Hi All

Sorry to post this question, but i am very confused about processing times for my sister!

My Dad is a perminent resident and has sponsered my sister as an unmarried daughter over 21 on an I-130 visa. The process started about 18months ago.

How long aprox does this process take from start to finish (she is from the UK). And will its speed up the process once he/dad becomes a US citizen in about 1 year?

I am confused because if you look at the processing times for I-130's they show a US citizen as being slower than a perminent resident, and my searches show up a lot of K3 visas with the I-130s. I am finding varying times from quotes of 3 years to 9 years? How long can this process really be done in?

Thanks all, i know you are all a world of information!

LPR sponsoring an unmarried child over 21 gets Family 2nd pref (F2B) and have to wait for a visa number to be assigned to the case.

NVC is currently assigning numbers to F2B cases filed August 1999, so it looks like 8-9 years for a visa number to be issued in the F2B priority class.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin...letin_1360.html

Becoming a Citizen will up the priority from F2B to F1, the wait on that priority is about 6 years.

It will be approved via USCIS years before a visa number is available depending on the service center your dad filed at, with this in mind YuAndDan are correct it will be a while. If he becomes a citzen it will shorten it. Good Luck. We are petioning our over 18 step son and know our wait is 5/6 years...

Thanks for responding.........this has helped clear it up for me. Although why do the processing times for I-130s show as processing visas for sooner than that?

If you are speaking of the USCIS web site that is the first stage of the approval process. From USCIS it goes to the NVC to sit on a desk and gather dust until a visa number becomes available from the department of state. Hope this helps.

aaaaah now that makes sense! Thank you, i wonder why they dont show the sit and gather dust stages..........