chrissandra

You file one I-130. Both the children will have aged out.
 
You’re looking at far longer than 14 years - if you look at the Visa Bulletin you’ll see that it’s currently at May 2007 (meaning those who applied nearly 17 years ago only now have visas available to them), but go back a couple of years and look at the bulletin from February 2022. You’ll see that it was at March 2007 for that category, so has only moved forward 2 months in 2 years. At that rate it’ll be at least 25 years before they can get a visa. 
 
But all you can do is file and see what happens. If your sister or her husband have any other route to a visa (i.e. employment), they be wise to explore that. 

Immigration is actually straightforward.
 
There are certain types of visas, backed up by rules and regulations. 
it is not a game of “how to circumvent the rules “. 
quite simple. 
 
your father has 2 options:
 
1. get a tourist visa also know as a B1/B2 visitor visa. He is applying on his own (as mentioned quite a few times before) and your approval is irrelevant 
2. You apply for him to become a green card holder. That process also comes with its own rules as to how to keep the status once one is granted 
 
your brother
1 apply for a tourist visa on his own merit. Your approval irrelevant 
2. you apply for his immigration visa and he gets in a 20+ years queue 
 

Appreciate help you are getting from all this awesome VJ people, who are only trying to help…after all that’s why you posted your question here…also familiarizing yourself with the immigration ABC’s will help so you wouldn’t feel attacked but will recognize help when help is offered.
 
good luck on your journey! 

 

Immigration is actually straightforward.
 
There are certain types of visas, backed up by rules and regulations. 
it is not a game of “how to circumvent the rules “. 
quite simple. 
 
your father has 2 options:
 
1. get a tourist visa also know as a B1/B2 visitor visa. He is applying on his own (as mentioned quite a few times before) and your approval is irrelevant 
2. You apply for him to become a green card holder. That process also comes with its own rules as to how to keep the status once one is granted 
 
your brother
1 apply for a tourist visa on his own merit. Your approval irrelevant 
2. you apply for his immigration visa and he gets in a 20+ years queue 
 

Appreciate help you are getting from all this awesome VJ people, who are only trying to help…after all that’s why you posted your question here…also familiarizing yourself with the immigration ABC’s will help so you wouldn’t feel attacked but will recognize help when help is offered.
 
good luck on your journey! 

 

Immigration is actually straightforward.
 
There are certain types of visas, backed up by rules and regulations. 
it is not a game of “how to circumvent the rules “. 
quite simple. 
 
your father has 2 options:
 
1. get a tourist visa also know as a B1/B2 visitor visa. He is applying on his own (as mentioned quite a few times before) and your approval is irrelevant 
2. You apply for him to become a green card holder. That process also comes with its own rules as to how to keep the status once one is granted 
 
your brother
1 apply for a tourist visa on his own merit. Your approval irrelevant 
2. you apply for his immigration visa and he gets in a 20+ years queue 
 

Appreciate help you are getting from all this awesome VJ people, who are only trying to help…after all that’s why you posted your question here…also familiarizing yourself with the immigration ABC’s will help so you wouldn’t feel attacked but will recognize help when help is offered.
 
good luck on your journey! 

 

Immigration is actually straightforward.
 
There are certain types of visas, backed up by rules and regulations. 
it is not a game of “how to circumvent the rules “. 
quite simple. 
 
your father has 2 options:
 
1. get a tourist visa also know as a B1/B2 visitor visa. He is applying on his own (as mentioned quite a few times before) and your approval is irrelevant 
2. You apply for him to become a green card holder. That process also comes with its own rules as to how to keep the status once one is granted 
 
your brother
1 apply for a tourist visa on his own merit. Your approval irrelevant 
2. you apply for his immigration visa and he gets in a 20+ years queue 
 

Appreciate help you are getting from all this awesome VJ people, who are only trying to help…after all that’s why you posted your question here…also familiarizing yourself with the immigration ABC’s will help so you wouldn’t feel attacked but will recognize help when help is offered.
 
good luck on your journey! 

 

Immigration is actually straightforward.
 
There are certain types of visas, backed up by rules and regulations. 
it is not a game of “how to circumvent the rules “. 
quite simple. 
 
your father has 2 options:
 
1. get a tourist visa also know as a B1/B2 visitor visa. He is applying on his own (as mentioned quite a few times before) and your approval is irrelevant 
2. You apply for him to become a green card holder. That process also comes with its own rules as to how to keep the status once one is granted 
 
your brother
1 apply for a tourist visa on his own merit. Your approval irrelevant 
2. you apply for his immigration visa and he gets in a 20+ years queue 
 

Appreciate help you are getting from all this awesome VJ people, who are only trying to help…after all that’s why you posted your question here…also familiarizing yourself with the immigration ABC’s will help so you wouldn’t feel attacked but will recognize help when help is offered.
 
good luck on your journey! 

 

I truly appreciate the response I will head to sierra Leone and do this marriage and go for spouse visa and get the marriage certificate and come back to do the CR1 instead. Thank you for your  advice.

Immigration is actually straightforward.
 
