Holly&Andreas

We were married in Romania so we only have the Romanian marriage certificate. I brought it back with me to the US after we were married because I needed it to change my name. That is correct

Yes, only the number assigned will be different. He has to go and pick it up on Wednesday.

Hi guys, So today my husband (In Romania) went to the town hall to get an official copy of our marriage certificate since I have the original (in the US). I was under the impression that he will have to have his own official copy of it unless I misunderstood the instructions on the CEAC website. He went to the town hall and was told they could not issue a copy, they don't ever issue copies. They told him they would have to invalidate our current marriage certificate (filing it as lost) and issue a new one. So without consulting me, that is what he did. Now he says the marriage certificate I have (and that I filed with USCIS originally and also uploaded to my side of the CEAC documents) is invalid. Is this going to create a problem when it comes to the NVC approving our documents? My (now apparently invalid) marriage certificate has a number at the top so I'm assuming that is how they track it and the new one will have a new number. I'm not really sure what to do about this. Any help or suggestions are much appreciated. Thanks

As others have said I would not put much credit into what the USCIS website is saying. I checked every 3 or 4 months for updates. So I filed in April 2022, got the NOA1 about a day after I filed. It said Nebraska Service Center but I found out it was transferred to the Potomac Service Center. In June of 2022 I checked our case status on USCIS and it said our case was being actively reviewed. Then there were absolutely no changes for months. At the beginning of this year I started to check more frequently. At the end of March it said 3 days estimated until a decision would be made. So a few days later I checked back and it had jumped up to another 3 months estimated wait. I was super disappointed. Then, about 3 days later I got the approval notice. So the extra time they tack on probably means nothing. Also you may not actually be at the NSC, you can find out if your case was transferred to a different service center. Good luck! You've got a long wait ahead of you but it will pass and before you know it, you'll be ready for the NVC stage.

I didn't call the line but we filed in April 2022, and at the beginning of April (this year) I checked the USCIS website for a case update and it said the estimated approval date had been extended by an additional 3 months. I was crushed. Then three days later I got the email that we had been approved. So if that's what the tier 1 agents use, I imagine it's not accurate for anyone.

Mine was filed on 04/06/22 and I just logged in this morning and saw we were approved 04/03 so hopefully you'll see something soon!

Approved! I logged in this morning and they approved us on April 3rd and sent our case to the NVC! So we filed and got NOA1 on 04/06/22 so it took just under a year for this stage.