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Looks like OP has an interview scheduled at end of September, if you check his/her timeline. It probably would have been a bit quicker if the quota wasn't about to be reached, but they have presumably scheduled it for then as no visas will be able to be issued until the new fiscal year anyway. So probably no different to a non expedited case would have been. Edit: looks like you're EB3? So yours would be very different, you'd need the company to make a case for an expedite (versus the OP who's self petitioning). What's your PD and are you 'normal' EB3 or other workers? If you could fill your timeline in as well that would be super helpful, thanks.

Perfectly normal. It's actually moved a lot more this year (it didn't move a single day throughout all of 2022 and 2023). It's getting towards the end of the fiscal year and just means they've got enough applicants prior to the current date to be dealing with for now.

Found where? Unless it’s from a legit source then ignore it (particularly if it’s AI, which is totally unreliable).

Its fine. But he doesn’t get a visa until right at the end of the process (step 12 I think?). So not until then.

He has to live in Canada, he can’t move to the US until he has the visa.

You won’t be applying via adjustment of status. That’s a different thing. You’ll marry and then apply for your immigrant visa via consular processing. Follow this step by step guide - 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 There’s also a good VJ guide at the top of the page. You can’t move to the US until you have your visa, although you can continue to visit whilst it’s processed. Good luck.

Assuming he’s outside the US and will be applying for his visa via Montreal? So you get married, then file the I-130 as the first step. Once that’s approved (approx 14-17 months unless things change between now and then) you’ll start with step 2 onwards on here - 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 There's also a good VJ guide at the top of the page. After 3 years of living in the US on his green card he’ll be able to apply for citizenship. Good luck.

Assume this is in response to me asking you to complete your timeline? It's on your profile, click on that and then you can fill it in and it adds to the VJ body of knowledge which is super helpful, thanks.

This recent thread asked the same thing, so might be useful -

If you're adjusting status, it's not IR1. That's a visa, you're not applying for a visa, you're applying for a green card. Hence why the IR1/CR1 sub forum isn't relevant to your situation, that's for people outside the US who are applying for a visa to move here. You're already in the US and adjusting status. Two different routes.

No, it's for anybody adjusting from a work, tourist or student visa.

No problem. Your duplicate thread in the CR1/IR1 sub forum has been removed, as that's not relevant to you. This is the right sub forum for any questions you have about your process. Good luck with it.

**Thread moved to Adjustment of Status from Work, Student and Tourist Visas forum as it's not a spousal visa application** Current processing times are here - https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ How did you apply for AOS, via a USC spouse?

It is, again it's a commitment she'd have to make if she did want a green card. If she really wants to keep her LPR status, then records of a job and filing taxes would help if there was every any doubt. One Saturday afternoon a week would do it though, she doesn't have to get a full-time job! No idea where you're reading that, but it's not true. https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/guides/B5en.pdf As I said above, indefinitely. She'd just need to make sure she logged in to CEAC or take another action at least once a year.

Ah, didn't realise she was 18. Probably not so vital then, but still I'd say a will is important, particularly if you want your kids to get your estate (or at least some of it). I hear you on the politics, taxes and medical insurance. I'm in Massachusetts where property taxes would be comical if people didn't actually have to pay them. I saw a house on Realtor.com the other day, it was a really nice house on 10 acres, but even so it was $90k a year in property taxes. Just a tiny bit higher than our council tax in the UK. 😂

They may yes, they say the quota is going to be reached soon, but we have no idea of knowing when. Could be later today, could be longer.