There are certain types of visas, backed up by rules and regulations. 
it is not a game of “how to circumvent the rules “. 
quite simple. 
 
your father has 2 options:
 
1. get a tourist visa also know as a B1/B2 visitor visa. He is applying on his own (as mentioned quite a few times before) and your approval is irrelevant 
2. You apply for him to become a green card holder. That process also comes with its own rules as to how to keep the status once one is granted 
 
your brother
1 apply for a tourist visa on his own merit. Your approval irrelevant 
2. you apply for his immigration visa and he gets in a 20+ years queue 
 

Appreciate help you are getting from all this awesome VJ people, who are only trying to help…after all that’s why you posted your question here…also familiarizing yourself with the immigration ABC’s will help so you wouldn’t feel attacked but will recognize help when help is offered.
 
good luck on your journey! 

 

It’s good you’re doing your research and weighing pros and cons. And the CO will know local traditions too so it’s wise of you to mitigate any potential issues that may arise in advance. Good luck in the process. 

yeah,  i was about to quote the definition:
 
a person who is traveling or visiting a place for pleasure.

Yup. Obviously OP has no clue that a B visa and a tourist visa are one in the same.

Please explain why you think you are the one to "approve" their visas?

All B2 visa applications and approvals/denials are handled by the consulate. You don't have a thing to do with any of it.

You can assume and think what you want about the process.  You're free to send whatever letters you want.
 
The kind people at VJ who are giving you free advice have YEARS of experience with US immigration.
 
One thing is absolutely true:  Lagos is in a class of its own in terms of fraud, which means it is not an "easy" consulate for visa applicants. 
 
Your family members need to complete the DS-160 and pay the fee if they want a visa.  The wait time for an interview is > one year at this time.

Nobody is arguing with you, not sure why you'd say that? Powerpuff just kindly explained that *you* don't invite them, you have nothing to do with their application, they need to qualify on their own merits. And she's given you a link confirming that from the official source.
 
Also worth noting that immigration laws are updated very regularly, not 'created decades ago'. 

I have no desire to argue with you whatsoever. After all, I didn’t create these guidelines and norms, the US department of state did. They’re not some old laws, this is literally a current guideline. All I’m doing is informing you of facts and reality. You can do whatever you want and have your family provide whatever documentation you want, this has nothing to do with me.
 
Since you’re adamant about examples, I have personal experience. My parents applied for a US tourist visa some years ago to attend my graduation. I wrote NO letters and they brought NO letters of explanation or any other documents related to this. They simply filled out the DS-160, paid the fee and attended the interview. If the consul wishes, he can ask for a purpose of the trip. That’s all there is to it and that’s all that happened.
 
They were approved for a 10 year visitor visa and that’s because my parents have exceptionally strong ties which is mainly long term established professional careers in their home country as well as properties and they do not need any financial support to visit the US. This is in line with the quoted text I gave you regarding strong ties to the place of residence. 
 
 
 
 

I wouldn't personally apply under 3 year rule, it's a harder route compared to 5 year rule one.
 
- When exactly were you back in the US in 2020?
- Is your spouse a US citizen?
- Has your spouse been a citizen for over 3 years?
- Are you married to your spouse for over 3 years?
- Did you live together for 3+ years without breaks?
 

@ilikepotatoes you can absolutely switch jobs during I-751. I switched mine without any issue. Just use DL + unrestricted SS card as @D-R-J suggested.

And yet, exchanging work related emails is NOT what happened in OP’s case.   He clearly states she was working remotely full time for 5.5 months, living in the U.S. and supporting herself with that job.   That is not the purview of the “business” function of a B-1 visa.

A tourist visa has completely different requirements and criteria. 
neither has anything to do with the officer conducting an interview.
 
I had quite a few tourists visa interviews and all required documentation - letter from the company I worked for, salary, number of vacation days, financial statements, proof of ownership (I provided car, home)… i uploaded everything ahead of time and brought the originals to the interview. I had my planned vacation agenda as well. 
 
every time before the interview started I was asked if I preferred the interview in English or my native language. In case assistance is needed, they have native speakers working and assisting the officer. Assistance was always offered. 
 
I witnessed a few instances where a brother got approved and sister wasn’t even though they provided the same documents, travelled together too. Tourist visa is issued on individual circumstances and documents provided. There are also countries that made that process more difficult because of visa abuse. 
 
you are grasping at straws. 
your MIL should not be helping your wife with the baby. That’s considered working. 
 
 

Obviously this is not the first time this has come up
 
What documents
How are they supposed to check their validity in a couple of minutes 

I think you are looking for an issue where one does not exist.

Yes, you can request to have the interview conducted in the local language.   You cannot request the race or ethnic background of the interviewing staff person.

No.   The visa behavior of your country’s citizens greatly informs US decisions about visas.   People from countries with high overstay and fraud numbers have more denials, which makes sense.

Criteria to approve a fiancé visa are completely different from a B2. This is not a fair comparison at all.

I know your wife is excited to travel, but it seems unnecessarily risky in this situation- especially to stay out for several months????    I certainly would not do that until the GC was issued.