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I don’t think WhatsApp groups are allowed to be advertised on VJ, so don’t think you’ll find any here. But this forum will be useful anyway - you can find Lagos specific threads and timelines by searching.

In your first post you say ‘visiting for job purposes’ though, so it sounds like you’re living elsewhere? So that won’t be enough.

If you’re a USC then she’s now an immediate relative, so no more waiting for her date to become current on the VB. So about 18 months as a rough guide, but it will depend on the consulate as some have lengthy queues for interview dates, whilst others don’t have a wait at all.

No, the others have had their visas issued so you'l have their passports shortly. Was it an adult male that has been put in to AP?

It's perfectly normal and nothing to worry about. The status goes to 'refused' (which is different from 'denied') after the interview, it's whilst they do background checks ('AP'). AP can take a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or longer. Nothing you can do but wait until it's complete and the status changes to issued. Good luck.

Make sure you download the instructions that go with the form (https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-130instr.pdf), and also the info on here (top bar - go to 'guides') and shout with any questions, there's usually always somebody happy to help. Good luck.

Her Priority Date will be on the receipt notice. Just checking, but you filed for her, not your wife? When you say 'her application was approved' do you mean her I-130 was approved, or she was Documentary qualified by NVC?

I see. So your mother will wait to join with the siblings? You want to slow things down as much as possible then, you don't want her interview for several years yet.

Yep, perfectly normal, don't pay any attention to the tracker tool as it seems to be hopelessly inaccurate. Go with the posted processing times on the USCIS website and then if you get it any sooner it's a bonus. Your profile says you've applied for an I-1 visa, but you've posted this in the family visa section - IR-1 maybe?

Presumably those people have an earlier PD or they’re immediate relatives though, your PD only became current today, so you have only just been added to the queue for an interview.

Ah, so you only had to do the I-824 for one parent? What a pain! Are they happy to move separately or are you going to delay one interview until the other catches up?

Looks like you had to file a I-824? So that will have delayed things by quite some time, has that been finalised yet? You're not added to the queue for an interview until that's done.

I can imagine. We had a tough enough time getting people like my daughters employer and bank employees to understand that our I-551's acted as temporary green cards even with the stamp - the employer in particular (Starbucks, who you'd think would know better!) were most insistent that she couldn't work until she had the physical green card. It took a lot of print outs from the USCIS website and arguing to make them realise, if she hadn't had hers stamped she'd have had no chance.

Really strange. I just can't see how that would work for anything else i.e. employment checks, bank checks, etc, as they won't be able to access the digital systems, so will rely on the actual stamp and date next to the visa.

That's odd, never heard of that, and all 4 of ours were certainly stamped when we entered a few months ago. Without that I can't see how it would act as a temporary green card, as there's no way of knowing what date you entered etc, so it wouldn't be valid surely?

Yes, immigrant visa fee for the production of the green card - and yes, it's paid to USCIS, you'll be told how to pay at the interview. Looks like you've already got your interview date?

No, he'll usually interview wherever he's resident. As above, he's decades away from that point though so I wouldn't worry about it yet, wait and see where he is when the time comes - who knows what life will bring for him.

No way to expedite, Vermont processing time is currently showing as 15.5 months. https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ HTH.

https://egov.uscis.gov and yes, you’ll need to pay the $220 immigrant visa fee for each of them.

I was responding to another member who is applying for an immigrant visa, not the OP. 🙂

OK, sounds like your case isn't at the consulate yet. What does your online status say, does it say it's in transit?

You have to provide police certs as part of the NVC process. And they do full background checks on applicants, applicants family etc - it's why sometimes AP can delay visas being issued by months or even years. You'll need to get your medical history from your Canadian doctor for your US immigrant visa medical, so yes, that will form part of your application. If you can give more info on what specifically you are worried about, then forum members can advise you better.

Absolutely no point in putting it in a Ltd company as it will cost you a lot to do so (different if you’d purchased it through a Ltd company though). We do have a Ltd company with investment properties and didn’t even contemplate moving our family home in to it as we’d have lost a fortune, even with being able to claim interest as an expense. We rent our home, just filled in the HMRC non resident landlord form and will do self assessments. Most expenses can be claimed against any tax due. We don’t use an agent, we did it all ourselves using OpenRent, our home is worth a lot in rent and I couldn’t bear the thought of losing so much each year to agents that wouldn’t do much to earn it! But we have rented numerous properties (we always use OpenRent) and perhaps if we didn’t have that experience, and the property had a lower rental value, we might have done it differently. We are lucky and have excellent tenants, it’s a risk but if you have family there that can keep an eye on it that helps. Just be aware of Capital Gains Tax - the US is particularly brutal on this, particularly if you’ve owned the property for a long time.

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 HTH.

Your parents can’t be added to the queue for an interview until they’ve been approved and then gone through the NVC process (pay fees, supporting docs & DS-260). Once that’s all done and their cases are Documentarily Complete they’ll start the wait for an interview. So it was an important first step towards that! Congrats.