So she doesn't live at the university? If she'll essentially have two 'proper' homes, one with each parent, then it will be trickier to prove she's made the US her permanent home and that she's only abroad temporarily. I still think it's doable though, as long as she spends every holiday with you. How much time off does she get each year in total (including every break, not just the big ones)? Not sure why you think finding a job would be difficult for her, are you very rural? There are tons of casual jobs for students here, even just babysitting or something would help, then she'd have her job in the US and also be filing tax returns there. Mine is a barista at the local Starbucks in the holidays, she's also waitressed etc. It works particularly well for my kids as US colleges have different term dates (for example, all of the local students that she works with are returning to college this week, but she doesn't leave until mid September), so employers were really keen on using her to fill the gaps of local students. If you don't think it's going to be feasible and she may risk her LPR status, then you have two options - the re-entry permit you mentioned above, or just holding off applying for the visa until she's in her final year of her degree.

Just search the forum and you'll find tons of threads and people who've done this successfully - Montreal is the one consulate where it's an exception, but that's not relevant to you. Do you still have a bank account in the US? Include that too if so, along with proof you've been filing your US taxes.

You don't need to be living there, but you do need to show you've been making concrete plans to relocate once the visa is granted - maybe exchanges with a realtor, plans to sell your house in the DR, evidence of job hunting, a hotel/AirBnB booking for when you first arrive, etc. Anything that shows your intent to re-establish domicile in the US. It's hard as there's a long wait for an interview in the DR, but you will really need it for interview rather than the NVC stage.

I think it's time for a good immigration lawyer personally, you don't want to mess around with this particularly with the current administration. Good luck.

That would be exactly why I'd make a will as a parent. I may not want the person the law says would get guardianship of my child to have that. Awful thought but if you died tomorrow, would your child want to return to her home country and relatives there, or stay in the US with your husband? These are vital things to think about and why a will is a good idea. Why are you not on other insurances? You should be, particularly his life insurance (and vice versa).

Medical insurance is a big help, as that's not something roommates would be on. You need to get a will sorted anyway (particularly if you have a daughter), regardless of immigration, so that might be a good one to get done and again will show that it's a legit marriage. What about joint insurances? Car/life/even pet or similar?

My daughter is at college overseas, and it's a valid reason for being out of the country, but you'll need to make sure all of her ties are in the US. Entering every 6 months isn't automatically enough, she could lose her residency after a much shorter time outside the country if she's deemed to have abandoned it. So my daughter has her only job in the US, she only files US taxes, her only home is in the US, her immediate family is in the US, she has a driving licence, her name is on the lease of our house, etc. She's never had an issue, but she has all of that proving that her only home is in the US, and comes for every single school break and long weekends occasionally too. If your stepdaughter gets other breaks, get her to come home for those too, just be prepared to spend a lot on flights to keep her LPR status! Mine spends 3 months here every summer, one month at Xmas, one month at Easter, and then has two 'reading weeks' as well, in February and late October/early November. So at least 5.5 months of the year is spent in the US, but we usually aim for 6 months so that it's 50/50, with long weekends as well. Frankly, we're only staying here because both of our children want to maintain their GC's and get US citizenship. My husband and I would be outta here by now if that wasn't the case! We are making sure that their only ties are to the US and hopefully don't lose their LPR status from studying abroad. As I said our daughter is keen to maintain her LPR status and apply for citizenship before she finishes college, so it's not been an issue for us, but we have various friends whose kids start college overseas and then suddenly want to stay there for the summer to travel or work with their peers, and that wouldn't be possible for somebody on a green card. They just don't have that flexibility. So be open and honest with her and say that if you go ahead with this, you need her to commit to coming home at every available opportunity to maintain her LPR status, or it could be money down the drain. If she's not prepared to do that, then I'd hold off on applying for her visa until she is. You can delay it indefinitely. Good luck.

It's not an error, it's because there will soon be no more visas for this fiscal year in most EB categories. But more info is needed to help you - your visa category, country of birth, and Priority Date. Please post in a relevant thread in the UK forum (or start your own if there isn't one) and somebody will try and help.

None of that is helpful. You need to think of things that show you live in the same property but differentiate you from being housemates. Being on his medical insurance as his dependent is a great one. Ditto life insurance. Share your wills. Etc. Good luck.