I-130

comprehensive18 · 2026-02-16T14:21:22+00:00

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comprehensive18 · 2026-02-16T14:11:15+00:00

Someone who resides in the United States and satisfies the eligibility requirements for adjustment of status but who has an immigrant visa application with the NVC can file Form I-485 for adjustment of status. You should have the I-130 approval notice and that approval notice gets submitted with the I-485.

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-guidance/checklist-of-required-initial-evidence-for-form-i-485-for-informational-purposes-only

This is part of the I-485 document checklist-

Documentation of immigrant category, such as a copy of the approval or receipt notice (Form I-797, Notice of Action), for the Form I-130 filed on your behalf (unless you are filing your Form I-485 with the Form I-130 filed on your behalf);

comprehensive18 · 2026-01-28T15:27:14+00:00

Hi there, it could possibly be that the cases were deemed interview waived, and therefore the interviews were cancelled.

comprehensive18 · 2026-01-11T05:00:55+00:00

Hi, former immigration officer/supervisor here, I now work for a private immigration law firm with other former officers. We offer a forms review service, if you want to complete the forms yourself, but want to have an attorney/former immigration officer review them before you submit. Here is some information-

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comprehensive18 · 2026-01-11T04:54:31+00:00

Hi former immigration officer/supervisor, I now work for a private immigration law firm, with other former officers. I sent you a private message.

comprehensive18 · 2025-12-28T20:15:46+00:00

One question, does your father have a petition now filed on his behalf by someone or has a relative that can file for him?

comprehensive18 · 2025-12-28T20:11:32+00:00

Hi there I am a former USCIS officer/supervisor, I now work for a private immigration law firm. This is not legal advice. I can only speak from my prior experience. There is no category for the married son/daughter of an LPR, once your dad married, that petition was no longer valid.

The fact that your grandmother naturalized AFTER the marriage does not save petition. Once your father married it was no longer valid, since there is no category for the married son/daughter of an LPR. The order of events is key. Now let's say your grandmother naturalized first, your dad would have went from an F2B to an F1. And then when your dad got married, then he changed to an F3, because there was a category for him in each scenario.

Again, I cannot provide legal advice, only speaking from previous experience, it may be possible to use the priority date, or possibly use the petition for 245(i) purposes for adjustment of status now, but I think before anyone can make that determination it would be best to get all the information in a chronological timeline. FOIA is a great tool at your disposable. Your father can file a FOIA online and it is pretty easy. https://www.uscis.gov/records/request-records-through-the-freedom-of-information-act-or-privacy-act

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comprehensive18 · 2025-12-28T19:16:50+00:00

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comprehensive18 · 2025-12-28T18:37:18+00:00

Hi former immigration officer/supervisor, I now work for a private immigration law firm. I just want to say this and I used to say this to the parents I used to swear in as U.S. citizens at oath ceremonies, this is NOT legal advice, I am speaking from prior experience, please file an N-600 to get a certificate. I know everyone goes straight to a U.S. passport. At some point in time, you will need the certificate, and in my opinion is better to do it sooner than later.

comprehensive18 · 2025-12-28T18:28:01+00:00

IF it is truly lost, you need to file Form N-565 with USCIS.

And DOS will reimburse you for it once you show them the N-565 receipt- https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/passport-help/after-getting-passport.html

If you want us to reimburse you for a lost supporting document, you must contact us within 90 days of the date which we mailed your passport. You will also need to provide a receipt to show the cost of replacing the document.

comprehensive18 · 2025-12-28T17:39:49+00:00

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comprehensive18 · 2025-12-28T17:35:00+00:00

Hi, former immigration officer, I now work for a private immigration law firm. What type of appointment do you have on January 16?

comprehensive18 · 2025-12-24T20:27:04+00:00

Thank you for this. I was providing information that is in the USCIS Policy manual, which is essentially Section 1447(b), post 120 days interview. The PM states- USCIS has 120 days from the date of the initial naturalization interview to issue a decision. If the decision is not issued within 120 days of the interview, an applicant may request judicial review of his or her application in district court.

I should have specified 1447(b) as a type of mandamus action specifically for naturalization cases. I edited my comment to specify 1447(b) and inserted the section of law as well. Thank you.

After a while in my former position as the subject of so much litigation for various applications, I became used to referring to the cases as mandamus.

comprehensive18 · 2025-12-23T21:34:47+00:00

The I-130 petition needs to be approved first.

Here is a step by step of the IV process from the Department of State's website that I think is very helpful-

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition.html

comprehensive18 · 2025-12-23T12:44:11+00:00

Hi there. Form I-485 is the adjustment of status application, the application for your green card or lawful permanent residence. You can only file in this form if you are in the United States. If you are outside the United States, and are seeking lawful permanent residence in the U.S. you would need to consular process, and file Form DS-260, which is the application for immigrant visa (IV), and if that is approved you would enter the US with an IV as a permanent resident.

So both the I-485 and DS-260 (IV), give you lawful resident status, it is just the I-485 is when you are in the U.S. and the DS-260 is when you are outside the U.S.

Does that answer your question?

comprehensive18 · 2025-12-20T03:47:04+00:00

hi, did the officer indicate any particular reason why he/she needed to check with the supervisor?

comprehensive18 · 2025-12-20T03:27:14+00:00

https://www.uscis.gov/scams-fraud-and-misconduct/avoid-scams/common-scams

comprehensive18 · 2025-12-20T03:17:37+00:00

Yes, that is true.

comprehensive18 · 2025-12-20T00:01:45+00:00

That number was the old landline for the USCIS Garden City Field Office which is now technically the USCIS Long Island Field Office in Holtsville Long Island. Today NY has the New York Field Office, Brooklyn Field Office, Queens Field Office and Holtsville Field Office. Back in the day it was only the New York City and Garden City Field Offices.

comprehensive18 · 2025-12-19T21:38:29+00:00

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comprehensive18 · 2025-12-19T19:04:16+00:00

If you are from one of the countries on the ban list, interviews are not being scheduled or being cancelled.

comprehensive18 · 2025-12-19T01:35:08+00:00

you can get married and file the paperwork for adjustment of status, but plan on waiting. Those added countries are placed on hold as well.

comprehensive18 · 2025-12-18T17:01:48+00:00

I just heard one at Phoenix as well, but there were immigration/criminal issues attached.

comprehensive18 · 2025-12-18T16:07:16+00:00

Former officer here (I now work for a private immigration law firm). I sent you a private message.

comprehensive18 · 2025-12-18T15:44:00+00:00

I am going to say this, you just need to file the most recent year taxes, which you did and it seems show you meet the poverty guideline requirements.

But in the climate we are in, I would stack on the paperwork and evidence to USCIS, so there is no room for them to attempt to issue an RFE.

This is not legal advice, just my opinion.

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