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Did you apply for AP? What's your current visa status?

That's only been 5 working days, far too early to worry. Could be anywhere between today and another few months, it just depends on when it gets to the front of the line to be looked at, and then any checks they do. Good luck, hope you hear soon.

There's no set time, but there's no way you'd get a 'normal' spouse visa before relocating if the job needs you there in 6 months, so I'd give it a shot personally. Just ask and then if they say no, you have your answer and can pursue the standard I-130 route. Good luck.

Can't help with what your FIL should submit I'm afraid (somebody else will be along for that shortly I'm sure), but just to say I wouldn't make any plans for her to move ahead of you, as you could well have your visa by then if you submit everything to NVC quickly. There's a good chance you'll all be moving at the same time. Best of luck.

If you're a citizen, then no. His case is currently F1 category, if he marries it will move to F3, so a longer wait but at least then she could go on his application and they could move together. Obviously their choice as to whether they'd rather wait longer together, or have a shorter overall timescale but be apart for a chunk of it. I believe that he is a citizen. @makers, it would probably be best if you started your own thread with any questions, posting them on a thread about F2B cases (which isn't relevant to your situation) is likely to just confuse things.

It’s fine. Realistically the J-1 isn’t likely to be approved if you’re reapplying so soon, so I’d suggest you just carry on with living your life. You don’t want to turn an opportunity down for a visa that may never happen. Good luck.

So the I-130 hasn’t been approved yet? Exactly when in 2024 did you apply?

AFAIK even before the August rule change the date for determining visa availability under CPSA was still the same - the PD must be current AND the petition must be approved, so it’s calculated on whichever is the later of those two dates. As you don’t know when the I-130 will be approved, that could be the crucial date. It really is just a case of waiting and seeing when the time comes.

Exactly when in 2024? Are you a US citizen? Has the I-130 been approved yet? It’s not clear what stage you’re at. In any event, Somalia is one of the countries banned by the Trump administration. Does she have another citizenship? If not she can’t get a visa anyway for now - https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and-other-national-security-and-public-safety-threats/

Possibly, but too early to say. It's just jumped forward hugely (used to be well over a year's wait for an interview). Until the next lot of people start getting their IL's, nobody can confirm if it's accurate or not really.

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I can recommend Fragomen, they were great. Please fill in the timeline on your profile, that's what contributes to the data on VJ and is much more useful, thanks.

Oh I agree, it was the ‘more certain result’ that I was wondering about, I thought maybe there was a loophole I didn’t know about. I agree that marriage makes sense, the best any litigation is likely to do is to get the exemption put back in place for immediate relatives.

The OP’s fiancée is from Syria, it’s a full ban.

Not specifically EB visa, but ALL immigrant visas from Venezuela. It was announced last June, back then there were exemptions from the ban for immediate relatives of US citizens (although that wouldn't have helped the OP anyway). Recently exemptions have been taken away too, so now it's all visas. https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/12/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-further-restricts-and-limits-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/

You are aware that anybody from Venezuela can no longer get an immigrant visa? So your wife's case won't be processed any further unless the ban is lifted/amended. Your visa should be issued, your wife's won't unfortunately. So you may need to make a decision on if you want to cancel your own case or keep going - bearing in mind that once you get that visa, you only have six months from the date of the medical to enter the US and activate it, and then will be a LPR of the US with all the obligations that entails.

Yes, take updated docs to the interview. Why has there been such a big delay? Whatever the reason for it was, that may need to be factored in.

It's a George Orwell 1984 quote.

Sounds like a glitch then, particularly if it's happening for others too. Try again tomorrow and hopefully it will work.

She's wrong, it's no different just because you're from Canada. The only thing to be aware of is from a tax point of view i.e. if you had a house to sell in Canada after becoming a US LPR (and therefore liable to US tax).

Right, and it gives the status much earlier than the interview stage. Maybe I’m misunderstanding your question.

I'm confused, the picture above says the interview took place last November? But yes, you usually have to be resident in the country you're interviewing in. Why is the spouse not interviewing where s/he is living? Is s/he a citizen of the other country?

It should display it much earlier than that, from when it's at NVC.

Might just be a glitch. What stage are you at?

Yes, but according to the DOJ's own guidelines, shootings for vehicle related incidents are only justified in very limited circumstances, neither of which fit from the videos I've seen. “Deadly force may not be used solely to prevent the escape of a fleeing suspect. Firearms may not be discharged solely to disable moving vehicles. Specifically, firearms may not be discharged at a moving vehicle unless: (1) a person in the vehicle is threatening the officer or another person with deadly force by means other than the vehicle; or (2) the vehicle is operated in a manner that threatens to cause death or serious physical injury to the officer or others, and no other objectively reasonable means of defense appear to exist, which includes moving out of the path of the vehicle. Firearms may not be discharged from a moving vehicle except in exigent circumstances. In these situations, an officer must have an articulable reason for this use of deadly force.” She was given conflicting instructions (some agents telling her to get out of the car, some telling her to move the car), nobody seemed to give her a warning or identify themselves, it doesn't look like she was aiming for the guy but instead backing up and then turning away from him, and he could have easily taken the time when he was getting ready to shoot to get out of the way instead. But as @ghostinthemachine said, I think we'll all just be coming at this from opposite viewpoints. There are already comments on this thread that are beyond belief for me, but I don't see the point in engaging in those. I'd love to debate (politely, and respectfully) sometimes, but the right wing viewpoints on this forum are often so extreme that it's just not worthwhile. I can't see how anybody can say that shooting this woman was justified, but I suspect others will not see how anybody can say it wasn't. The US is a very divided nation right now, and things like this will only make that worse unfortunately.