US Immigration from Serbia

My husband is a LPR (Green Card Holder) and we would love to have his mom move here from Serbia and help take care of our little girl. My husband is currently in the process of acquiring his US Citizenship, however, in the meantime, we'd love for his mother to come and stay with us. She was granted a 10 year tourist visa in 2022 and has visited a few times. However, this time, we'd like her to stay permanently and apply for Green Card once my husband becomes a US Citizen.

All that to say, she's allowed to stay for 6 months at a time and we hope to know about his citizenship before that 6 months is over. If he gets his Citizenship before her 6 months is up, could we just "adjust her status" to LPR since she would already be in the states or would she have to go back to Serbia and then he would apply for her to get a Green Card that way?

Hi all, as the title says I got my PRC today after 9 1/2 years of waiting.

I have three kids who have follow-to-join status. One of them turned 21 while I was waiting. I heard that since I had a covid set-back my children are eligible to join me through my original F11 petition as F12 even if they are grown up now. My PD was April 20th 2015.

Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone, we just got an RFE for i-485 (Adjustment of status through K-1 marriage visa) which states that we need to send them a medical examination report - DS-2053 (issued overseas before we entered the US).

However, we were only given DS-2054. I ve been googling it but I m getting absolutely nothing from anyone. What are the differences between these two? Any advice?

RFE says; Submit a copy of your medical examination report, Form DS-2053, that was completed overseas. Your file lacks proof that a medical examination was completed prior to your entey into the United States.

We have medical documents via form DS-2054 . RFE says nothing about this and neither does anywhere online. Congressman couldn t help us either and can t reach out to USCIS about this.

Hi! Hopefully someone can provide some insight on what to do here for my husband.

We moved during the 90 day before his green card expired.

I put in a request to update the address the literal day we moved. Received all confirmations that it was updated.

In early December we filed for the I-751. It was rejected and returned to us due to missing 1 page of the application.

January 5, 2024: I-751 case re-filed

January 9, 2024: Text message with case #

January 11, 2024: Greencard Expired

Case Status: Case was received and a receipt notice was sent.

Checked his pre-existing online account and nothing was uploaded, just the old cases throughout the journey. At some point realized we used a secondary email address on the actual application. Made another online account with said email and nothing was there.

Waited about 15 days.. no receipt notice or biometrics notice ever came in the mail.

Tried requesting an OAC code.
continuously received this generic message

We understand that you did not received your Receipt Notice, Acceptance/Confirmation Notice, and/or Online Access Code Account Notice for the application you submitted. Notices are general sent to the email address you provided in the application. Please make sure you are looking for your notice in the correct email inbox. Also, be sure to check your spam or junk folders for the notices as well

After 30 days passed, contacted USCIS. They told us to reach out to the lockbox.

The lockbox responded after weeks that they do not print I-751 receipt notices and to reach out to customer service.

Submitted an online case for missing notice.
Was informed we d receive a response within 30 days.

Went back to customer service and the agent was like they don t reprint notices since when we ll have to agree to disagree The agent stated we had to wait on the response for the missing mail and that he d open a request for the OAC code.

A few days go by and we receive a response for the OAC code and it s the same generic message as above.

February 20, 2024

Response for the missing mail service request received.

Stating on Jan 5 , he was provided with account acceptance notice that gave instructions on how to access his online account. Xyz about adding the case and an unfortunately your account does not include a receipt notice. If it has been more than 30 but less than 180 days since the date of receipt, you can email the lockbox for a duplicate notice.

At this point I m annoyed because the lockbox has already stated they don t reprint I-751 notices. It s even in their auto response to any email sent to them.

We immediately contact USCIS. Explain the issue and advise how the OAC code has been requested at least 10x at this point as well.

Agent states she ll try to submit an urgent request for them to send a new notice & code and to have someone call us for an ADIT stamp for his passport.

About 2 weeks past by & No one ever calls! The Service request for the new notice receives the same generic OAC response.

We then submit an online request for an ADIT appt. Maybe a week passes and receive a response that the appt isn t needed due to him having a pending I-751 and a receipt notice indicating a 48 month extension.

We call them back again and this time I m on the verge of tears because he can t work and we have an international trip coming up the first week of April.

The agent listens intently and finally agrees the continuous loop is unacceptable. She types a very long detailed request asking for an ADIT stamp.

The very next day a Tier 2 agent calls him and takes his information down and says she believes the holdup may be no biometrics?! (Unsure how because he did biometrics to get the original green card and it seems everyone s is getting reused)She advises she s going to relay the request to our local ASC and we should hear something back in 15 days.

2 days letter he receives an email from the local ASC that his address was updated.

Confused as the verbiage about the address being updated is in the findings/response to the service request section..we call Uscis again.

Received a rude agent and after demanding to have another tier 2 callback, the agent hangs up in my face.

1 day later, I can see via the case tracker that the service request was assigned to an agent.

Another day passes and he receives an email that the ADIT has been approved and will be mailed out.

We received the ADIT stamp in the mail yesterday

March 7, 2024

However we re both extremely nervous about him using it.

The photo they used on it his head is kinda tilted and we have no earthly idea where the photo came from! It s not a passport style photo or anything he took for biometrics. It almost looks like a selfie! Aside from that his birth country is spelled out SRBIA instead of Serbia. Idk if they re using the abbreviation.

We re just afraid he s going to have issues boarding his flight to America with it.

at this point I just wish we could finally get a reprint of the Receipt notice for the I-751. I m just not sure what else to do in this respect.

Has anyone had issues traveling with the I-94 with adit stamp? It has an embossed seal on it and the paper is like cardstock.

Just like the title said. Is an EAD document alongside Drivers license enough or does passport needs to be carried too?