martinzl

Just recently received the same message. It's nice to know something is happening but I don't think it necessarily means much of anything. It would have been nice if USCIS would have provided a better explanation of just what is entailed by this.

Just to be sure, back in 2017, I went looking for a lawyer and they wanted $4000 and I would have to do most of the work anyway. The lawyers did not seem to be too interested in this kind of immigration work. So, I did the I-129 myself. Go through the I-129 and unless you see something that your answer may cause a major issue, my advice would be to just do it yourself. The guides and people here at Visa Journey can be helpful. My fiancee was in the Philippines and I hired someone to help her on her end once the I-129 was approved primarily to assist her because she was not comfortable with putting her stuff together and using the computer.

On the one hand, advising someone to lie to USCIS in order to get a visa is not a good idea. It's a bad idea. On the other hand, telling them that she wants a tourist visa in order to visit her boyfriend will probably make it even harder to get the tourist visa. Best to forgo the tourist visa but if she still wants to try then always tell the truth.

I would also say to file N-400. However, travel could become an issue. Your timeline indicates you are from the Philippines. Once you take the US oath of citizenship, you lose your Philippine citizenship because the US oath requires you to renounce all other citizenships. So technically your Philippine passport would no longer be valid, although no one may know that. Philippines allows for dual citizenship but only in you reapply for citizenship. When you reapply, the Philippines does not require you to renounce US citizenship. So, if you do get approved for US citizenship, you may want to take someone else's advice and try to get the oath delayed until your return.

They may be screening through the obvious ones that will be approved although they should apply this to all of the 751's and not just the more recent ones. Also, since almost all are eventually approved, if this is the case, they should be pushing through many more. Another possibility is that the older ones are allowed to sit as many may become combo interviews for removal of conditions and citizenship. My wife waited over 2 years and wound up with a combo interview.

I still follow the board but I feel that the further I am removed from the active process, the less I may be able to help. I will also admit that it was good to be able to get most of our actions done pre-covid and our fiancee visa and subsequent AOS and citizenship was relatively simple. We still have a pending visa request for my wife's adult daughter so I may be looking for help down the road. I found this forum to be very helpful and it provided a great learning experience. I really appreciated the help we received from other members.

Thanks for the info. I really don't know her priority date but it's been 49 months since she filed so I doubt it's pending anytime soon. I don't know which, if any service center, has been given it. Hard to get info.

My wife, as an LPR, petitioned for her unmarried adult daughter. My wife now has her US citizenship. Does she have to contact USCIS to change the petition to an unmarried adult child of a US citizen? If so, how can she do this as it is nearly impossible to get through to USCIS? My wife is worried that she needs to follow all of the rules or else. Thanks.