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Replied to your other post, but interviews are currently being scheduled for those DQ’ed in October 2022, so she’s still got a couple of years to go unless things speed up. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/iv-wait-times.html As said above, your idea of her entering as a visitor and then trying to adjust status is immigration fraud and not possible, she just had to be patient and wait it out. Hopefully the backlog will reduce between now and then.

For Abu Dhabi? It’s about a 2.5 year wait so she’s still got a long way to go if she was only DQ’ed in Oct. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/iv-wait-times.html

I think it was pretty much the last day so you might hear later. But have you checked your junk/spam folder?

1. Yes 2. & 3. Not needed as you have what is required. You can travel anytime, so get the flight booked asap. I wish you the very best.

All EB applicants are prioritised the same, and it’s done by DQ date. So you’ll be ahead (for example) of an EB1 applicant that was DQ’ed last month. You could well receive an IL in June but it’ll depend on how many people are in line ahead of you. There may be tons of EB3 applicants that were DQ’ed well before you and will get priority. No way of knowing so just don’t make any plans or book anything, but hopefully not long now. Good luck.

3 months is probably about right, maybe 4 months. London is one of the quickest consulates luckily.

If it’s been fully opened it’ll need to be resealed. Not sure which consulate you’ve applied at, but here’s the info from the London consulate - https://uk.usembassy.gov/visa-faqs-information-for-immigrant-visa-holders-and-applicants/#:~:text=If your visa package (a,it was damaged during delivery.

Why do you think that? It didn’t move forward at all in June and given the big jump it did in May I wouldn’t be surprised if it remains as Feb 2025 next month too. Basically, if that’s what you’re relying on then don’t as you may be disappointed. As said above, your wife needs to decide what she wants more - a visit home and consular processing, or staying in the US and being unable to travel for a while.

Not long. If you have Informed Delivery this is when it’s really useful.

And that's the perfect example of the My Progress tab being pointless. The day you get approval it changes to 18 months left. 😂 Congrats!

Totally agree with this. Income taxes in the US are slightly lower than the UK (at least where I am), but by the time you've factored in healthcare there is no difference, and cost of living is MUCH higher. Any states without federal income tax don't work out being any cheaper once you've got property tax and state taxes, we did look at moving to NH because of the lack of income tax but it made about $200 difference a year IIRC! I own a few businesses and can't see any financial advantage to opening one up in the US, but I guess it depends where in Europe the OP is referring to (I'm only basing that on my experience of the UK).

H1-B and L-1 are both dual intent. But a green card is also perfectly possible from O-1 and E-2 - I got EB green card with O-1.

So are H1B and O1.

I don't think 'most people' do try for O-1, that's a pretty rare beast. H1-B yes, but that's because they're being sponsored by a company, I'd imagine that anybody with their own business would look at L1 or E2 but that's not the case for most immigrants who move for work. I know a lot of people who moved with their current employer purely because they wanted the expat assignment deal i.e. house/car/schooling paid for, plus everything taken care of. They can then open their own business in the US once they've got green cards and a heck of a lot of money behind them thanks to the corporate relocation! And without having the restrictions of an entrepreneur related visa i.e. having to hire x amount of US citizens, having to show sustainable growth of the business, having to invest such large amounts of money on physical premises etc (as @OldUser said, $100-200k isn't likely to cut it). That's a lot of pressure for a new business when your visa is tied to the business being a success. So you'd replace 'fear of being fired' with 'fear of the business failing and then having to leave the country within 30 days'.

7 months may not be enough to be 'safe' though. There is no set minimum time, if it's thought that you have abandoned your LPR status then you could be in trouble even with far less time out of the US. My eldest is a green card holder at university overseas and splits her time between the two, pretty much the same split as you're planning on doing. She is stopped on entry every time now, and taken in to secondary. The only reason she's not had an issue is that she can prove that her family is in the US, her only home is in the US, she only pays taxes in the US, she has a job in the US, and studying abroad is a permitted reason for absence. If you had another home outside the US and less ties then I think you'd be in trouble, particularly with the current administration who have definitely made it tougher. Basically, if you're not prepared to make the US your permanent home for 4 years or so (until your wife gets citizenship) with just occasional vacations outside it, then I'd stick to the B visa. Good luck.

Ignore the ‘My Progess’ bar completely! It’s horrendously unreliable, I wish they’d just get rid of it as all it does is induce anxiety.

As it says, last updated 2nd May. It’s a new tool, they’ll probably only update it once a month or so.

Your own business isn’t going to work for a visa. Sorry to be blunt but that’s not special enough for an O-1, for an O1-A you have to prove that you have “a level of expertise indicating that the person is one of the small percentage who have arisen to the very top of the field of endeavor” with “national or international acclaim”. Any other business related visa would require you to hire US staff but it sounds like you’re a one man band? If it’s an online business I think you’d also struggle to prove you need to be in the US. But think of it as a long-term plan, maybe in 10 years you will have various outlets, and lots of staff working for you. Then a business related visa would be more feasible. And your other role is more promising. As @smilingstone said, look in to the possibility of an employment transfer. Also, whatever you do, don’t work for your own business when in the US! Getting caught working when you shouldn’t be could cause major issues down the line. Just enjoy your vacations and leave the laptop at home. Good luck.

Do fill your timeline in, that will help you and others enormously. Good luck.

I'd also say 24 months is overly pessimistic for a CR1, assuming the OP would be interviewing in Sweden.

**Thread moved to the K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures forum, where similar topics are discussed**

It’s going to be very tight. It will depend on how quickly he’s DQ’ed, and that’s really down to you. If you get everything done at the NVC quickly and he’s DQ’ed within a couple of weeks then he may get an IL in June, the actual interview may not be until August though and of course you then have to allow a couple of weeks to get the passport/visa back. And if he misses the June cut off for IL’s then his interview could well be after mid August. It may be worth asking for an expedite with evidence of his school enrolment. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/iv-wait-times.html

You need to make sure it meets the requirements of the country specific document guidelines. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Nigeria.html It would be better if you kept all of your questions related to the same application in one thread.

OK, so you'd presumably say child then. Which question number?

Well, that depends on who you're petitioning! If it's your child, and it's asking your relationship to him/her, then you'd say mother or father.