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There wont be any problem in reentry as the stamp on their passport serves as temporary green card for one year. However they may face problem while entering Canada as they dont have physical green card.

I dont think you gonna have problem in getting tourist visa to see your mother. you have a solid reason to visit your US resident mother who is seriously sick and hospitalized. Take hospital certificate to show it to visa officer. you have strong ties with Pakistan as you will be leaving your children and husband behind. So if you apply alone or with your one small kid, it is better. if you state that your husband will sponsor the trip you have to show his monthly income and bank statement in the support of your claim. Take the marriage certificate as well as the children birth certificates with you in case you need to show these. Also take an affidavit from your husband that he will afford the expenses. Go ahead and apply. Dont worry too much. Best of luck.

Pakistani society does not approve live togethers and children out of wedlock. Its crime under Islamic law in Pakistan. US embassy in Pakistan must have this knowledge. If you sponsor children now, your immigrant visa might be reviewed and at risk of revocation. However consult an attorney who is well versed with Pakistani culture and laws.

Is it possible for us to take it now?

Relax. I dont think it is going to create any problem. Send the medical and passport as CO told. The note of CO in this regard will be available in the record and visa will be stamped.

we provided marriage certificate issued by union council Lahore and that was fine but that was a case of ir 5, it might be different in F2A though.

My brother's priority date is 14 Sept. 2015. We received welcome letter in May this year. Submitted fees and form 260 online and now preparing documents to send to NVC.

I was just wondering after reading this thread that in such cases one can get the i 130 process delayed by getting rfe and submitting the required documents late and that way it can be dragged up to a year. It will later help in CSPA as one year would be subtracted. This is smart.

Its not visa but reentry permit bio metrics.

Anyways for information of all those who might be facing the same situation, I visited the application support center alongwith my mom and explained the whole situation to desk clerk who called supervisor to see if anything could be done. Supervisor was a nice guy who after discussion with immigration officer told me to wait for the call of immigration officer. she called us in after a minute and checked my mom's case in her system, printed out the bio metrics appointment letter with a new date and fingerprints were taken on our turn. There were about 25 people ahead of my mom . We waited for our turn and it took only 20 minutes. They were super fast. Overall it was a good experience at ASC.

My mom applied for re entry permit on 15th of June. Received a notice that her case was at Nebraska center and she will receive a bio metric appointment notice by mail. I called USCIS to know the approximate time to receive this notice and I was told "within 30 days". Didnt receive the notice till 15 of July so I contacted USCIS and a service request was filed by the person. Again called USCIS today and spoke with tier 2 officer and I was told that she was scheduled for bio metrics on 13 of july and she missed it already and now I need an info pass appointment but info pass appointments are not available at the moment. I know many instances when people just walked in the USCIS centre and got finger printed early or after the appointment date but the problem is that she does not have the appointment letter to show as we never received it. Has anyone experienced it before? please reply or suggest what to do ? her flight is booked for july 25 and I am worried as it is non refundable and rescheduling her flight would cost me at least 1200 dollars. Thanks.

I submitted copy of tax return from my record and it was good.

Its only two years since you got your green card so you are no close to naturalization soon. You can apply for your wife under F2a category as soon as you get married. Current waiting time under this category is 1&1/2 to two years. IR category takes 1 to 1& 1/2 yr so not much difference. The plus point is that you can always switch to IR from From F2a.

Wow... i mean how can people abuse the system that much? the first day your mom arrives in the US you file for your brother through her? I mean do you think that is right? for a person who hasnt lived here not more than a day nor worked and paid taxes and filing for her son? that's ridiculous!

There is no abuse of system involved in it. "Abuse'" is quite a harsh word in this case.The system provides it with no ambiguity that one can apply for family as soon as enters USA on immigrant visa or as soon as gets naturalized or as soon as a USC turns 21 , in case to sponsor parents.

