i-130

Hello all ! I am a US citizen who applied for my wife's I 130 over a year and half ago, which is now approved. Got email from NVC visa center that fees has to be paid and then schedule medical/next steps for visa appointment. However, my family situation has changed and we are expecting a child...

Good evening My mother filed I-130 for my sister after gaining US citizenship. She passed away last year. Can you please tell us what will happen to the file? Our father is still alive. Do we need to notify USCIS? Is there a way to keep the file still active? Thank you for being so helpful.

My brother is a citizen of the USA and has been for around 6 years now. If he were to apply for an i-130 as a relative for our parents, the processing time would be around 6 to 12 months for them to receive a green card. After they receive their green card, could they then apply for an i-130...

My brother had filed my I-130 in Oct 2008, I am from Pakistan, just wanted to know is there anyone who got their case opened and working if they have filed on it the same month and year

Background: My I-130 was approved on Nov 2015. I think my documents were submitted somewhere in March 2015. For my category (“All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed” and F4), I have to wait for a long time to get a green card. I did my undergrad, Masters, and PhD in the US and currently, I...

Hi Folks, We had started the process of filing GC for my Mother in Law in March 2002. The I-130 was filed online. Now getting ready to file I-485, there has been a question asked by USCIS that why was the I-130 started before 90 days. The I-485 is yet to be filed. She arrived in US in Feb 2022...

I'm the beneficiary of the I-130 petition submitted in May 2020 (23 months). I'm on TN status expiring in October 2022 (in 6 months). Processing times for CSC say 23-30 months which means any time between now (April) and October. Can I follow up with I-485 (I-765 & I-131) so it counts as...

Hi, I received an RFE for my I-130 application to sponsor for my wife's green card with the following reason Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, was not signed by the petitioner, XXXXXX, or the copy that was submitted did not contain all pages of the form. Submit a...

Hello, I have just got my citizenship through naturalization. I'm filling out I-130 forms to sponsor my wife and both of my parents for GC. I have a few questions hoping to get answers here. 1) I have a copy of my certificate of naturalization WITHOUT my signature then I signed and sent it in...

Was looking on some advice for what is going on in the world of USCIS since calling them or checking their website for updates is a pretty horrible user experience. My wife and I (usc) are in the process of applying for an AOS since we got married in August of 2020. We ended up getting all...

Hi all, I am a dual citizen of Canada and the US, who lives in the US. I filed the I-130 in December 2020 for my mother who lives in Canada (Canadian citizen). Both her mother (my grandmother) and I are citizens of the USA. My Grandmother lives in Canada (also dual), so I thought me doing...

Hi Good People. Should there be a change in the processing speeds(I130 for spouse of Green Card Holders living in overseas) from January as the new president is coming in? Thanks in advance.

I have filed a family based immigration visa for my brother in 2013 May (along with his wife). Because I live in CA, I believe it will be handled in CA service center. I found that the current queue in CA service center is 2008. My brother's wife (let's say her name is Y) parents became US...

When I was a child my father started an immigration process on my behalf. The I-130 was approved and the process continued until the next step to do was to schedule an interview in the US embassy (I was 15years old). However, I decided not to do so that time, since I wanted to stay in my...

Hello, My parent came here to visit few months ago at that time I submitted an i-130 as they were supposed to return home after few months. however with COVID19 and the airports shutting down they got stuck here and I have submitted an i94 extension two weeks before the expiration of their...

On the form i485 they ask if you are exempt from the public charge ground of inadimissibility. I can answer yes or no. But even after reading again and again the instructions I am not sure about the correct answer (the word exempt followed by the word inadimissibility is making me very confused)...

A little background: I currently reside in Michigan. I acquired my US Green Card in 2010 and was consequently naturalized and became an US citizen in 2016. My wife is a naturalized Canadian citizen. We had been in a long distance relationship for 6 years and in July 2019, she visited me over a...

Hello here's my situation and i appreciate all the help i can get, So i got married about a year ago now in china to a Chinese man, needed to go to us embassy in china to get a specific piece of paper translated then we took it to local chinese courthouse to do the rest and got married. Fast...

Hi members, My uncle applied for f4 visa for my dad and the priority date is April 4th, 2007 and the i-130 was approved on March 15, 2012. When I log on to ceac I don't see my name, but my parents are listed. My DOB is August 27th, 1994 and my current age is 25. I know am above the age for...

Hello, I would like to know how much time does USCIS take to upgrade form I-130 for Spouse after Naturalization. I submitted the I-130 application when I was a permanent resident (Green card) in March 2018, I got the receipt(Form I-797C) in return stating the petition is in "review", not...