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nope you can't get married while still waiting for F2B visas, long wait it really does impact many people. I am sure many visas would be invalid after the State Department starts moving visas. I think that's one of the reasons the State Department missed the 26k mark before COVID people get married, and visas get wasted.
As I am reading on Twitter/X, US politics are now discussing open border migration issues. Many people sarcastically suggesting they should try that instead waiting legally lol.

EB has the largest lobby with the most lawyers working alongside them. Congress has set a limit on the number of visas they can issue per year. The only way to generate additional visas is by blocking family visas, thus creating a spillover. Unfortunately, many applicants in family categories are not actively involved in lobbying or working with lawyers to file complaints. 

Most F2B applicants are above 21, and they are typically at their peak in terms of workalike. The EB category is not solely about high skill, as there seems to be some abuse in this category.
It's frustrating that there has been no movement in the F2B category after three years. I can't see any valid reason from the State Department for keeping F2B on hold in this manner. Oh man you are too close, just wait for another movement

In my post where I compared the systems, I am aware of the Canadian immigration process, many of us are qualified enough to migrate there. I am suggesting that the U.S. should have a similar kind of system(work experience, ielts/toefl, degree etc). The majority of my family lives in the U.S so why would I want to immigrate to Canada?

@GusHD Wow you are pretty close man. Just one VB movement away! If luck favors you, you could enjoy Christmas in the USA

So, the next VB is very important to set the tone for the next fiscal year. Reading some positive news, such as reducing the waiting time for an immigrant visa interview from 2 years to the standard 2 months, is encouraging. Additionally, someone who applied in September 2015 finally got their immigrant visa

In 2020 and 2021, approximately 122,000 and 150,000 family-based immigrant visas, respectively, went unused.
 
FY 2023, approximately 197,000 total employment-based visas were available, thanks to the rollover of an additional 57,000 unused family-sponsored visa numbers from FY 2022. The good news is that there won't be any rollover visas from the family-based preference from 2023 for 2024.
 
Over the course of three years, a total of 329,000 visas went unused. Typically, the family preference category receives 226,000 visas per fiscal year, which means that approximately 1.5 years' worth of visas were wasted.

So, the next VB is very important to set the tone for the next fiscal year. Reading some positive news, such as reducing the waiting time for an immigrant visa interview from 2 years to the standard 2 months, is encouraging. Additionally, someone who applied in September 2015 finally got their immigrant visa

wow after seeing this i don't think anybody from the Dominican Republic would complain or be as frustrated as we are. I heard that many family preference visas from 2021 and 2022 were shifted to the employment category, resulting in F2A being the hardest hit in the August Visa Bulletin. Although I am also curious about why the Dominican Republic is receiving half of the F2B visas, at least the visas are not going to waste in this fiscal year. Currently, there are 380k+ IV applicants, and I don't know how many of them are F2B, which will determine the movement in October.

Enough of this discussion about Canada PR; we are getting distracted from the original topic. My main point is that we need the attention of congresspersons to direct the State Department to ensure that each embassy processes a minimum of 10-20 F2B visas. Embassies should update the PD (Priority Date) accordingly, considering the number of visas that specific countries can receive based on demand. That's the essence of it.

Nope congressperson doesn't deal with visa bulletin but queries regarding Family visa categories, they do expedite cases if possible by directing state dep. when they get request from constituents. If someone asked why F2B stuck or DQ but not getting the interview date even PD is current they can raise the issue to their respective representative. Ultimately, state department allocate visa number to categories, some say its based on DQ, some say its based on demand (some counties have more f4 issues, some F2B)
 
F2B fall into retrogression because they didn't allocated visa evenly instead greater demand from certain countries otherwise I don't understand how it will be retrogress after 2.5 years backlog already.
 

without marrying you can have family Vietnam Philipines and DR F2B applicants most probably taking that advantage, if you get married F2B will get invalid unless petitioner become citizen to transfer your case to F3
 
To reduce backlog NVC need to follow 7% limit per country without that its a long journey, if they follow it most countries won't have any backlog in this category

without marrying you can have family Vietnam Philipines and DR F2B applicants most probably taking that advantage, if you get married F2B will get invalid unless petitioner become citizen to transfer your case to F3
 
To reduce backlog NVC need to follow 7% limit per country without that its a long journey, if they follow it most countries won't have any backlog in this category

without marrying you can have family Vietnam Philipines and DR F2B applicants most probably taking that advantage, if you get married F2B will get invalid unless petitioner become citizen to transfer your case to F3
 
To reduce backlog NVC need to follow 7% limit per country without that its a long journey, if they follow it most countries won't have any backlog in this category

13 states file lawsuit over Trump 'public charge' rule
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/457485-washington-state-ag-files-lawsuit-over-trump-public-charge-rule

Ok I got the answer, it wont effect those applied before 15 Oct. if i understand correctly.
This final rule supersedes the 1999 Interim Field Guidance on Deportability and Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds and goes into effect at 12:00 a.m. Eastern on Oct. 15, 60 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register. USCIS will apply the public charge inadmissibility final rule only to applications and petitions postmarked (or, if applicable, submitted electronically) on or after the effective date. Applications and petitions already pending with USCIS on the effective date of the rule (postmarked and accepted by USCIS) will be adjudicated based on the 1999 Interim Guidance.   
 
More details here
 
https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-announces-final-rule-enforcing-long-standing-public-charge-inadmissibility-law
 

March  2021

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

last year F2B moves 16 months(filling moves 2.5 years) it has to move faster than that otherwise you have to wait 1 year to get your IL..good luck