我是美国公民,2019年时开始为来美国探亲的父母申请移民并计划为他们在美国转身份。Oct. 2019, I-130申请获得批准,可是我们一直没有发I-485转身份,因为父母又不想移民了。Oct. 2021, 他们离开美国返回中国。现在父母又想移民美国了,想从中国办。请问我还可以用批准过的I-130申请接着给他们办吗?还是需要一切从新开始申请(i.e. file a new I-130 petition)?
-Because USCIS did not forward your approved I-130 to National Visa Center (NVC) for processing for parents to apply for the immigrant visa, the approved I-130 should still be valid. You still can use this approved I-130 for your parents to apply for the immigrant visa in China. But you need to file I-824 to USCIS to request them to forward your approved I-130 to NVC for processing for your parents' application for the immigrant visa in China. You need to file two I-824, respectively, for the two I-130 for your parents.
Another choice is that you can file new I-130 for your parents to apply for the immigrant visa in China (indicate this in the I-130) and ignore the previous approved I-130.