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Do things look good for the F2B category?

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Hypothetically. How long would an F2B category take to become available if an I130 was filed today. Yesterday was my 21st birthday, so I won't be able to do F2A lol. My step mom is the permanent resident that would be sponsoring me. I was looking at the old visa bulletins for the F2B. 

 

I checked the bulletin for early 2018 and priority dates for F2B then were around in like 2010. Today, the F2B category is at like May 2015. So that means in the span of two and a half years, the category has moved forward 5 years. 

 

Naturally looking at the table, I would say it would take 5 years to become current. But upon further investigation and digging into the speed of the bulletin over time, it would seem that it would take two and a half years (approximately) to advance another five years from 2015 to 2020. Now yes I know, in the future it may retrogress or stall or whatever, so no one can really guess. But I mean does anyone else share my observation? Just want to get second opinions on this as I've never done this before. 

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SusieQQQ
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AOS as F2A back then would certainly have been more unusual given priority dates were still in place.  Anyway I suspect there is a lot more background to this AOS story than we’ll get to know here. 

Crazy Cat
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Well, I believe F2 visas are currently suspended until next year at the earliest.....so I would say, things are not looking up.........

SusieQQQ
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No one outside the US has been receiving F2B visas since miid March when the embassies shut, and won’t until at least January because of the ban. So a sizable backlog is probably building up and you c

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11 minutes ago, HardRocker1999 said:

Are things looking up for this category in other words?

Well, I believe F2 visas are currently suspended until next year at the earliest.....so I would say, things are not looking up.........

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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1 minute ago, Lucky Cat said:

Well, I believe F2 visas are currently suspended until next year at the earliest.....so I would say, things are not looking up.........

Well yes but that pretty much affects every category. But I mean in general. Not like I'm looking to apply for the actual visa anytime soon.

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27 minutes ago, HardRocker1999 said:

Well yes but that pretty much affects every category. But I mean in general. Not like I'm looking to apply for the actual visa anytime soon.

No, things do not lol good for the F2B category. There are few categories that are suspended. If you have hopes of moving to the US I would suggest to apply now. The wait is only growing, your country of citizenship matters and this visa category could be cut in the future- no one knows. Expect it to be much longer than 2.5 years.

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5 minutes ago, Luckycuds said:

No, things do not lol good for the F2B category. There are few categories that are suspended. If you have hopes of moving to the US I would suggest to apply now. The wait is only growing, your country of citizenship matters and this visa category could be cut in the future- no one knows. Expect it to be much longer than 2.5 years.

I mean the bulletin has been moving pretty fast as of recent?

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"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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1 hour ago, HardRocker1999 said:

I mean the bulletin has been moving pretty fast as of recent?

No one outside the US has been receiving F2B visas since miid March when the embassies shut, and won’t until at least January because of the ban. So a sizable backlog is probably building up and you can probably expect some retrogression next year when everyone is once again able to proceed with their cases. 

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8 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

How old were you when your stepmom married your father?

I was like 11 or 12

6 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

No one outside the US has been receiving F2B visas since miid March when the embassies shut, and won’t until at least January because of the ban. So a sizable backlog is probably building up and you can probably expect some retrogression next year when everyone is once again able to proceed with their cases. 

So would it be wise to file right now or as soon as possible?

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4 hours ago, HardRocker1999 said:

My step mom is the permanent resident that would be sponsoring me.

 

Why not your father? He became an LPR in 2018, according to your previous posts. Has he abandoned his residency? 

Timeline in brief:

Married: September 27, 2014

I-130 filed: February 5, 2016

NOA1: February 8, 2016 Nebraska

NOA2: July 21, 2016

Interview: December 6, 2016 London

POE: December 19, 2016 Las Vegas

N-400 filed: September 30, 2019

Interview: March 22, 2021 Seattle

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17 minutes ago, JFH said:

Why not your father? He became an LPR in 2018, according to your previous posts. Has he abandoned his residency? 

Just looked at the previous posts. Heck, if stepmom had filed F2A back then OP would probably have a green card already, the category went current around a year ago.

 
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