US Immigration from Venezuela

I submitted my I-129F a couple weeks ago. I received the NOA1 text on 11/21, still waiting on the mailed I-797C receipt.

On Friday, I realized I needed to make a correction to my application. I misunderstood/misread the question about past citations; I should have answered yes instead of no (I had a non-criminal disorderly when I was a kid).

I called USCIS and talked to an agent. She said to submit the following:

- a copy of my I-797C receipt
- a letter detailing what exactly I want changed (including question no./page no./etc.)
- the court documents/etc. that I should have submitted with my original application

She said I shouldn't submit any revised versions of the I-129F, only the letter detailing the changes needed. Does anyone else have any experience with this? I've heard of the USCIS call center giving incorrect advice in the past. Since I'm waiting on my I-797C anyway, I wanted to see if anyone has any thoughts.

Hello,

I apologize if this is the wrong forum area.

What we would like advise on:

Wife's removal proceeding case (from asylum application not granted - never in the US illegally) was dismissed last year (December 2023). We have not heard anything from USCIS. We have submitted multiple inquiries. Asked our congressman for help. It's been 11 months and nothing at all from USCIS.

I understand that with USCIS waiting is the name of the game, but it doesn't hurt to ask: Is there anything we could do to get our case get out of limbo in our situation?

Timeline since removal proceedings dismissal:

• The case was dismissed in December 2023.
• We waited 2 months to see if we would hear anything from USCIS. We did not.
• March 2023 - Submitted an out of processing timeframe inquiry via online tool - informing them of the decision. Received generic response.
• Beginning of April 2024 - Ask congress man for help.
• At the end of April 2024 - USCIS tells congressman to tell us to call and request an appointment and bring dismissal.
• End of April 2024 - Call and request an appointment. Told we had to wait for a call back.
• End of May 2024 - Receive call from agent. Agent says that we do not need an appointment. That she sees that the case was dismissed, and we should receive an official letter within a month with next steps.
• Mid-June 2024 (waited 45 days) submit another out of processing time inquiry. Informing them that case was dismissed and tier-2 agent said we should have received something by now. Response given said we would hear something within 90 days.
• September 2024 (waited more than 90 days) - submit another inquiry. Keep referencing previous inquiries and asked what else we had to do for next steps. Finally, a response that made some sense to our situation. Response says that they see that the immigration judge dismissed the case and that they will take jurisdiction over the case and that they requested our file from the Texas service Center. That we would hear something within 60 days. The 60 days have passed, and we have not received anything.
• November 2024 - Ask senator for help 2 days ago. Waiting to hear back before submitting another inquiry. Asking VisaJourney for help

More background just in case (Timeline is a few years):

• Wife entered US legally
• Applied for asylum
• was not granted asylum and was referred to immigration court
• We married
• I-130 got approved
• At the advice of our lawyer, submitted I-485 form to the court and USCIS (Texas service center)
• Moved to New York
• Finally on December 2023 case was dismissed.

Hello there.

I am glad to think that I am not alone in this process with a lot of concerns and doubts as this is the first time doing that. This question is about apostille documents, I don t see any apostille documents anywhere. But in my case the US EMBASSY IN VENEZUELA IS CLOSED, therefore the only option is going to US Embassy in COLOMBIA. My concern is does all the civil documents, medical vaccinations history from Venezuela and certified English translation need to be apostilled for the interview in US Embassy in Bogota, Colombia ? As Colombia and Venezuela are in list of convention of Hague. Have you done that similar to my case, other nationalities doing in other country included Convention of Hague? I would like to know? Any advices are much appreciated. Hope you are having a great day.

Hi! This might be odd as lots of people get married and of course file the papers right away! But that wasn t my case for multiple reasons that aren t important right now.

Long story short: I entered the US as tourist and applied for Asylum in 2017. As of today, that petition is still pending.

I married a wonderful man and have been together for the last 4.5 years but we never changed my status. Now that we are about to do it, I m wondering if there will be a problem for filling to late?

Also, will I get the permanent residency right away or the clock for the two years to remove the conditions start from the moment we start the process and not from the moment we got married? If anyone can help me with this questions I would REALLY REALLY appreciate it!

Thank you in advanceee!

Val

I am filing online and I tried to submit my completed i-130 last night. I reviewed the whole application and all evidence, did the "review and submit" and then I clicked to pay by credit card. It took me to the Pay.gov site and I entered all my information exactly as it appears only card which still has over three years validity. I clicked to submit the payment and the little blue wheel just spun and spun. I waited over three minutes and then it threw me back to the USCIS and said something like, "Your form was not submitted due to the payment being rejected or declined". I logged into my credit card account and it shows a USCIS charge pending for the amount of the i-130- no fraud alert or anything, just pending. I called my credit card company to see if perhaps it was flagged and I wasn't notified, but they told me there were no flags or concerns with the transaction on their end. They told me it would take 5 days to see if that pending payment would go through or be declined.

I don't know what to do- if the payment goes through but they haven't accepted my form, what do I do about my money? I don't want to be out for twice the fees. If it doesn't go through, I don't understand what the problem would have been. I do live in China, so I was running a VPN at the time, but I didn't get any warnings about that- does online payment not work with a VPN?

Thanks in advance!