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my friend (the immigrant) swore by it. i understand what are u trying to say, and i also think that invitation letter has no weight. but who am i to force her to change her mind. it's not that i can screamed at her and said 'YOU ARE WRONG !" right? unless i want to ruin our friendship. its not my place. all she knew the husband write a invitation letter for her mother, and the mother got approved after the interview. obviously this is not a request from the consulate, but it's their initiative action. i understand ur point truly but i only shared what my friend's experience to OP, thats all

USA never ever stamp the passport when u leave the US as long as i remembered. the only stamp US gave on the passport( they dont even give stamp anymore in certain POE now) is when the person entered USA. so i was hoping OP can give explain more with the timeline started from the beginning. i think it will be easier for us to understand the problem and perhaps can give suggestion. im scratching my head about this "backstamp" issue and still didnt get it

can you please rephrase ? im just puzzled. so u come to USA with a visa and then CBP send u back home at the airport because of this issue? but what it has anything to do with your misrep?

no. u dont file i-485 every month lol just follow the visa bulletin. uscis release it once a month. can only file for i-130 now ( after u receive ur GC) and thats it

yeah a friend got approved on 3/5 and just got the card 3/27... what im saying is just wait a little

my friend have similar situation. her mother got denied tourist visa few years ago because the consulate asked : Q : where u gonna go? A : NYC sightseeing Q : what do u want to see? A: Disneyland (LOL!) auto denial hahaha. but few years later ( last year), her daughter finally got her 10 years GC through marriage after being overstayed for 22 years. and the mother reapply tourist visa again. she swore that the invitation letter from her USC husband did the trick. in my understanding, the invitation letter bear little weight, but hey, the mother got the tourist visa and that's it. I'm in no position to correct what she believe because she believed its the invitation letter is the key. and mind you, many many people think the same. just little background : her mother never worked, early 70, doesnt speak english. my friend havent set foot in the home country for 22 years, mother went to the interview alone. in the interview your mother can ask to be interview in her own language. look, it's $180 that you need to spend to find out wether she will get it or not. if you have $180 that u are willing to spend, dont see the reason why not.

if approved march 12th, just give it 3 week-ish to receive your actual GC. its a bit slow lately for shipping u can always file i-130 for her but thats about it. she cant get working permit, until her priority date become current and she can file i-485. every month you have to check the visa bulletin. still a good news. when is the interview date? break a leg !

If you are not ready to get marry then k1 is the way. That’s why u got 90 days for you to get marry and you already file it anyway. U already spent the money for the I-129F fee. How long ago did you file for k1 ? Either her family compromise with K1 -means no wedding whatsoever (moslem or not moslem, not even religious marriage) or if they refuse (typical) u just bit the bullet and get marry over there then file for CR1 obviously only if u actually wanna do it. I have few moslem Indonesian lady who came to the states with K1 and never ever did religious marriage whatsoever before they leave. Can always do the big wedding later in Indonesia once she got her GC ps. I’m Indonesian so I think I know what I’m talking about

then i-130 for now until uscis approved, after that = consular processing (DS260)

where's ur parent now? outside or inside the US? 2 different process outside US = only i-130 for the first step

can't u renew ur canadian passport from inside the US? if you said 20 days, thats more than enough. if you are not sure, call the consulate/embassy/passport office and ask, how long is the average time now. ( as you know, 1 year ago, 10 years ago, even 6 months ago the average time will varied)

so did you expedited it or not? friend just expedited it (first US passport), need to have ticket 13 days from today, pay extra $60. submit 3/25 received 3/28

3/20/24 congressperson’s aid reached out after my inquiry. I sent 3 pages of explanations along with screenshots of the myuscis account to explain the problem. 3/25/24 congressperson’s aid forwarded email from STARS congressional (USCIS), they said they checked the system, and it appears the inquiry is closed (well I know that!) and that’s about the content of the response. I was like, whatever. It is what it is. 3/27/24 USCIS actually called from 202 number and leave a voice message (!!!) I called back and the person is from Access and information services / customer services. she told me she got my inquiry along with 3 pages of my complaints haha. She’s working remotely and not based in DC and we decided to set up teams call at 6 pm my time so they can take video recording of my screen to get better understanding of the issue. It’s very technical video call. There were 2 of them and me. Person #1 the woman who called me said there were issue on their end last year about the same time when I sent the secure messages, and they thought the bug already got fix. She also saw even the bottom of my profile on the portal also missed something and it supposed to have my profile info. Person #2 the other lady is more the “technical” person and she’s explained what probably caused the issue. It’s very interesting discussion. I feel so weird not talking to the usual not helpful emma agent or tier 2. i chuckled when person #1 said, their system is " a bit dated" because they are not government funded and relied to the fee that we paid for their operation. i almost said "yeah.... hence april 1st increase " but i decided not to make funny remark about it. Person #1 asked me when I’m eligible to apply for n-400 and I laughed hysterically and said “not in the next 1 year 9 months”. I told them many people on the internet told me to just let go this problem and both of them at the same time said “no, u can’t just let it go, it need to be fix” and they said they are glad I reached out to the congressperson because it meant I’m not the only one who has the issue but probably the only one who OCD ( I said this not them) enough to reach out to congressperson. Person #2 said she will definitely discuss the issue with her team. I personally think that’s the end of it and my issue still won’t get it fix. 3/28/24 8 am EST got message from USCIS inbox. They responded my old messages on the portal, so my inbox is free up again. Yay ! im gonna write thank you email to both of them now. ( yes i have their emails, and no they are no adjudication officers lol )

