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Says 23rd above. HTH.

Out of interest, what checks do they do in Rwanda to see if somebody is free to marry? I married in the UK and they just take your word for it that you're not married to somebody else. So I'm curious to know how Rwanda knows for sure they somebody isn't already married before they commence the wedding ceremony. USCIS may well ask the same thing, so it may be worth having evidence of the checks they do ready to submit as well.

Not much difference in waiting time for you as a citizen, but as Boiler said, at least your children can get married now if they wish. To update your category to F1 you need to contact NVC with a copy of your US passport or citizenship cert. Good luck.

Ignore it completely! I wish they’d do away with the daft online timelines, they serve no purpose.

9th it appears - click on the Timeline link. HTH.

What’s your Priority Date? If you could fill your timeline in it would be very helpful.

No, it won’t automatically change to F1, your mother need to inform NVC of her new status and send a copy of her certificate/passport - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/national-visa-center/immigrant-visas-processing-general-faqs.html#ivp6 And yes, that’s standard procedure until your PD is current on Table B of the Visa Bulletin. Only then will you be asked to start the NVC process. Good luck.

I think Boiler was asking @IRN. But there’s nothing a lawyer or congressman can do if your case is now F2B. There’s simply no visa available to them by law, nobody can change that.

You can't fill the DS-260 in until you've had your Welcome Letter and paid your fees. Not sure what you mean 'fill for the green card', do you mean pay for it? You have to pay the fees when you get the Welcome Letter, and then the $220 GC fee can be paid anytime after interview/visa receipt. So you've got a few things left to pay for, but the $220 fee can be left until your mother is in the US if you prefer. Just don't forget the biggest expense for her - health insurance! If you have a look at the link I gave you, that answers your questions - it's step by step instructions for the whole process. Good luck.

Then no I-485. That's only for those who are doing adjustment of status, rather than consular processing. Now you just wait and follow this process once the file is at NVC and you've received your Welcome Letter (which comes via email, despite the name!). 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

I suspect the person you spoke to just didn't have access to that info if it was only sent yesterday - it won't even have been logged yet. Most cases are sent electronically these days, but it'll be in a queue once received. You'll need to be patient, but hopefully will get the Welcome Letter in a few weeks. Good luck.

I agree that the fee is far too high, but that question isn't planted, it is necessary. If they didn't ask then how would they know how you intend to apply for the visa? I'm sorry that you misunderstood it, but think claiming they put the question in the I-130 just for money grabbing purposes is a bit much! Hopefully it will take less than a year, we have seen a few recently that have been less than that. Good luck.

I wouldn’t worry about it. As long as it’s not a RFE (and your account would show it if it was) then it’s not going to delay anything.

Has your I-130 been approved yet? It doesn’t look as though it has, so there’s nothing to file yet - you’ll need to wait until your case is at NVC and that won’t happen until after your petition is approved.

It won’t make a difference at the I-130 stage whether the petitioner is a citizen or LPR. It’s only after that that it’l make a difference as you’ll be subject to the visa wait, unlike those married to USC’s. When can your spouse apply for citizenship?

I think you must have filled in another part of your profile - your timeline still comes up blank (click on the word ‘Timeline’ on the post above to see).

Where is your mother now?

Depends on the consulate, most don't send them out on a fixed day each month. London for instance, tends to send them a few days before the end of the month, but everywhere is different and they can change it for any reason (I was expecting mine at the end of May and then it came mid May!). Whatever date it is, your interview will probably be scheduled already now (assuming you're definitely getting an interview date in the next batch), so when you get the letter won't make much difference, the date will still be the same. Again it depends on the consulate, London tends to be about 6-8 weeks after the IL for the interview, but other consulates are longer/shorter. Good luck.

OK, I know that there's a super long (more than a year - I think nearer 18 months) wait for EB immigrant visa apps at Montreal, but not sure on spousal - if you go to the consulate section of VJ there will be a timeline thread there for CR1 applicants I'd think. That should give you an idea of how long you'll wait for an interview once you've completed the NVC stage just so you can factor that in to your ideal timeline. You have a year to pay your fees and start the NVC process, so you don't need to worry, and you can delay the NVC process for a long time if needed. And for your timeline on here, please go to your profile and fill it out. That way it pays it forward to help others, but also means when you ask a question in the future people don't need to ask tons of questions to be able to help. Best of luck to you.

Ah, I thought you meant you'd only submitted the I-130 4 months ago so were still waiting for that approval. Please do fill out your timeline, it makes it so much easier for people to help you but also then helps others who follow. I think the consulate is still important though and understanding your preferred timeline - some consulates have a wait or 1 or even 2 years for interviews, so you may find you don't need to delay as the interview wait will take care of that for you. Or you may be at a super quick consulate and definitely need to delay things.

Your profile says F2A, is that right, spouse of a LPR and not a citizen?

When are you looking to delay until ideally, and which consulate? If you need to delay at the NVC stage (once the I-130 has been approved - which could still be a year away) then that's easy enough to do.

As above, it doesn't sound like you qualify for DCF, but you can always try. The Edinburgh consulate doesn't provide visa services anyway. London is the only consulate in the UK that processes visas for UK residents. Good luck.

What skills and education do you have? No employer is going to spend thousands of dollars on sponsoring a visa for you unless you have skills they really need. So don't bother applying for jobs that aren't likely to lead to a visa. Even if you do find a job offer tomorrow from an employer prepared to sponsor you, you're not going to get a visa before February. But once you do return to France, you can always apply for a new visa, just make sure you abide by the terms of your current one and don't overstay it. F1 as suggested above is probably the best option, if you have the funds for it. If not, then you may find that your only option is to return to France and then see how a long distance relationship with your bf goes, before going down the marriage visa route once you are both ready for it. Good luck.

Yes, but only if your sister is unmarried (if she's married then your mother can't petition for her as she's not a citizen yet - green card holders can only petition for unmarried children). You need to first work out if she'll count as legally married or not depending on the details of her marriage. And of course, if she's not married then she'll need to get married for her husband to be able to move as well. I would look very carefully at the various options and timings i.e. if she's unmarried and your mother sponsors her, then she gets married after green card, then brings husband over versus if she gets her marriage recognised now, and waits for your Mum to sponsor them once she's a citizen. You need to work out which may be quicker (with the caveat that things may have changed in a decade or so when she's actually at the point of a visa), but you might want to cost up the various options as well if money is tight, and see which would be cheaper. Either way, it's unlikely her children will all be able to accompany her, but you've not given their ages so hard for us to know. But she needs to be prepared to leave them behind and then sponsor them further down the line with being apart for quite a bit of time. So it's also worth having a conversation with her and seeing if she'd be prepared to do that - no point in paying the fees if not. Good luck.