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Hi,
I am currently waiting for i130 approval for my wife from NVC. The application was accept on August 16, 2018 and assigned to Nebraska Service Center. According to the USCIS website, the applications accepted by July 24 2018 have been processed so hopefully ours will be processed soon, hopefully in early June.I am an US expat living abroad. My wife and I have been married for 12+ years and we have two school age kids, both being US citizens. My family plans to relocate to the US this year. Based on what I hear, it may take a few months from when I130 is approved to when a visa is issued. The problem is that we would like to go to the US sooner in order to have sufficient time to rent a place and enroll our kids in school for the next school year which starts in September. We are thinking about going to the US in June or July.
My wife has a 10-year multiple entry visa to US and each time she can stay in the US for up to six months. We have already used it once in 2018, although we only spent one month in the US. May we (the whole family) go to the US after receiving my wife's i130 approval and file an adjustment of status in the US? So she will have interview in the US instead. I hope we will not break any laws if we do this.
If it is possible and permissible, what form should I use for filing for adjustment of status? Thank you in advance for your answers.
I130: question about filing adjust of status in the US
in Bringing Family Members of US Citizens to America
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I am the original poster. Thank you all for the answers. I have a couple of follow-up questions.
How long does it take on average to get to interview once i130 is approved? Based on the information on the USCIS website, I estimate we will hear from NVC in early June, which give us about 3 months before school starts in September.
Do I need to be present during the interview? I recall reading it somewhere that says both husband and wife should come to interview.
It makes a big difference if I need to be at the interview. It means that I will take the kids to the US myself and take them back with me to attend the interview since I don't have anyone to leave my kids to in the US. We may be better off to simply wait until after the interview to go to the US.