US Immigration from Philippines

We are working with Boundless for our AoS application. Now, Boundless comes with a UPS prepaid bubble mailer (2 day Air). We mailed the complete forms last February 19, Wednesday at 6PM. We know we mailed it on time, but we can t do anything and it is now saying it will be delivered to USCIS in Chicago, Illinois on Monday, February 24, 2020 by the end of the day.

This is very worrisome because:

a) The Public Charge Rule takes effect on Feb 24. USCIS will NOT accept the current form of applications if they are postmarked on or after Feb 24. For applications sent by commercial courier (such as UPS, FedEx, DHL), the postmark date is the date reflected on the courier receipt. They will only accept applications postmarked BEFORE the 24th.

b) It is UPS. We were more focused on shipping it as soon as possible because that s what we were told to do. We didn t even understand what postmarking meant until now. I have been reading some other forums and I think only USPS does postmarking. May be mistaken, but pretty sure our package isn t postmarked. It also said 2nd day delivery so we assumed it would get to USCIS on the 21st, but we didn t have high expectations.

So I m here to ask anyone if they know anything about the mailing process to USCIS. All we have is a photo of the prepaid bubble mailer (doesn t include any date), as well as the drop-off package receipt (which has proof that we dropped it off to UPS on Feb 19). I am not sure how USCIS will know that the package was most definitely mailed before the 24th, in case it is not postmarked. Would they get a courier receipt showing the package drop-off date? We re sure we would meet the deadline, but thanks to UPS not really 2nd day delivery + our bad luck getting unhelpful UPS representatives, and failure to be informed that postmarking could be crucial, we re really scared and don t know what to do. USCIS is closed on the weekends and UPS doesn t consider weekends business days too. So this weekend is going to be tough until we get assurance that everything will be ok.

Filed 1-130 Last Aug 2019 for mom who is 63 years old. Never worked, no assets with severe asthma/COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). Me and my husband will be the sponsors for AOS with $140k annual income and we are a family of 3. I am very concerned with some posts I read about getting a denial because the consular officer thinks the intending immigrant might be a public charge... maybe bec of age, health, work history etc. given my mom s background, these are all negative factors but we have no intentions for her to be a public charge and will take full financial responsibility. Is there a way we can make them see that? Thanks in advance.

The current priority date cut off for F2B Philippines is October 2009, and the assembling chart or filing application in the second chart for F2B is June 2010.

My question is, How long do we need to wait for the Welcome Letter or Instructions from NVC if your Priority date is March 2010? Anyone? as stated in the paragraph "Applicants for immigrant visas who have a priority date earlier than the application date in the chart may assemble and submit required documents to the Department of State s National Visa Center, following receipt of notification from the National Visa Center containing detailed instructions."

Thank you.

So I typed up my petition and made a few mistakes. I went back and retyped the petition but forgot to sign the new copy. I just received it back. Can I just sign it and resubmit it or must I do a new one with the current date?

I signed it today, 2/21 but the date under the signature says 2/3. I want to obviously get it back in the mail ASAP so if appreciate your answer.

Thank you!!!

Guys.. need your help..

For cebu residents which is better for passport delivery? Pick up or house delivery? Which 2go branch if ever for pick up?

Thanks!