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Ah. Yes, that's going to be very tight then. No visa can be issued until 1st October but it could be 2nd or 3rd before yours is printed, as they will have a fair amount to get through. But yes, I think most had them by about 10th October last year (it was reached in August), do double check the threads though. I would contact them asap and explain the situation, maybe you could pick it up instead to save time?

OK, so EB-1 means no visa until early October as the quota has been met. When exactly do you need it back for? It shouldn't take longer than about a week, last year I think most EB applicants had the visas issued and passports back within 10 days max (but you can check the EB threads just to double check). I don't know of any phone line I'm afraid.

What kind of visa and what stage of the process are you at? It would be really helpful if you could fill your timeline in. It's usually a couple of weeks for it to be returned, but if you've already had your interview and been approved, you should have it back well before October anyway unless you're put in to AP.

You can apply to change your status, but E-2 is also non immigrant, so your wife's chances aren't any better with that. Why has she been refused? What's the business you're buying/starting, how many US citizens will you employ, and what's the long term plan? Just spend a couple of years in the US getting the business going and then return to Pakistan? Or are you hoping to stay in the US longer term? P.S. Thread moved to Work Visas sub forum, as you're not adjusting to LPR status.

Very unlikely but free for your employer to try so may as well. Please complete your timeline, thx.

https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM050413.html Hope that helps. He will hopefully be in the US later this year/early next. Good luck.

Unless there’s a reason he wants to wait, just pay it now, and get everything submitted. That could have been done anytime after the Welcome Letter was received, he just can’t get a visa until October. Which consulate will he be interviewing at?

Ah, I see, I thought ‘they’ was plural. There isn’t even a visa available to him for a couple of weeks.

They need to follow the step by step instructions 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 Who is ‘they’? Is the applicant married?

Ok, as long as they’ve had it. They’ll also need to submit docs though.

They can’t do either until they get the Welcome Letter. But are you sure they haven’t had that already? They should have done a long time ago. See the link above for info on the CPSA.

The only date that matters is when a visa becomes available to them - so 1st October. It doesn’t matter how long the visa takes after that as they’re protected under CPSA once they become current. https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/child-status-protection-act-cspa

It means they become current on 1st October. So that’s the date for their CPSA calculation.

I would remove your statement, it's got far too much personal info in it and makes you VERY identifiable! But do you need a personal statement? I didn't for my EB application. I had 5 references (3 from people within the US), plus a very good case (hundreds of pages) put together by my lawyer, I didn't write any of it myself at all.

Yes, which is why I suggested you look at PNP. But if you wouldn't be scoring anywhere near enough (most people wouldn't unless they're already living and working in Canada) then it's a moot point anyway. So take the test above and the CRS score test as well, and then take it from there. Good luck.

You can just take the online tool yourself (will do the same as a consultant anyway) - https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/come-canada-tool.html And you need to check your CRS score as a first step, if you want PR via EE. Then you can see if you stand a chance for a general draw. Bottom line is that Canada wants young, highly educated people, ideally with specialist skills or French language, so if you don't fit that narrow criteria you're better off looking at other visa routes such as PNP. Most routes will need one of you to get a job offer, so start exploring that and seeing if either of you have a company that will transfer you etc. Good luck.

An immigration lawyer won’t help you with any of this anyway, it’s nothing to do with visas. 1. Depends on the bank. Some will close accounts for non residents, but if you have regular payments going in/out then you should be fine. Mine (Starling) has been happy to keep mine open. You can do all of the things you’ve mentioned from the US though if you needed to. 2. File a P85 with HMRC. And if you’re renting your home you need to inform them you’ll be a non resident landlord. That’s it other than the usual people you’d tell if you were moving anyway i.e council tax, utility companies, DVLA, car insurance etc. It’s also good to let your doctor and dentist know, just so they can free up the space and take another NHS patient. 3. Get yourself an AMEX card if you haven’t got one already. Then they’l let you open up a US one using their country transfer service, and you’ll get an instant credit rating in the US. I got a card with a $15k limit and a credit score of over 700 within my first fortnight in the US thanks to that. Get a US phone line set up before you leave so you have it from the moment you land - I did with Mint Mobile. Good luck!

It’s scheduled for you. You can reschedule if you need to, but I would only do so if you really have no alternative. If you receive an IL in Oct/Nov it may be for an interview in January anyway, there’s usually a couple of months between IL and interview date.

Could you report her Dad? And have her stay with your friend? She’s several years away from a visa. The only other option is you return to Canada, after getting a re-entry permit?

You'll need custody, unless she'll turn 18 soon? Just to be clear, she can't just 'go home every six months', she must live in Canada and visit the US. If it looks like she's trying to live in the US without the proper visa, she may well be denied entry and that would be far worse. But visiting regularly is fine, as long as she has plenty of ties to Canada and isn't trying to visit for too long/too often. If her father is neglectful, is there anybody else she could live with in Canada maybe? Best of luck.

As said above, if you're a green card holder she's not eligible to adjust status I'm afraid. But yes, knowing if you are married to a USC is critical - if so, your spouse could petition her and she could adjust status through him/her. Please give us more info on how you became a green card holder and when.

You got super lucky then. Let’s hope you get lucky another time. Good luck.

Was this your first year applying?

Unfortunately yes. Until you submitted the DS-260 you didn't actually apply for a visa, so you were only added to the interview line in June.

Why did you wait until June to submit the DS-260? Monrovia has huge interview delays unfortunately, so I think your chances are slim now.