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Basic Question-Petitioner mother has remarried and changed her name. On question 32a-32c, would I use her name as born, her name at my birth, or her remarried name? Thanks in advance.

We were married yesterday and already have the certified copies of the marriage license. We are ready to adjust status.

After reading the pinned posts in this forum, my understanding is that we should go ahead and send in a partial I-693 to give us the best chance of avoiding delays and issues. Does this mean we also attach the DS-3025 to the I-693 when we mail the package? I would love to avoid this extra I-693 form if at all possible because who knows what confusion may occur if we have to meet one of these "civil surgeons". The pinned post from user Nich-Nick mentions that civil surgeons may improperly mark boxes because they may not understand the meaning of some of the boxes and that civil surgeons may try to do a full exam when that isn't needed. Sounds like a nightmare.

Below is the DS-3025 she received from St. Luke in the Philippines. After reading the pinned post in this forum I'm not sure whether or not it was completed fully. For example, the pinned post says two shots of MMR are required. On the DS-3025 I see one date, does that mean two were given or that another is needed? For Influenza, there is a date but also a B waiver talking about "insufficient time interval to complete series" so do we need a civil surgeon to administer a flu vaccine?

The original DS-3025 is double sided. A note is at the top saying not to lose this form and that its a personal copy and will be needed to present upon change of status. Does this mean we should keep this copy of the DS-3025 or does this mean we should mail it in with the I-485 ? We made copies but the copies aren't double sided, does that matter?

On Page 3 - 1.a Spouse is checked. For 2.a Other Information. Does the spouse info go there?

Hello everyone,

I sent in an inquiry (PI) to NVC yesterday asking for our case number. Our NOA2 was December 4th and we got sent to DOS on February 5th.

Since it has been 2 weeks I was advised to ask for the case number on February 20th and I figured worst case they would say that our data is awaiting entry.

NVC emailed me back almost immediately telling me that they have not received it.

It's been over 2 weeks and they're saying they don't even have it? Not that they haven't touched it yet - they've never received it?

I'm seeing online of other people who have been sent to DOS on the same date as our petition and they already have their case numbers.

Is this normal?

Thanks all.

My spouse landed in the US on on an IR1 in Jan 2026. We got her green card but are still waiting on the ss card. Yes I did request it be issued on her ds form. Do I need to go to a submit an application with the ssa to get the card or just wait?