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  1. appleblossom
    It's going to be tight time wise for F2A - as Boiler has said, F2B is more likely, so best to expect that and be pleasantly surprised if it's not.
  2. appleblossom
    Not sure I'll think it's over until the cards actually arrive - Informed Delivery says there are 3 packets on the way from USCIS but there are 4 of us, so somebody doesn't have one yet! 😂
  3. appleblossom
    How long ago in the past? Most consulates are getting through their backlogs and times are getting quicker. The current time for spouse visas in Ankara seems to be around 4-5 months, so hopefully it will be quicker than a year for @Aya2538 although I can't find any threads for EB applicants there.
  4. appleblossom
    How old are the siblings now?
  5. appleblossom
    The US may not extend tourist visas, but I know other countries do. My mother spent 4 years on Canadian visitor status, extending online every 6 months whilst her PR app was processed. Perhaps it's just the usual problem of tone not being portrayed well in the typed word, but your responses are coming across as aggressive and rude to somebody that was simply trying to help. I wish you luck but I think I'm done here.
  6. appleblossom
    Visas can usually be extended, even if they're for an initial 6 or 12 months. The digital nomad visas are renewable, usually indefinitely so I'd look further in to them if she qualifies. Most countries have January or April intakes for students as well, not just September/October. I understand she may be 'long done with education', but surely it's an option worth looking at if you're saying her life is in danger if she has to go back to her home country? Once you've applied for the I-130, you could also ask for an expedite, so that may help things.
  7. appleblossom
    None of us can know where may suit as we don't know what she does for a living, what skills she has, how old she is, etc. Plenty of countries have options that may work i.e. remote working visas (Dubai, Barbados etc), working holiday visas if she's young enough and from a country that qualifies (Canada, Oz, NZ, UK, etc), or study permits if she has the funds to study abroad. Or other countries have much longer stays for visitors (Canada, Malaysia, etc) than 3 months. Personally I'd exhaust every option of a third country rather than risk her being banned from the US, as that would make things even harder for you both.
  8. appleblossom
    That's good, still a chance then. What's the usual wait time/backlog like at Rio? Hope it's not too long.
  9. appleblossom
    A doddle. 5 minutes if that, just checked our paperwork, checked the address to send the GC's too, and stamped the visas, then waved us on our way. I've had more questions when entering on holiday!
  10. appleblossom
    Maybe Rio hasn't sent any out this month yet? Not sure on when they send out IL's or what the backlog for that consulate is, but hope you hear soon.
  11. appleblossom
    'Not a good thing to do' is a bit of an understatement! It's immigration fraud and could result in her being banned from the US. As above, can she not wait elsewhere, where is she from, is Canada an option?
  12. appleblossom
    Update from me - changed to 'card was mailed' today, so that's taken 11 days.
  13. appleblossom
    Might be too early to say - a lot of consulates only send them out once at the end of the month. Have you had yours?
  14. appleblossom
    The pros on VB reckon it will be affected as people try and qualify for EB1 to avoid the EB2 backlog. But time will tell I guess. I'm sure you'll be DQ'ed soon and London was super quick with everything for us in May/June/July so hopefully you'll have it all through asap. Just add on a few days for the usual expected DQ date as EB applicants have to mail their docs in, so it's usually a week or so longer than the standard time. Good luck!
  15. appleblossom
    OK, just posted in the wrong section then. Hopefully a kind mod will move it for you.
  16. appleblossom
    Follow the links given in your previous thread - You've posted this in the section for LPR's sponsoring family- are you a green card holder or citizen?
  17. appleblossom
    It induced a brief moment of panic for me as I had my interview in July so I panicked and thought it would be cancelled - then I realised my PD was well before (Feb 2023) anyway. 😂 Mike E said to me at some point that he thought I'd squeezed my application in just before the EB backlog that he was anticipating, hopefully you've done the same. This article is quite interesting, it's been linked to on VB a couple of times. https://immigration.net/2023/06/15/the-coming-apocalypse-for-employment-based-immigrantswhat-the-current-backlog-in-perm-labor-certifications-dol-prevailing-wage-requests-and-pending-and-approved-i-140s-means-for-future-visa-b/
  18. appleblossom
    There's a different section specifically for the SSN, you tick a box to say you want it sent automatically after you enter on the immigrant visa. But yes, you can provide an updated address for the green card at the interview, we did the same thing as we didn't have a house when we applied so just used my office address. I typed it up and printed it out and took it with me, the officer updated it during the interview.
  19. appleblossom
    We'd ticked the box on the DS-260 to ask for one to be sent to us. I don't actually know how long it took, as it was waiting at our rental house when we arrived there - but that was 10 days after we entered the US. So it was definitely received at some point in the 10 days between us arriving in Boston and then picking up our mail at the new house. The only thing was that 3 of us had the SSN's, and my 18 year old daughter didn't. We waited another couple of weeks and then went to an office, and they told her it was because there is another person with exactly the same name and DOB in the US already, so somebody had decided she didn't need another SSN and cancelled her application - even though she is actually a different person. 😂 But once we'd sorted that out, hers arrived within about a week. HTH.
  20. appleblossom
    If it’s a question about citizenship processing timelines then you’d likely get more responses in that forum - https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/114-us-citizenship-general-discussion/ Lots going through the process there that should be able to help. Good luck.
  21. appleblossom
    You’d be better off asking in the relevant forum, not sure many will have experience on a thread about F2A applicants.
  22. appleblossom
    Cards can take months to arrive but they’re not needed as the IV serves as your green card for a year once you’ve entered on it and it’s been stamped. I already had a job and an O visa, we only got green cards so that my teenage children could work and stay if they wanted - my daughter has been working at our local Starbucks for several weeks already. We’ve also opened bank accounts, got learners permits etc, with no problems at all.
  23. appleblossom
    Mine changed a few days before yours but the status still says the same thing and no sign of it yet. I’m keeping an eye on Informed Delivery as well as I gather it sometimes doesn’t update with the tracking info on USCIS. I’ll let you know if they turn up this week.
  24. appleblossom
    The dates he’s mentioned are EB2. EB1 is current again as it’s the new fiscal year, I’ve never known it not current in the last few years so when it retrogressed in July it was a bit of a shock! We’ll see how long it stays current, the forum pros reckon all EB categories will be struggling more for numbers as time goes on (see the EB2 NIW thread).
  25. appleblossom
    Nowhere close unfortunately, even with the new fiscal year. Have you got your PERM yet? https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-october-2023.html
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