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Also, if you’re a USC it would be worth you also filing for your brother if you can afford the fees. It would take even longer but a good idea as back up just in case.

Ah, I see. Nothing they can do but wait, when the PD is current on Table B then visa processing will start (there still won’t be one available until it’s current on Table A though).

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html It’s updated monthly. It’s worth your friends looking at previous VB’s too so they can get a realistic picture of how slowly the F2B category moves forward.

As everybody has said above, the I-130 is only the first step of the whole process. That's the petition, but then once that's approved you need to apply for a visa, and you can't get one until your Priority Date is current on the Visa Bulletin. As you can see from this month's visa bulletin, those in your category (which will be F2B) who applied back in September 2015 are only now eligible to get visas, so they've had just over an 8 year wait. The current date is 22nd September 2015. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-december-2023.html This is assuming your country isn't Mexico or the Philippines of course, as you can see from the above they have an even longer wait. So let's assume your father applies for you this month and your priority date (basically the date you applied) is 15th December 2023. If the same wait applied then you wouldn't be able to apply for a visa until 2032. But the reality is that the Visa Bulletin isn't moving forwards much in that category, you can see all previous ones here - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html As you can see from that, the date for your category in July 2021 was 15th September 2015 - so it's only moved forward one week in nearly 2 and a half years. Realistically you're looking at a wait of at least a decade before a visa becomes available to you, so you'll either need to return to your home country once your F1 expires, or find another way to stay on a different kind of visa route (but bearing in mind that then you'll be known to have immigrant intent so it may be not be as easy to get certain visas). HTH and makes sense so you understand the Priority Dates and Visa Bulletin now. Good luck.

Yes, F2A for now. He’ll age out of that category though and be F2B. No way of expediting it until there’s a visa available to him which will be many years down the line, and even then there would need to be a good reason for it such as medical grounds. When will they apply for citizenship?

The OP may not know yet, we contacted them as well and it took about 2 weeks to get the assessment as we had to send tons of stuff and then schedule a video call too.

Some people are getting super fast I-130 approval at the moment. But he'd have been in the same situation anyway, even if it had taken the advertised 14 months, so I don't think UCSIS did it on purpose.

I assume if your partner is a DJ that it's just him and he doesn't have employees? If so, there's no business visa available to him, I agree that CR1 would be the best route and enable him to start work immediately upon arrival.

It could well be longer than a few months, it’s only moved a month in the past 8 months. But hopefully at some point in 2024 your PD will be current and you’ll be added to the queue for an interview. I think Islamabad has pretty lengthy queues but you can find out info on that on other threads. Good luck.

I never used my USCIS account. Tried it once and found it pretty useless. It will be informative when you get to the point of things actually happening. It will say your application is underway, then it will say they're ordered your card to be processed, then it will say it's been despatched (with tracking number). Etc, etc. So just keep an eye on it and then you'll know when the GC is coming, but of course it doesn't really matter as you've got your temp green anyway and that's good for a year.

I've never heard of a signature being required, they're just left in the mailbox. But do get Informed Delivery if you don't already have it, then you'll know when it's arriving and can flag it to him to make sure he puts it somewhere safe.

Not sure what you mean by 'flaky', surely he'll just gather your mail for you and put it to the side? As long as he's not likely to pinch it then I wouldn't worry.

Is your mail put through your door or in a mailbox? If the latter do you have a friend that could pop by and pick it up? You can use Informed Delivery so you know when it's on its way and delivered (it shows up as a special delivery parcel). I just wouldn't risk leaving it sat in a mailbox for weeks/months.

No, you just use the same online tracking you've used the whole way through, but use your payment receipt number instead of your case receipt number - https://egov.uscis.gov HTH.

They should know this, but personally I'd print a copy of the country specific rules and take that with me just in case.

I have to say I found the process pretty clear from the NVC website, their step by step instructions for the whole process were really good I thought. Your SSN should be received within 2 weeks (assuming you ticked that box on the I-130), your green card will take longer and can be up to 90 days but you can track that using the receipt number from when you paid the green card fee, so you can see when it's in production and when it's been despatched (plus get the tracking details). I'd also recommend you sign up to Informed Delivery if you haven't already, so you can see when both are on their way. Good luck.

Right, as I said it doesn't seem to apply to you and your situation, but just wanted to post it as you said there is only one police cert for immigration, which isn't correct. So it was for others searching in the future really. HTH.

As per your previous thread asking the same question, she’s still got several years to go. Your BIL needs to keep an eye on the Visa Bulletin (released monthly) to see if it changes or when it moves forward. It has only moved forward by a month since you asked in May, so he needs to be aware it could take a lot longer.

Yep, as a junior software engineer there’s nothing you can do on your own, your company needs to petition for you. It’ll take several years if they agree to it, possibly as much as ~15 years depending on the country you are from. So you need to speak to your boss or HR and see if they are prepared to sponsor you. Good luck.

Ok, so still well within normal processing times, nothing to worry about at all. Is this a spousal app?

What does your online status say? Seems to be about 6/7 months from DQ to interview date -

Your profile doesn't have your petition details. Was that filed last October too? I-130 (if so, which family member is petitioning for you?) or I-140 (if so, which EB category?)

Yes, exactly that. You’ve got several years to go until a visa will become available to you, but will be able to get the NVC stage underway earlier as per Table B.

You can’t track your SSN. Just checking, but you did definitely tick the box asking for it to be sent to you on the DS-260? You can track your GC on the usual USCIS case status website, but just use the receipt number from when you paid the GC fee instead of your case number. You need to allow 90 days from when you arrived though so still to early to worry about that really - but your SSN should be here by now.

What’s your Priority Date, is it current?