US Immigration from South Africa

Well, Hello Everyone.

I'm currently applying to adjust my wife's status. Im not sure how we got this far without the long form birth certificate but now it is needed. How do we obtain this from inside the states? We have no idea what to do.

I've been seeing a lot of questions about Active Review when it comes to IR1/CR1 visas.

We might be able to see if there is a pattern to Active Review based on USCIS center or if it's all random.

So my NOA1 is 8 July. Based on USCIS processing projections at the time - 6.5-8.5 months, I sold my business in preparations that I would leave early 2022 with my 3 kids to join my US fianc , obviously after joining all these forums I have realized the massive backlog etc and now all these increased processing times on USCIS website but the problem is currently I have no income at all for 2 months already and it looks like I won t get my NOA2 until earliest July 2022. I can t support myself and my 3 children, I also did not enroll my children in schooling for this year (enrollments were mid 2021 when we made application), so now am scrambling to get them some sort of homeschool programs- this also comes at a cost which I can t afford. My fianc is currently in South Africa supporting us all but needs to go back to US soon as he needs to work etc, would this be solid reason to be expedited?

I'm wondering how long you waited for your NOA2 if the petitioner (USC) filed the I-130 when living overseas and used an overseas mailing address.

Also, when did you file if you haven't received NOA2 yet.

I know the USCIS process is clouded in mystery and there is no rhyme or reason to when a case gets approved but still...

When did you file?

Where was your petition located?

When was your petition approved?

Where do you reside?

I'm curious to hear answers. If you filed while living overseas but used a US mailing address, I'd be curious to hear your answers.