US Immigration from South Africa

Hi all,

My parents will be filing an I-130 for my sister once they receive their green card, whenever that is. We were planning on having both my parents sponsor my sister (just as an insurance) but noticed that my sister's birth certificate is missing my father's last name. Everything else, including his birthday, place of birth is correct. My birth certificate doesn't have this issue. Are we going to run into issues if my father were to sponsor my sister?

Thanks

I realize answers might be sepculative at best but does any one have information on when premium processing will be available for the expanded employment based applications included in the Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act? Premium processing fees already increased for applications that were eligible but there doesn't seem to be any movement on the newly allowed applications.

I was very excited by this news initially but I'm starting to feel lost if it will ever be enacted.

Hi everyone,

My partner and I just got married and I am filing the documents this week. I just wanted to know if I should submit all of them at the same time or wait for the i-130 and i-485 to be approved first? Thank you.

I m getting ready to file the I-130 to bring my stepson to the US to live with my husband and I. Am I missing something in the estimated processing times on the USCIS site? I am the USC and thought my filing the I-130 would result in a shorter processing time, but it appears on the website that permanent residents filing for minor children is a shorter wait. Is there any other benefit to my being the filer that I am not aware of? My mom is going to have to co-sponsor with us, simply because we haven t been here long enough to have the tax filing history for the paperwork. I was previously living abroad with my husband for 5 years and we have only been in the states since February of this year. We are both gainfully employed but as I said, don t yet have 2 years of tax returns.

I am a US citizen who was living abroad with my husband (South African citizen) so we filed all of our paperwork for him abroad previously. We are now living together in the US and are preparing to file an I-130 to bring my stepson to live with us here. We are also currently in the process of having a house built. So we will be moving twice in a short period of time. Our current house has been sold (we will be closing Dec. 1) and we will temporarily be living at a relative s home while our house is being built. I wanted to go ahead and file the I-130 because I have read the processing times have been longer than normal and we would like to have him here before school starts in 2022 so he s not starting after the school year has begun. That being said, would our having 3 addresses in such a short time be an issue or set off any red flags with USCIS?