F1 visa for daughter while waiting for Immigrant visa interview planning

[momshie 1]

Need some thoughts on how we can better plan our approach for my daughter plan to study on School year 2023-2024 while we await immigrant interview (location/MNL).

My daughter currently on Senior year already applied to US College schools and waiting result in March 2023. I would like to anticipate possible dilemma since we just received notice for our immigrant case now ïn-transit" but no idea when we can get schedule for interview in Manila. My daughter is derivative dependent for F3 visa.

 

1. In case she gets accepted and successfully applied for F1 visa how would we approach if we suddenly have the scheduled interview this year, she may need to be in the US in Jul/Aug (not yet sure) to be ready for start of school year in Sep. Do you think it will have conflict once we received notice for interview this year as well?  I have no idea on the waiting time for F1 visa processing and also not sure how long the waiting time for getting notice for immigrant visa interview. Assume she is already in US, she needs to come back again to join us on the interview?  By the way, the F1 visa and Immigrant interview location will be in different US embassy. Will this be messy?

 

2. Would it be better to wait for the immigrant visa interview first? But what happens if we don't receive notice this year? My daughter would really want to start college in US especially if she will be accepted in the preferred school of choice.

 

Appreciate recommendation on which is best approach on this situation. Thanks in advance.

 

 

 

[Boiler 43,597]

Student visa appointments menus are usually pretty quick, now getting a student visa in her situation could be tricky.

 

Which Consulate would she interview at?

 

I would worry about the other stuff if she is able to get a student visa

[milimelo 4,230]

She can always defer enrollment for a year or move it to winter semester start time.

[momshie 1]

10 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Student visa appointments menus are usually pretty quick, now getting a student visa in her situation could be tricky.

 

Which Consulate would she interview at?

 

I would worry about the other stuff if she is able to get a student visa

Thanks. It will be at HKG consulate, we are permanent residence here. If she does not get student visa, thats fine for us but the worry is if she gets it. She just recently renewed B1/B2 visa for 10yrs and we declare our immigrant status but not sure if they will give for student visa.

[Boiler 43,597]

That improves the odds you can check time lines I would expect a few days for a student visa appointment

[momshie 1]

I see, so the deferral is a choice or can be requested to US school as International student since we cant use the Immigrant status yet (as local). Thanks.

[momshie 1]

9 minutes ago, Boiler said:

That improves the odds you can check time lines I would expect a few days for a student visa appointment

That's a good idea to research on the student visa timeline. Thanks!