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SSN is not required for health insurance -- https://www.healthcare.gov/help/do-i-need-to-enter-my-social-security-number-ssn/ & https://www.irs.gov/affordable-care-act/questions-and-answers-about-reporting-social-security-numbers-to-your-health-insurance-company As for immigration status, even non-LPRs who are not married to USCs and not I-485 applicants may qualify for insurance -- https://www.healthcare.gov/immigrants/immigration-status/

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Yes -- current on table B, specifically. NVC will also send an email to the petitioner and beneficiary at that time, to notify them that the case is ready for CEAC processing. So check the visa bulletin every few months or so, and monitor your email inbox and spam folders.

Don't forget CFO, if you don't already have a certificate. No CFO certificate/sticker = no boarding the plane no matter how much you cry.

You will need to wait for the case Priority Date (PD) to become current (on table B), maybe in around 2 years or so. For F1 and F2B cases (not from Mexico or the Philippines), NVC enables CEAC filing to cases with PD Jan 2017 or earlier, from table B of the May 2023 visa bulletin -- https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2023/visa-bulletin-for-may-2023.html

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1. Provide the updated information about the children on the applicant's DS-260 form after the I-130 petition has been approved. No need to update the I-130 itself nor inform USCIS. FB cases take years or even decades, so it's common for beneficiaries to have new children while waiting for their cases to be processed. 2. I think you mean visa category, not status. After the I-130 has been approved and transferred to NVC, check the visa class on CEAC. If it displays "F11", send a request to NVC to retain the original visa category (visa class "F24"). File the request through NVC's public inquiry form.

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If you're already DQ, check the UK regional forum for IL tracking threads for London EB cases, like this one -- https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/797307-eb2-niw-waiting-for-interview-letter-in-london-2023/?do=findComment&comment=10840448

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Is your husband a US citizen? Also for clarity, note that filing I-485 means you will be going through Adjustment of Status (AOS), not Change of Status (COS). Those are 2 very different immigration processes -- AOS gets you a green card, while COS will never do. As for notifying your J1 sponsor, it depends on your agreement/contract with the sponsor. For the US government, there is no requirement to do so. But I have read about J1 visa holders who had contracts that included a clause for I-485 filing being grounds for termination of the program.

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The offer letter could be based on some company boilerplate. I suggest you contact the company again to explain that you might not get your SSN before your start date and ask if that's ok with them. You can't get paid until you provide SSN, but the company may be ok with you starting work while waiting for it. That was the case with @JFH --

The K1 procedures after I-129F approval are very consulate-specific. For Manila, once the CEAC case status turns "Ready", K1 applicants do not need to wait for packet 3 from the embassy. No idea if your consulate has the same policy. Some consulates will cancel the applicant's interview booking if made prior to receiving packet 3.

I assume it was the OP (the US citizen step-parent) who petitioned for the child. If that's the case, then yes, the child's CSPA age is already locked in at the time of filing the I-130. After I-130 filing, there is no deadline to complete IR2 immigration by age 21.

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The consulate will not accept any medical document from you anyway. They will want the medical exam results to be sent directly by the clinic. Did you not get a receipt for the exam fee?

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