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Good Morning Visa Journey Community! 

I have a quick question. My husband and I are planning to file for his parents to immigrate to the US. Which is a pretty straight forward process. He has a younger brother and sister who both live with his parents in Jamaica and their ages are 12 and 16. The timeline for parents to immigrate is pretty short in most cases but for siblings the wait is quite excessive. If we file for everyone at the same time will that speed up the process for siblings since they are under 18? 

Any insight would be greatly appreciated. 

What if my Husband files for his mom and since his brother is a minor could he come over with her and do a joint Visa request/interview?

9 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

Annual F4 visa issuance is limited by law and the queue of applicants waiting is way higher than the quota, meaning it is currently around a 15-year wait - visas are currently available to those whose cases were filed by March 2007. This wait could well get longer looking ahead as the queue seems to generally grow over time, but the quota does not.

Thank you! This is helpful to know

Hi All! Quick question. My husband is looking to file for his younger brother (12 years old) to move to the US and live with us. I'd love to learn more about this specific Visa and processing time. His brother would be immigrating from Jamaica. Much appreciated! 

My husband had his interview today and he was approved!!! 😁

The interview was very straight forward, he was asked 6 “simple” civics questions and then did the written test. Then they went over the application. Since we recently moved he had to verify that the whole family moved and not just himself and sign off on documents confirming this. I’ve already gotten email about Oath being scheduled, and hope to have that date in the next couple days. So thankful everything went so smoothly!

28 minutes ago, chars said:

I-94 serves the purpose. This will not be an issue. 

Thank you so much! This is really helpful, had no idea what this was. Thank God my husband just found the passport, but we're bringing this as well. 

Thank you all! I truly appreciate your time and insight! Thank God my husband just found the passport!!!

3 minutes ago, kedked said:

he need his passport,  he have time to do the express passport .

 A new passport won't prove travel and entry into the country... 

Hi everyone! My husband and I moved into our new home this weekend and now he can't find his passport (thinks it accidentally got thrown away 😒) . His interview for Citizenship is on October 22nd.  What happens if you go to the interview without the passport? Will this effect him getting an approval? He can prove that he's never been out of the country longer than 6 months based on work history and pay stubs. I don't think we'd be able to get a new passport in time, and even if we did it wouldn't show any of the previous travel information. 

Hi everyone! My husband and I moved into our new home this weekend and now he can't find his passport (thinks it accidentally got thrown away 😒) . His interview for Citizenship is on October 22nd.  What happens if you go to the interview without the passport? Will this effect him getting an approval? He can prove that he's never been out of the country longer than 6 months based on work history and pay stubs. I don't think we'd be able to get a new passport in time, and even if we did it wouldn't show any of the previous travel information. 

3 hours ago, shearar said:

congratulations 

Thank you 😊 

Interview scheduled for 10/22  😃

Just got notification email this morning that my husband's interview has been scheduled!!! Finally. Still don't have the date, but I'm sure it will be online in the next day or two. Just excited that there has been movement. We're still showing February 2020 as expected completion date. 

2 minutes ago, sparksfly said:

Hi Folks,

I have been following the thread for some time. Got my interview notice today online - interview dat of 10/17. I see that no Chicago interviews were scheduled so far in the tracker so thought it would give some hope to Chicago guys. I have updated the tracker with my info

So they haven't forgotten about us??? Congratulations and thanks for sharing, hopefully they'll start scheduling more Chicago Interviews. 

22 minutes ago, st80 said:

Anyone with Chicago office filing?

Yes, and we've not had an update in 83 days... :/

1 hour ago, JBoogie876 said:

Meet your newest US Citizen  

 

So this is a TL of events that took place today, I like details so I am going to try and be as detailed as possible..

 

- my interview was supposed to be at 8:10am

- got there at 7:55am had to wait 5mins for them to open the doors

- 8:40 am my interviewer called my name

• I swore in, she asked for my green card
• she took my fingerprints (left and right index finger)
• then she made me answer questions from application (full name, DOB, spouse full name, spouse DOB, address, date of marriage, when did you become a permanent resident, places you’ve traveled outside the US ((this made me super nervous because I did not remember the exact dates)), where do you work, places you’ve lived and so on..
• then she moved on to the yes or no questions from my application (have you ever committed a crime? been a habitual drunkard...)

- Then she started with the test, no warning what so ever, my questions were:

• what does the president cabinet do 
• who is in charge of the executive branch 
• what is the name of the vice president 
• what is the economic system of the United States
• who is the commander and chief of the military
• what did the declaration of independence do?

