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Once they are done they'll be in touch.

It's not a good sign or a bad sign. It just means they're doing the necessary checks, as I said above.

Yes! Never known it be accurate for anybody, all it does is cause worry and I wish they’d scrap it. Just for one case though? Hopefully the other approval will be along soon. 🤞

OK, so not current yet. At the moment the wait for an interview in Lima is pretty short (approx 4 months) once a visa is available, but your sister could still be several years away from that, so I wouldn't worry about it now as that may well change between now and then. Good luck.

The link for what? The Priority Date will be on the receipt, it's essentially the date you applied.

What EB category are you? Please do fill in your timeline to 'pay it forward' and help others, thanks. IL's for EB applicants will be slowing down considerably now until the new Fiscal Year.

Ah. In which case I have no idea, but I'm going to tag @pushbrk as he is the guru for self employed applicants, hopefully he can help.

It’s not AGI, it’s total income. Line 9 of the 1040 IIRC. Is that well in excess of the figure needed?

It’s the total income figure on your 1040 they look at, is that $100k?

What’s the PD, country of birth and which consulate?

You’ll need to add him on CEAC - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/step-2-begin-nvc-processing/ceac-faqs.html#ceac16 DQ isn’t relevant until you’ve paid fees, uploaded docs etc for all applicants. Only once you’ve done that will you be DQ’ed, and then it will be back to waiting for a visa to ge available. Good luck.

Just upload the birth certs again. Sounds like you might need to rescan your Moms. For the income, are you self employed? How many in your household?

It's under 21 on entry, not the date of marriage. https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/child-status-protection-act-cspa So that might buy you a little more time.

Presumably grandmother petitioned her son under F1 or F3 - and those categories do allow for derivatives.

I've asked above, what do you currently do for a job? Is it relevant to your friend's company? You still can't adjust, as you have to be in the US legally to do so for employment based adjustment.

Right, and as I said above you paying child support and alimony is even more evidence that you're separated. So no, you can't use the marriage to try and adjust, you need to find another option. If you are genuinely stateless (although you say you've had a Serbian passport above, so that seems to contradict that?) then you could explore some kind of refugee status with a really good lawyer. If not, then work, or waiting 8 years or so to get a green card via your child, seem to be the only options, but neither are going to mean you can stay now so you need to get your statelessness/citizenship sorted asap. There are charities that can help with that side of things, for example - https://www.unhcr.org/us/about-unhcr/who-we-protect/stateless-people Best of luck.

You don't need to. It sounds like you are absolutely separated from what you've said, it's not a legitimate marriage any longer, and to try and apply for AoS based on it would be fraud. Unless you have just not explained it very well. Do you have a joint bank account? Is your name on your wife's lease/mortgage (or vice versa)? Are you a dependent on her health insurance (or vice versa)? Are you on her car insurance (or vice versa)? Are utility bills in joint names? Have you been filing taxes as married?

An approved I-130 gives you no right to stay, and you have no basis for adjustment, so any previous dismissal isn't relevant - you are absolutely at risk of deportation right now.

No, no work around, he'd have to sort that, but he's going to have to do that no matter what. He can't get any kind of visa/green card without documentation to prove his citizenship/identity. I doubt employment based would be an option, not least because he'd need a waiver for his overstay, but depending on his job it may be worth exploring as it seems the spouse route is out.

What documents would you sign for a separation? Alimony and child support aren't relevant, in fact they hurt your case and don't help it (if you were still happily married you wouldn't be paying them). If you're separated then you have no grounds to adjust. If you tried, then you'd need to prove it's still a bonafide marriage, doesn't sound like you could do that. What do you do for work? Wondering if there is a route to a visa through that instead of your ex.

Oh I missed that, saw 'bypass' and think my brain just jumped to heart bypass! I agree then, very little chance of an expedite IMO, it's certainly not a medical emergency. Her family can go to Turkey to take care of her though.

It's not clear from your post what stage of the process they're at. Are you saying that the grandmother filed the petition 5 months ago? Or that they got their visas and entered the US 5 months ago? I would start a new thread of your own, as your question isn't related to this one, but give more info and somebody will help.

Odd advice, he wouldn’t have been taxed twice on it due to the tax treaty in place with the UK. You’d have had to declare it, but then claim a foreign tax credit for whatever tax he had already paid. Income tax is usually higher in the UK so nothing should have been due. I’m in one of the higher tax states but still don’t pay a penny on my UK earnings in the US, I just declare them on my US return but there’s no tax due on them. It might be worth double checking that decision and amending if it turns out he wouldn’t have owed any taxes after all, it would help in your current situation but also you could get a chunk of money back. Good luck.

It's not possible to apply for DCF if you have already submitted the I-130, but I doubt those would be valid grounds anyway. You could try for an expedite though. Good luck.

You asked here about whether anybody been granted a visa with a PD AFTER 15th July 2012. I answered that question very clearly. But to say it again, of course they haven't, as is NOT POSSIBLE BY LAW. Now you're asking about visas being issued BEFORE their Priority Date. That's not possible either, as it would mean they were granted a visa before they even submitted the I-130. Maybe next time you don't understand something you could politely ask somebody to explain it, rather than just being rude to them when they've taken the time to try and help. Good luck to you.