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Hello!

I'm a Filipino who recently immigrated into the US last 2023. I had to leave a lot of stuff behind, namely finishing my college degree (which I'm going to be done with soon!) and my then-girlfriend, now wife. My wife and I married through a Utah remote marriage and I'm now planning to file an I-130 for her to apply through the F2A route (although I'm planning to naturalize by 2028 and get the category upgraded to IR-1 since I don't see the F2A priority date becoming current anytime before that).

I have a few questions regarding the whole process:

1. My wife and I agreed to not have her surname changed until she reaches the US with me. Thus, we're considering skipping reporting the marriage to the Philippine consulate in San Francisco since, having extensive experience with bureaucracy with the system in the Philippines. Will this decision be a non-issue when it comes to the whole process of filing her papers on the US side?

2. The relationship my wife and I share go back to 2021 where we met online, all the way up to 2023 where we formally began dating before marrying this 2024. However, my wife is under 21, also contributing to the choice to marry in the remote marriage because of the strange rule in Philippine marriage law (a spouse must obtain parental consent if they are 18-20 years old or parental advice if they are 21-24 years old). However, here in Maryland (and, in extension, Utah), the spouse must only be 18 or above to marry without parental consent. Is this also a non-issue on the US side?
3. Given everything we have above, are we all set to begin filing for her I-130, or is there something we're missing before we do so?

Thank you!

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Good evening, folks!

I did a quick search but could not find any recent topics on the matter.

A relative from Ukraine arrived on U4U parole in January 2023 and applied for TPS in February 2024 (before U4U re-parole was announced as an option). Their U4U status is expiring in January 2025 but TPS has not moved yet. We submitted I-765 with TPS pending. There was initial movement on both cases but now they seem to have gotten stuck again.

We now submitted I-131 application for re-parole on U4U (some other Ukrainians we know obtained both).

A couple of questions:

- What are the I-131 for U4U processing times these days

- If neither application is approved by the time their status expires, is proof of pending application accepted by the employer to not disrupt employment?

- What can be done to inquire about the pending TPS case? It will not allow us to submit a form online as it is within normal processing times

I am on Employment based I-485; For my family of 4, all of us were issued with RFE on 05th of November and three of my family members has received RFE notice for medicals and I have responded and USCIS has acknowledged that they received those three and status is updated accordingly in USCIS page.

But for me I have never received the notice in mail. I have filed a ticket and USCIS sent me second notice on 3rd December and till now I have not received it in mail. In call with USCIS 800 number, L1 agent on phone said even though my status says RFE is sent out, it is not yet sent due to some system issues and the agent registered my ticket and said I will get an email/call in 72 hours and till now I have not received any.

What are the options for me as my RFE response date is coming soon and I am deeply worried for the time money and effort spent until this stage.

Looking for some advice on this, please help.