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See the Visa Bulletin for dates for the different countries - it’s linked to above. And here’s the info on informing NVC - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/national-visa-center/immigrant-visas-processing-general-faqs.html#ivp6

Email, and usually just a few weeks. Good luck.

Ok, so this is the VJ guide you need - And here’s the official info and link to apply - https://www.uscis.gov/i-130 When does your daughter turn 21 and when will you be eligible to apply for citizenship? As the child of a LPR unfortunately she’s got quite a wait ahead of her, whereas children of USC’s are classed as immediate relatives and don’t have to wait for a visa number to become available to them. So if you’re eligible to apply for citizenship anytime soon it would speed her process up considerably. Good luck.

Doh! Yes, sorry - late evening here and my brain clearly isn’t working. It’s the other way around. But it does depend on the country and how things move, often F1 will be quicker than F2B, and it says that it will move faster in the coming months. But as said above you can opt out of the conversion - you should still inform NVC though and can then choose which category he’s in depending on how things go between now and his PD becoming current, and such category moves quicker.

And where is she? Are you a citizen or green card holder? You seem to have posted in both forums so it’s not clear.

Yes, same case. See the Visa Bulletin. He’ll move from category F2B (currently those with PD’s prior to Nov 2015 are eligible for visas), to category F1 (PD’s of Feb 2015). So that’s 9 months less wait time, although of course it’s not linear and may change between now and his PD becoming current.

It depends. Who are you petitioning for and where are they?

Just to be clear, his case isn’t ’waiting to be called for an interview’. It’s waiting for him to become eligible for a visa. Once his Priority Date is current on the Visa Bulletin, then a visa will become available to him and he will be added to the queue for an interview. As said above, starting again would mean another lengthy wait. But you should inform NVC of your citizenship as it may knock a bit of time off his wait.

They can do, whether you'd want to shorten your visa validity h is another matter. I booked mine before I had the IL as we only had one possible week that we could all have had the medical done, and we knew we'd be leaving as soon as we had the visas through anyway.

Yes, you need to apply for a B visa. Just be aware that if you need a waiver for your conviction (you won’t know this until the visa interview) then current processing times are 9 months so don’t make any travel plans until you have a visa in hand. Best of luck.

As said above, you need to look at the Visa Bulletin. It's currently at October 2011 for the Philippines, so 4.5 years behind your PD. Is your parent going to apply for citizenship anytime soon?

I'd give it a lot longer than a week, at least 30 days, that is the best way to contact them in your situation. Not sure why you'd dispute the charge? Your application is being processed if they've taken payment, but somehow you've just not been sent the receipt notice or it's gone astray. If you dispute the charge then you'd have to start all over again (and pay more as fees have increased since).

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So we're in agreement. As I said above, it's rare for those applying via London to be put in to AP, unless they have ties to another high risk country. You've not answered above which country you also have citizenship of, but I assume it's one of the usual MENA/Pakistan/etc. And there is no way of giving a personal estimation, even if one has been through AP. Everybody's case is different. I've seen people's cases take only a couple of weeks and others take a couple of years. The only thing that can possibly make a difference is the country involved, as some are better than others at coming back to information requests and keeping records.

I think @dabursot2 means it's unusual for cases in London to go in to extended AP, additional screening/background checks aren't needed for most applicants. Whereas applicants in high risk countries like Pakistan or Nigeria will be much more likely to be put in to AP. With London it's usually triggered by being born in, being a citizen of, or previously living in another high risk country. Or occasionally it'll be the field of work that can be a factor. It doesn't mean you won't be issued your visa, it can just take a lot longer whilst those checks are completed.

My point is you don’t split, multiply or do anything to the number as each person has a different application and a different amount required. So for your gf it would be $97,125 and if it’s 5 times for her son it would be $161,875 if my maths is correct. That’s pure assets as you say above you’ve earned $12k in the last year but also that’s from investments so depends on what those investments are as to whether they can be counted or not. Remember that for assets to count they must be able to be liquidated within a year - is that the case with your retirement account?

@Rainbow Aligator is another EB1 who was also DQ’ed in Nov I believe, and interviewed in January. There’s a London thread for EB2 applicants in the UK forum that may be worth a look too, have a read of the last few pages of that and see if people there have been getting interviews. Good luck.

AP can take days, weeks, months or even a year or more. No way of knowing how long yours will take unfortunately. But you can absolutely ask for your passports to be returned, and it won’t impact the process at all. Good luck.

Honestly, pretty much no chance from what you’ve said. I can’t see an employer being prepared to spend thousands of dollars, wait months and go through all the hassle to sponsor your visa when they could probably hire an American instead. But all you can do is try. Apply for jobs, and make sure your LinkedIn profile is up to date and set to open to work in the US. 99% if the headhunters that contacted me about jobs in the US came via LinkedIn. And if you don’t have any success, look at it as a long term plan and work towards it. Get more experience, work your way up (ideally in a multi-national company - a transfer is more likely) and maybe look at increasing your education. I don’t know about the tech field but certainly in mine you’d need a masters really to be considered. Good luck.

If asked to prove it, it would be things like showing a leave of absence from a job (rather than resigning from it before travelling to the US), showing a house lease/mortgage - and again showing notice wasn’t given/the house wasn’t put on the market until after getting to the US. Basically proving one only intended to visit and still had a life in their home country to return to.

That is unusual though, lots of UK citizens have tried and been told no as they’re not resident there. So I’d say your case was the exception rather than the norm for London.

Her PD is the crucial bit of info. Looks like she’s applied under F2B? So if her PD is 2020 she’s still got many years to go

Then it will also depend on if you’re Turkish or not I believe. I’d start a new thread asking in the relevant country forum, with your country of nationality, and hopefully somebody will be able to help.

You've been given the same response previously it seems, so what happened that time? So

Daft question but you’ve checked your email settings? It’s not set to plain text or similar? If not then you can try sending the docs yourself as Lemonslice has suggested, or contact London and ask them to resend the courier info. Good luck.