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    Just got the texts that USCIS received our concurrently filed forms! Whose USCIS account do we add them to?
    7:40 pm today

    sid_smith123

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    I am a US citizen, and my wife and I (she is an F1 visa holder) sent our concurrently filed forms to USCIS last week, and today I got 4 texts that they were all received (130, 485, 765, and 131). Each text has a receipt number (IOE followed by numbers). I have a USCIS online account but my wife does not have an online account at all.

    Side note: we filled in N/A for USCIS account number in the paperwork as we had not filed anything before (so we had no account number).

    Now that I got the texts that the forms were receieved, what do I do? Here are the initia loptions I thought out.

    1.) Sign into my USCIS account and add all 4 to my account

    2.) Sign into my USCIS account and add just the 130, and she creates a new account and adds the other forms

    3.) My wife and I both create new accounts and then I add 130 to mine and she adds the rest to hers

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    One year nvc timeout, how to prevent?
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    What is the correct method of preventing a timeout occurrence while waiting for nvc to send the case for interview?

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    K1 Visa - Administrative Processing - Philippines
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    Fianc had her visa interview about 3 weeks ago for a K1 visa in Manila and they told her that she was approved and collected her passport. We are still showing as "Ready" on the CEAC website. Before the interview, we did have to submit a different DS-160 due to a couple mistakes on the first one. We brought that to the interview and they accepted it, as they told us to do. We have still not received her passport back so I made an inquiry and received this response:

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    Our review of records shows that your case is undergoing administrative processing.
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    IS THIS NORMAL?
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    Allison B

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    U.S. Passport application, place of birth Jerusalem or Israel?
    3:57 pm today

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    Hi,

    After applying for my first US passport, I got a mail requesting that I indicate the place of birth to appear in my passport: Israel or Jerusalem.

    I am an Israeli citizen, born in Jerusalem, with an Israeli passport.

    I'm not sure what the best option is.

    Would choosing one over the other have any consequences?

    Thank you



     
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      Hi all
      Got an email asking for me to update my status, which I did in 2021.
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      Can anyone helps me plz?
      I came with K1 visa and entered the US then
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      My question is: Can I add a new case on my USCIS existing account that had been created 2 years ago with the new receipt number to track my current case and waiting for getting my green card? 
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      Did the consulate reactivate your case for the doctor's office to upload the medical? I am in the same boat now.  Wondering how long it takes them.
       
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