SalishSea

A US visa is not the appropriate answer to his mental health issues, and with his history, he may never get one. Please try to get help for them locally. It sounds like a dire situation, and even if it was not, there is no expediting sibling visas.

Honestly, we have seen many cases like this (all from African countries), and I've never seen someone come back and report a success story. Not to say that it doesn't happen, but if it does, no one has come back to tell. The problem you have here is that she lied to try to gain a material benefit (a visa). Now she wants an immigrant visa through marriage that requires her to show legal dissolution of all prior marriages, which she cannot do, since it was a lie. IMHO, you should think very seriously about relocating to Rwanda.

Best bet is to get a joint sponsor.

Hopefully you realize that the petition phase is just one step in the overall process? It will take a year or so at least, to get a visa.

What your friend is planning is immigration fraud. No work is authorized on a B visa, even remote/online work. nor can you “move” to the U.S. on a B visa. Hopefully he will be turned around at the airport and his visa revoked.

It's very expensive for employers to petition overseas workers for employment visas. It is a long process, and generally handled through the company's lawyer. No one is going to interview you for an unskilled position while you're visiting on a B visa, and then petition you for an employment visa. If you want to live and work in the US, you will need to get a degree in a field that has a labor shortage in the US: STEM, medicine, nursing etc. And incidentally, why a B visa? Why not visit on the VWP?

I assume you will be denied entry.

The financial requirements of the I-134 are lower, and it is not binding. So, apples to oranges really.

Well that puts a whole new spin on this entire thread. You're self employed? Was your income considered insufficient due to the difference between income and revenue? Paging @pushbrk

No one here has any stake in your family’s visa applications whatsoever. They will need to convince the consulate of their strong ties to Nigeria if they want to visit. There really isn’t anything for you to do, or any way we can help you here.

Visa waiver program/ESTA.

I think you don’t understand that a B visa is a B visa.

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.

Nothing like that exists. Yes, we're sure.

You definitely need to know your joint sponsor, and I'd say, to know them well. Since you don't have anyone to sponsor, I would refile with the new financial evidence. Make sure to be very thorough in preparing your packet, with as much supporting evidence as you can gather. In addition to income, do you have assets?

Do you have an eligible joint sponsor? There is no way to know if they will still want a joint sponsor, just based on the info you've given. You will have to pay to refile. Include your tax transcripts, payslips and an employer letter which states your salary and employment status (full time/permanent etc). And yes, the receipt notice from a properly filed I-485 serves as evidence of authorized stay.

Don't wait for an NTA. Refile immediately. The receipt notice will serve as evidence of authorized stay until the I485 is adjudicated.

That isn't a thing. They can apply for tourist visas on their own. Their is no petition, sponsorship or anything of the type for tourist visas. Especially since they clearly do have immigrant intent as per the OP's previous thread.

Some visa types allow child derivatives. The IR-2 (which is what your mom will get, does NOT). So your sibling needs a separate petition, and will have a separate visa category, regardless of his age. Sounds to me like the immigration lawyer didn’t have all of the pertinent info from you, you explained things poorly, or he’s just incompetent. This is basic family visas 101, no rocket science here. And it’s not “15-20 years processing time.” There will be nothing done with the petition during that time. The wait is for a visa number to become available, and the reason it takes so long is that billions of people also had that idea and are in the queue ahead of you. Petitioners die all the time, and in some cases there can be a humanitarian reinstatement. But this is why it will be a good idea, once your mom is an LPR, for you both to petition the brother.

What’s even crazier, is that most countries do not even allow for sibling visas. At least the US does.

Clearly this is not about ties to Canada. Vetting your CV/background is not standard to evaluate risk for overstay. If you are applying for a B-1 visa’s for the purpose of visiting, fabricating a “business” reason for a B-2 won’t do you any good.

Are you a USC or LPR?

No one is disputing that you can petition your brother. The point you’re missing is that he will have to wait for a visa to be available, as that category is numerically limited, and the current wait time is up to 20 years, and even longer for some countries.

Are you familiar with the visa bulletin? Because you seem woefully uninformed. Please do some research into these processes. Sibling visas are taking around 20 years.

It does NOT mean you share a parent. If you’re going to tell people they need to be 100% sure of what they say, you’d do well to follow your own advice.