Confused with priority date

[H93 55]

I’m trying to help a friend figure out how long it would be to bring their married son and children over. The priority date is Janruary 31 2007 and it’s a F3 category in Yemen.

i calculated this into this site I found and it said it would be another 8 year wait but on the visa bulletin it says they’re already on Jan. 8, 2007

[geowrian 22,336]

The current PD (as of tomorrow) for F3 (married son/daughter of a USC and their derivatives) is June 15th, 2006. The Jan. 8, 2007 date is the dates for filing, which is a little different. You may submit documents to NVC based on that chart, but the interview and visa cannot be issued until the PD is current on the Final Action Dates table.

 

The issue is that the Priority Dates on the visa bulletin are very unpredictable. Sometimes they may advance 12 months in a year and sometimes they may advance only a couple months in a year. This year it has only advanced 1.5 months thus far. Historically, it's varied from ~4-8 months on average.

I'm not sure where the 8 year estimate came from, but it's probably another year or so until it's current. It could be in a couple months, or it could be longer...you just need to keep checking the bulletin. It all depends on how many people in front of you (and the number of derivatives they have) actually get a visa.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html

Edited September 30, 2018 by geowrian

[H93 55]

On 9/30/2018 at 3:47 PM, geowrian said:

The current PD (as of tomorrow) for F3 (married son/daughter of a USC and their derivatives) is June 15th, 2006. The Jan. 8, 2007 date is the dates for filing, which is a little different. You may submit documents to NVC based on that chart, but the interview and visa cannot be issued until the PD is current on the Final Action Dates table.

 

The issue is that the Priority Dates on the visa bulletin are very unpredictable. Sometimes they may advance 12 months in a year and sometimes they may advance only a couple months in a year. This year it has only advanced 1.5 months thus far. Historically, it's varied from ~4-8 months on average.

I'm not sure where the 8 year estimate came from, but it's probably another year or so until it's current. It could be in a couple months, or it could be longer...you just need to keep checking the bulletin. It all depends on how many people in front of you (and the number of derivatives they have) actually get a visa.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html

Thank you for your reply.

Does NVC tell us when the next step happens. What is the need of consistently checking the visa bulletin?

(not being sassy, genuinely wondering)

[Boiler 43,791]

Is Yemen on the travel ban?

 

There is no point in checking the VB all the time, some people like to do so.

[H93 55]

14 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Is Yemen on the travel ban?

 

There is no point in checking the VB all the time, some people like to do so.

Yes it is on the travel ban.

But cases are moving along nonetheless. 

 

Another question.

The grandson of the petitioner who is listed in this petition just recently married a US citizen.

Can she file for him or how does this work?

[Boiler 43,791]

Of course she can, he will be a CR1 like you.

[H93 55]

11 hours ago, Boiler said:

Of course she can, he will be a CR1 like you.

 

Im a US citizen born and raised and I applied for an ir1, but thank you for your answers. 👍🏼

[H93 55]

Sorry to bump an old thread but I have a question I hope someone can answer.

 

All we have is a case number number on the paper NVC send us, no IN number. How are we suppose to log into the payment portal and pay the fees and send in the the required documents?