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EB3 is also an immigrant visa and she became a LPR upon entry just as your wife’s friend did. @J.M. I would advise your friend try and resolve her working hours with her current agency, as suggested by @TBoneTX. Although technically, as a green card holder, she has the freedom to leave and go and work somewhere else, I wouldn’t advise it this soon after becoming a LPR. If there was any suspicion that she had got the green card and never really intended to work in that job, her status could be at risk.

It'll definitely be put in to AP - Jordan is on the list of banned countries, so she can't get a visa right now.

Are you sure it's worth it given she can't get an immigrant visa at the moment anyway? Or does she have another citizenship she can use? I'm reading it the same way everybody else is, i.e. London has accepted the case but they're just saying the interviewing officer will make the decision on the visa. But I'm not sure I'd be spending all that money on travelling to London if she'll then be refused and unable to get a visa for months/years anyway. I think I'd be waiting until the ban is lifted and then seeing if Jordan is an option for interviewing if so, to save travelling all that way.

You asked if it could cause any issues, I highlighted the only issues I could see. Unless there's something you're not telling us (that one or both of you has lied at some point i.e. if you were asked at your F-1 interview and lied about your then boyfriend, or upon entry after married you lied about having a husband that is a green card holder), it shouldn't be relevant at all. They will carefully check your immigration record and any answers you've given in the past, but if you were truthful you have nothing to worry about. Good luck.

OK, so you need to file asap. At the moment, your visa category (F2A) is current on the Visa Bulletin, meaning you can file for AoS if you're on a valid status in the US (even though you're not an immediate relative) but that doesn't happen very often. There's normally quite a long wait to file AoS for spouses of GC holders, so take advantage of it while you can! At the moment, Azerbaijan is on Trump's visa ban list, so just keep an eye on that as well. Good luck.

When will your current status expire? And which country are you from originally?

OK, so you should have received your IL quite some time ago, are you sure you haven't? Have you checked your junk/spam folder for it? They're currently scheduling those DQ'ed after you. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/iv-wait-times.html If you've definitely not had it you need to contact NVC. Please fill your timeline in on your profile, thanks.

Which country were you born in? And what is your Priority Date?

Gosh that’s been a long time. Just to confirm, your spouse is a USC, not a LPR? What status are you adjusting from, K-1 or something else? If you could fill your timeline in (on your profile) it would be super helpful.

Congrats! Follow the official guidance, you're at Step 2 now - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/step-2-begin-nvc-processing.html Note that you don't book your own interview, that's only for K-1's. It'll be scheduled for you (approx 6 months after you're DQ'ed), so no need to worry about that. And then from that website make sure you read the country specific guidelines for Manila requirements - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Philippines.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/MNL-Manila.html Good luck, hope the rest of it goes smoothly.

Congrats! The most helpful thing you could do is to please fill your timeline in (on your profile). Thanks and good luck in the US.

Ah, ok. I'll ask a kind mod to amend your thread title. Probably similar timescale though, currently those who applied in December 2011 are just now becoming eligible for visas, so maybe another 8 years or so for you as a very rough guess. Good luck.

That's because there isn't one. As I said in my response to you, both F1 and F2B's can have derivatives so it has no impact at all.

What does this mean? F4 is for sibling of USC’s. Approval of the I-130 could be any day, but that isn’t really relevant as there still won’t be a visa available to you for quite some time. If you applied in 2016 then I’d guess at another 10 years for that maybe? Unless you’re from India, Mexico or the Philippines, in which case it’ll be longer. This isn’t a DCF case so I’ll move your thread to the right forum.

I answered this for you the other day?

I just assumed it was a cute nickname for his stepson. 😂

Thanks for clarifying. You referred to him as 'Apple', I'm guessing autocorrect! But where did you see he's changed categories and given another DQ date? I can't see that anywhere.

It's done by DQ date - see the link I gave above (5th post). Who's 'he'? And what change of category? I assume your stepson (going on your other thread) but it would really be better if you kept all questions to that thread rather than hijacking somebody elses. So I'd post over there, giving details and timelines of each of the two cases, and why the change in category (which would normally slow things down). Hopefully then somebody can help you figure things out.

Two separate biometrics and medicals, yes, they each need those for their visas. If you contact NVC and ask them to link the two cases they’ll be interviewed together though.

Cases DQ’ed in October are being scheduled for interviews now - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/iv-wait-times.html So probably nearer 3 months until you get your IL, and then the interview date will be 1-2 months from that. Also, just checking but you mention ‘IR1 petition’ - you do have a separate IR2 case for her son as well? I’m sure it’s just the way you phrased it but just wanted to make sure! Good luck.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/iv-wait-times.html Please fill in your timeline too, thx.

Doesn't look like it from their timeline. As above, please do fill yours in as well, to 'pay it forward' and help others that follow. Thanks.

That's what's so odd. As you say it's not being canceled because of a DOB discrepancy, it's being cancelled because no visa was ever applied for. On the OP's first post they included a copy of their I-797, and that said that they were an Indian citizen. But even so, their PD would have been current in 2002, over 20 years ago! So I really don't understand what has happened since then. Hopefully the OP will clarify for us.

Yes. They just all have to enter before the visa expiry date, which will be 6 months from the date of their medicals. And make sure she’s got the recevant docs to prove the father(s) have given permission to take the kids to the US. Good luck.

The red flag is that you should have had your IL letter quite some time ago. And that your lawyer seems frankly, pretty useless. They should have submitted an enquiry months ago, your wife could be in the US with you by now and the delay is on them.