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Do I need to complete the I-130A for my stepdaughter as well bcs on the form it says spouse beneficiary? So I'm a little confused? Pls advise, thanks!

Jack

Hello everyone. I (the petitioner) helped my fiance (the beneficiary) fill out the DS-160 this weekend. Today, I logged in to usvisascheduling.com to fill out the K-1 application and I've been kind of stumped by this form form. I've found next to no information or help for this form. I created my account, but noticed when I fill out the application it auto-fills my name and e-mail address. Is this correct? 2) the section on Dependents, does that apply only to minor dependents that will be immigrating with the beneficiary? And third, this is taking place in the Philippines, and when selecting where to have the visa delivered, the location they provide (BQ Mall in Bohol) fails with an invalid zip code from their own drop down.

I did end up setting it to her home address, but because of the way thinks work in the Philippines, I'm doubtful that the packet may get to her when the time comes.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I've been digging through the internet on this for close to 9 hours now and I've made no progress. Thank you in advance.

Don

After seeing my i-130 approval notice, it turned out i need to file another form which is i-824. I filed it around 3 weeks after my i-130 approval due to confusion and it was delivered 5 days ago. How long should i wait to receive the receipt number? I've seen some people got approved in like 2-3 months and some got approved in 4 months, though the processing time in the USCIS website is way longer. I discovered that i-824 has a lot of purposes and each has different processing time. From what i know, the one to request "USCIS to send my approved immigration visa petition to the NVC" takes shorter time. For people with the same case as as mine, how long did it take for your i-824 to be approved?

I am a US Citizen married my Colombian wife 3 years ago she has a 16 year old son who lives with us in the US. We are filling out the N400 to begin the Citizenship paper work for my wife. Do I file for my step son the 16 year old now as well and fill out a separate N400 form for him? Not sure how to or do I have to wait ? He has green card as well like my wife.

Recently there was a large and disastrous earthquake in Myanmar and the government has declared a state of emergency. The embassy in Rangoon has announced they will stop all non emergency operations, including visa processing with no indication of when they may return to processing. My wife dropped off her passport to them on 3/21/25, we received verbal approval at the interview and were told it should take around 7 days to process and the earthquake occurred on 3/28/25, around 5 business days after we had turned the passport in. I assume that despite our case being approved for an expedite on the grounds of urgent medical need that we will still not be processed during this time. With the current uncertainty surrounding potential future bans on immigration from Myanmar, I am incredibly worried about this delaying our processing well past any potential future ban being announced. Is there anything I can do to help my wife's IR1 here? I have contacted my representative to reach out to the consulate and embassy itself, having also done so myself. Welcoming any advice or support.