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I’d suggest file IR2 stepchild of uscis to protect against the possibility of F2A retrogression and son aging out. Plus ir is processed faster.

Yup. I won DV while waiting for a i130 under F3. I naturalized nearly 3 years ago already and I would still be waiting just for my visa interview with the F3 petition … so to back up above - they can and they should.

The difference is about 6 years. Current wait times : F1 - unmarried child of usc (includes divorced) processing visas for cases filed before 1 Dec 2014 F3 - married child of usc - “ 22 Nov 2008 F4 - sibling of usc - “ 22 Mar 2007

Yes, you can have as many immigrant visa applications in the system as you’re eligible for. Is the beneficiary married? That makes a difference for the child of citizen timing. No difference for the sibling visa

Immediate relative cases have visa numbers immediately available which is why they are not listed on the visa bulletin.

Why did you all need waivers? Anyway if your father got his green card 4 years ago, yes you are follow to join not accompanying. Traveldocs already told you what to do so what exactly is preventing you scheduling the interviews? What do you mean you didn’t get any “useful” responses from NVC? My understanding is that your case should he at the embassy, not NVC. You are derivatives on your fathers case and the case would have transferred there back when he got his visa. When was the last time you contacted the embassy?

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Unlikely to be a problem assuming you left before your i94 expiry.

According to CBP too. https://help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-777?language=en_US However, if you are in the United States temporarily and need to have prescription medication sent to you by mail or courier, we suggest you include documentation that provides evidence that the medication is being sent for your own use while visiting the United States. This may include: Letter from your physician explaining that you are under their care, and the medication is prescribed for your use; Your physician should explain the circumstances for sending the medication to you, including, you are a citizen of (whatever) country, you are temporarily in the United States (for travel, study, etc.) and you have either run out of your medications, lost it, etc. The letter should accompany the package and be addressed to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) or a broker. but then adil’s mom should’ve been able to get her meds and she couldn’t, so who knows

He can enter (with her as derivative), she cannot enter as a principal applicant. The principal applicant has to meet the qualification level.

ROTFL are you seriously suggesting asking someone coming from Colombia to Miami to carry drugs for someone else? Even if it’s prescription, it’s not their prescription. Do you ever watch border security?

A normal uninsured urgent care visit is listed at &150-250 according to the internet but that’s without blood tests. But they can always call ahead and ask about pricing. I know my local urgent care is not cheaper than a doctor’s visit. Add: here are estimated ranges for blood test costs without insurance. https://www.talktomira.com/post/the-cost-of-bloodwork-without-insurance-2021

If you want the prescription written by a US doctor, yes. Remember to ask for cash discounts. You can take the chance of trying to get it refilled in Colombia and couriered over but the courier may not accept it and CBP may not let it through, so that seems a risky route. Or as someone said, try a border run to a country where they don’t care about prescriptions. Don’t know that that’s necessary cheaper.

“Roped in”? Surely you don’t expect a doctor to prescribe on someone’s say-so? As someone said above you are saving money on childcare, so use that. Lesson learned for next time, is you take charge of arranging travel insurance. I like Adventine’s approach too except in this case it just sounds like your MIL wouldn’t take charge of her own situation. Actually - maybe she feels it is actually up to you as she is providing unpaid childcare? Not helpful right now but definitely a few hindsight lessons to learn for next time. I’m sorry. I know you want calming words, but uninsured + medical needs in the US is just not a very calming situation. You’re just going to have to bite the bullet it seems.

Wow, you do manage to find the weirdest internet sites lol. A reference to the official rules doc would have been fine.

Average processing time at Potomac for immediate relative I130 is 12 months. (80% of cases) https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ if you enter your case date in the above for Potomac is says case processing normally and you cannot submit an inquiry before Jan 1 2023.

Unfortunately he can’t as Nigeria is no longer eligible for diversity visas.

But where does a ban come from?

It seems even minor back surgery (whatever that really means for someone in that age bracket) can cost $20k-$50k. I somehow suspect a trip back home for surgery and completing the visa via consular processing is on the cards. ( I may be off base here, but if someone can afford those kind of costs out of pocket I suspect that they would have been paying health insurance already. Because it’s either cost or sheer recklessness that leads to someone having an elderly parent uninsured here.) https://www.drkushwaha.com/education/much-back-surgery-cost/

Seeing as you tagged me Question is too vague what did you do that you’re worried about?

I don’t understand the problem in the original post. What would the one year ban be for? All you mention is past admission of drug use outside the US. You’re posting under the tourist visa forum by the way, so is this the visa interview you mean ?

Your friend should have done all this research 16 months ago. State of residence, income etc all matter, she needs personalized advice. There may be an exclusion on what can be done in the first few months on a new policy. don’t expect to be able to get insurance and get immediate cover for surgery for a pre-existing condition.

Online saves you a few days because it gets accepted immediately. Other than that there’s no difference. The bigger advantage is that the form tailors to you as you fill in the answers, so you know exactly what evidence you need to submit with it.

Like I said I know (knew, this was a while back when we were young and stupid) people in the UK who got paid for participating in trials. But they were all already in the UK legally. I can’t see visa sponsorship available for this. Also it’s not a long term way to earn money because obviously there are restrictions on how many trials you can participate in, what they are etc because drugs interact with each other. It’s not something you can do full time.

That’s interesting, because in the UK they are (or were at any rate at one stage, no idea of that’s changed), and pretty well paid at that - I know people who did that to save up for big long distance overseas trips, etc.Maybe OP should investigate the UK as an option.