US Immigration from Venezuela

Something strange happened today and I'm wondering if this has happened to anyone else. I received my IR6 10 year marriage based green card this year (in January 2024). At the time of approval, I had been married well over the 2 year mark so it wasn't issued by mistake. All of the info on the card is correct - listed as IR6 with a 10-year expiration date. Today I just received a "Reminder to File Form I-751" notice from uscis. I'm assuming this was sent by mistake but I'm very concerned that I am mistakenly listed as a conditional 2 year resident in the uscis system. Even if this was the case, why would I receive this reminder 9 months after the initial approval as opposed to closer to the 2 year mark - doesn't make sense at all.

Anyway I'm a bit stressed out over this, as I thought we were all set with this green card situation. I'm curious if anyone else had a similar thing happen? Specifically, did anyone correctly receive a 10-year green card and then receive a reminder for the 751? Did you ignore it? We called uscis but they didn't really have any answers. They just took my info and said they would escalate the question and have someone call back within 30 days. In the meantime I'm kind of freaking out.

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!

Hello! I m in the process of being naturalized in the US and would like to change my name after I become a citizen, but will not be changing my name in Venezuela, will this be a problem if/when I visit Venezuela?

I would like to change my name to the US format and maybe shorten my first name. For example, Maria Fernandez Gonzalez to Mary Fernandez Smith (I don t have a middle name so I will take my first last name as such).
In Venezuela the format is different so if I change my name there it would still not read the same as my American passport. I know you enter with your Venezuelan passport and exit with your American passport, but I m unsure if during the exit you still have to tie the American passport to your Venezuelan s or the way you entered the country in a way that maybe having two different names would be a problem.
Anyone have experience with this? Or know the process of leaving the country with a non-Venezuelan passport? Please share.

Thanks a lot!