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What official job offers list? I’d say you’re too early to be searching for a sponsor for a casual job. Most businesses won’t be looking that far ahead, particularly with the US economy in flux, they’ll probably be waiting to see what happens in the next few months. Good luck.

They haven’t had a stamp yet, that won’t happen until they enter on the visa. It’s the visa that is only valid until July 2025, so they must enter the US on it before that. But then once they enter the endorsement (stamp) gives them the temp green card for a year. They become LPR’s as soon as they enter on their visas.

I think the confusion is you’re talking here about ‘cases’ being approved, which would mean the entire thing rather than just the petition. Most people want their sibling petitions to take as long as possible (so any dependent children can still be included) and would rather be at USCIS than NVC until the point their PD becomes current on Table B.

Ignore the ‘My Progress’ tab completely, it’s notoriously unreliable. It’s about 17 months for I-130’s at the moment, so hopefully not too much longer for you. Good luck.

If the baby is a US citizen then no need for the I-130, just their passport.

Read the whole thread - they tried DCF and were refused, went down the SB-1 route and that was approved. Only fairly recently though so they’re probably still going through the process, but worth a message just in case. Good luck.

They’ll all vary hugely depending on the category they’ve applied under, and where. Best thing to do is look at the USCIS processing times page which will give you a much better idea for your specific case type/service centre - https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ Good luck.

You can click on people’s profiles to see their timelines, looks like it was just over 15 months. Please do fill in your own timeline to help others going forwards too, thx.

If yours still hasn’t arrived then have you filled in the form to report the card as not being received?

Just to clarify for anybody reading, it’s 6 months from the date of the medical - so most people will have longer than 3 months if they’re not put in to AP. Glad you’ve got the visa, best of luck with the move.

If she hasn’t even got a PD yet then that means nothing has been filed yet, so she’s at least 3/4 years away from a visa. So spousal route will be a quicker option.

It’s all laid out here - 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 And processing times here - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html As @Crazy Cat said, the biggest variable now will be your consulate. Wait for an interview once the NVC stage is complete can be as little as 2 months, or as long as 2 years, depending on which yours is. If you can fill in your timeline then you’ll get a better idea. All of this is assuming you’ve filed for an immediate relative. If you fill out your timeline then it’ll also help as then we’ll know what kind of case it is when you ask questions.

It would only make a difference if it was an immediate relative case (i.e. spouse of a citizen). Those are processed quickest, there is no urgency for USCIS to process I-130’s in other categories as there is no visa available straight away anyway, so they tend to take longer.

Yes. You won’t qualify for a TN visa unless your occupation is eligible. I would think you’d struggle to get an employer to sponsor your visa with that job tbh, presumably you’d need fairly good knowledge of the US financial markets to do that role? Do you have a spouse and if so, what does s/he do? Maybe their job is more likely to lead to a visa?

Yes, absolutely fine. Your approval will just be put on hold until the medical results are received.

That’s spot on the quoted processing times for people that applied back then, so hasn’t got faster, it's just what would be expected for anybody that applied that long ago. It’s different for those applying now though, so the OP should assume 17 months as per the quoted processing times, and maybe longer given the staff cut backs (I suspect the backlog will grow between now and then).

They are only issued once a month usually. Which date in June though? Please fill in your timeline, thx.

As Boiler said, H1B would be ok. But you say apply in September, would the type of job you’d be applying for be likely to be cap exempt? If not it will be October 2026 before you could start work anyway (at the earliest, if you did get lucky in the lottery) so may not be worth it.

It would depend on the job and your experience. Plus finding an employer that would be happy to sponsor your GC (unless you qualify for a self pétition one such as EB1A). What do you do?

Ah, thought there might be an age limit. H2B would require a labour cert so also seems unlikely.

No, you can’t drop the waiver application at the consulate. It must be mailed to Phoenix as per this page - https://www.uscis.gov/i-601-addresses Your lawyer will sort it for you though. You’re mentioning ‘a few months’, but did you check the link above about processing times? Currently showing nearly 3 years.

My point was that in the UK as a contractor working for just one employer you’d usually be deemed an employee with the company taking deductions from salary, sorting your taxes, giving you paid holidays, benefits, etc. So that person could legitimately say they are an employee to the US government. Other countries may be the same, which is why I mentioned it. But never mind!

What do you mean ‘drop the waiver’? Presumably your employer has an immigration lawyer that’s done all of this for you and is aware of her inadmissibility? Is that who you’re speaking to tomorrow? I would make sure you get really good legal advice on this, I’m just not seeing how you’ll prove ‘extreme hardship’ when you are choosing to leave your wife behind in Canada because she’s inadmissible. So you’ll need an excellent lawyer to build a case with a chance.

You need to follow the official guidance, it’s all set out on there - 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 And she’s applying for an immigrant visa.

Yes, as I said I was looking at it from a UK POV. I don’t know where the OP’s husband is, so no idea on if they’d be considered a contractor or employee there for tax purposes.