Aluvaboy

Your dad and brother planning to visit you. Right? You don’t need to fill anything. Your dad and brother will apply for a visiting visa B1/B2 at the US consulate/embassy in the country they live. The wait times could be long depending on country just to get appointments for the visa interview. In some countries it can take up to two years.

What is your category?

Your PD is not current. It may take a few months for your PD to become current. Watch the visa bulletin to see if your PD is current.

That is something that you have to confirm from the panel physician and the hospital where your fiancé got the medical checkup done. From what I have seen in most cases, the sputum tests turns negative and there shouldn’t be much delay other than rescheduling the interview. Good luck.

If TB is confirmed through sputum testing, the treatment is somewhat long. The patient has to go through a procedure called “Directly Observed Therapy” where the patient is given the medication under supervision by an approved medical facility. A health care provider will give the necessary medications under watch and this has to be done every day until the regimen is over and the patient is TB free! It can add up to six months to complete this ordeal.

Airports are open 24 hours of the day, 365 days of the year. Immigration and customs officers are on duty to let you in round the clock. No need to catch a flight that arrives during office hours!

I think that was available only until June 30, 2022. Now you need a valid unexpired passport even for land crossings.

Expired passport cannot be used for travel. Airlines will not allow to board the aircraft with the expired passport. While a Certificate of Naturalization serves as proof of U.S. citizenship, it is not a travel document and cannot be used in place of a passport. U.S. citizens will not be allowed to use their expired U.S. passport for direct return to the United States after June 30, 2022. If a U.S. citizen overseas has an expired U.S. passport, please contact your nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate to apply for a U.S. passport.

CSPA is not applicable in this case in my opinion. The parents are already in USA and the child already has a petition filed by his mother. Now the category is F2A which possibly could become F2B in two years. CSPA only applies to derivative beneficiaries.

A simple google search says that only 4 classes of people can be allowed immigration into Vietnam. I doubt you would qualify for the first three. However the last class is for spouses of Vietnamese citizens. So finding a suitable spouse in Vietnam will be the way to go. Most of the Vietnamese want to immigrate to America thru marriage. So tell your prospective bride ahead of time that you are planning to permanently settle there! That may make a difference!

Why can’t the Dad and two younger children immigrate first. Then dad files as an LPR for the older two children under F2B category. The downside is the older children will have to remain unmarried for few years.

I am thinking that only the first two children were included in the original I-130 petition filed by the petitioner for her brother (in the respective section about beneficiary's family). The third child was omitted by mistake and the fourth child was not born. The priority date became current four years ago. When the DS260 was completed two months ago, the beneficiary listed the names of all children. There is a “Sought to Acquire” requirement Under the Child Status Protection Act. Which means beneficiaries should apply for the visa within one year once the PD becomes current. If the application was not made within that one year, they forfeit the claim. The third and fourth child did not lose the claim because they were only added on the DS260 recently.

Maybe she is not a Canadian citizen. Just has Canadian PR!

Many Indian girls living in US wants arranged Marriages even in the 21st century. Especially some professionals like doctors who were so keen to finish their medical education and residency and were finally past their prime. I know a few who got hooked through arranged marriages and brought their spouses over as immigrants. I don’t know how it can be deemed as immigration fraud!

In India & Pakistan arranged marriages are still popular. There is no fraud or other hanky panky. It is just parents or immediate relatives find a suitable bride/groom and they get married in short notice. No year long or longer dating etc.

Since your brother is unmarried, try to hook him up with a US Citizen girl. Get married. File an I-130 petition. He could land in USA within two years. That is the easiest way.

No. They will not qualify for social security benefits nor Medicare. When you petition for parents after you get your citizenship, you need to provide an “Affidavit of Support” which in effect means you agree to pay for all the financial support they need and they will not become a public charge - until they themselves become citizens. So read the fine print of what is on the I-864 Affidavit of support. Also think about the medical coverage (health insurance) they will need!

What kind of visa status he has? Immigrant or visiting or something else? He has to go to the customs and border patrol counters. They will validate his visa. If immigrant visa it might take a bit longer for the process to complete.

The poster’s wife filed for his brother. So it is a petition under F4 category. It doesn’t matter if he gets married or not.

Your screen name Kerala is a State in India. Your country is stated as Grenada! Just curious! Did your mom apply for tourist visa from Grenada or India?

A friend of mine waiting for visa under family based F4 category received interview call yesterday July 13, 2023. However the interview date is printed as February 22, 2023 - which is already past. I guess it is a system error. How do you fix this. Calling NVC or the consulate where the interview is scheduled. Anyone been thru similar situation before?

The name “Dual Citizenship” is a misnomer. Once you obtain your US citizenship, it is up to your home country to dictate whether you can still keep the citizenship from that country. For example Government of India do not allow dual citizenship. Once an Indian citizen obtain the citizenship of another country, they lose Indian citizenship. So check with your home country to see if they allow this. US government doesn’t have a problem unless you are from certain countries like North Korea etc.

"Final Action Date was "C" in March-23 Bulletin for F2A Category and I received my Interview Letter on 3-March-23. So Is Final Action Date is related to Issue Interview Letter or to issue Visa ? " No I don't think so. They never schedule interview until a visa number is actually available. So in you case, a visa number was available and since the CO said your visa was approved. So it is just the usual processing delays. Wait for couple more weeks.

Since you are a US citizen with a US passport, your entry into US will not be a problem at all. Whether you have a job here or not. But if your husband is not a US Citizen, you will need to file I-130 and start the immigration process. I don't think that he will be allowed in with you under the exceptional circumstances rule. And since your spouse has an immigration intent, I doubt if he will be issued a visitor's visa!

Although the visa numbers for immediate relatives of US Citizens (Spouses, parents and minor children of US Citizens) are always current (because there no numerical limitation or cap) the actual process takes about two years for most applicants!