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  1. So you just take the updated ones to the interview, no need to upload them.
  2. Definitely file for FOIA to find out what's going on, but as said above, she absolutely can work, or study. If an employer isn't prepared to hire her without a green card then they're breaking the law. They have to accept her EAD as evidence of her right to work so you just need to educate them.
  3. What documents do you want to update? You'd normally just take them to the interview, NVC has nothing to do with it once the case has been transferred to the consulate.
  4. What is your home country? Where are you now?
  5. If a doctor really says she is unable to travel (although I'd question why if she's just pregnant, and doesn't have any pregnancy related medical issues?), then she could file to adjust status as that would give you a perfectly good reason to. But it would have to be spontaneous and not a pre-conceived plan, so I wouldn't research it too much as that could come back to bite you. Make sure she doesn't give anything up and keeps all her UK ties when she comes to visit.
  6. In return, please fill in your timeline. The more EB applicant timelines we have to add to the body of knowledge on VJ for us employment based applicants, the better. Thx.
  7. It will delay things a bit unfortunately, she should have picked London if she’s in the UK rather than Ireland. Timing will depend on the type of case.
  8. Mine was 4 working days from interview to receiving the passport with visa in. That seems to be fairly standard, they say to allow 10 days but it never seems to take that long. But AP could take a lot longer, so it will depend on when your status changes to ‘issued’. Good luck.
  9. That's tougher than mine was - two questions, one was what I was going to do in the US, and the other I don't even remember! I did share my questions and answers somewhere after my interview though.
  10. This is where the confusion has arisen, lots of talk from the OP of a 'visa', but I think he means ESTA/VWP. But either way the Singaporean friend isn't going to get a new 90 days by going to Mexico, and is risking being refused entry if he tries to come straight back to the US wherever he goes.
  11. There's no visa available to you as your PD isn't current, so no interview can be scheduled. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-september-2024.html
  12. It's a contiguous territory though, so doesn't reset anything.
  13. Is this her first visit to the US since her child was born? If so, she should expect to be questioned upon entry about why she was out of the US for so long and how she's maintained her LPR status - so make sure she takes plenty of proof of ties to the US, tax returns filed, bills being paid, an address being maintained there, etc.
  14. That's perfectly normal, everybody goes through Administrative Processing. For most people it's approved very quickly (my online status only said Admin Processing for a couple of hours before changing to Approved), but for others it can take longer. No way of knowing how long yours will take, just keep an eye on your status and fingers crossed it will change soon. Good luck.
  15. Seems about right to me, a year is pretty standard.
  16. OK, so 3.5 years ish for I-130 approval, and you’re now 24? I’d double check using a CPSA calculator but I think you’re now F2B category, so not current.
  17. If it says ‘in process’ then that would imply it’s gone through - mine said ‘in process’ for 4 days then switched to ‘paid’. But give it a week (as per the link above), hopefully it will change before then. Good luck.
  18. ‘In process’ is normal for at least a couple of days. It takes up to a week for payment to go through. “After submitting your payments online, please allow up to 1 week for NVC to process your fees before continuing to the next step. You will not be able to access Form DS-260 until NVC has processed your payments.” https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/step-3-pay-fees/nvc-fee-payment-faqs.html#:~:text=This typically takes two to,DS-260 Immigrant Visa Application.
  19. Sounds like you’ve aged out then and are now F2B - as Boiler’s said, you’re a way off your PD being current for that category. When was your I-130 approved?
  20. If it says in process then why do you think there’s a problem? Sounds perfectly normal unless it was more than a week ago that you paid?
  21. Thanks for that. My parents have a Nationwide account (no idea if MIL does), but the coverage wasn't enough I think. I'll have look at StaySure though.
  22. You'll be a Legal Permanent Resident (aka green card holder) the moment you arrive in the US and have your visa endorsed. That means you're work authorised immediately (no EAD required - all EB categories are immigrant visa applications, none of them need EAD's). You don't need to wait for the card, it's just proof of your status, not the status itself. https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/temporary-i-551-stamps-and-mrivs If you don't have a job to go to then do make sure you have temporary health insurance to cover you until you find one. You don't want to need medical care in the US if you don't have insurance! Also a couple of things to correct - you don't get a stamp in your passport or the package at the interview, it happens after that. And there's no form to fill in for the green card, you just need to pay the fee online.
  23. How old are you, have you aged out in to F2B maybe? Which country were you born in? When were you DQ'ed?
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