How come so many more F2B visas are being issued compared to F2A?

[Vytra 9]

JULY 2021 - IV Issuances by Post and Visa Class (state.gov)

 

For Manila, 1 F2A visa was issued and 57 F2B visas were issued.

Not a single embassy issued more than 1 F2A visa for the entire month.

 

I thought that F2A visas were supposed to be faster since they apply to minor children, as opposed to (F2B) adult children?

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

Some misconceptions there of how it works

 

1. The FX visas are all F2A - 119 visas issued in July in Manila

 

2.  Do not confuse the number issued in a particular month with what is “faster”, the F2B visas issued now would have been for petitions filed years ago vs the far more recently filed petitions for F2As being issued now 

 

3. There is no difference in visa priority once it reaches DQ stage between F2A and F2B. What you see issued is in proportion to the number of cases ready for interview. 
 

4. F2A includes spouses of LPRs, not just minor children 

 

 

Edited September 1, 2021 by SusieQQQ

[Vytra 9]

4 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

Some misconceptions there of how it works

 

1. The FX visas are all F2A - 119 visas issued in July in Manila

 

2.  Do not confuse the number issued in a particular month with what is “faster”, the F2B visas issued now would have been for petitions filed years ago vs the far more recently filed petitions for F2As being issued now 

 

3. There is no difference in visa priority once it reaches DQ stage between F2A and F2B. What you see issued is in proportion to the number of cases ready for interview. 
 

4. F2A includes spouses of LPRs, not just minor children 

 

 

Thank you for clarifying. I looked it up. Apparently, the F2A refers to the ones subject to country limitations and the FX are exempt from country limitations. 

The applications we have are for my wife's two minor children in the Philippines.

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

5 minutes ago, Vytra said:

Thank you for clarifying. I looked it up. Apparently, the F2A refers to the ones subject to country limitations and the FX are exempt from country limitations. 

The applications we have are for my wife's two minor children in the Philippines.

Yes, most of F2A falls under FX. That is particularly beneficial to a case like yours where the country has a high migration rate and F2A would probably be very severely affected if subject to country quotas, as you see is the case when comparing the current priority dates for the other Philippines categories to the rest of the world.

 

 

Edited September 1, 2021 by SusieQQQ

[iza25 9]

On 8/31/2021 at 2:36 PM, Vytra said:

JULY 2021 - IV Issuances by Post and Visa Class (state.gov)

 

For Manila, 1 F2A visa was issued and 57 F2B visas were issued.

Not a single embassy issued more than 1 F2A visa for the entire month.

 

I thought that F2A visas were supposed to be faster since they apply to minor children, as opposed to (F2B) adult children?

Hi,

 

May I know the link as to where you got this?  We're also waiting for our interview schedule, and hopefully we hear something before the end of the month.

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

14 minutes ago, iza25 said:

Hi,

 

May I know the link as to where you got this?  We're also waiting for our interview schedule, and hopefully we hear something before the end of the month.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

[iza25 9]

On 9/17/2021 at 6:44 PM, SusieQQQ said:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

Thank you!