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What's the age difference between you both and which consulate? Just wondering if that might be difficult to overcome anyway, even if you refile with the correct documents.

It seems they’ll find out anyway if they look at the I-864, so I think you’re going to have to have a tough conversation with them. But if you’re going to be living close to them then surely they’ll know - won’t they invited to events with you and your husband, come to your house etc? Even if they don’t find out from the I-864 there will be many other ways they could once living near you. What if (God forbid) you were in an accident and they turned up to the hospital to find your husband there? What if they keep trying to set you up with girls and somebody else tells them? As Boiler said, if you didn’t want them to know then you shouldn’t have petitioned them really. I don’t think you’re being fair to them by lying to them and bringing them to another country when they don’t know about something so major - if they find out 6 months in, do you think they’d want to stay? Wouldn’t it be better to be truthful now and let them decide if they still want to come? If it’s causing you this much stress and they’re going to find out anyway I’d tell them now rather than risk them finding out from another source. Best of luck to you.

They won't usually schedule interviews if no visas are available though, and the link I gave you above says May 2023 are currently being scheduled for employment based. I'm sure once October rolls around it won't take long. Good luck.

Then it seems you do need to take the I-864, it's on the consulate specific interview instructions - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/GUZ-Guangzhou.html#pre_interview_checklist Is that the document you're worried about, or is it something else?

Perfectly normal, and nothing to worry about. The visa quota has either been met or is about to be, so they're only scheduling those DQ'ed well before your date - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/iv-wait-times.html Which country were you born in?

What exactly are you worried about them seeing/hearing? Is it a specific document or something else? And which consulate?

Can you amend your text so it's a bit smaller? No idea why it's coming up so huge but it makes it really hard to read! Boiler wasn't saying you had aged out, just that you are looking at two issues - aging out and seeking to acquire - as one. All you can do is wait and see what NVC say, and if they refuse to move you back to F2A that's when you'll have to argue that you couldn't seek to acquire within a year anyway due to their original error. Good luck.

Is he South African? Why is he not interviewing in the country where he's resident? That would presumably be much easier if he can't travel to SA easily.

Their advice is correct though. It does keep the case active, but it doesn't stop you aging out, they just didn't mention that bit! But as I said above, if you couldn't submit in June 2024 because they had you as F2B, that's the argument you'll have to make if they refuse to move you back.

That didn't seem to be within the one year window to me though, as from the dates you've given a visa become available to you on 1st June 2024. So you'd have had to have paid the fee etc before 1st June 2025 to have met the sought to acquire requirement. But I've only done a quick look/calculation - if you're eligible, NVC will put you back to F2A soon I'm sure. I guess the argument you'll have to make if they refuse is that because they incorrectly moved you to F2B the first time, it mean you couldn't pay the fees etc when you should have been able to. Good luck.

That does keep your case active, but doesn't stop you aging out in to F2B. You have to 'seek to acquire' the visa within a year of it becoming available to you if you want to take advantage of CPSA. See this webpage - https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/child-status-protection-act-cspa "To benefit from CSPA as an alien applying for family preference (including VAWA self-petition), employment-based preference, or a DV , you must seek to acquire lawful permanent resident status within 1 year of when a visa becomes available . This is referred to as the “sought to acquire” requirement. You may satisfy this requirement by: Properly filing Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status; Submitting a completed Part 1 of Form DS-260, Immigrant Visa Electronic Application; Paying the immigrant visa fee to the Department of State; Paying the Form I-864, Affidavit of Support, review fee to the Department of State (provided the alien is listed on the Affidavit of Support); or Having a Form I-824, Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition, properly filed on your behalf."

When you say they abandoned it, do you mean they've actually withdrawn the petition? Or just left it? No problem applying for a B visa either way, your chances are slim of it being granted but you can always apply.

Depends on when the quota is met.

Yes. If visas aren’t available then that’s the same regardless of who applies.

Possibly, or EB immigrant visa. Sounds to me like they already know the OP has changed occupations and are just checking s/he’ll be honest about it and not misrepresent themselves.

Not really long term (that might be relevant to somebody sponsored by their sibling with a 25 year wait ahead of them maybe, but not a spouse/fiance visa). I concur with @Crazy Cat and would absolutely not apply for a B visa in your situation. If denied you’d probably not be able to visit on ESTA again for quite some time which would be far too risky.

Pregnancy isn’t a valid reason for an expedite - there’s a sticky thread in the main spouse/fiancé forums for info. But by the time you get to the interview stage, most of the waiting is done anyway as London is a pretty quick consulate.

EB3 would be several years wait, H1-B (unless cap exempt) wouldn’t let you move for well over a year, and that’s only if you got lucky in the lottery. So neither terribly helpful with getting you to the US any quicker than a spousal/fiancé visa would.

It’s on your profile - top of the page. Or just click on your name and then ‘timeline’. https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=490083

Nothing you can do but be honest and tell them that. What visa?

Please do ‘pay it forward’ and fill in the timeline on your profile, so you help everybody else going forward. Thx.

There’s no exemption as only derivative applicants under 14 don’t have to attend an interview. He’s a principal applicant on his own petition so an interview will be required.

Then Advance Parole isn’t relevant to her or something she’d have been eligible for. She needs to find out if it’s a glitch on the status checking website, or if the lawyer messed up and filed for something he shouldn’t. You’re correct, the I-130 is the only thing that should have been needed at that stage.

Have a good look at the step by step guide here and the forms involved, then see if you still think you need a lawyer to help. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition.html

There are two types of E visa - investment and treaty trade. Apologies, typo above and I meant the E1. But unless you have very specialist skills and extensive work experience (I assume not if you’re on a J-1 now and looking at doing a degree) then a self sponsored green card isn’t an option, so you would need your company to petition you for any employment based visa. So start by asking then if they’d sponsor a visa for you to stay, if not then at least you know. If they will sponsor it then if H1-B doesn’t work and they don’t qualify for E-1, then see if they have offices outside the US and perhaps an L1 may be an option after a year working for them abroad. F-1 really isn’t feasible so if employment based doesn’t work then I think you’ll just have to go home and wait out the F2B.