I-130 Change from Married to Umarried - How to inform USCIS

[PJ0422 0]

We submitted a petition 3.5 years ago for our daughter to come to the US using I-130. She was married at that time. In 2013, she was divorced. We called the USCIS to find out how to notify them of this change from Married to Unmarried status. They told us to visit our local office in Nashville with a copy of the divroce decree. We did that and the local office had no idea why we were told to visit them saying they can't do anything. They said we must write to the California Service Center, where the I-130 is being processed (or placed on hold, as it seems to be). We mailed it. The California center mailed it back immediately thainking us for the inquiry into our case status, and suggesting that we call the 800 number to inquire about case status. The 800 numbe ris where thsi whole things started, but we are not inquiring about the status - we are trying to inform them of a change in our daughter's status from Married to Unmarried. Any suggestions on how to break through????

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Did you try the NVC? You are probably past USCIS and in the hands of the Dept of State.

[apple21 953]

Check the case status: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard/CaseStatus.do

What does it say?

[PJ0422 0]

Thanks... the case status still says "Initial Review". We just wan tto make sure that they know the petition is no longer for a married person but for an unmarried person, but we have gone around in a complete circle with them.

[apple21 953]

When you sent the divorce decree, did you include a cover letter emphasizing the change in visa category (from F3 to F1)???

[PJ0422 0]

Thanks apple21, I did not mention the change from F3 to F1, although the rest of it seemed pretty clear. I'll resend it with that as the Subject heading: I-130 Change from F3 to F1.... and leave out the word "status" as they seem to trigger off that word and assume any time someone mentions the word, "status" they are making a "Status Inquiry", when in fact I was alerting them to a change in my daughter's marital status. Thanks for the tip!