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Hi All, I submitted the I-130 application for my spouse's CR-1 on Oct 30, 2024. Based on estimated processing times on Visa Journey, I was hoping to get a notification of the I-130 approval last week. However, up to this day, I have not heard back from USCIS. I then logged into my USCIS account and noticed the "Estimated Time Until Your Case Decision" was changed from 6 months and reverted back to 18 months. There has been no follow-up from USCIS to explain why the estimated time had increased so dramatically. The most recent update to my case status was NOA1. Did I miss something? Or is there something wrong with my application? Or am I just overreacting and need to have more patience? Thank you!

Hello! Me and my partner of 10 years finally got married last week in Japan. We want to file the initial I-130 petition ASAP once we receive our marriage certificate from city hall. My question is, would our I-130 application be negatively affected if my wife updated her last name to my last name AFTER we had already submited the I-130? This would mean that her new last name and her new passport (which would reflect the new last name) would not be the same as the information/documents I uploaded to the USCIS website. I ask because if we waited to do everything in the "correct" order (i.e. name change, new passport application, send I-130 petition), this would set us back about two months. Thank you for your advice and insights. Eric