But your family applied multiple times within a 9 year period, aren't tourist visas valid for 5 years? Do you think maybe your mothers background might have affected the application since during that time things were a bit tougher? Since its been 10 years I might just go ahead and try just for her alone. Not sure if its worth mentioning but my dad was approved for the sibling sponsor visa but his sister didn't move the case forward because of a hufe family fued which made it tougher on us to stay. Is that worth mentioning?

Thanks for the advice on not disclosing what is not asked.

Yea of course, why would I apply for her? That should be obvious. I'm just looking for a bit of knowledge and advice here, of course she would apply for herself.

B1/B2 visas are for 5 years. First visa expired in 1996. second one issued in 1998 and expired in 2003. Applied again in 2005 and got refused. Overstay of my dad was the only reason my mother was refused otherwise it was almost issued. violation of Immigration laws are taken very seriously by visa officers. Once you break the law they dont trust you any more. Visa officer told my mom 2nd time that "your husband violated visa rules. you need to rebuild the trust" which was quite strange and my mom asked him how the trust can be rebuild if not given a chance and he just smiled in response with the word "sorry". But still no harm in trying. some times luck works.

USCIS makes unbelievable mistakes quite often. my brothers petition was submitted in Sep.2015 and approved in Feb 2016 but we didnt receive NOA2. We submitted online query and in response received a reply that our case was approved in july 2011 and case was sent to NVC.

we contacted ombudsman in my fathers case. I 130 was stuck for about 9 months. contacted ombudsman, received response from his office and petition was approved within two week. may be it was a coincidence or it just worked.

I dont mean to dis heart you but chances of getting tourist visa are poor. my father overstayed for few months in 1994 (at that time there was no bar for over stays). Left voluntarily. B2 was still valid upto 1996. Got another 5 year B1/B2 in 1998 but didnt visit US on it. after its expiry in 2003, my parents applied again.

my mom is a govt officer of high rank and visited other countries, visa officer approved her visa and kept passport. during interview with my father he found out from record about overstay, he straight away refused my father. Not only this but also returned my mothers passport( who never overstayed). My father never applied after that but my mother applied twice and both times she was refused on the same pretext despite her strong ties with Pakistan ie her job and family including small kids. we had no choice except to apply for their immigration.

Having said that, your mother may apply as luck might work for her. keep one thing in mind she should not lie when asked something and should not voluntarily disclose any thing if not asked. she should answer the questions honestly. if denied she will loose visa fee, thats it. Good luck.

form i 864 is not required at this stage. you will need it at NVC ie after approval of petition. also no need to fill a waiver as the bar is expired already.

NVC usually confirms through email. You need to call them for confirmation.

She can stay for four years after getting re entry permit twice.

there is a provision in immigration " Humanitarian Grounds", perhaps you can apply for your daughter under this category. You need to consult an attorney.

Even if she has to stay longer than six months, she may apply for re entry permit. My father stayed only for four week in US after entering on immigrant visa, applied for my brother and left after his bio metrics for re entry permit. he will stay in his home country till my brother gets visa.

how can I track it by uscis elis?

how can I track it by uscis elis?

If you have IOE number then it can be tracked at uscis website under my case status. If you dont have case # starting with IOE you need to contact USCIS over phone or visiting nearest office.

Welcome to the forum.

Have you received approval notice. if yes, it contains guidance to the next process/step.

This is actually not normal. If you are stating a correct priority date of November 28, 2014 then you should have received a decision by this time (NOA2).

USCIS normally takes 5months to come up with a decision on a petition. I will contact USCIS immediately if this is my case. Again, I am assuming you mentioned the correct date which is November 28, 2014.

mnIDad is right. it is not normal. It should have been decided by USCIS way back. my brother's priority date is Sept. 2015 and its already approved. You should check the processing time of the service centre where your petition is being processed. You are so close to becoming your priority date current.

This is not unusual. NVC does it all the time and lot of people in this forum has experienced it. You cannot do anything but wait. Keep on calling them. talk to supervisor. Ask the representative to connect you to tier 2 officer.