i -130 Filers of Parents for July 2019

[peacan 7]

Is it better to bring them over as tourists then petition them for a green card?

[Lil bear 3,831]

1 minute ago, peacan said:

Is it better to bring them over as tourists then petition them for a green card?

Entering using a tourist visa with the intent to stay and adjust status is visa fraud. .. so , no, bringing them over as tourists and then applying for Adjustment of status isn’t a better idea . 

[Junior-sfo 9]

2 hours ago, Lil bear said:

Entering using a tourist visa with the intent to stay and adjust status is visa fraud. .. so , no, bringing them over as tourists and then applying for Adjustment of status isn’t a better idea . 

I thought getting a US tourist visa when you don't have one, to arrive in US and adjust status could be considered a fraud. When one already has a tourist visa, then they can adjust status as that's the option given by USCIS?

 

 

Edited July 25, 2019 by Junior-sfo

[Lil bear 3,831]

16 minutes ago, Junior-sfo said:

I thought getting a US tourist visa when you don't have one, to arrive in US and adjust status could be considered a fraud. When one already has a tourist visa, then they can adjust status as that's the option given by USCIS?

 

 

No it doesn’t matter if it is a new one  or one already obtained .. it’s the intent at time if entering. People asking “ can I do this” .. and then doing it .., would enter with the intent to adjust. 

[Junior-sfo 9]

6 minutes ago, Lil bear said:

No it doesn’t matter if it is a new one  or one already obtained .. it’s the intent at time if entering. People asking “ can I do this” .. and then doing it .., would enter with the intent to adjust. 

Doesn't that make almost all AOS illegal then? i am just talking my mind

[Lil bear 3,831]

Just now, Junior-sfo said:

Doesn't that make almost all AOS illegal then? i am just talking my mind

No. Many people make the decision to stay after they arrive. Intent is determined at entry ., and CBP officers aren’t mind readers ., so what isn’t known is how many enter with intent to AOS  but it’s never declared or asked about. The risk is that at each stage of the process to naturalisation all previous decisions can be reassessed ... 

[ordjnb 39]

23 hours ago, jskibo said:

About a year, maybe a little more.  Pretty much same as other I-130 processing times by center

Can't believe it's slowed down this much. 

 

Are some Centers faster than others? I got my IOE # 2 days ago, expecting the physical mail either Monday or Tuesday. 

[jskibo 588]

43 minutes ago, ordjnb said:

Can't believe it's slowed down this much. 

 

Are some Centers faster than others? I got my IOE # 2 days ago, expecting the physical mail either Monday or Tuesday. 

Everyone seems to be complaining about Nebraska which was showing 11-14 months. 

 

Perhaps this new way of scanning the documents and sending IOE case numbers like online filers get may be of some benefit but too early to tell. 

[ordjnb 39]

27 minutes ago, jskibo said:

Everyone seems to be complaining about Nebraska which was showing 11-14 months. 

 

Perhaps this new way of scanning the documents and sending IOE case numbers like online filers get may be of some benefit but too early to tell. 

Ah so this IOE thing is a more recent development? Because I recall when I got my own I-130 done, it was an MSC number 

[jskibo 588]

9 minutes ago, ordjnb said:

Ah so this IOE thing is a more recent development? Because I recall when I got my own I-130 done, it was an MSC number 

IOE was being assigned to all online cases vs paper filing. Wife had an IOE for her N400

[ordjnb 39]

Just now, jskibo said:

IOE was being assigned to all online cases vs paper filing. Wife had an IOE for her N400

My naturalization was also IOE. I was confused when I saw IOE for this since this is paper filing 

[Cathy2me 23]

Hi im planning to apply my mom a visa to be here in US soon, and i will do it via online filling what would be the list of documents i need to  submit?

[Just Paul 4,591]

12 minutes ago, Cathy2me said:

Hi im planning to apply my mom a visa to be here in US soon, and i will do it via online filling what would be the list of documents i need to  submit?

Tourist Visa - She fills out a DS-160 online and pays the fee.

IR-5 - you fill out the I-130 and send it in with the fee - after you become a citizen.

Edited July 26, 2019 by Paul & Mary

[Cathy2me 23]

3 minutes ago, Paul & Mary said:

Tourist Visa - She fills out a DS-160 online and pays the fee.

IR-5 - you fill out the I-130 and send it in with the fee - after you become a citizen.

I need IR-5 what required document needed?

[Just Paul 4,591]

 

  6 minutes ago, Paul & Mary said:

Tourist Visa - She fills out a DS-160 online and pays the fee.

IR-5 - you fill out the I-130 and send it in with the fee - after you become a citizen.

I need IR-5 what required document needed?

 

Literally answered in the line above your question