- read: who was George Washington 

- write: Washington was the first president 

 

- then I had to sign the tablet twice saying that everything is true & check that all my information was correct

- she gave me a sheet saying she was recommending me for approval (YAY)

- she then asked if I wanted to be scheduled for the oath ceremony in August or September or I could do it today, I opted to do it today of course!! so she asked me to have a seat in the waiting room by that time it was 8:57am.

 

9:05 am - while waiting my status changed online to "case was submitted for quality review based on an approval recommendation"

 

9:20am - I was called to the counter, she took my green card and asked questions about "since your interview have you committed any crimes, got divorced, traveled outside the country and so on..."  the officer was like you haven't done any of these things in the last ten minutes? we both laughed

•  I completed my oath ceremony, was given my certificate, a mini flag and a package   before I got to my car my status changed online to "certificate of naturalization was issued"

 

All in all I am so happy to be done with this process. Good luck to everyone. If anyone has any questions let me know.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! 

24 minutes ago, Heley said:

Sooo, Ik everybody is waiting to know how my interview went ; and the answer is great !!!!

i passed my interview . Yaaaayyy!!! 😂

 

I left my house 2 hrs before my interview ; even tho the USCIS office is , 40 min away from my house . Just to be safe, Incase it rains or stuck in traffic. 

 

I got there 11:30  but they couldn’t take me in till 12 pm. So I waited another 30 min and I cocked in .

 

There was 12 people in the waiting room . Not bad!!!  I waited 45 min and I got called in .

 

The officer, introduced her self and told me to follow her , which I did ! when we got to her office , She told me not to sit yet , She told me to say words after her ,  made me swore then told me yo sit . Then , started with a yes and no question after that she asked me if I wanted to change my name  , I said yes , I changed my name to the nick name my husband uses to call me . She said me how my marriage is , I answered fantastic. Then she asked why is it fantastic? I answered my husband is a good provider, a good husband and father

. Then she said now I will ask you history .,,. I said, I’m ready ma’am! 

 

The civic question were so easy . 

1, what’s an amendments?

a change or an addition to the constitution 

2, Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson 

 3, What is the supreme law of the land?

the constitution 

4, What is the “rule of law”?

no one is above the law

5, What is the name of the national anthem?

the star spangled banner 

6, Who signs bills to become laws?

the president.

 

then she made me read , Columbus Day is on October. Then told me to right it back  but I couldn’t spell Columbus Day right so she told me to write Washington is the capital. I wrote that right . The she said congratulations. I passed . U will get a latter in the mail . U will go to the court to change ur name the shake we shake hands and I left . 

 

Sorry, I’m not a good English writer but I’m sure y’all can figure it out lol. 

Good day and good luck to everybody !! 

Congratulations!!!! So happy for you, thank you for sharing. 

7 hours ago, shearar said:

got an email this morning saying no change on my case , who got the email too?

We got this email yesterday as well.

3 minutes ago, Aaron001 said:

Does any more people get any update ? It's been quiet for while...

Unfortunately, no update here... it's been 41 days since the last one. 

24 minutes ago, maestro said:

Interview schedules July 25 2019...

Congratulations to you and everyone else that's been scheduled! Hoping the rest of us are close behind :)! 

4 minutes ago, N400NYC said:

I think that is the case in many field offices, but in NYC the estimates are realistic. People wait about 1 year to get an interview in this office. It's atrocious that people have to wait so long. Other places were people wait an eternity include St. Paul and Dallas. Why should people be disadvantaged simply because of where they live? It's a federal benefit and a federal agency - there should not be regional differences in how quickly/slowly people are granted citizenship after becoming eligible.

I 100% agree with you, there needs to be consistency across the board no matter where you live. 

31 minutes ago, N400NYC said:

Great news for those who already have interviews scheduled after applying in April 2019.

 

But sad for those of us who will be left waiting around for another year or more solely because of where we live in the USA. 

 

It's such a screwed up system that leaves people at the mercy of their local field office. 

The wait hopefully won't be as long as the estimations that are coming up online... the estimate it shows for me online is 10 months, but when I check similar cases for my field office (Chicago) the average is 7 months. Compared to the wait for ROC we just went through 7-10 months is nothing!  

My husband's biometrics appointment was scheduled May 17th, but he went in on Friday 5/3 and got it done without any questions asked. 

1 minute ago, Numii said:

Don't we need certified copies from IRS? I checked the website, and it costs 50 bucks. Correct me if I am wrong. 

All I submitted was our official tax transcripts for the last three years. I got them online from IRS.GOV and it was free.