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Hello everyone,

I hope you're all doing well. I am making a post today to ask a question for any petitions from NY state or anyone that might be able to assist:

My mother has finally received an interview date for April 20th of 2026 however, my "lawyer" today stated that my birth certificate would not be sufficient as it is not a "long form" document. I contacted vitachek for New York state and they stated it would be 150 days until they can even begin processing my request for a new one. I am currently panicking as we only have one month until the interview and i don't want to wait any longer than the three years we've already been working for this.

I just don't understand why it wouldn't be sufficient as it was documentarily approved / qualified in the CEAC portal? Would anyone be able to provide information regarding this?

(I have attached an example one i found on the internet that looks exactly like mine including my name, parents name, city, and registrar)

Thank you all.

I became a citizen a few years ago and have filed a I-130 petition for my mother. It has been approved and is now at the NVC, however my mother isn t ready to immigrate yet. I understand that I can postpone the application by contacting the NVC every year, but do I need to pay the fees? Also, does my mum need to be the one to contact the NVC or can I do that for her?

Good Afternoon all... Can anybody point me in the right direction... I am a New Yorker (US citizen) I filed my I-130 for my Dominican spouse in Dec. 2025. We are now expecting. How does this change my application... Or what changes do I need to make/take. The baby is due around November 2026. By then my wife will probably still be waiting for the NVC interview. How would I then add a child to my application if I already sent it in? Can I at all get my child a US Passport or because they will be born abroad have the citizenship of that country DR. Please be easy with your responses and not rude. This is a learning process for me.

Hello everyone,

I just noticed a very minor error in the copy that my civil surgeon gave to me of the form I-693. It's about the city of birth. Everything else is correct, country of birth is ARGENTINA, but in city of birth they put "ARG" instead of my city of birth.

I'm sending my AOS package, and in every single form I put "Buenos Aires" as my city of birth, because it is. But I'm just wondering if this "ARG" error by the civil surgeon will cause any problems or an RFE (trying to avoid it as much as possible so my case doesn't get delayed). Should I contact the civil surgeon and ask to do the package again? if so, will they charge me something for it? Or it is an error that will most likely be understood by the uscis officer looking at my case?

Thank in advance

Interviewed on Dec 4, 2025, no additional docs required, given yellow 221g, my major is within the TAL list, it's been 3.5 months while there is no any updates, is anyone experiencing the same situation? I notice there are a lot of L1A case from last Dec have been approved in other embassy recently (China, Singapore, Canada....)....Why Monterrey consulte takes such long time?

I am getting more and more anxiety and depressed, my cat is living alone in US, and i worry about him a lot.

No matter which visas, as long as you attended the interview in Mexico, pls give me some suggestions.