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It will be about 1 year maybe more until your children receive their visas. 
USCIS/ NVC will say you could have delayed your mother’s case/ interview if you had no one to look after them. 
Mom can come to the US to activate her visa then she can return to look after your children. 
She will have to return to the US before she is out do the country for 6 months. Or she can file I131 to allow her to stay outside the US for up to 2 years.
Many people have the same issue as you… unfortunately USCIS does not care that your children are minors. They have to wait for their petition to be processed just like everyone else. 

No need at all.
All you need is to file I-864W for your kids as they'll automatically become US citizens when they land on US soil. Good luck.

They should become US Citizens the moment their passports get stamped upon arrival.  No need to pay the $220 Immigrant Fee.  Go get their US passports right away with their endorsed visas and your naturalization certificate as proof of their US Citizenship.  If dad is remaining overseas, to get their passports you will need a DS-3053 https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds3053.pdf from him for each child, notarized at the US Embassy.  It's free.  Some people might consider filing N-600 for a Certificate of Citizenship for them.  It's expensive and not strictly necessary because their US passports would be proof of US Citizenship, but having a Certificate of Citizenship would remove any question about citizenship that might come up later in life.

Your profile says F2A? So if that’s right you’ve applied for immigrant visas for them, and they’ll be green card holders on arrival. But that’s also for children of LPR’s, and you say you’re a citizen?

If you can clarify what you’ve applied for, who ‘we’ is, and give the children’s ages, then people can try and help. 
 

OK. And you’ve notified NVC of your citizenship and submitted proof to them? So they will now be immediate relatives, not F2A any longer and no wait for a visa. 
 
Either way though you’ve applied for an immigrant visa (green card). And I think they’ll get citizenship upon arrival but will let others with more knowledge comment on that. 
 
Good luck. 

NVC are usually very quick with enquiries. As per the link I gave, USCIS have nothing to do with this, they are just approving the I-130 and that's the same no matter which category you come under. So all you can do is wait until that is approved and your case is with NVC, then contact them as above. 

You say you've called, sent emails and written letters but who to?
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/national-visa-center/immigrant-visas-processing-general-faqs.html#ivp6
 
 
 
 

Thank you for this link. I submitted my request for both.

Is yours nebraska service center?

Most applicants would want the I-130 to take longer for F2A, to protect the beneficiary from aging out, but I assume your sons are very young so there’s no danger of that? 

I would check processing times and contact congressman.
mine got approved in exactly 11 months now i am on NVC staged.
filed for my mom on Feb 11, 2023 and got approved on Jan 13, 2024.

I'm a citizen, I filed for my two underage sons on September 18th 2022. Haven't heard anything except they're working on case and it's taking longer than expected. Last week I supposedly had 1 week remaining until decision and it went back to "taking longer than expected. Good luck!

Three off topic posts and two quoting them , in violation of the my instruction above, were removed. Cease all political discussion and stick to the immigration process. Start a thread in the CEHT forum as instructed above if you wish to have that sort of a debate.
 
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We filed i-130 for parent of a US citizen in November 2022. We haven't received any RFE or anything. Almost immediately after filing it, our case was updated to "actively being reviewed" but nothing since.
 
Are cases assigned to a person from the moment they are received?
 
If that person goes on FMLA or something, are they reassigned?
 
Curious why we haven't gotten an RFE nor a decision but others seem to have those things.
 
Our case is nothing special. There are no divorces, no overstays, no misspellings, no immigrating children, not more than one place of employment for each person, and only one address each for all involved.

I'm planning to move to the US 2 weeks before my immigrant visa and medical expire. (IR2, son of a US citizen.)
 
If I get in the US while my visa is still valid but my visa expires before my Green Card arrives (already in the US), would this be a problem?
 
I have already paid the Immigration Fee for my Green Card even before departure.

When you arrive in the U.S., your passport will be stamped by the authority with an ADMITTED stamp.  This stamp will include the date of admission and the category...in your case, IR2.
 
Your stamped passport serves as proof of valid residency for 12 months from the date of that stamp.
 
You should expect your green card to be mailed within 90 days of your entry into the U.S. since you've already paid the fee.
 
Regards,
Vicky's Mom

Your immigrant visa will be endorsed with a stamp giving you a year of valid re entry while your green card arrives.
visa endorsement.pdf

*** Moved from Bringing Family of USC forum to Moving to the US forum, where similar topics about processes after visa issuance and US entry are discussed ***
 
 
You will get a green card (just not the plastic one) the moment you are admitted into the US.  Once your visa gets a CBP entry stamp, it will turn into a temporary GC valid for 1 year from the date on the CBP stamp.  The expiry date printed on the visa will become irrelevant.  The visa+CBP stamp is equivalent to the plastic GC for all legal purposes, including work and travel.
 

USCIS estimates posted on profiles are vastly inaccurate so I would just ignore it

The numbers seem randomly generated so best ignored.

If  
 
* you are his biological and custodial parent
 
* he is under age 18 after he gets his visa, and 
 
* you are willing and able to apply for his U.S. passport
 
do not pay the immigrant fee to USCIS. He will not need a green card since he will be a U.S. citizen  
 
No money needed to enter the U.S.  

Totally agree about the threatening to leave part.   That is not a stable home environment for kids.  OP, it’s your responsibility to intervene here.

Postpone the wedding. ..as long as you need to.
Teens = Emotional Terrorists and you are a good Dad and Awesome Benevolent Ruler of the Living Room.
 
Your  partner is a bit immature without realistic expectations of stepping into role of step mom.
Talk it out , figure out YOUR boundaries..cause her threats of “leaving” and complaining to you instead of slowly figuring out a healthy interaction with each child …IS / WILL BE a never ending stressor.

Yeah I’d recommend looking at family therapy pronto. Everyone apart from you is acting like kids and only three of them are kids. Your fiancée needs to get real about her situation. 

if you think u should postponed the wedding and asked us here, maybe u should postpone it for now.
the good thing is you have 90 days to decide. hope u find what you looking for