OldUser

I'm really sorry for your loss. It must be a very diffucult time for you and rge family. Immigration wise, I don't know how much you know about the process, getting Advance Parole (I-131) is not going to be fast, even with a valid reason which you definitely have. It's going to take 4-8 weeks to get USCIS accept documentation. Maybe 3 months or so do get AP approved if you have a valid emergency reason and you bug USCIS a lot with expedite requests and inquiries. You cannot leave the US without abandoning AOS if you don't have I-131 approved. The bullet proof solution would be leaving the US before visa expires and going through consular processing for GC (CR-1 immigration visa). The downside of this path is separation from your spouse, though you should be able to see each other by you visiting on ESTA and spouse visiting you on US passport. If you decide to AOS, the chances are, you will miss the funeral with nearly 99% probability, unless you abandon the process.

I briefly checked the following links: https://www.uscis.gov/feecalculator# https://www.uscis.gov/i-751 https://www.uscis.gov/g-1055?form=i-751 But couldn't find any reference to this. If you find it, please quote the source. Good luck!

I'd strongly advice against self-translation or having family member translating the documents. You need a neutral third party who doesn't have a conflict of interest. In my case, notirizing at a bank wasn't required (it was prior to COVID). I DMed you the service name to avoid advertisement here. I'm not affiliated with them in any shape of form. Neither I am a lawyer or can take full reaponsibility for the outcome.

What makes you think that? What's special about having 5 kids that would trigger biometric fees?

Abybody who can speak both languages can translate and certify the translation. I'm not aware of translation services being endorsed by USCIS, seems like a marketing trick? I used an online service for my translation with no issue.

I believe no new I-485 is needed. You just reply to RFE with supporting documents. Make sure you have translation too.

Can you get original copy again easily in Japan if you need to? If the answer is yes, then get in translated again and send it along with translation. This will ensure there's no more confusion.

Unfortunately the work permits they have won't be valid if I-485 applications are denied. It is only valid with pending applications. Yes. And you'd pay all the fees again for I-485, work permit etc.

Nothing else. Keep updating addresses, paying taxes, and apply under 5 year rule. You may get some scrutiny especially if marriage fell apart shortly after coming to the US. If you have evidence of joint life, please keep it in your pocket for naturalization if this is ever asked for.

What do company lawyers say? Are they aware of your F2 petition?

More like 4-8 weeks nowadays unfortunately

Yes, this means 10 year GC is being produced. You should get it in few weeks. Congrats!

People get anxious when they don't have an idea of how long the process is going to take. This is somewhat similar to earlier versions of Windows. Think of those installation, update estimates or downloading files over phone modem... The estimated time to completion jumped there from few minutes to several hours and back too. It kind of gives a false sense of progress. I'd ditch this feature altogether at USCIS, because the process is so unpredictable.

I'd keep mailing address consistent if you have access to it and not sure how long you're going go stay in Virginia. There's always a possibility of USCIS sending mail to one of the old physical addresses too. So it helps if you can reduce number of moves too somehow. Good luck!

Estimations on website are just estimations. They're largely inaccurate. You can roll a dice and get a better prediction.

It's free to try

No need to mention it on the address history then. It's not much different from you going to places and staying at hotels on a weekend

The physical letters are important. Many USCIS letters are printed on protected watermarked paper. And many places don't accept self printed letters from USCIS account.

It could be that anytime somebody at USCIS opens a case this message is generated. It's possible they opened the file, checked it and closed without approving or doing anything else.

Where do you physically spend most of your time?

This is very important question which determines whether OP should be filing I-90 at all or needs to focus on I-751.

Where does this expectation come from? Half of the times no notification sent even with correctly filed G-1145 form. In a sister thead people waiting for updates for over a month. USCIS is backlogged and slow unfortunately. Hopefully you'll get the mail from USCIS sometime by end of July / mid August. That's how bad it got unfortunately.

Agreed, it really doesn't mean these cases will be decided soon. There was over a year in my case between biometrics reused and decision.

These ghost updates happen to people from time to time. There's nothing to worry about. It appears like it's a USCIS IT system glitch. Just search VJ and you'll find similar reports.

Pretty much all cases filed after some point in 2023 start with IOE. This means they're in electronic system. This is why you'd see documents in your USCIS account. Previous filers didn't have this luxury and had to always wait for letters to understand what's going on with their case. It doesn't necessarily mean your case will get processed faster. Good luck!