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1 hour ago, Boiler said:

Di you have a B, have you visited your Father?

No, I do not have a visitor visa.

I had applied for the same after his surgery but interview officer denied. i kept pleading that i really need this visa, she told me the reason for denial is that you father has applied for your immigration.

Thanks.

On 8/11/2018 at 10:03 AM, Triple28 said:

You are supposed to get the Welcome Letter in July 2018. 

The processing time from getting the Welcome Letter to getting the interview letter may takes 2 -3 months.

So if you get the Welcome Letter this month, and get your case completed as soon as possible, maybe you have to wait until November or December to get an interview.

 

I suggest that you should do these things:

 

- Write a query to NVC via this form

 https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html

Fill in all the field, check the box "Please update my NVC file with this email address" so NVC can send Welcome Letter to you via email.

Type the question: "What is the status of my case? When will I get the Welcome Letter".

Wait for 2 - 6 weeks to get their reply.

 

- Call NVC again on Monday to ask them about your welcome letter.

 

- Prepare all the necessary documents so as soon as you get the Welcome Letter, you can submit it to NVC, as well as pay the fees and submit DS-260 online (which takes several weeks to processed). Some documents such as Police certificate may takes several weeks to complete.

I called the NVC. they told me to expect the welcome letter 7-10 days from yesterday.

Thanks

35 minutes ago, Triple28 said:

You are supposed to get the Welcome Letter in July 2018. 

The processing time from getting the Welcome Letter to getting the interview letter may takes 2 -3 months.

So if you get the Welcome Letter this month, and get your case completed as soon as possible, maybe you have to wait until November or December to get an interview.

 

I suggest that you should do these things:

 

- Write a query to NVC via this form

 https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html

Fill in all the field, check the box "Please update my NVC file with this email address" so NVC can send Welcome Letter to you via email.

Type the question: "What is the status of my case? When will I get the Welcome Letter".

Wait for 2 - 6 weeks to get their reply.

 

- Call NVC again on Monday to ask them about your welcome letter.

 

- Prepare all the necessary documents so as soon as you get the Welcome Letter, you can submit it to NVC, as well as pay the fees and submit DS-260 online (which takes several weeks to processed). Some documents such as Police certificate may takes several weeks to complete.

I have already sent NVC the form query you mentioned and have confirmed from them that they have our email addresses on file.

I will call NVC on Monday again.

Thank you

1 hour ago, Weebee said:

When was your petition approved? I'm really surprised you still haven't received WL. Your PD is 4 weeks away from current. 

The way I see it, the only thing you can do right now is call NVC and ask them to send you WL. As the others pointed out, you can't expedite unless your PD is current. Follow the VB closely, as soon as you PD is current, request expedite. 

You would most likely need a joint sponsor, work on that while you're waiting. 

I'm really sorry about your father. Good luck! 

The I-130 was approved back in September 2012

Thank you

23 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

I’m sorry to hear about your father’s illness.

 

I’m not clear on something: is the reason for wanting the expedite to be with the father at this tough time, or to get the petition completed?

 

I’m not sure withholding obviously key information about the petitioner is a valid thing to do at the interview, by the way.  I’d think getting a joint sponsor would be a better avenue than a course of action which might result in a decision of an erroneously granted green card at some future stage.

As i mentioned that earlier we were hoping to call my father to India and pursue treatment here, the reason we started the treatment in US was cause of his worsening symptoms when he was in rehab following surgery. they did the mri scan cause he had more weakness on his right side, his mental state was very unstable he was extremely depressed. So the reason to expedite is to be with my father during this tough time.

6 hours ago, Jojo92122 said:

Sorry about your dad.

 

Unfortunately, there is no way to expedite your case.  Your PD is likely to be current in the October 2018.  Hopefully, you have completed your case at the NVC and you are waiting for the interview letter.   

 

With immigrant intent, you will not qualify for a visitor visa.

 

You understand that the F2b case is for family reunification.  Your father must physically be in the US in order for you to use your immigrant visa, so going home to you is a bad idea.   With him in India, it's invalid for you to use the visa.

 

You must get your immigrant visa and come to the US while your father is alive.  If he dies before you use the visa, it automatically becomes invalid.

 

I advise you to get all your paperwork prepared for your immigrant visa interview.  Make sure you get everything right so you do not get any delays.

 

This is insensitive, but your family must make sure that your father stays alive until you use your immigrant visa.  Your father would want you to be able to use the immigrant visa. 

I would not inform the US Embassy that my I-130 petitioner is severely ill as it may change my circumstances and make me a likely public charge.  Trump and Stephen Miller are trying to expand the definition of being a likely public charge to deny green cards to people.

 

Best of luck.

Thanks for your reply

I am still waiting for welcome letter from NVC. I have called NVC a few times, they say you should get WL soon.

