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*** Moved from K1 Progress Reports to K1 Process & Procedures *** Which consulate?

*** Moved from US Citizenship Progress Reports to What to do now that you are a US citizen ***

*** Moved from IR1/CR1 Progress Reports to IR1/CR1 Process & Procedures ***

No need to update NVC with your new address at this time. Also no need to update the I-130 petition. When your case PD becomes current and NVC notifies you to proceed with CEAC processing, provide your new address on the I-864 form that you will need to submit. Your beneficiary should also list your updated address on their DS-260 visa application form. No one can predict with certainty when the visa bulletin will move. Unfortunately, all you can do is wait.

You mean the start date for your US physical address? It won't really matter much, so take your pick from: the actual date you started staying there, the date your wife asked you to stay, or the date you got married. If you want to explain your choice, there's a section for "Additional Information" at the end of the forms where you may put a note for clarification, but it is not required. If it's possible for you to be added to the lease of your wife's current residence, go ahead. It may not be possible before you get your SSN, but it won't hurt your case to be added. Just don't wait for that before you submit your AOS package. You are already out of status and deportable. Submit your I-485 ASAP.

Answer "Yes" to part 8, item 61, and fill out items 62 to 68, including all the cash benefits they claimed from government assistance programs. Unless your parents fall under one of the categories listed here -- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-212/section-212.23

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Does the beneficiary have citizenship or legal residence in Cameroon or Togo or any country other than Nigeria? If so, then send a transfer request to the consulate, including proof of the beneficiary's citizenship or legal residence in the other country.

Email address or physical address? Is the case already documentarily qualified (DQ)?

Maybe you lack sleep or coffee or something to comprehend my post and the DOS Reciprocity pages? Please read it again. The CENOMAR is not proof that a person is not married. It only shows that the person was not married in the country that issued the certificate. It doesn't show that the person is not married anywhere in the world. Again, I'm an example -- I had been married for years when I had my spouse visa interview, yet I presented my Philippine-issued "Certificate of No Marriage" at the US consulate. Obviously, the consulate staff did not think the CENOMAR showed I was not married, or they would not have granted me a SPOUSE visa. They just wanted to see that there's no Philippine marriage that I was trying to escape from. The consulate staff were perfectly fine with my US marriage certificate, which was issued years before my Philippine CENOMAR document.

CENOMAR is required from Filipinos because the Philippines is the only country (other than the Vatican) where you cannot get a divorce. Some visa applicants who were married in the Philippines think that they could just marry their partner in the US and their Philippine marriage would not count. The US government requires the CENOMAR from Filipinos to show that either they were never married in the Philippines or that their Philippine marriage had been terminated. CENOMAR is NOT intended to prove that the Filipino has never been married anywhere in the world. I'm a living example -- I presented a CENOMAR to the US consulate in the Philippines when I applied for a SPOUSE visa. The consulate staff had no complaints with it.

Yes -- SSN card should arrive, even if you don't pay the $220 fee. Sometimes it doesn't arrive, even for those who already paid the $220 fee. If you don't get it after 1 month, apply in person at the SSA office. Your employer will not apply for it on your behalf, nor give you the SSN application form.

Yes. As soon as you get the CBP entry stamp on your immigrant visa, you are authorized to work. You will need your SSN to get paid, though. If you selected the SSN option on your DS-260 form, your SSN card should arrive within 2 weeks or so of your US entry. If you don't get it after 1 month, go to an SSA office to apply in person. Then after you get your SSN card, go to a DMV office to apply for a state ID or driver's license. Valid state ID/DL + unrestricted SSN card is an acceptable combination of documents for the I-9 requirement. No need to present a plastic green card or endorsed visa to your employer.

Yes. So it's the $220 immigrant fee that you will need to pay after getting the visa.

The official Department of State website proves you're definitely wrong. I know that Philippine nationals are required to present a "certificate of no marriage" document, but that is in the tiny minority of nationalities required to do so. Go ahead and count how many consulates require it. We'll wait. Here's the full list -- https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country.html

*** Removed related thread in a different sub-forum. Please post your related questions/updates in this thread to keep the discussion in one place. *** Immigrant Visa (IV) fee paid to NVC is different from the immigrant fee paid to USCIS. You must pay the $325 IV fee for your case to proceed with NVC review and consulate processing. No IV fee = no visa interview. You won't even be able to upload the required civil documents if you don't pay the IV fee first. The $220 immigrant fee is only required after the visa has already been issued. It may be paid either before or after US entry. The CBP officer at POE won't care or even know whether you already paid the fee or not.

*** Moved from General Immigration-Related Discussion to AOS from Work/Student/Tourist Visas Progress Reports, where topics about AOS timeframe estimates are discussed *** What is the case Priority Date (PD) of the I-140 petition filed for you? That status means your PD is not current on Table A of the visa bulletin, so you cannot be granted a green card yet. You will have to wait until your PD becomes current. No one can predict with certainty when the visa bulletin will move.

USCIS online number -- if you know yours, write it in the form. If not, just put "N/A". Interpreter -- put "N/A". Preparer -- you may sign as form preparer, but it won't hurt your case to just put "N/A". Beneficiary's signature -- not required if the beneficiary resides outside the US. It won't hurt if your wife fills out and signs the form herself, as long as it doesn't delay your response past the RFE deadline.

*** Removed related thread. Please post your related questions/updates in this thread to keep the discussion in one place. *** Did you already get the email and/or CEAC inbox message that says your case is Documentarily Qualified (DQ)?

Have you tried the passport tracking options here -- https://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph/ph-niv-passportretrieve.asp

*** Moved from General Immigration-Related Discussion to Working & Traveling During US Immigration, to be among other threads about EAD expedite ***

*** Moved from IR1/CR1 Process & Procedures to US Embassy & Consulate Discussion, as the topic is about interview scheduling at a specific consulate *** You mean your case is documentarily qualified (DQ) at NVC? If so, wait time from DQ to IL for CR1/IR1 at Lagos is more than 1 year from NVC DQ date. Check the thread below --

Are you the derivative beneficiary? What is your case status on CEAC?

You might want to follow this thread about another couple planning to go through the CR1 process after having a Utah online wedding. Beneficiary is also a Filipina.

Other VJ members who were able to return as LPRs, despite being away longer than you have. One even had an expired GC --