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My uncle(USA) filed an I-130 petition for his sister (my mother)(Pakistan) on August 7, 2008. The petition was approved on February 18, 2010. After that, nothing happened until June 23, 2025, when my uncle received the Welcome Letter and CEAC login information from the NVC.
He sent me the login details so I could complete the forms. When I logged into the CEAC portal, I only saw my parents names listed (my father and my mother).
We are three brothers:
Brother A (married), born 18 May 1995
Brother B (middle brother), born 24 April 1996
Brother C (myself), born 22 December 1999
One brother is married and two are unmarried. None of our names were showing in the CEAC portal, so I added myself and my middle brother (Brother C and Brother B). After adding us, I received this message:
(We are unable to review this case for applicability of the Child Status Protection Act CSPA at this time because the required fees have not been paid. In order to review this case for CSPA, one of the following must occur: The Affidavit of Support processing fee must be paid, and an Affidavit of Support form that includes the applicant who needs a CSPA review must be submitted, or The Immigrant Visa fee must be paid for the applicant requiring CSPA review. For Special Immigrant Visa applicants: Form DS-260 must be submitted for the applicant that needs a CSPA review. You may resubmit your request for CSPA review once the case meets one of the criteria above.)
We then paid the Affidavit of Support fee and the Immigrant Visa (IV) fee for our mother and father, and my uncle submitted the Affidavit of Support forms and financial documents.
After that, I tried again to add myself and my middle brother, but we received the same message again.
(We are unable to review this case for applicability of the Child Status Protection Act CSPA at this time because the required fees have not been paid. In order to review this case for CSPA, one of the following must occur: The Affidavit of Support processing fee must be paid, and an Affidavit of Support form that includes the applicant who needs a CSPA review must be submitted, or The Immigrant Visa fee must be paid for the applicant requiring CSPA review. For Special Immigrant Visa applicants: Form DS-260 must be submitted for the applicant that needs a CSPA review. You may resubmit your request for CSPA review once the case meets one of the criteria above.)
I then submitted an inquiry through the NVC Public Inquiry Form and sent them our birth certificates. After one week, I received an email with the this message.
(Greetings,
We are unable to review this case for applicability of the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) at this time because the required fees have not been paid. In order to review this case for CSPA, one of the following must occur:
The Affidavit of Support processing fee must be paid, and an Affidavit of Support form that includes the applicant who needs a CSPA review must be submitted, or
The Immigrant Visa fee must be paid for the applicant requiring CSPA review.
For Special Immigrant Visa applicants:
Form DS-260 must be submitted for the applicant that needs a CSPA review.
You may resubmit your request for CSPA review once the case meets one of the criteria above.)

However, when I opened the CEAC portal after that, my name and my middle brother s name were now showing (Brother B and Brother C).
I have now completed my parents IV applications and uploaded all of their civil documents (but have not submitted them yet).

My questions are:
1. Why were our names not showing before, and why are they showing now?
2. We think all three brothers have aged out. Is there any possible way for us to get visas with our mother and father?
3. If we hire a lawyer to argue our case, is there any chance we could still get visas? (If yes, then we will continue the process.)
Finally, when I open the CEAC Application List, all three brothers are listed with our parents, but only two brothers appear on the CEAC home page.

This question is to get information about our CR-1.

We had our DQ on 11/14/25 and our embassy is in Cairo. I understand that it takes about a year or more to get an interview date there. I saw on Reddit that someone transferred their place of interview from Cairo to another country (I believe it was Oman, another one in Rhiyad). She did not mention about them or the beneficiary actually moving to the new country.

My question is . I m originally from the Philippines and I wonder if we can transfer my husband s interview from Cairo to Manila? I still have a house there and my work here in the US allows me to be able to stay in the Philippines with my husband for an extended period of time, if needed. Will this be a good idea? Or will it actually do harm with our application? Also, I checked the travel.state.gov website for DQ priority date for interview in Manila, there is no date? Does it it mean that it s current?

Thank you for the reply in advance!

Hello,
I am kind of stuck with a situation so I wanted to ask here since we've done the k1 files ourselves.
I am the beneficiary so my partner didn't file his taxes for the last year but he is planning to ,Also he got paid in cash last year so it might be trickier to file his taxes etc.I am done with our file and want to submit it but can't predict the outcome of this situation because i dont want to get denied.He filed taxes all his life,filed the 2023 year last and 2024 not yet and he says he is not sure if he can get tax returns for 2024 since if us doesn't accept his cash payments as a proof for tax purposes etc. Right now he re-instated his company as of last week and will start to get the payments officially.You think that can hurt our case or what can we do to support his financial status when the interview time has come?He doesn't have a real estate propert but he has a car,and normally he makes around 80-90k annually but can't prove that because of taxes etc.Please help me I dont want to go this path only to get rejected any help is appreciated.We don't have anyone to sponsor us by the way so that is not an option.Thank you for your time

Hi, for the ones with similar case, my spouse and I are separated, however she refuses to sign the petition. How do I file in January, once the divorce will be only completed in June?

Hi guys, we received I-130 approval on Nov 18. Initially I applied for the Australia police certificate (name check only), but I just realized it also requires the fingerprint version. The fingerprint certificate may take up to 30 days to receive the hard copy. Should I upload a cover letter explaining that I m in the process of obtaining the fingerprint certificate (and attach the application form and mailing receipt), and also attach the name-check-only certificate I already have?

Thanks so much!