US Immigration from Philippines

Hello Everyone,

I am married to a Filipina and our two year wedding anniversary will be April 18th. USCIS started processing our case early July of 2022. We are still at the USCIS stage. My lawyer wants to just file a Mandamus in July of this year. I don't want to spend the 6 grand. I will if I have to though.

He has told me, reaching out to a senator will do nothing, contacting a local lawmaker will do nothing, and contacting USCIS is a "colossal waste of time". I feel like he just wants the 6k for filing the writ. He explained to me that if he files it, his "contact" at USCIS will email him and ask what can be done to avoid going to court.

Does any anyone have any ideas to prevent me from spending another 6 thousand dollars? My lawyer seems confident in his plan, but I just want this petition approved. It's been nearly two years now. Read my other, threads that should answer any questions..

Hi,

On I-30 form on the class admission; petitioner for child over 21yrs is under F32 category (petitioner arrived as derivative of spouse) do we answer Yes or No on the question "Did you gain lawful permanent residence status through marriage to US citizen or lawful permanent residence". The answer seems Yes but would come to mind that this could be more directly related to those who has been petition directly by their spouse.

I filed i485 back in March 2023. For my wife and her son. By April they had the bio metrics done.

No other movement on the case.

Any ideas when this will be looked at?

Hello

Got the email today saying interview date has been scheduled.

Question is do we have to wait for the letter to come in the mail to find out what the date is?

Tried to look at it on USCIS site it says it can not find anything for the name and birthday.

Will it update in a few days?

Been a long process but we are getting close to the end!

Thank You

We arrived couple of months ago and now preparing I-130 form to petition my daughter. Once the petitioner submit I-130 online does he need to stay in US for specific period or can he leave US? Due to some unfinished business we need to go back to PH and plan to stay around 5months and then back to US, we worry if there is impact on filing or we have to stay until we got confirmation. On I-130 declaration it also mentioned taking biometrics, how long will this be and will this have impact if we are outside US. Thanks for help.