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Maybe it’s ok. If you look at the corresponding paper form, https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-130.pdf, there is only space for ONE previously filed petition. The instructions say to add any information on blank sheet of paper. https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-130instr.pdf “ If you need extra space to complete any item within this petition, use the space provided in Part 9. Additional Information or attach a separate sheet of paper; type or print your name and A-Number (if any) at the top of each sheet; indicate the Page Number, Part Number, and Item Number to which your answer refers; and sign and date each sheet.” @Herndon, I would just keep going and see if there is blank space where you can add that you have previously filed and been approved for your mom. Don’t forget that your i-864 has to include your parents in your household. Do they have income?

The “Add another” option there refers to anyone else he IS petitioning now. Which he is not.

Same advice except substitute i-485 for i-130, Get your docs ready to go. Then ask lawyer for i-485 mailing proof. If none, say you have a package ready to go and will complain to state bar if no proof of refund.

1) What is your package of documents exactly? 2) do you have a copy of what should have been filed 3) work or family based? I assume family (because you said out of status): 1) I would start i-130 online (I assume you don't have this filed) and when it's about ready to go, ask the lawyer to give you proof of mailing or you will file it online AND report her to the state bar if she doesn't pony up a refund immediately. Save each screen as you fill it out. 2) once you have the i-130 receipt (should be fast if filled online), then you do the paper-based I-485 youself.

Here is another post office on military base near Oxford. https://rafcroughtonfss.com/post-office/

If you can get into a US military base, apparently many of them have US post offices which sell US money orders. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_in_the_United_Kingdom https://www.100fss.com/post-office

I've never been through the i-130/K1 process but I've been on reddit and VJ plenty. I like the online marriage gambit. 1) Marry online. 2) Closest country to the U.S. that a Filipina can get to easily. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Philippine_citizens Costa Rica? That saves 3 days of travel (and childcare for you). Consummate your marriage. Maybe use birth control. It's a big pain to get CRBA/US passport for children born abroad. 3) Save your texts, photos, travel receipts. 4) File i-130. Make sure you fill it out correctly. Do not put down an address in the U.S. for adjusting status. DO fill out the embassy info under the consular processing section.

From the website of the US embassy in Turkey. https://tr.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/returning-resident-visa/ “NOTE: The approval rate of initial SB-1 applications is low. The majority of applicants fail to present convincing evidence that their prolonged absence of over 365 days was caused by reasons beyond their control. If applicants have the option of filing a new petition with USCIS they should explore that route before applying for an SB-1.”

Perfect. Make sure that once you are back, leave the lawyer a negative review on yelp. Gift certificate for para.

So e-mailing and calling them did not work? But sending them a letter via the post office worked?

+1 for paralegal. 1) file your taxes. 2) don’t sign an i-407 3) don’t dilly dally. Come back next month.

It’s actually quite complicated and not about inheritance as you have pointed out. My spouse and I were LPRs when we purchased our 1st property. If I had not contributed an equal amount, then the there would be annual gift tax implications as we owned the property jointly.

Not necessarily. We lost our GCs (issued 2004) in 2007, fell out of ziplock bag on plane. Noticed right away but airline cleaners didn’t find. Got boarding foils in London very easily. Went home, filed i-90s and we got 10 year cards expiring 2017. I know because my spouse filed to naturalize in 2017 and instead of getting a new card, received stickers to stick on back of GC. Naturalized 2018.

Your priority date became current August 2019. You can subtract 12+ years from your children’s ages (if the 2 dates you provided are correct) on August 1, 2019. Your children did not age out and cannot age out. Your biggest problem is going to be the health of your sponsor. Your petition is dead even if your interview takes place if your petitioner dies before you arrive in the US. For this reason, it’s good to have a younger sibling or younger parent have separate petitions for you. And be prepared to file for humanitarian reinstatement should this happen so you can reuse your priority date. Maybe look for Nigerian posters. See what cases they are processing. Get your US relatives to contact their senator. This is almost 3 years.

Do you have your i-130 approval letter?

Ok, so if your priority date is May 2008, then I see that your priority date became current July 2020 https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2020/visa-bulletin-for-july-2020.html. How old were your kids on July 1, 2020? Double check your i-130 approval date. It seems super unlikely that your i-130 petition was approved in Sept 2020 and you were DQed Sept 2020. Find your EXACT i-130 approval date and you get to subtract the time that the i-130 petition was pending from your children's age on July 1, 2020 (again, always need exact dates).

Except (comparing instate to mainstream Canadian universities ALL of which are public), Canadian unis are a fraction of the cost of U.S. ones.

The single biggest one (for me) is estate/gift tax. As it stands right now and it's not going away - US citizens or LPRs can give/bequeath US citizen spouses any amount with ZERO taxes. The same is not true if the spouse is a foreigner or an LPR.

Bear in mind that it takes 1yr+ from the time you apply for your mother to the time she gets an immigrant visa. I would advise you to file an i-130 for her ASAP to get her place in line, ready or not. Once you have an interview date for her in Montreal, you should start prepping your sister's app (to be sponsored by your mother). That way, the day your mother lands in the U.S., her i-130 for your sister is ready to go. I-130s can be filed online. Do not forget to take screenshots of each page.

1) Exact priority date? 2) approval date of i-130?

No, that's not right. F4 is siblings.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Unless your sister has legal status in the US and qualifies to adjust status, table A is controlling. In other words, if they are outside the country, table A is the one to look at for CSPA calculation. You can google to confirm. Table B just means her paperwork advances but not to the point where it can get forwarded to the embassy/consulate. https://www.boundless.com/immigration-resources/how-to-read-the-visa-bulletin/ Section A: Final Action Dates The “final action dates” chart shows which priority dates have reached the front of the line. These green card applications are ready for approval right now. Section B: Dates For Filing The “dates for filing” chart shows which green card applicants who are living outside of the United States should go ahead and submit their application with the National Visa Center (NVC)—even though a green card is not ready just yet. The cut-off dates in the “dates for filing” chart are slightly later (1-10 months) than those in the “final action dates” chart, which allows green card applicants to file their applications that much sooner. The “dates for filing” chart is primarily directed at people who will be applying for a green card from outside the United States, but USCIS publishes a page called “when to file your adjustment of status application” every month that indicates whether green card applicants living in the United States can submit their green card application based on the visa bulletin’s “dates for filing” chart or whether they need to wait to meet the dates in the “final action dates” chart.

This is confusing. Your married (?) sister is being sponsored by your mother? You said that her priority date just became current. That is not possible because the current priority date form F3 is 8-December-2008. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2023/visa-bulletin-for-may-2023.html

@AV53, you need to find the exact priority date and i-130 approval date.

Are you going to work for a research institution? I would look into getting a non-cap H1B visa then. Also, as you got married in May 2022, you may want to delay your green card (if you are able to get a non-cap H1B) until after your 2nd wedding anniversay. Otherwise you'll looking at $$$ to remove conditions and a lot of paperwork and aggravation to remove conditions from a 2 year GC.