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I’m not really sure what you mean. ‘Normal’ AP is usually only a few hours, a day max. Longer than that and it means they’re checking something out. The visa category has nothing to do with it either way.

But that's my point - it's not linear. It could speed up, or stop, or anywhere in between. If your PD is 3 years ahead of the current VB, you can't assume it will be another 3 years until it's current. The only target is the number of visas issued each year, but there's no target for the Visa Bulletin dates, as it will depend on how many people are ahead of you in the line.

That's perfect normal, it's never linear. You can't expect it to move a year for every year, it's actually been a lot quicker in the past year than usual. It didn't move at all for the 2 years before that.

What do you mean ‘what if they touched me’, did they? I assume you’re over 18? So of course they can interview you alone, you’re an adult. And yes, they can search your phone. As @Boiler said, it sounds like you’ve been working when you shouldn’t have been. You can’t do freelance work on a tourist visa, no matter where your clients are. All you can do now is leave well before your period of authorised stay, and then stay out a longer time before trying to return. And don’t do any work whilst you’re there! And you say your Dad isn’t planning on settling in the US for ‘a year or so’. Does he have a re-entry permit? If not he should get one, his own status is at risk by staying outside of the US for so long, and now that will be on his record too so he should expect more scrutiny if he leaves again. When did they get their green cards?

They say to allow 2 weeks, but it's usually quicker - mine was back in 4 days (interview Monday, passport with visa delivered Thursday). Just bear in mind that you could be put in to AP, so definitely don't book flights before you get the visa in hand, unless they're fully flexible. Good luck.

We weren't, we did ask but had to join the visa line.

It could be anything, no way of knowing. It could be that one of his family members has been flagged for extra checks, or he shares a name with somebody that is of interest and they need to confirm it's not the same person, or that they just want to dig a little deeper on him. AP just takes as long as it takes unfortunately, could be a month or a year. All you can do it wait and hope it's not too much longer, best of luck.

OK, so no visa is available to them yet. Not sure if it'll become current next month, you can check, if not just keep an eye on it. Once their PD is current they'll be added to the line for an interview, it's about 7-8 months wait judging from other threads on VJ. Good luck.

You won’t be allowed in the green card holder/citizens line usually (we certainly weren’t, at Boston). So you’ll be in the same line as last time as you have a visa. Once you get seen though, it’s pretty quick. It was maybe 10 minutes for us? But I’d certainly allow as much time as possible just in case of a flight delay followed by a long wait for immigration. Good luck.

What kind of visa and what’s the Priority Date?

What exactly have you applied for? Do you mean an EB2 NIW? If so, you're still well within processing times so nothing to chase yet - it's about 15 months before you can submit questions about it usually (assuming you didn't apply using Premium Processing of course). If you can clarify then somebody can try and help - please also fill in your timeline, thx.

Ignore the MyProgress thing completely, it's not reliable. If she submitted in July 2024 then you should hear next summer sometime. Good luck.

Have you already registered your appointment? As @powerpuff said, you do have to. So if you haven’t, that could be the reason for it - but if you’re unsure just use the official link to do so rather than any from the email.

Ah, if you’re military that makes sense now. So no tax return has ever been due anyway then - you arrived part way through the 2024 tax year and the return for that won’t be due until next spring.

If you only arrived in February then are you sure you meet the requirements for naturalization?

Ours weren’t taken at POE last year - presumably because they already had taken them at our interview. GC takes up to 90 days so there isn’t any delay yet. Ours took 6 weeks which seems fairly standard.

OK. But I assume she’s a US citizen? And you’re F3 category? So you’re still many years away from being able to get a visa. But when the time comes you’ll add the children as dependents on your DS-260. Good luck.

More info is needed to help you. Whose I-130? Yours or your child’s? Who is the petitioner?

I suspect it's just too early, as it's only been 26 days since a visa number became available to you. And Ghana isn't the quickest consulate for interviews. Hopefully it won't take too long though, good luck.

Exactly which years program did you get selected under - 2024 or 2025?

No set processing time, it varies hugely. As said above, the longer it takes, the less chance any child beneficiaries age out.

Any immigrant visa.

They're two completely separate applications, so not linked in any way - it doesn't matter which order you do them in. Good luck.

It would depend on the religion. There's a forum for waivers, might be worth having a search in that.

You’re a LPR the moment you arrive, once your visa is endorsed that acts as a temporary green card for a year until your plastic one turns up.