you can wear whatever u want. my friend got naturalize 2 weeks ago and shes wearing jeans and a shirt ( not t-shirt) and she got same day oath ceremeony, i personally like to dress up, but thats me. also few months ago when i was in my field office doing something else, a couple looks like going to fish ( literally tank top and short) came for their naturalization and USCIS didnt say "no you cant get in" LOL

@TBoneTXi reached out to congressperson, and reported the issue last week, and a real USCIS agent from Access and information services actually just called me few minutes ago, we have discussion and we will meet via zoom tonight because she wants me to share my screen so they can get better understanding and fix the problem. she said USCIS indeed have problem last year regarding of this glitch that they think it's solved but apparently isn't solved. so thank for your suggestion, i think this is the first time USCIS called me and not related to my immigration "cases" at all and i actually can talk and discuss instead of asking questions regarding on my case. @OldUser do not worry, not all USCIS agents job are to adjudicate immigration cases, there are in fact other division and it wont affect "backlog" and my complaint wont take "resources" and delayed adjudication of i-751. ( it's long and delayed not because of my complaint anyway). the agent actually said she appreciate my "complaint" because she wants USCIS to fix the problem and this agent is not adjudication officer, hence, none "resources" taken. @randomstairs

I will do all if file before April 1st

yes, she can file adjustment of status. 130,130A,485,765,864 did she enter with visa/passport or cross ilegally? (entry without inspection)

Same day oath ceremony Los Angeles office. Interview at 9 am, by 10 am just waiting for the oath ceremony. Parents of USC 5 years rule filed 3/22/2023 ( 3 weeks AFTER 90 days open to avoid problem since GC 5 years anniversary will be 3/4/24) interview and ceremony : 3/18/24

Did you send the divorce judgment to the same place where you sent your initial package ? have you try to submit the Same exact thing in pdf file and upload it to your I-751 account ?

did you write a letter to explain ? or just receipt notice + the divorce judgment?

Manually add text (pdf) and resize to make it smaller so there’s enough space

tax transcript showed u actually filed for tax past years. so u can choose EITHER : IRS tax transcript OR 1040 / 1099 + W2 for current income : u need to show something/anything other than tax transcript ( past income tax) because ur tax transcript is not equal your current income. who knows there's life changing situation like loosing job, retire, etc etc. to show current income : it can be employer verification letter ( if u work for a company), paystubs, retirement verification letter ( if you have income from the retirement) etc etc.

i saw it more often in 2021-2022 filers. not so much for 2023-2024 because i think USCIS finally figure it out and just closed the i-129F/ or merge it with i-130. can always try, just dont put much high hope

travelled for 3 months in europe before continue to the states. i said i take 1 year vacation total and wanted to travel to as much countries as possible and it's "red flag" for them. they assumed im poor, no saving, and there's no way i can live without work for a long time ( i actually can). they put me in secondary office one time because i flew from iceland instead of my home country.they asked my bank account statements, return ticket, how much cash i had. here's their questions and my response : 1. why ur bank statement is not up to date and it's 3 months old? --- "duh, because ive been travelling in europe for 3 months and i dont have online statements (back then)" 2. why you only bring $500 cash ? ---"duh because im a solo traveller and i dont want to get robbed?" prcoeed by showing them 3 credit cards that i can pay online 3. where's ur return ticket? --- "here" 4. how you fund ur trip without working? - "i have a lot of saving as you can see on my bank statement, that will last 10 years without working" and i even offered " you can use ur currency calculator if u want to convert to USD". my account is active, so its not just dormant. i was so quick because i prepped everything in 1 folder and very organized, he cant even think of more questions to ask 4. give me ur phone, unlocked it --- " here, the phone is unlocked " all he saw 10,000 photos of landmark, and food because i like to eat. he brought my phone to his office for 10 mnts, he got back with my phone and passport stamped. " you're free to go" adios that's the only time it happened to me. i entered US multiple times, never have to go secondary. usually they just said " enjoy ur stay" and not even a single question. all that being said, different officer different location, different situation. bring everything that u need just in case. it never hurt to be prepare.

i didnt say anything about choice. told OP need to disclosed it, english is not my first language