Sir/Madam,

I and my brother are waiting for F2B visa. Priority date is NOV 25 2011. 

The petitioner My Father, he is unfortunately diagnosed with Brain Cancer Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). Stage -4. it is the worst form of Brain Cancer with very poor prognosis. ~(1 year to 14 months). He was rushed to hospital on 1 JUNE. He had severe weakness on his right side and was having trouble making words. Dr found swelling and bleeding on the right side  of his brain. Dr. told us it is probably a tumor and must be removed through surgery ASAP. He underwent the surgery. Dr told us he was not able to completely remove the tumor cause it is situated in very sensitive part of his brain. So it was a partial removal. My father was then shifted to a physical rehab facility. We only got the pathology report last month. We were hoping to call him to India to us. but he had worsening of symptoms. Dr.s told us to start the treatment ASAP, as any delay could be fatal. so he had to undergo radiotherapy, the last dose was given yesterday. Dr. told us that they will wait for few weeks and they will do MRI scan on 28 of this Month and start chemotherapy first week of September. chemotherapy will take few courses lasting few months.

can anyone guide me whether we could qualify for Expedite F2B processing/visa. Given our situation.

Thank you for taking time and reading this message.

I really appreciate any help

On 7/2/2018 at 4:20 PM, Jaynik said:

Through call 

Hi bro,

I will call nvc later this week. Have you been able to login to there website to submit DS-260?

How far have you gotten ?

Thanks

11 hours ago, Triple28 said:

Joint Sponsor can be anyone. So you will need 2 sponsor forms, one for your father (main sponsor) and one for joint sponsor (anyone not related to relatives).

 

You can find all the information needed in this USCIS offical website:

https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/affidavit-support

 

You should read more in this website, I only quote some info maybe useful for everyone:

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you Triple28

10 minutes ago, Triple28 said:

Welcome Letter will be sent to both the petitioner and applicant via mail to their physical address.

 

You can get WL via email by asking NVC to update your email address into their database using this form

https://secureforms.travel.state.gov/ask-nvc.php

 

Check the box "Please update my NVC file with this email address". You can also ask your invoide ID via this form. NVC will reply after 2-4 weeks.

From now on, NVC will send Welcome letter and other notifications to you via email.

 

When you get WL, you can fill DS-261, DS-260 using the invoice ID in WL, as well as pay the fees, submit your civil documents and your father financial documents to NVC. Your father does not need to do it if you can.

 

P/S: If your father leave the US, he should get the "reentry permit" before leaving the US.

Because green card holder will lose their status if they leave the US more than 1 year. 

Re-entry permit is valid up to 2 years so he can reenter the US if he needs to leave the US more than 1 year.

Our situation is that my father was just diagnosed with Primary Brain Tumor last Month, He had brain surgery to partially remove tumor on 11 June.

He will require radiotherapy and chemotherapy and was suppose to get the same in the US,

but because there is no one there to take care of him during the therapies, we had no other option but to call him to India and seek the treatment here.

I have one more question.

He does not have good source of income in the US, Medicaid/Medicare will be used to pay the medical bill.

so i am assuming we will need joint sponsor

So does the sponsor need to be a relative ?

Thanks for taking the time and replying to me.

10 minutes ago, Jaynik said:

Try to call nvc and get the invoice id or ask them when can i get the wl they will tell you bro 

Do you have your invoice id no. ? If so how did you got it ? Call or Email ?

On 6/27/2018 at 11:08 PM, Triple28 said:

The waiting time for F2B is 7 years for now. So your interview maybe in June 2021.

NVC will send the Welcome letter at least 6 months before the interview. So you can expect to get the WL in 2020. 

 

This is just anticipation, and it may be longer, because there are more and more applications. We cannot predict that.

 

What you can do now is updating your email address to NVC, and keep your connection with NVC via email by asking them "What is the status of your case" every year, so you can get their WL as soon as your case opened. Using this form to contact NVC https://secureforms.travel.state.gov/ask-nvc.php

Hi Triple28,

Can you please tell me the process like

1) Who will get the Welcome Letter, Will my Petitioner i.e. My Father or will i get the welcome letter. ?

2) Will there be any correspondence between my Petitioner i.e. My Father and NVC. if so what would that be ?

My Father will be coming to India this week for Medical Treatment and will stay with us for few (3-4 or more) months

So i am concerned how would that work if they would send some letter to him.

Thank you

On 6/28/2018 at 4:08 PM, Jaynik said:

Hi bro did you call nvc or have you try to login into the account with invoice id??

Hi Jaynik, i have not yet received invoice id and i have not yet called nvc.

3 hours ago, Triple28 said:

We don't know when will NVC sends welcome letter, so what you can do now is waiting and making sure that NVC has your email address.

 

As they begin processing F2B cases which have PD before Jan 8th 2012, you should write an email to ask them what is your invoice number.

