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Hello , I filed November 26th 2024 for spouse I 130 , Nebraska center service and still pending

I saw some people after me got approved or got RFE

any ideas what s going on ?

Hello, I hope you're all doing good, I have an inquiry and I'm asking for some help, so my situation can be a little complicated, I've entered the US back in December 2024, and came over here as permanent green card holder to move in with my wife who I've been married to for 3 years and known her for 5 at the time, however we had some troubles having kids after moving in together and living with her family made it worse, she kicked me out at least 2 times before the third one was the last her father came with her brothers and kicked me out, I have nobody here so I went to a church/mosque to seek help and a place to stay, now it's been a year and a half since I got kicked out and haven't heard from her ever again as I got blocked everywhere by her, my question here is I'm trying to file for a divorce because I got some money now saved up and the marriage took place in Africa, what do I do in this case I contacted a lawyer though legal shield and they said since we didn't get married here it is not recognized in the US, now my issue is I want to get divorced because we've been separated for over a year and a half and stop being legally married while I have no actual wife besides me since I got kicked out, what do I do to get divorced, do I file here or go back home and file for it or what do I do? Please help with anything you know

Hello,

Hoping you guys can please help me with a question.My fiance Had her interview on Dec23, and the consulate told her she was approved. I know that doesn't mean much. Until it is shown on the case status check as approved. But when ever i try to check under non immigrant visa and fill in all the options it tells me " your search did not return any data" But if i only fill in the embassy and her ds-160 number then put NA for passport and surname. it says no status. I have talked to a few other people that had interviews on the same day and they already got their visa showing "issued". So am i doing something wrong? Is it a glitch? maybe behind cause of the holidays? Any help you can offer will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Hello - i'm not sure if this is the right forum to ask this. @mods please feel free to move this to the correct forum.

my spouse is in a weird situation, she got her US citizenship and she did a name change in the process. her US Passport shows name as "X (first) Y (middle) Z (last)". her last Indian passport shows "X Z" with no middle name. Indian passport doesn't show a middle name option so we left that part out when we renewed her Indian passport before she got her US citizenship.

now when she filed to renounce her Indian citizenship, the VFS folks denied her application stating that the name on her citizenship document doesn't match the Indian passport name. we re-filed it with the name change affidavit only to get it rejected a second time.

She tried reaching out to 3 different attorneys and none of them handle these kind of cases. we are baffled right now and don't know how to proceed. Since she's not technically an Indian citizen anymore (India doesn't allow dual citizenship), it doesn't make sense to change her name in India. She can't get a new Indian passport with "X Y Z" name anymore for the same reason.

Any idea folks? I believe we were supposed to add the middle name as part of Given name but it's too late now.

Hi everyone,

I am filing I-130 for my husband in Vietnam (IR-1 / CR-1) and want to make my case as strong as possible.

I understand that DNA testing is usually requested only if USCIS issues an RFE and is primarily for parent-child cases. However, I am considering voluntary DNA testing through an AABB lab.

I have a few questions:

1. Has anyone done voluntary DNA testing for a spouse-only I-130?

2. Does doing it voluntarily ahead of an RFE help at all, or is it ignored if not requested?

3. Any potential downsides or risks to starting DNA preemptively?

Thank you for sharing your real experiences.

Sandy