US Immigration from Cuba

Adding this for those looking on wait time estimates. This is for those applying for work authorization with Biden's Parole program (i-134a)

In Part 3 it states the following :

"Have you ever applied for an immigrant visa to obtain permanent resident status at a US Embassy"

My partner is Cuban. I applied for i-129f for her in Oct 2021, USCIS accepted that application in Feb 2023, and sent the application to NVC. In Jan 2023 I filed an application for her with Cuban Humanitarian Parole, and that application was approved and we are living together in the US now. This i-129f application was just abandoned, and she never filled out any paperwork with NVC. She is now filing i-485 to get permanent residency via Cuban Adjustment Act.

My question is - Do I answer "yes" or "no" to if she has ever applied for a immigrant visa to obtain permanent residency? I believe the K1 visa is a non-immigrant visa which she never even received, so I would answer "no" based on that. Additionally, since she never filled out any documentation with NVC, she also technically didn't apply for anything. I requested with USCIS a non-immigrant path for her, but that wasn't her request, it was mine.

Note - I am not trying to hide the i-129f, I am really just trying to make sure I am answering the questions correctly.

Hello friends! Long time no see. And before you offer condolences, this isn't a sad story but a happy one! We received NOA2 on I-129F in February 2023, however before NVC contacted us she was approved for Humanitarian Parole (i-134a) and she has been in the states since April! Things are going great. She's enrolled full time in the local community college taking English classes and ESOL classes. Although she's fluent, she wanted to spend time with her grammar and pronunciation. She plans to get her dental education sent to the states, and work at becoming licensed here which requires decent English skills.

Here is the question - Since USCIS/NVC doens't make it easy to cancel an application, we just decided to let it resolve itself of it's on volition. However I've heard through the grapevine that when we go to apply for premiant residency (I-485) under Cuban Adjustment Act (CAA) that an open i-129F case could cause a denial or delays. Is this true? And does anyone have a nice form letter to sign and send to USCIS and NVC to cancel this case? Lastly I never even contacted NVC, is it easy to find their mailing address or can any of this be quickly resolved with a phone call? Thank you

Bonus pic : We claimed Mt Rainier up to Camp Meir last July. Not an easy hike, but we did it!

Hello Friends,

Parent in law has I-130 interview in Havana.

Per the pre-interview process, NVC approved all the civil documents required for the interview. One of the requested documents is the petitioner's marriage certificate. At the time of submission, we had the original marriage certificate. 4 days ahead of the interview, the marriage certificate was unfortunately lost.

We haven't successfully received guidance on the next step here. We have another official marriage certificate but it is not the same format (Cuba changed what the certificates look like) as the document submitted to the NVC. Do we reupload the marriage certificate (would that delay the process?) or do we just take this new but differently formatted marriage certificate for review during the interview?

Thanks!

Is there a legal way to claim my step son K2 who does not have a social since USCIS is taking their sweet time. We filed AOS for both my wife and step son June 2023. My wife has her EAD but not green card yet my step son has nothing his application just says its being reviewed by uscis. So we tax season being upon us he does have a social so I was just wondering what options I have if any.