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The Buzzfeed article has been accurate thus far.  The local USCIS offices are unfortunately not forthcoming with future dates, so it's really up in the air when ones not mentioned in the Buzzfeed article will close.  All I can say is don't hesitate to get the ball rolling now, before the end of the year for sure all or most, if not all will be done taking DCF.

The usual stance is to have everything translated, if it helps your case.  With DCF, it isn't likely as necessary, as the officers can read multiple languages or have translators available if needed.  There are some items which are required to be translated, such as birth certificates and such.
 
If you go the translation route for supporting evidence, I wouldn't translate an entire lease, that is insane.  Have just some of the relevant bits translated that support your case.  The Mexico consulate website should mention if any of those documents are required to be translated for DCF, but it's unlikely they do.

There will be periods where he is seemingly very happy, and there will be periods where he is seemingly miserable.
Biggest piece of advice I can give you is don't rush him into "assimilating" into American culture, and don't get frustrated if it seems he's not adjusting quickly enough to your tastes (ie. arguments will crop up and it's going to be partly because he's like a fish out of water right now and frustrated).  Remember, this is about him not you at this time.  A lot of USCs come to VJ frustrated because "things aren't working out" and then it's revealed the foreigner has been in the country a few weeks or just a month or so.   Some people come to the US and it takes several months or even YEARS to fully adjust to a different lifestyle, different surroundings, different language, different customs, different cuisine.  Add in that he's away from his friends and family and a bulk of his time will be spent alone while he's waiting to find work/be authorized to work and it can become quite isolating at times.
 
It will take him as long as it takes him---heck, I've been living in the US since 2004 and I still don't feel like this is "home" completely.  And I still regret leaving behind everything at times.
 
Visiting is much much different than living in the USA.  Also remember that everything you take for granted right now is going to be completely foreign to him (no pun intended)...simple things like how to pay on public transit, mailing something from the post office, where to get a great cup of coffee, brand names in grocery stores, etc. is completely different for him now.  So just be patient as you can, and try to start out exploring his new surroundings with him (if you can take some time off work when he arrives).
 
When he gets homesick (and he will), consider taking him out to a great Lebanese restaurant to give him a little bit of familiarity and to celebrate his own culture---familiar food can be very comforting.

This was in response to someone who said people should only be able to adjust from a K-1. People should also be able to adjust from work/study visas, where they would be doing all of these things LEGALLY for years.
I married on an H1B, it would make no sense to make me quit my job to go back to my home country for my husband to petition me from there.

And how exactly is that fair for anyone who had worked here for years, perhaps got married and started a family?  Or someone who has been a student in our high schools and universities, and wants to stay and work legally?  Sending them back home only to file new paperwork is quite ridiculous, even countries with strict visa and immigration laws like China can adjust your status without leaving the country in the majority of cases.

And how exactly is that fair for anyone who had worked here for years, perhaps got married and started a family?  Or someone who has been a student in our high schools and universities, and wants to stay and work legally?  Sending them back home only to file new paperwork is quite ridiculous, even countries with strict visa and immigration laws like China can adjust your status without leaving the country in the majority of cases.

According to official USCIS sources, that is still within the processing time for London:
 

 
https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/international-operations-office

Print (Hand-write) with black ink in the native language.  It's perfectly ok to type some, and hand-write others.

People are looking for someone to blame.  Blaming asylum seekers for following the letter of the law is a bit silly.  The laws could be rewritten to prevent these supposed Mexican cases, but there is no evidence that is the main issue with the backlog.  The main issue is there needs to be more funding and focus on proper immigration, and instead of abandoning international offices, they should be encouraged and funded to free up domestic offices to handle fewer cases.  It's great that the USCIS has been profitable, but if we want to tighten legal immigration, you need to fund the service that is making it happen.
 
This is going to hurt people who are legally immigrating, and putting further burden on the US domestic offices.  Also for adoption seekers and military families this will place even more challenges in front of them.
 
I agree with others that we should wait for details, but for someone like me who is planning to DCF to bring my wife later this year, it's some very stressful news to hear.  Especially under the Trump administration ,things could change in an instant... or they might not, depends on the whims of the administration and what the courts will think.  But for those now in the process or soon to be, this puts some of us in a limbo who have been doing all the right things to do perfectly legal immigration.  We need details asap of their proposals.

This is a big on in China.  Guangzhou Consulate is constantly busy processing adoption cases from China.  That's one of the most important duties they serve.  I can't imagine how they'd just drop their local services here, as it would make it seriously difficult for anyone to adopt in China, and the domestic offices are not prepared to handle all these cases in the future.

People are looking for someone to blame.  Blaming asylum seekers for following the letter of the law is a bit silly.  The laws could be rewritten to prevent these supposed Mexican cases, but there is no evidence that is the main issue with the backlog.  The main issue is there needs to be more funding and focus on proper immigration, and instead of abandoning international offices, they should be encouraged and funded to free up domestic offices to handle fewer cases.  It's great that the USCIS has been profitable, but if we want to tighten legal immigration, you need to fund the service that is making it happen.
 
This is going to hurt people who are legally immigrating, and putting further burden on the US domestic offices.  Also for adoption seekers and military families this will place even more challenges in front of them.
 
I agree with others that we should wait for details, but for someone like me who is planning to DCF to bring my wife later this year, it's some very stressful news to hear.  Especially under the Trump administration ,things could change in an instant... or they might not, depends on the whims of the administration and what the courts will think.  But for those now in the process or soon to be, this puts some of us in a limbo who have been doing all the right things to do perfectly legal immigration.  We need details asap of their proposals.