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EB1A or EB2 NIW are the self sponsored employment based categories, or EB5 for investment, but that's a huge amount of money ($1.8M IRRC).

Nope. If she's resident elsewhere, the consulate will usually accept the case.Too soon to worry about details like that anyway - if she has no other route other than through you, who knows where she'll be living in a few decades anyway. Where is she from?

Yes, just chucking out suggestions for her to look at, they'll need to work out themselves what she may be eligible for (if anything) and then perhaps speak to a lawyer to confirm.

OK, so kids won't be getting visas through you/your Mom then, they'll have aged out either way. If she has her own business then L1, or E2 maybe? Depends on if she could invest in a business in the US and how many staff she has though, but worth looking at. You don't need to do fingerprints or biometrics at all, you're the petitioner.

If the check has been cashed, it's definitely been accepted and received.

It will say on it on the visa. "UPON ENDORSEMENT SERVES AS TEMPORARY I-551 EVIDENCING PERMANENT RESIDENCE FOR 1 YEAR". Her stamp is the endorsement, so that's her temp green card, good for a year.

I think your maths is off because you're using the current processing time and assume it will be the same going forward, but it's likely to be much longer. For example, F4 category is currently at June 2007. Two years ago (March 2022), it was at March 2007. So it's only moved 3 months in 2 years and therefore the wait times are likely to be MUCH longer than those who applied back in 2007. Yes, your sister cannot be sponsored by your mother now if she's married. The only way for your mother to sponsor her is for her to become a citizen first. Yes, your sister could qualify under F2B if she is divorced (genuinely divorced - she couldn't then remarry and try to sponsor her spouse!), whether her children would get a visa or not will depend on if they age out of the category. How old are they now? So realistically, you're looking at 8 years or so for your mother to become a citizen if she's not even got her GC yet , then current wait time for F1 category is current 9 years - but again, assuming it isn't going to be linear (that category has only moved 2 months in 2 years), I'd guess at maybe 25 years in total. For you to sponsor her, I'd guess much longer than 18 years unfortunately. But the best thing to do would be for you to petition for her asap, get her place in the line. And then for your mother to do the same whenever she's able to. Both of you can petition her no problem, and then it's just a case of who gets there first. Does she have any other route to a visa? Specialist skills that would mean she would get an employer to sponsor her perhaps? DV Lottery?

If you're not in the US, then I don't see how that's relevant? That's only for people who resided in the US when the qualifying relative dies, and when the decision is made on the petition. Neither seems to apply to you. I would contact an immigration lawyer if you want a definitive answer, but I don't see any way that humanitarian reinstatement is possible. Your brothers case has already been revoked and I think that at some point somebody will realise yours should be too.

Also, just checking, but you say petition rather than petitions - you did file one for each sibling?

You need to look at Table B on the Visa Bulletin, that's when they'll be asked to start the NVC process. Currently at April 2004, so maybe in another 20-25 years for your siblings as a rough guess? https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-march-2024.html So nothing to do for now but sit and wait, and check the VB occasionally to see what's happening.

That means you shouldn't count on your immigrant visa being granted i.e. you shouldn't book a flight to the US until you actually have your visa in hand. You can certainly try for the H2B, but as above it's not dual intent, so you'll need to be prepared to show you will return to your home country once it ends. Good luck.

If it’s a new case, you’ll have a new case number. I’m assuming this is a new employer too? Hopefully they’re paying you a lot more - even just above the poverty line wouldn’t be wise in the US, it’s not a good place to be poor. Good luck.

You've posted this in the DV section of the forum, you might want to ask a kind mod to move it for you.

Yes, 3 weeks to create the case and send the WL. So maybe 4 weeks until you can send docs in (it can take a week for payment to clear), then only 10 days or so to get DQ'ed (assuming you've sent everything required of course). End of April for DQ perhaps? After that it will very much depend on which consulate they'll be interviewing at - some consulates are only a couple of months from DQ to interview, others are a couple of years.

Your use of 'home' was confusing, it sounded as though she already lived there on a temp visa. So as said above, the I-485 isn't relevant to you, it doesn't form part of consular processing. This overview of the whole process may be useful, so you can understand each step - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/step-2-begin-nvc-processing.html

H2B isn't dual intent, so you'd have to prove you don't intent to immigrate when you apply for one - rather tricky with an immigrant visa in the works! https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/what-are-dual-intent-visas.html But your PD is current - or are you 'Other Workers'??

You need to contact them as per their webpage - https://tr.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/fiancee-visa/the-interview/ Good luck.

Are you mixing this thread up with another - where's the Egypt or second application come from?

When you say she's working in HK, you mean just on a business trip? What's her status in the US?

Yes, if you're resident in Poland you can ask for your case to be transferred. At the very least, it would be much easier for you to interview and have your medical there rather than having to fly back to the Philippines, so makes sense if you think you'll be staying there.

Not sure which websites they were, but I'd stick with the official source only - https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ As you can see, it says the same processing time for both.

No, you won't get anything until a DQ email or RFE. See the link I gave you in another thread which sets out the process for you.

Not sure what notifications you mean, but if it's the online timeline thing then ignore it completely! It's notoriously inaccurate. The official processing time page says 14 months for most cases, so you're still well within that. But most people on VJ seen to be getting approvals in about 11 months, so you may find it comes through any day now. As said above, for DCF you'd need to start again and it would be a huge risk given how far along in the process you are.

I think the ‘up to 10 weeks’ means in total, not each month. But they haven’t actually specified which is most unhelpful!

I’d just use the official processing times, they’re usually very accurate. It’s updated every Monday. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html