Case Processing
Retrogression and Religious Workers
Friends, I hear your frustrations on the recent retrogression in the EB-4 category, and I share them as well. When the first major retrogression occurred in 2022, I created a Twitter (now called X) page called Religious Workers Coalition. On this page, I regularly post about the challenges faced by the religious community, updates on the retrogression, politicians' responses, and related issues. We also share information about ongoing lawsuits filed by some churches against the government over this matter and how Senator Susan Collins and Senator Tim Kaine are currently working on a bipartisan bill to provide relief for religious workers. I believe the bill primarily focuses on allowing religious workers to remain in the country even after the five-year expiration of their R-1 visa.
Our Twitter (now called X) page, with around 140 followers, is a growing community where we exchange ideas on this issue.
Recently, we have been collaborating with International Broadcasters (who are also in the EB-4 category) to raise awareness. Additionally, we are developing a website, thebacklog.org (feel free to check it out), to provide further insight into the situation.
I encourage you to join our community so we can share ideas and work together to find a solution.
hey guys my work authorization renewal just got approved but my advance parole didn’t ! does that mean I will have to wait for a couple months for the advance parole ?
thank you for your suggestion and answers
IR-1/CR-1
U.S. citizen filing for a spouse
Total Days: 1092 days
Case
2022-07-05
Today
I-131
192 Days
I-765
193 Days
I-360
1092 Days
I-485
1092 Days
Vermont Service Center: I-131, I-765, I-360, I-485
joint bank accounts
what bank accounts in the US allow non US residents to open a bank account etc? my wife and I want to open a joint bank account for a house deposit but last year when I was there the bank she is with ( chase bank ) wouldn’t let us do it because I had nothing with a home address on paper for them to use etc, any ideas?
HELP! evidence to submit
hello everyone I was hoping to come on here and ask if there is anything else I need to submit on my I-130 just so that when a USCIS Officer looks at my case they hopefully just hit “approve”.
I don’t want to have to get an RFE and make the process even long not just for me but for others aswell
I have submitted:
loads of photos of me and my husband
marriage license
plane tickets/boarding passes
my military ID Card (Spouse Cat card)
text messages
call logs (with hours of time on the phone together)
lease agreement (with me and my husband as the tenants)
I’m in the process of submitting out shared life insurance
just waiting on letter to be sent so I can take a picture and upload it (it’s better then a picture on the computer)
also getting our shared bank account finalized for us to upload the details
is there anything else I should upload to make the process more smooth?
