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They may well have other routes that got them there i.e. working whilst on a student visa, diversity visa, investment, family based, etc. But for work visas then yes, you do usually need specialist skills, it's just not worth an employer going through all the hassle and spending all the money to hire you otherwise. So if you really want to go to the US then look at it as a long term project and work your way towards it. Get yourself a degree if you don't have one already, find a job in a multi-national company, work your way up until you can request a transfer maybe. Or save like hell until you qualify for an investment visa. Or enter the DV and hope you get lucky (if you're eligible). Good luck.

You don't apply for anything, the company does. If you don't have experience doing the job, then I can't see any visa being granted tbh. It sounds like your mate is trying to do you a favour and giving you a job offer when they could just hire a US citizen with experience to do it, so that won't work. But your friend/potential employer needs to hire an immigration lawyer if they don't have one already, and then they can see if there is any route to a visa for you. Good luck.

Yes, exactly. You apply as normal, same as everybody else - the system will decide if you qualify or not and tell you. If you weren't in the US when your parents last applied, you may find that's a factor, as now they have a relative in the US and may be less likely to be granted a visa.

They do know the process - as above, you don’t apply specifically for an interview waiver. You apply for the visa as normal, and then you’ll be told if you qualify for the interview waiver or not. I had an interview waiver last year for my NIV, I just applied and then had an email telling me my interview had been waived as I met the criteria.

I said above - WOM (suing to force a decision) sounds like the way to go.

Everybody has Admin Processing at some point. My status was only AP for a couple of hours though before it changed to issued (also UK). Hopefully yours will change soon as well. Did the medical clinic not offer to do your missing vaccinations? They usually do and then that would have avoided all this.

From when your PD becomes current. As above, it’s a long wait at Lagos so I’d guess late 2025 at the earliest for your interview unless the backlog starts to reduce. Good luck.

Ah, you said she’d visited multiple times so it didn’t sound as though she was living in the US permanently. If she is then all good. 👍🏻

Yes, sounds like WOM is the way to go. As an aside, your mother is risking her status if she’s never actually lived in the US properly on her GC. Is she filing taxes? What other ties can she show, does she have a property there?

It’s not an expedited case yet from what you’ve said? So you’re in the queue for your request to be considered.

What documents have you uploaded?

Which EB category? Please fill in your timeline, thanks.

Ah, yes not sure I've seen any cases from there. Good luck, hope it's not too long.

It totally depends on the consulate, and they're processed separately so not related to each other. But yes, generally those consulates with long wait times for NIV's will also have long waits for IV's. They don't provide similar information for IV applicants because it changes so often - for example, they'll give priority to DV applicants at certain times of the year, other times they'll prioritise spouses, but if they have a backlog in another category they may choose to prioritise that. So it would fluctuate too much I think, but you can usually get a rough idea of how long you'll have to wait from looking at the VJ timelines. Good luck.

Your employers lawyers will look at the options and tell you which visa route they plan to pursue. But you certainly wouldn’t have EB-3 by spring 2025, it’ll take years, so factor that in.

Could you fill in your timeline? Then people won’t need to ask and it’s so helpful to other EB applicants, we need as many as we can get. Same for you please @PACMAN82? Thx. 😊

It's about a year for the I-130. Good luck.

Seems to be a standard spousal visa app to me, which can be done without an attorney and with the help of VJ if the OP feels happy DIY'ing. I'm not seeing anything complex about it?

Anybody who has a visa available to them (i.e. whose PD is current) will be scheduled for an interview in turn. Anybody that doesn't have a visa available to them won't be, but that doesn't affect those who are eligible. So EB-3 or EB-2 PD's aren't relevant to you at all, as long as EB-1 stays current then you're in the line for an interview.

I don't think this would qualify as a life or death emergency tbh, but it doesn't cost anything to ask for one, so you could try on the off chance. Where is your case at the moment according to your online status, NVC or the consulate? As above, London is so quick that you're likely to have your IL before somebody would even look at your expedite request anyway. If you were at a consulate with a 2 year wait for an interview it would be different, but hopefully you'll hear soon if you've already been DQ'ed. If your relative has no conviction, then it won't have any effect on them applying for ESTA. So all you can do is make sure they don't have details of where you are living etc, keep everything very private. Good luck.

If you're interviewing in London, then it's going to be super quick anyway, I can't see any point in expediting even if that were grounds to (which I don't think they are). Good luck.

It's not 'one long interview', it's usually 5 minutes if that. But it's two steps, firstly you're called up to the window to hand over your documents. Then you sit back down again and wait to be called again for the actual interview. The interview waiver isn't for those apply for an immigrant visa via consular processing. It's only for those applying for non-immigrant visas. So you'll definitely have an interview. Good luck.

I don't think will help prove residency. You could have that in a rental or holiday property for your tenants, doesn't mean you live there yourself. Ditto for electric bills. As @Boiler said, you need things like signed lease in your name, job, car insurance, bank statements (that show you were physically in the US i.e. regular grocery/gas purchases).

Only if (a) she entered without the intention of doing AOS and (b) there is a visa number available to her. The latter is the problem as even if you file the I-130 today, there won't be a visa available to her for many years. So she must return to India and apply via consular processing.

Nairobi has one of the longest waits unfortunately. You can search timelines to find relevant ones, I think it’s about 18 months.