello,

 

We currently live in the UK.

 

I am wondering if it’s harmful to submit my husbands I-130 before I, the US citizen, receive my ILR and Citizenship status here.
 

I do not want to risk being disqualified somehow for getting ILR and British Naturalization because of filing the I-130.

 

I am hoping the two countries don’t share information like this and it’s kept all separate? 

 

Thank you!

Even if they do share .. and i do not believe they do share this type of info .. It is not an  issue for your I130

 petition 

Please for your safety do not post personal information such as the info visible on the attachments 

2 hours ago, Redro said:

You need to think of USCIS NVC and the Consulate as three different entities. With three different timelines and all three timelines are constantly changing.

I believe only Sydney deals with immigrant visas but I could be incorrect @Lil bear can you advise?

And you have to keep an eye on the timelines for NVC here:

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/83-national-visa-center-dept-of-state/

You could definitely start the NVC process while in Australia. 

You might not want to complete it before you leave OR you might not have a choice.

I don't know enough about your planned stay in Australia or where you will be based but research all steps of the immigration process to the US to make the decision that is best for you and your relationship. 

 

 

Sydney only. Long back up

queue still pushing out Interview times 

27 minutes ago, CamBla said:

I would like to stay in Australia for as long as possible, probably via visa extension, until NVC stage is complete and I could join my partner in the US. Do you know if it's an option to undertake the latter stages i.e. the interview in Australia if the I-130 was initially applied to from within the U.K.?

I thought it  would be  a short term job. This gives you temporary resident status which should qualify you for interviewing in Aust. Email the Sydney consulate once you have your NVC case number. You  might be able to be extend your work visa but it is unlikely that a second tourist visa would be issued for your spouse   Getting the interview moved is possible but may be a timing nightmare   Better to think about making a trip to the  UK for the medical and interview. Then you will have somewhere around 5-6 months before you have to move to the US so you could spend time back in Oz if your visa were still current 

Trying to plan complex travel / living /timing while processing an immigration  application is really hard .. the immigration process is very unpredictable timewise 

You are going to need to consider how your spouse will meet the US DOMICILE and financial sponsorship requirements too. 

1 minute ago, pushbrk said:

I don't know the process, but the UK to Australia seems not to be a problem.  If they don't already know the how and how long, they need to look into it, for sure.

 

Exactly 

3 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

 

 

Emigrating to Australia isnt a quick action .. So i guess my question still stands open ., what visa type ? Seems a bit strange “emigrating” then leaving the country after 12 months. 

44 minutes ago, CamBla said:

My partner (US Citizen) and I (U.K. Citizen) currently living in the U.K. and are unmarried. Our long term goal is to move to the USA; however, we are considering a move to Australia after filing the I-130 document post marriage. The plan is to marry in the U.K. and then move to Australia in August 2025 and stay for one year, leaving August 2026.

 

Can the I-130 be filed in the U.K. in say, March 2025, and the application continued after emigrating to Australia? Additionally, how long can we wait after the I-130 is approved before starting the I-485 petition? The reason for this would be that we want to have a full year in Australia and are trying to determine a rough timeline. 

On what basis will you be legally in Aust? . You must have residency in order to interview in Aust .. otherwise you would return to the UK for the interview 

9 hours ago, AMZJ said:

Thanks! I read the letter quickly when I was making sure all my papers were together and I didn't know if I needed it or not since we are divorced and I'm applying based on my time here, not on the marriage. 

What letter are you referring to ? 

25 minutes ago, AMZJ said:

I got divorced last year and I'm applying for my US citizenship. On the paper it asks for a spouses birth certificate. I can ask but I'm not sure if he'll let me borrow that. I have all the other required paperwork and divorce decree. I've been in the US for almost 8 years now and my daughter is a US citizen from birth. Has anyone else filed after divorce and did they require the birth certificate of your ex spouse?

Thanks.

Where in the instructions are you seeing that you must submit your ex spouses birth certificate. 
 
If you were applying based on marriage to a USC, it is required. But as you are not applying under this rule ( you do not meet the requirements to do so) I cannot see where the ex spouses birth certificate is even mentioned . 

Moved to “major family changes “ forum as this reflects OP’s situation 

10 minutes ago, RPete said:

Hi,

 

Canadian Citizen, Moved to US in 2020, conditional green card was approved December 21, 2021. We moved back to Canada October 28, 2023 and are not returning. Since I only had a conditional green card and did not apply for ROC, it's expired. Do I have to file an abandonment form? Does it affect taxes?

 

Thanks,

You need to file 2023 taxes as LPR. You should file I407 to formally abandon you lpr status. Not

 filling for ROC doesn’t automatically trigger this.
The date you sign the I407 will be considered the end of your lpr status .. You need to include in  2023 taxes any income earned anywhere in the world for whole of the year.. And,  depending on your income up to the date on the I407, you may need to file for 2024 also, at least for the period from Jan 1 to that date.  

34 minutes ago, GEOntificator said:

Some of you may remember my posts from a few weeks ago. My mother who has a pending AOS from B2 visa (concurrent filing) just got her EAD approved. If we decide to own property in a different state and be back and forth a lot can she claim residency in both states while her AOS is pending? By claiming residency I mean to have a registered address and possibly a DL in that state? She would maintain her current address as well (where we live now).

Cant have residency in 2 states at the same time . Cant have DL from 2 different states at the same time . Can own property in as many states as you want. But one will be primary residential state 

1 hour ago, tmrtng said:

NVC manually added my husband to my parents' cases, I assume because we file taxes jointly.

They added him as a household member and requested his birth certificate, our marriage certificate, and proof of domicile. and after I submitted the documents, the system gave me a message original documents needed to be presented at the interview.

That is correct. The original documents of anything uploaded to NVC is required to be in the hands of the beneficiary at the interview. No way around this. 

38 minutes ago, northusa44 said:

Just want to give this a boost--can anyone else confirm that legal residents are eligible for Obama Care AND the subsidies that are offered with the plans?

Yes