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  1. appleblossom
    I missed that you're petitioning your parents as well, I'd assumed they were already USC's. So yes, a couple of years for your parents, but decades for your siblings. Still quicker for your parents to petition your siblings though, but it may be best for you to petition them too as well as 'back up', just in case. And as above, by the time your siblings get their visas, your niece will have aged out, so she'll have an even longer wait as she'll have to wait for your sister to become a LPR and then sponsor her.
  2. appleblossom
    No worries at all. Good luck with the interview, hopefully yours will be as easy as mine was!
  3. appleblossom
    Please add it to your actual VJ timeline, there aren’t many of us EB applicants so every timeline helps others. Plus it makes it easier as then members know any relevant info when you ask a question. For interview questions, have a search - i know I posted about my experience earlier this year and shared the questions I was asked (can’t remember what they were now though - but it was super quick and easy!). And lots of others have shared their experiences too. Good luck.
  4. appleblossom
    Yes, much faster for your parents to do it - still a very long wait but about a decade or so quicker if your parents do it (assuming they’re also USC’s, and your siblings are unmarried). Category F1 v category F4 - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-december-2023.html
  5. appleblossom
    From what you’ve said there are two red flags to overcome - his daughter being in the US, and him being retired with a steady source of passive income rather than a job to return to. Nothing he can do about either of them though, so all he can do is reapply and hope for a different outcome next time. Good luck.
  6. appleblossom
    Are you a US citizen or a green card holder?
  7. appleblossom
    What help do you still need? Your original question has already been answered, so please clarify what questions you still have?
  8. appleblossom
    Now you know that you only have one option after all, hopefully that helps take away some uncertainly and makes things easier.
  9. appleblossom
    You won’t be added to the queue for an interview until your PD is current in January. If you could fill in your profile it would be super helpful when you’re asking questions btw.
  10. appleblossom
    OP is 25.
  11. appleblossom
    OK, so hopefully current at some point in 2024. If you are moving back to the UK then that's fine. But just having the 'right to live' there isn't enough, you do actually need to be resident usually, London has refused lots of other forum members transfers who are UK citizens but don't live there. If you search the forum for 'consulate shopping' you'll see it rarely works.
  12. appleblossom
    @Boiler is saying that if your father does choose to naturalise, you can opt out of moving to F1 category and stay in F2B category instead if it would be advantageous. The section about ‘Naturalization of the Petitioner in Family Preference Cases’ in this link explains it - https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/child-status-protection-act-cspa
  13. appleblossom
    The CPSA is Federal isn’t it, why would it depend on circuit?
  14. appleblossom
    That's because NVC will still have your file, it won’t be transferred to the consulate until they’re ready to schedule your interview. Nothing to do but wait I’m afraid, hopefully the backlog will drop so fingers crossed this time next year you’ll be near the front of the queue - keep an eye on the thread above for info on how it’s going. Good luck.
  15. appleblossom
    Yes. If somebody ‘ages out’ of the F2A category then they move to the F2B category.
  16. appleblossom
    As above, still a long wait ahead due to the backlog at Islamabad. This thread will be useful - Good luck.
  17. appleblossom
    Will the case still be open after a decade though? I thought there was a year deadline before they were closed, or does that not matter as there still won’t be a visa available for a long time?
  18. appleblossom
    In addition to the wait for your PD to become current as mentioned above, Montreal has one of the worst backlogs in the world, so even if current you’ll be waiting a lot longer than 3-6 months for an interview date. I’m surprised your lawyer isn’t aware of that either.
  19. appleblossom
    London is usually pretty strict and just being a citizen isn’t enough, you do have to be resident there. So you can try but I wouldn’t get your hopes up. What is your PD, is it current?
  20. appleblossom
    Ah, ok. Definitely not December then if your PD isn’t current until the Jan bulletin, you won’t be added to the queue until there’s a visa available to you. So hopefully Jan IL for a Feb interview. Good luck.
  21. appleblossom
    We already know it's not current next month, as the VB for January has been released. Personally if I had to guess (and it really is just a guess) I don't see it becoming current anytime soon.
  22. appleblossom
    Depends on if you're in a rush really - you can delay the interview but may end up waiting longer in the end if you do that. Personally, I'd still go to the interview and then they'll just hold approval until anything missing is received. But if the medical appointment is on 10th Jan then it shouldn't take until 24th Jan for them to be received by the consulate, they're sent electronically and usually pretty quick (ours were received 2 days after the medical). Good luck.
  23. appleblossom
    It's an email.
  24. appleblossom
    She should definitely have it by now, as above you need to track it using the case status website (with the receipt number from the GC fee). See what that says. If the status is stuck on 'fee was paid', then you need to fill in this form to get things moving and find out what's wrong - https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/displayNDCForm.do?entryPoint=init&sroPageType=ndc It might be that she has to redo her biometrics or photo or something like that (same thing happened to my daughter, her GC never arrived and it was because her photo wasn't acceptable so had to be redone). But don't panic, her endorsement on her IV in her passport is good as a temporary GC for a year.
  25. appleblossom
    Which country is the police cert for? And what questions are they asking about your husband?
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