i130 green card petitioner

[Yahya54 4]

hello every body

posting this for a friend he just got married to green card holder and they send the i130 his attourney told him it take 4 month to get interview and two and half yers for green card (he have to wait for visa number or somthing ) is this sound right or

thanx

[JohnR! 5,495]

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hello every body

posting this for a friend he just got married to green card holder and they send the i130 his attourney told him it take 4 month to get interview and two and half yers for green card (he have to wait for visa number or somthing ) is this sound right or

thanx

In a general manner it sounds right.

Check out this link where you can find the details on the subject: http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1306.html

Good luck to your friend!

[Cathi 5,617]

it's about 5 months to process the i 130. after it is approved it will go to the NVC for further processing, then to the consulate to schedule an interview. about 7-9months after submitting it will take to get interview in Amman. And because the petitioner is a LPR the wait for the issuance of the visa is longer. Here is the link for the processing times as of now http://travel.state....types_1306.html

[Athena June 37]

hello every body

posting this for a friend he just got married to green card holder and they send the i130 his attourney told him it take 4 month to get interview and two and half yers for green card (he have to wait for visa number or somthing ) is this sound right or

thanx

Correct, spouses of green card holders must wait for a visa number to be available. The wait is currently about 2.5 years, but this can change at any time (for better or worse) depending on the number of people on the waitlist.

Do you know if the petition was sent to the Vermont Service Center or California Service Center? If it ended up in Vermont, your friend may have to wait for approval of the petition for more than a year; for the moment California is processing F2A cases a little bit faster. Unfortunately F2A petitions are not a priority for USCIS, and therefore approval tends to take much longer than for USCs.

Your friend should start reading the monthly visa bulletin to learn about cut-off date movements, and of course, join us here on VJ!

http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_1360.html