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I have been a USC for almost 10 years. Filed I-130 petitions for siblings 8 years back. My mother is the family matriarch in India and therefore I never petitioned an I-130 for her. She has visited my siblings in two different countries. I would like for my mother to be able to visit me too. For first time application, one of my siblings wanted to accompany her to the US so he suggested to file for both from the embassy in his country of residence. Both were denied, his understandably since he had a pending I-130. Second time, my mother was denied at the Mumbai Consulate in April 2026 despite providing a proof of her strong ties to India (overseeing family business, providing revenue sources, matriarchal duties). The officer apparently did not even glance at the evidence provided and based their decision just on the interview alone. My mother does not speak English and needed a translator. She was earnest in her responses based on how much it meant to me for her to be able to come to the US. I do not know if the officer interpreted that as a sign of desperation on her part. I am devastated at the time and effort it is taking in this process, more so because hers is a legitimate application. She would only be visiting me for a month or two and then the next visit would probably not be for a couple of years. I have already submitted a third DS-160 application, but also wanted to put this out there to seek opinions on whether it is worth the effort again and for tips that we could have missed. The interview appointment from India took place 13 months from submission of the application. I do not want to spend more than an year for another disappointment.

Hello again, my fiancee is waiting for her interview date for our K-1 visa at the London office. As we are gathering the necessary documents together, the question has come up if there are any documents that may need to be notarized (i.e., death cert, birth cert, W2s, tax returns etc), All documents sent to USCIS during the application phase none was notarized though. Your input is always welcome.

I got married in California in June 2024 to my husband who is a US Citizen. On the day of the wedding, I didn't change my last name to my husband's last name as I was about to apply for my marriage green card and I didn't know if having a different last name would complicate the forms when applying. Therefore the section labelled new name on the certificate is blank. I applied for my GC and got it in Nov 2024. It is set to expire in Nov 2026, when I believe I will renew it to the 10-year GC.

I want to change my last name to my husband's last name but worrying about the order to do things as I don't want to impact my GC renewal. I called SSA and they said I can change my name even though I didn't opt to on the day of the wedding. So I have an appointment scheduled with them in early June. Any advice on this process?

Hi everyone, looking for data points from the community.

Quick background:

• Form: I-485 (Employment-based, EB-2 NIW)
• Filed: March, 2026
• Biometrics: April, 2026
• Location: NBC (National Benefits Center) pending transfer to Kendall FO (Miami)
• No RFE, no ActionRequired, ackedByAdjudicatorAndCms: true
  

The situation: After biometrics on April, the I-485 had the standard 2x FTA0 events. Then on May 13 (36 days later), a 3rd FTA0 appeared in the internal JSON endpoint with eventDateTime pointing back to April but createdAt on May , suggesting a retroactive background check completion.

The I-765 (filed concurrently) still shows only 3x FTA0 from biometrics day and no movement since.

My questions:

1. Has anyone seen a 3rd FTA0 appear on their I-485 weeks after biometrics?
2. Did anything follow shortly after (silent updates, new codes, approval)?
3. Does this pattern differ from cases without a pending I-589?

Any EB-2 NIW data points welcome, especially NBC but now i can see it was transfered to philadelphia field office but i live in Miami, FL.

My partner has lived in Sweden for 10 years but is originally from Turkey. He went there originally on a student visa but due to him breaking some little rule (it seemed silly, it was just something to do with his bank account not being only in his name) it was revoked while he was doing his master's degree. Then he applied for asylum due to personal moral objection to war (his home country requires military service for all men). It's been like 6 years and that's still processing, so he's in limbo there right now. I have two main questions:

1. Is his Swedish immigration history gonna be bad for our case? I know it's in another country, but idk.

2. Will his consular interview take place in Sweden or will it be defaulted to Turkey since he hasn't actually been granted full asylum yet?