Use this form https://secureforms.travel.state.gov/ask-nvc.php. Fill in all the information and check the box "Please update my NVC file with this email address" (so they can add your email address into their database), and then write your request in the box to ask them about your invoice number.

 

After 3 weeks, they will reply. You can use your case number and invoice number to check your case status (DS-261) in this website everyday https://ceac.state.gov/ceac/

 

When your case is processed, your DS-261 will be available for filling and submitting. At the meantime, they will send Welcome letter to your email inbox.

 

P/S: Sometimes, they deny to provide your invoice number. Don't worry, you will get it when you receive Welcome letter. The important thing is making sure NVC updated your latest email address, so you will not miss any announcement from them.

Thank you for your reply.

3 hours ago, Jaynik said:

Hi bro my pd is dec 2011 india f2b me too still waiting for welcome letter. Ur category f2b ?

yes i am waiting under f2b

Hi guys,

My priority date is november 25 2011, india.
when can i expect the welcome letter from nvc ?

Thank you.

Children - unmarried child below 21 years old.

Hi thank you for your reply,

I think they are talking about the F2A category (do correct me if i am wrong), if they go through with this bill then they would remove numerical limit for the visa, then would it mean that they would give the freed visa numbers to all other categories.

and the second one : The same benefit would extend to those with family-based cases pending for at least five years prior to enactment.

Does this mean they would give this benefit to only those who are waiting for at least five years and not someone like me (waiting 2 years almost).

Thanks.

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Hi guys,

I was searching for the summary of the newly proposed CIR and what would be the possible changes to Family Based Immigration, i do realise that it has not been passed by the senate and is not a law yet. but i would like to know what do you guys think of this bill and what could be the changes to the family based immigration, as you can see by my profile i am under F2B category and i found this two part summary by Murthy Law here is the link:

http://www.murthy.com/2013/04/29/immigration-reform-bill-summary-part-1-of-2/

http://www.murthy.com/2013/05/03/immigration-reform-bill-summary-part-2-of-2/

First Question : on the first link under the proposed Family-Based Changes:

Proposed Family-Based Changes

In the family-based categories, the bill proposes various substantive changes that would serve to expand eligibility in some cases, but reduce or eliminate eligibility in others. For instance, the definition of immediate relative would be changed to include children and spouses of permanent residents, in effect removing the numerical visa limit for this category. However, the category for siblings of U.S. citizens, FB4, would be eliminated altogether.

now can anyone please explain to me, what do they mean with when they say children does it mean under the age of 21 or over the age of 21 and unmarried ?

if it means both then. :

Second Question : on the second link under the Merit-Based Permanent Residence Programs

Merit-Based Permanent Residence Programs

The bill proposes two separate merit-based point systems for granting permanent residence (commonly referred to as "green card" status). The longer-term merit-based system would not go into effect until five years after enactment of the CIR legislation. Points would be awarded based upon various factors, including: education, employment, length of residence in the United States, and other considerations. There is some flexibility within the system to allocate additional numbers, if the rate of U.S. unemployment is sufficiently low.

If this bill becomes law, a more immediate merit-based system would go into effect in October 2014. Under this system, immigrant visas would be allocated to those with employment-based green card cases that have been pending for at least three years prior to the enactment of CIR. The same benefit would extend to those with family-based cases pending for at least five years prior to enactment. The same provisions would also extend to certain foreign national workers who have been lawfully in the United States for at least ten years.

Could some please explain to me in layman's terms what all this mean for a F2B applicant (like me) ?

Thank you for your time.

@aaron2020, @Boiler

Thanks you both for your Reply.

I work in Handicraft Export house, decent salary, i dont have much property in name, and ofcourse i am not married cause i have applied for F2B Visa.

Thanks.

Hi, Guys

As you can see that, i am waiting for my FB2 visa.

Both my parents and my sister and brother-in-law are in America.

My sister is US Citizen, and My Parents are Lawful permanent resident.

Me and My Brother are here in India.

So, my question is, if apply for a B2 Tourist Visa, what are our chances.

Thanks For your Reply

Priority date is date that should be on the notice USCIS sent to petitioner when they received petition - it should be somewhere around November 2011 as you indicated. This is what you compare to the current priority dates in the Visa Bulletin for your category.

Thanks for your reply

Do you understand the concept of visa number being available in family preference categories ? Look up visa bulletin, they are currently processing petition with priority date of May 1st 2004 - you have at least 7 years of wait regardless of what the petition processing time at USCIS is. Processing time you found on USCIS page is almost completely irrelevant in your case.

Thanks for your reply, can you tell me what is the priority date and where can i find it?

Thanks

the i130 can take from months to years, since the wait for the category is currently around 8 years. and you cannot marry, unless your dad becomes a USC

Thanks for your reply