US Immigration from Philippines

Hello VJ, fast forward to 3:35. she is saying from noa1 to noa2 is 4 to 6 months.

In your website, it says 5 to 7 months. which is the most current?

From noa1 to noa2 is the most tedious timeline. With the exemptions of rfe , after noa2 its all downhill correct?

My noa1 is approaching 6 months old , what should I do at this point?

On the I-130 there is a place in the evidence that asks to show Proof of legal name change. We did the Utah Online Wedding the other day and there isn't anything in the marriage certificate that specifically states her name is changing. Also since we did the Utah wedding so we have to process the ROM before she can legally change her name in the Philippines. Once the ROM is done she is free to change her name in accordance to Philippine law with the fathers last name as her middle and take my last name.

The simple question is do we need to show anything else beside the marriage cert to show Proof of legal name change? I am guessing I just add the marriage cert to this section as well.

Just this afternoon, I have received a phone call from a USCIS officer telling me to go to the USCIS office because I need to sign some documents for my Naturalization. I just recently finished my combo 751+Naturalization Interview last Sept 1 from the Baltimore office. My Naturalization has been approved on the spot but cannot give a schedule for the oath taking ceremony because she needs to approve the 751 first. On Sept. 6, my I-751 status has finally changed to "approved" and is now therefore ready for my Naturalization papers to move on for it's scheduling of oath ceremony. Fast forward today, I received a phone call from this number 410 779 5194. She asked for me (telling my whole name) and informed that she was calling from USCIS. The caller then tells me I need to go to the USCIS office to sign documents for my Naturalization and asked if I'm okay for the schedule this coming Monday in the morning (gave me a specific time). I told them I was ok and will just proceed. Now she then told me to bring my green card during that schedule. I did ask her If I will be given an email or notice to give to the guard so I can enter the office. but she then tells me that there's no need for that and just told me to tell my name to the guard and that I have received a phone call from them. I was like OK at first and proceed to give me the address of USCIS Baltimore (which I checked and is correct) then we ended the call.

Coming home, it dawned to me if the call was legit. I don't remember any documents i missed signing, the officer during the interview told me everything was ok and so here i was thinking if the call was a scam. The schedule will be this monday, and i was wondering if i should still go or not. Is this supposedly an oath taking ceremony? Because she never mentioned the word oath taking, but just sign documents. has anyone experienced this? Let alone from the Baltimore office? My N400 status still hasn't changed from its "Interview has been scheduled" status and no new documents/notification were uploaded on my USCIS account.

Hello all,

My receipt number wacxxxxxxxxxx. there are 10 digit numbers. anybody know how these numbers represents? how do you break these numbers down? which digits represent a country?

Hello everyone,

My wife came over on a K1 visa in January 2022. Her K1 visa was issued in Hong Kong on December 2, 2021. Initially, we weren't planning on bringing her children over until they were older. However, circumstances have changed and we would like to bring them over on a K-2 follow to join option. So, we emailed the NVC and the US Embassy in Manila, Philippines asking about how to do this. We received a reply via email within 2 days from Manila indicating that we would need to provide a letter explaining why we wanted to transfer the case from Hong Kong to the Philippines and to prove to them that the children are eligible to remain in the Philippines during the K2 process. So, I wrote a letter explaining our circumstances that my wife was an OFW in Hong Kong and her children remained in the Philippines with their grandparents. I provided copies of the children's passports as further proof of citizenship. A few days later, we received a reply via email indicating that the K2 visa petition was approved and they provided instructions on how to proceed. Now that you have my background info, I have 3 questions...

1. When we applied for the K1 visa on the DS-160 form, we indicated that the children were NOT going to come at a later time. Is this going to mess up the K-2 process? Should I let the US embassy in Manila know about that answer on the DS-160? or should I just not bring this to anyone's attention. We certainly don't want to be dishonest or hide anything and we also don't want to get our hopes up and have them dashed only to find out that they are ineligible because of that answer on my wife's DS-160.

2. I was reviewing the following web page (referenced in the email) https://ph.usembassy.gov/important-visa-information/ and it seems to indicate that the 12 month follow to join requirement has been temporarily extended to 18 months due to COVID-19. Has anyone taken advantage of this option? In other words, is this 6 month extension still an option?

3. My wife is waiting for her AOS, EAD, and AP documents. So, she may not be able to travel to the Philippines to accompany her children through the POE. We were thinking of requesting an expedite for her AP for the sole purpose of accompanying her children back to the US. Is this a valid reason for AP expedite? If she does not have her AP by Spring of 2023, would I be allowed to fly to the Philippines and accompany my stepchildren through the US POE?

Thanks in advance for all of your time and attention to my questions.