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Ok, so it’ll be approx 4 years as you’re a LPR, there wouldn’t be a visa number available to her yet. But once you’re a citizen she’d be classed as an immediate relative and have no wait for a visa number - so maybe 18 months in total, much quicker. So you may want to consider applying for citizenship asap.

Whatever your class of admission was - it’ll be on your green card as ‘category’. You seem to have missed my questions above about when your daughter turns 21, or if you’re eligible to apply for citizenship. I’m not asking just to be nosy but it is relevant - presumably you’re aware that it will be many years before your daughter is even eligible for a visa if you’re not a citizen?

See Boiler's post above - his guess was 12-15 years. It will depend on the kids exact ages though i.e. is the 17 year old only just 17 or about to turn 18? It will also depend on when your parents actually move and petition for them - you expect your Dad to get an interview soon, but as a Pakistani male he may well be put in AP and that will delay things, so by the time he gets his visa the kids could be another year older. Etc, etc. Too many variables to know for sure, I guess all you can do is talk to your parents and make sure they're ok with the potential delay in your siblings being able to move. It's worth having a full and frank conversation with them before they move IMO, it would be awful if they moved and then regretted it. Good luck.

A bit longer usually, maybe 3-4 years, but if they age out of F2A category and are in F2B category, then it's a much longer wait as @Boiler mentioned above. Possibly the youngest will get through in time before s/he ages out of F2A category though.

No, as advised above they can apply immediately. But it'll be a long wait for them to get visas though. Your parents need to carefully consider if they are happy to live apart from them for that long I guess? Particularly as they're not likely to get visitor visas either.

Another vote for get on a plane asap. She can't be refused entry. She should take proof of any ties she has to the US (i.e. if she has a property there etc), and proof of her tax returns being filed - basically anything to show she didn't abandon her residency.

So parents and sister in the US, and a tricky consulate - I'd think the chances of any CO thinking she will genuinely return to Pakistan after her studies are slim tbh, but she can try.

So you own a physiotherapy business? Your parents can sponsor her once they have GC's.

Will she have other family members there when applying though? Parents etc? If so, that reduces her chances of a student visa even further. Is her plan to try to move permanently?

Both. Immigrant intent may be hard to overcome, but you never know until she applies. Well, yes, that’s part of applying.

Would need exact dates to calculate it, so you'll need to check it yourself, just Google for an online CPSA calculator. Sounds like your youngest two will still qualify, possibly the eldest will have aged out though.

Do you mean you were petitioned as his sibling? If so, what is your Priority Date, when was the I-130 approved, and how old are your kids now?

No, as said above the EB1-A or EB2-NIW. EB1-C you would have to be working there on an non-immigrant visa first, as the US business must have been running for at least a year.

The only delay is just her waiting her turn in the queue. I think the backlog has reduced a bit now (it used to be 2 years or so for IR5's to be scheduled), but it's still likely to be a year plus. You can ask for an expedite if there is a good reason for it.

Nope. If eligible, you can apply from Germany and move on an immigrant visa - you become a permanent resident upon entry to the US. For employees, as many as possible really to stand the best chance of having the visa renewed. There's no fixed number though, but you have to show growth. You can't use a L1 if you just want to be a 'one man band' working in the US. I'd check out the possible IV options first, as the L1 will require you spending quite a bit of time and money before you can even apply for the visa, which may be money down the drain if it's refused. And if you know you want to stay permanently, it would be better to aim for a permanent visa if at all possible. Good luck.

To add to the above, VJ has a guide - She has to be accepted in to the school first, so that's the first step, she needs to apply to colleges. Note that if she's from Pakistan, and has her sister living in the US, her chances of a visa being granted are lower, so do bear that in mind.

Oh, and if your spouse is a USC s/he might want to petition for their sibling. It would take a crazy long time (20+ years), but would be back up at least in case the DV doesn’t come good.

It’s possible, but you’d need to leave the German operation running with somebody managing it. And for the US side you’d need to have premises and a plan to hire Americans quite quickly. If your plan is to stay permanently then I wouldn’t risk it before that - after the initial first year on the L visa you’d have to show growth and employees to renew for longer and if not that would be the end of it. So definitely feasible, but I agree with Boiler, maybe a few years down the line when you have a solid business with employees you can trust to run it in Germany for you and have a need for a bigger operation in the US. You could also look at the EB2 NIW or EB1A green cards - a good attorney will tell you if you’ve got any chance, but that would cut out the uncertainty and you’d go straight to the GC before even leaving Germany. I got my EB1 GC in 5 months last year. Good luck.

No, that’s not very promising in all honesty. Last year it went to 21k. But you never know, just keep an eye on the VB, perhaps more people will drop out or be found ineligible next year. Good luck.

😂 Understandable. Do make sure she signs/submits the DS-260 herself. Hope she's got a low rank number and gets through, good luck.

How old are the kids?

No, it's not a valid travel document. In the same way I couldn't get on an international flight to the US with just a valid green card and an expired UK passport.

No airline will board him without a passport.

And she told the truth on the DS-260 about where he was living? And in the interview if asked about him?

I don't think you're in AP from what you've said. Either you've aged out and are no longer eligible for a visa (probable), or your case isn't moving forward as you've not provided the evidence requested that the petitioner is moving back to the US. If you really wanted an answer you could have filed a WOM as advised years ago. That would tell you for sure. Are you saying your aunt has actually got a visa in hand?