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What's the Priority Date (date your wife submitted the I-130)?

What visa are you applying for? I just don't see it mentioned in your post, is your partner a US citizen?

Depends on the type of visa you're applying for - which is why we need your timeline filled in!

What about being supercilious, do they look favourably on that as well? Asking for a friend.

I've tried that twice but they've both said they can't update it for me. It just makes no sense at all as my work visa was cancelled months before I even applied for GE, and I the only document they've ever seen from me is my green card, so no idea why they've ignored that and used an old long cancelled visa instead. 😂

Once you're DQ'ed, NVC will schedule your interview for you and inform you of when it is. Your case will then be passed over to the consulate. The whole process is set out on the NVC website, you should be using this for each step. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-8-scan-collected-documents/step-9-upload-and-submit-scanned-documents.html Wait time for the interview letter (which actually comes by email) varies hugely depending on consulate, it could be just a couple of months if it's one of the quicker consulates, or a couple of years, or anywhere in-between. Please fill in your timeline so that people know which visa process and consulate you're asking about, thanks.

Ah, I see. In that case, I'd try for a reschedule. Good luck.

Rather than try to change the interview, wouldn't it be easier to just change your flight?

I wouldn't expect anything this early, they're usually 12-14 months. Who have you petitioned?

It's about 14 months for I-130's for immediate relatives at the moment. Good luck.

Just to add to the above, he can petition his son, but as he'll only be a green card holder, his son won't be an immediate relative - so it'll take much longer. He just needs to be prepared for that. If his son is 14 now then he'll probably be an adult by the time he gets a visa.

Does it say 'at NVC' or 'In Transit' or 'Ready' though? That tells you where it actually is. Is your friend also EB1? Transferring is a factor, you've got to allow time for your file to get from the old consulate and sometimes they're not as quick to send them as they could be!

Ah, that'll be it then - extra background checks needed because Pakistani record keeping is so bad, coupled with a higher risk of fraud as well. Hope she gets a result soon.

Not brother or a man actually. 😂 It could be anything, generally it's just background checks but that can be for all sorts of reasons. Where is your wife from?

Yes, it can take even longer but depends on the reason for it. Recently WOM's have been dismissed if filed too early, a search of the forum will give more info on that. Also, there is a risk that in forcing a decision to be made before the checks they are doing can be completed, may mean denial is more likely. So personally it's not something I'd contemplate for quite some time.

AP can't be expedited. If it's only been 4 months it's too early to file for WOM I'd say, but if it gets to a year with no outcome then it would be worth considering. Good luck.

It's very early days if you only transferred on 6th Sept, particularly as transfers tend to take longer to get IL's. What does your online status say?

This is an old thread, you'd be better off starting your own new one rather than hijacking this one with your questions. But a status update just means somebody has looked at your file, nothing more. This could happen several more times before it changes to approved/issued. This is an EB3 visa as well I assume? There's no visas available until 1st October anyway as the quota has been met for the year but hopefully if it was a simple document that was needed it won't take long after that for approval. Good luck.

I think the point is that there is nothing the lawyers can do now. If it's been sent for a waiver it's just a case of waiting (9-10 months as a rough guide) to get that sorted. Good luck.

I think I'd do both personally, and I'd call them too. From what you've said, it's clear they've made a mistake and if you have to wait for your sister's PD to become current under F2B then it'll be many more years before she can get a visa, she should be eligible for one now. So I'd be contacting them any way possible in the strongest possible terms! I just found this thread which seems to be the same situation, they got it resolved pretty quickly. I hope you do too.

What email address did you use? I need to contact them as for some reason they have me as having an O visa rather than a green card - despite me having to upload my green card for the application, and take it to the interview! It's not a big deal but I fly backwards and forwards every couple of months and usually have to stop for a little bit of extra time to explain it's wrong, so it would be better to just get it sorted I think.

You might want to say where you're moving to, as most areas have supermarkets specific to them. We don't have Safeway here (Boston) for example. Personally I do Costco sometimes, Trader Joes for an occasional item (but I couldn't do a full shop there), but my main shop is always done at Market Basket. Wherever you shop, be prepared for it to cost a lot more than the UK! Mine is never less than $300-350 (4 of us, including two hungry teens).

I think you need to be more specific. Tell them the I-130 has only just been approved, so she's still F2A under the CPSA and shouldn't have been moved to F2B. I'd give them the exact dates and calculations and tell them they've made an error by putting her in the F2B category.

What did your enquiry say? Did you specifically point out that your sister should still be F2A category and they've made an error putting her in to F2B category?

As I said, the checklist will tell you what needs to be originals. But usually you need to take originals of all the documents that were uploaded to NVC.