Visa Availability

[AneliaO 2]

It states on the NVC website: "If a visa is not available because of statutory limits on the number of visas, NVC cannot schedule your interview." Does anyone know the number of visas granted to each country by the U.S.? Or a website that might have that information?

[Dashinka 25,475]

23,400 per year for F1.  I do not believe there are country limits for family based.

 

Good Luck!
 

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Immigrant-Statistics/WEB_Annual_Numerical_Limits - FY2025.pdf

 

Moved to NVC forum.

Edited Tuesday at 02:20 PM by Dashinka

[appleblossom 3,898]

1 hour ago, AneliaO said:

It states on the NVC website: "If a visa is not available because of statutory limits on the number of visas, NVC cannot schedule your interview." Does anyone know the number of visas granted to each country by the U.S.? Or a website that might have that information?

 

What's more important is the category and Priority Date, that will give you a (very) rough idea of how long you may have to wait when you look at the Visa Bulletin, although wait times tend to grow with every year that passes.

 

So assuming F1, what is the Priority Date and which country were you born in?

[AneliaO 2]

So assuming F1, what is the Priority Date and which country were you born in?:    K1, May 2025, and Morocco

[appleblossom 3,898]

5 minutes ago, AneliaO said:

So assuming F1, what is the Priority Date and which country were you born in?:    K1, May 2025, and Morocco

 

Current date on the Visa Bulletin for F1 is March 2016, so those who applied before that date are now eligible for visas. So maybe 10 years or so as a rough guess?

 

Just bear in mind that if you or whoever you petitioned for marries then they move in to the F3 category which is an even longer wait. 

Edited Tuesday at 04:25 PM by appleblossom

[AneliaO 2]

35 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

Current date on the Visa Bulletin for F1 is March 2016, so those who applied before that date are now eligible for visas. So maybe 10 years or so as a rough guess?

 

Just bear in mind that if you or whoever you petitioned for marries then they move in to the F3 category which is an even longer wait. 

10 years to get a visa?!?!?! I am so confused. I've seen other people wait 18 months and of course longer

[appleblossom 3,898]

11 minutes ago, AneliaO said:

10 years to get a visa?!?!?! I am so confused. I've seen other people wait 18 months and of course longer

 

Those people will be immediate relatives - spouses, minor children, or parents. There is no wait for immediate relatives. Every other category is subject to visa availability and because of the quota you asked about above, and far more applications being received each year for those categories, there is a big backlog.

 

The Visa Bulletin is what you need to look at. It's released monthly, and tells you which Priority Date is now eligible to receive visas. Once yours is 'current' (i.e. earlier than the date on the Visa Bulletin) you'll be eligible for a visa, but not before that point.

 

Here is this months, and as you can see the date for your category is 15 March 2016, so those who submitted I-130's prior to that are now getting interviews scheduled and receiving visas. 

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-for-may-2025.html

 

So yes, ~10 years but realistically probably more, as the backlog tends to grow each year and it's not linear. If you go back and look at previous Visa Bulletins you'll see what I mean. For example if you look at the bulletin from May 2020 you'll see that the date back then was March 2014. So in 5 years, it's actually only moved forward 2 years. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2020/visa-bulletin-for-may-2020.html

 

Are you the petitioner or applicant?

Edited Tuesday at 05:12 PM by appleblossom

[AneliaO 2]

5 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

Those people will be immediate relatives - spouses, minor children, or parents. There is no wait for immediate relatives. Every other category is subject to visa availability and because of the quota you asked about above, and far more applications being received each year for those categories, there is a big backlog.

 

The Visa Bulletin is what you need to look at. It's released monthly, and tells you which Priority Date is now eligible to receive visas. Once yours is 'current' (i.e. earlier than the date on the Visa Bulletin) you'll be eligible for a visa, but not before that point.

 

Here is this months, and as you can see the date for your category is 15 March 2016, so those who submitted I-130's prior to that are now getting interviews scheduled and receiving visas. 

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-for-may-2025.html

 

So yes, ~10 years but realistically probably more, as the backlog tends to grow each year. If you go back and look at previous Visa Bulletins you'll see that, for example if you look at the bulletin from May 2020 you'll see that the date then was March 2014. So in 5 years, it's only moved forward 2 years. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2020/visa-bulletin-for-may-2020.html

 

Are you the petitioner or applicant?

I am the petitioner. Thank you for the information but this is disheartening 

[appleblossom 3,898]

5 minutes ago, AneliaO said:

I am the petitioner. Thank you for the information but this is disheartening 

 

It is a shame, could you have petitioned your son/daughter before or have you only recently moved to the US? How old is s/he?

 

Any other quicker route to a visa for him/her? Employment based maybe?

Edited Tuesday at 05:19 PM by appleblossom

[smilingstone 338]

1 hour ago, appleblossom said:

K1, May 2025, and Morocco

 

I'm thinking there may be some confusion here as OP mentioned a K1, even though their timeline says F1.

 

OP can you please clarify what visa you are referring to.

 

Miscommunication would make sense considering OP had 18 month process in their head, which aligns with K1 more or less. 

[Dashinka 25,475]

1 hour ago, AneliaO said:

So assuming F1, what is the Priority Date and which country were you born in?:    K1, May 2025, and Morocco

F1 or K1?

[appleblossom 3,898]

18 minutes ago, smilingstone said:

 

I'm thinking there may be some confusion here as OP mentioned a K1, even though their timeline says F1.

 

OP can you please clarify what visa you are referring to.

 

Miscommunication would make sense considering OP had 18 month process in their head, which aligns with K1 more or less. 

 

Ah, maybe! I just saw the original F1 mention and the question about visa quotas, if it’s K-1 then that’s very different.

[AneliaO 2]

50 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

It is a shame, could you have petitioned your son/daughter before or have you only recently moved to the US? How old is s/he?

 

Any other quicker route to a visa for him/her? Employment based maybe?

For some reason the system won't let me change my visa type. I an doing an K1 visa for my fiancé 

[AneliaO 2]

52 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

It is a shame, could you have petitioned your son/daughter before or have you only recently moved to the US? How old is s/he?

 

Any other quicker route to a visa for him/her? Employment based maybe?

OP here. I'm doing the K1 visa. The forum won't let me change it. I'm working it 

 

12 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

Ah, maybe! I just saw the original F1 mention and the question about visa quotas, if it’s K-1 then that’s very different.

OP here. I am doing the K1. Sorry for the confusion. I am working to change that part in my profile

 

[Dashinka 25,475]

4 minutes ago, AneliaO said:

For some reason the system won't let me change my visa type. I an doing an K1 visa for my fiancé 

Ok, so no numerical limitations on a K1 from any country (apologies, I assumed F1 based on your profile, I will notify a moderator and see if they can change it for you).

 

That being said, K1's can be tough in Morocco.  I will tag @JeanneAdil as both of them may be helpful here.

 

Good Luck!