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Hi everyone,

My fianc and I tried applying to the K1 visa twice already. We sent our first application March 1st, and never heard anything back, never received our NOA1, the money was never taken. It's been 73 days.

We tried everything: calling USCIS (but it's impossible to have someone on the phone), contacting people through USCIS website but they just say they can't find anything. We emailed the lockbox after 30 days but they never replied.

We decided to send another application on April 23rd. It says it was delivered on April 27th and picked by a M J. (today is May 14th so it's been 21 days since we sent our second application and 17 days since it's been delivered to Lewisville). We were so hopeful... but same thing and we haven't heard anything, didn't get our NOA1 and the money wasn't taken.

Is there anyone in the same situation?

I went to the post office today to apply for my passport. The clerk told me, I have to send in my foreign birth certificate AND naturalization certificate we discussed for a while. I'm sure, I only send in my naturalization certificate plus a copy of it... any insight, if I'm right or wrong?

My Russian LPR wife filed an I-130 petition for her son on 8/19/24. The petition was approved 8/28/25. My stepson's 21st birthday was 10/22/2025. With CSPA, I calculate he doesn't age out until 10/31/2026.

Did I calculate his age out date correctly?

I just checked the June Visa Bulletin and the F2A final action date is 1/1/25. If I calculated his CSPA extended 21st BD is correct, he has not aged out and his case is CURRENT. Is that correct?

I have filed his DS260 and the required documents. Once his PD becomes current next month, do we need to do anything? Or does the NVC automatically start working on it?

I realize they aren't actually issuing Visas, so that won't happen until later. But I am hoping someone here will confirm that his case is current and tell me what we should be doing, if anything.

Once it is current, what effect does a FA date retrogression have on it, if God forbid that would happen?

TIA.

Hello everyone,

My wife is now eligible to apply for citizenship after having her green card and living with me in the USA for 5 years. When we first started the immigration process, we went with a laywer because she was here in the USA on a J-1 visa, and the visa said she had a two year residency rule. Turns out, after submitting an advisory opinion to the department of state, it was determined that she actually did not have a 2 year residency rule and she was eligible to adjust her status here in the united States (She was here as an Au-Pair, and received no funding from her government to be here on here J1 visa, hence the rule does not apply. au pair is not even on the exhange vistors skills list).

So we applied for her adjustment of status using the lawyer (fee was 5k!). Thankfully, she was approved fairly quickly.

Then almost 2 years later, we applied to remove her conditions on her green card (went with the lawyer again and it was 2.5k!)

Now she has had her green card for almost 3 years, living in the USA with me the whole time we have been married (for nearly 4 years!)

We bought a house together over 2 years ago. We have a son who is a year and a half. Joint bank accounts. bought a car together. on each others benefits and life insurance. all that.

Anyways, at the beginning of the process, i always was told by the lawyer that the legal fee for citizenship would be the cheapest (1.5K) but apparently she raised her prices by 2k! (3.5k total) for the citizenship case because of some presidential proclamation last august about good moral character.

I know this forum is pro-DIY, but i am wondering what people's recent experiences are? How much are your lawyers, if you have them, charging for citizenships. What would it be like to change lawyers if i did choose to go with a different one, considering the fact i used the same lawyer for the first two cases?

Thanks in advance!

Hi all, my wife have applied for her parents. I know interviews are being held in islamabad but does anyone know if the visa are being issued as well. Has anyone got their's visa recently and if so when was their case documentary complete? Thank you!