Latest News About Has Anyone Ever Filed An Immigrant Petition On Your Behalf With The United States Citizenship And Immigration Services?

I can’t reliably provide latest news on that specific question right now, because I don’t have access to current/verified updates for it in this chat.

That said, the question you quoted comes up on the DS-160 and is asking a straightforward factual/legal-record thing: whether an “immigrant petition” has ever been filed with USCIS on your behalf (for example, an employment-based or family-based immigrant petition such as Form I-140 or Form I-130, depending on your situation). In practice, many applicants answer:

• “Yes” if USCIS has already received and processed an immigrant petition for them (and they have receipts/approvals/identifiers), and
• “No” if no such immigrant petition has ever been filed with USCIS for them yet.[2]

How to decide for your case

• If you (or your employer/family member) filed a USCIS immigrant petition for you (commonly I-140 for many employment-based routes, or I-130 for family-based), then you generally mark Yes.[2]
• If what you’ve had is only a nonimmigrant petition/application (like many H-1B steps, which are not immigrant petitions), that usually doesn’t count as an “immigrant petition filed with USCIS.”[2]

If you tell me this, I can help you interpret

Reply with: 1) What petition forms you/they filed (e.g., I-140, I-130, I-485, etc.),
2) Whether they were filed with USCIS and the current status (filed/approved/denied/withdrawn), and
3) Whether you’re filling DS-160 for immigrant visa (consular processing) or some other purpose.

Then I can help you determine whether “Yes” or “No” is the safer/most accurate selection for the specific scenario.