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  1. appleblossom
    You can’t apply for the DV lottery, you’re not eligible as you’re already a green card holder. You either need to file to give that up before you can apply for anything else, or get back to the US asap. The latter would be much cheaper but you need to get moving on it. Good luck.
  2. appleblossom
    A boarding foil would have been much cheaper than another green card. But regardless you're still a LPR at the moment. Do you have anybody in the US you could get a replacement green card sent to? I'm going to ask that a kind mod splits your questions off in to your own thread rather than hijack the OP's any further.
  3. appleblossom
    Oh, and if you're only just at the DS-260 stage there's no way you'll be a LPR by January. The wait for an interview at Montreal is about 6 months for spouses, so even if you are DQ'ed soon the earliest you could expect an interview would be around April next year. Which is why pausing your case and getting your spouse to file I-130's for the 3 youngest children so they can catch you up makes much more sense.
  4. appleblossom
    It would be leaving them for at least a couple of years? What do you mean 'not at mercy of step mother'? She just needs to petition them, the same as she's done for you.
  5. appleblossom
    So why not apply for a replacement/get a boarding foil so you can go back to the US? If you are still a LPR, you're not eligible for a new green card from the DV lottery.
  6. appleblossom
    No. You'll have the same chance as anybody else applying. Have you actually relinquished your GC though?
  7. appleblossom
    A, unless you want to leave your children? And then you petition for your eldest once you are a LPR and in the US.
  8. appleblossom
    Have another read of the answers given above. There are no derivatives for immediate relatives. Your children need their own I-130's filed for them - follow @pushbrk's guide above so that you and the 3 youngest children can immigrate together. Good luck.
  9. appleblossom
    Because your visa will only be valid for 6 months from the date of the medical, so they will leave that to the very last minute.
  10. appleblossom
    Covid, when visa processing was suspended and consulates were closed. A lot of consulates have caught up on themselves now, but many still have a big backlog. https://ke.usembassy.gov/visas/#:~:text=STATUS OF VISA PROCESSING AT U.S. EMBASSY NAIROBI&text=U.S. Embassy Nairobi continues to,you for your continued patience.
  11. appleblossom
    Again, who is petitioning you? You've not answered that question and it makes a huge difference.
  12. appleblossom
    Ah, you'll be hoping for the opposite result to me in November then - I'm in renewable energy. 😂 It is crazy expensive here but I couldn't live in Texas, that was a location option but not for us. To do your timeline you need to go to your profile, click on your name on the top right and it's there. Then it means anybody searching can filter by just EB1/EB2 applicants and get all of our timelines which is super helpful.
  13. appleblossom
    It's not whether you specifically ar getting paid, it's whether anybody could ever be paid for the same role i.e. if you were doing a driving job that the charity would normally pay for. So as long as it's genuine volunteer work and they never compensate anybody for it (and you're not being compensated in any other way i.e. with accommodation) then it should be fine.
  14. appleblossom
    Yep, but depends on who it petitioning the OP. If it's an agent, they can work in various places. If it's the employer offering them 20 hours a week, they cannot work for anybody else on the visa, so perhaps that's what the lawyer is referring to?
  15. appleblossom
    You only need to have completed a general high school education for the DV. So as long as you've done that, you should be good.
  16. appleblossom
    It's not the processing time of her visa, it's the wait for an interview that is longer. Other consulates (Lagos, Islamabad etc) have similar or even longer waits. It's just due to a big backlog, things have sped up this year though. Best of luck.
  17. appleblossom
    Ah, you're talking about the wait for an interview? The processing time for the I-129f is the same regardless of country, it's the wait after that that differs.
  18. appleblossom
    You can apply from anywhere, but note that he cannot enter the US on his tourist visa and try to stay - that's immigration fraud. He can visit, but then must return home to wait for his immigrant visa. I-130 is the only form you need to file to start the process, once that's approved you'll then have to do his DS-260 and submit his documents, but I-130 is it for now. Good luck.
  19. appleblossom
    Are you sure that's the reason, where have you seen that? I'd be surprised if that is the case as immediate relative I-130's are normally given priority. I assumed it was just because of an increase in applications due to the fee increase in early 2024 (people rushing to apply before prices went up so now they have far more cases than usual to get through).
  20. appleblossom
    You can track it using CEAC as usual, when it's on its way it will say 'in transit'. And you can search timelines on the forum to find recent processing times from DQ to IL at Manila. To respond to somebody individually you can either quote them (highlight the text you want to respond to, or just hit the 'quote' button), or you can use the @ symbol to tag them i.e. @dle3452 Good luck.
  21. appleblossom
    Yes, I'm aware, but the petition approval is USCIS which is what I assume you meant when you said 90 days? So nothing to do with Manila.
  22. appleblossom
    Good travel insurance will be vital. And a return flight and a hotel booking of course. Other than that, that'll be all you need - maybe proof that it's genuine volunteering (i.e. not admin work or anything anybody could be paid for), but I assume the invitation from the charity will cover that. And you might want to take a bank statement to show you have enough funds to live on for the 42 days just in case you're asked for it. Good luck and well done for volunteering, I hope that Milton doesn't make things much worse.
  23. appleblossom
    As above, ignore it completely, it's useless. Contacting your employer is very unusual though. Are you the petitioner or beneficiary?
  24. appleblossom
    There is, you can search timelines, although that does of course rely on people having filled them in. Looks like there were some 60+ days last summer as well, so not dissimilar. It always increases over the summer as focus is shifted to student visas etc that have a hard deadline - and of course this year, there was also the Diversity Visa as well. Now that deadline has passed, things should start to speed up again.
  25. appleblossom
    I never said it had to be full-time. If it's not your agent sponsoring you then who is it?
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