About my parent's tourist visa after I-130

[csoul 0]

Hello Guys,

My sister (US Citizen) started on 07/01 the I-130 petition (without I-485) for my parents (living in Venezuela) so we need to know what happened with my parents's tourist visa (B1/B2)?? I am pretty sure that is automaticaly cancelled (but not 100% sure).

Do we need to wait until the I-130 approval to plan a new travel of my parents to US?

After the approval what will be the next step in the US Embassy in Venezuela? An interview? What they will receive at that moment if they are approved?

Do you know if they can travel to US just after receive the approval? or we need to wait until the Green Card arrival

I tried to read some other post and also the guides but I did not find any answer for this questions.

Thank you in advance!!!

Edited August 14, 2009 by csoul

[TayRivers 4]

Hello Guys,

My sister (US Citizen) started on 07/01 the I-130 petition (without I-485) for my parents (living in Venezuela) so we need to know what happened with my parents's tourist visa (B1/B2)?? I am pretty sure that is automaticaly cancelled (but not 100% sure).

Do we need to wait until the I-130 approval to plan a new travel of my parents to US?

After the approval what will be the next step in the US Embassy in Venezuela? An interview? What they will receive at that moment if they are approved?

Do you know if they can travel to US just after receive the approval? or we need to wait until the Green Card arrival

I tried to read some other post and also the guides but I did not find any answer for this questions.

Thank you in advance!!!

Your parents B1/B2 is not cancelled when a I-130 is filed, they could still use it to come for a visit, but they must return home to complete the I-130 process.

Once the I-130 is approved by USCIS it will be sent to NVC for further processing, at this point there will be more forms to complete and money to be paid.

Once the case is complete at NVC it will be sent to the embassy and your parents will have to have a medical and then attend an interview at the embassy. If they are approved for a immigrant visa at that interview they will then be issued with a IR-5 visa. They will not get their greencards until after they have used the IR-5 visa to enter the USA.

Here is a link to the NVC info http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/...nal_Visa_Center

[csoul 0]

Thank you so much TayRivers for your fast answer. Now everything is more clear now. I am sooo happy that they can travel during the I-130 process!