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According to your time line you went through the same process.

I was wondering if its exactly same process and timeline.

Here you are.

You just quoted my own post I posted that link earlier. I read it. Its not elaborate on the steps. Its same instruction copied from USCIS website. I just wanted more information.

No OP, you asked about having your parents immigrate, not visit. The title of your thread even says so. You were given pretty good instructions on the first page and now Boiler has just given them to you as well.

Maybe if you have actually read my posts. I am asking for immigration steps, because thats only option left for me to have my parents come visit us here. They were denied other options. And I have read those instructions before making this thread. They are very brief at best. They just say apply through I-130 and then if approved, parents can go and get visa. I specifically asked some questions, which were not clear from instructions, I wanted to know the timeline and steps during whole process. I specified all this in OP.

If you guys have nothing else to contribute than post same link again and again, if you can not elaborate actual steps on this process, answer questions I asked, then please don`t spam. Maybe someone who has gone through this process when applying for their parents, can post and answer my questions.

I just wanted a timeline of events that happen throughout this process, like we all have timelines in our signatures for different visas. Is it so hard to understand?

None of these posts contribute to what I asked in OP. I wanted to know step by step procedure of going through immigration to get my parents here to visit. I did not want a debate on which visa to get. I know which one to get. I asked how to go about it and how the procedure is.

Now this thread has become a circle jerk. So if you know anything about this procedure then post and contribute otherwise please take this debate somewhere else. i don`t need to know about tourist visas, thanks!

People say that this is expensive option, which it is, but not that much more than tourist visa gamble. Like my parents, most people try tourist visas couple of times and get refused. They end up wasting that money in a gamble. $300-$500 spent in visa app fees, travel and lodging to embassy etc. So better try once and second time take GC, better if GC is option, don`t try tourist straightway as its wastage of time and money when they refuse. Better take GC and if not willing to keep it, give it up and get Tourist visa.

I never said I liked the current system!

You're right, a bit of common sense would be great when it comes to issuing tourist visas, and a bit more tightening of the rules about adjusting and overstaying.

Or a seperate visa category that doesn't permit abuse at all.

Unfortunately too many people have left great careers, land, houses and even children to move to the States and used their tourist visas to do it, bypassing the lengthy greencard route. The US presumes that EVERYONE in the world dreams of living in the States so they make it tricky for them to do so.

Unfortunately your parents are paying the price for these rules.

If you want to go for the greencard then go for it, it will take a long time and cost you a lot of money but that's up to you.

There are tales on here about people getting their greencard, then handing it back after they've visited and then being issued tourist visas as they've shown that they've had the opportunity to live in the States and not taken it, thereby proving they have no immigrant intent.

I would have simply preferred tourist visa option. But having tried twice, it seems like stupidity to try again. I know some people who have parents on GC and they maintain it easily and also some have been given the option to surrender the GC and get tourist visa for 10 years. Thats why after all these consideration, I have chosen this path. Only thing was to get better understanding how it would work. How the whole process is. Thats why I made this thread to see step by step process of this. But we all ended up discussing other things. I have seen it happen in other threads.

I exhausted other options before going for GC route. Its lengthy and expensive compared to Tourist visa, but its an option which seems best.

My parents can yes, I can't. I've been denied three times so far thanks to my own stupid mistakes and therefore I haven't seen my children in 7 years.

But that's not the fault of the embassy staff, the law says they must presume immigrant intent and with an immediate family member becoming a US Citizen that provides a path to AOS if they were to be granted a tourist visa, therefore the law says that it should be refused unless the applicant can undoubtedly prove they have no wish to immigrate.

Don't blame the officers when it's the law that causes unfair anguish and stupid consequences that forces people to apply for immigrant visas when they don't want to immigrate. And therefore increases the processing time for those who do.

The law's at fault, not the embassy.

Yes, but see when they say "unless the applicant can undoubtedly prove they have no wish to immigrate." that leaves a big room for person taking interview at embassy to decide either way. My mother is a Govt employee there in India since 30 years and she would retire few years down in the future. She took vacation from Job and got a proof showing she has been approved to visit outside of India for a month. My parents own land, real estate properties, and a house in India. Which they showed as ties that would bring them back and also at same time if they actually intended to stay in US then they had option of different visa, why would someone who want to stay in US and have option of GC would in their right mind go and ask for a tourist visa, just think? How in a right mind someone working in Govt sector for 30+ years would willingly lose her retirement and pension? So a immigration officer with little bit of common sense would see these things and then decide to give a tourist visa.

Very EASY for you to say. Your parents or your spouse's parents can buy a ticket and be in the US. The system leaves her no choice.

Right, neither my parents and nor my wife`s parents are here with us. We both are US citizen, me since this year and her since 2008. Her parents have been denied tourist visa once and since then her father has denied to apply ever again. My parents tried twice. We wanted to have an option for one of our parents to come visit us whenever we needed. If nothing else, her or my mother to be available whenever in future we plan to have a baby, big reason we have been holding off on that is because of this. Because we need someone to help out while raising our first child.

No, it is a good 6 months after your case number gets current. That can take a few years.

So you send in all the info, and you get a case number. Then you watch the visa bulletins for the next few years, and as soon as it becomes current, they process it and the timer starts.

But as you said, if they do not want to live in the US, don't bother with the immigrant visa. They will lose their greencard if they don't spend enough time in the US.

Since when parents immigration takes years? It does not. It would take around a year as I know. Where you get the info that for parents, it would take few years, maybe you are confusing it with sibling immigration?

They would eventually live in US in future,if not now.

It's a stupid messed up system which stops some family members of US Cits from getting tourist visas but it wasn't the fault of any 'idiots' at the embassy, they just do their job following the rules they have to follow.

But a green card isn't for visiting, your parents will probably lose it unless they spend the majority of their time in the States.

They might be following rules, but tourist visas are still at their discretion and I did not understand why would they deny that to my parents. They did not give any proper reason for denial. Also if you think about it, denying tourist visa to them meant that we now have to get them here on a GC and then see what to do so they can keep on visiting us when needed and not to be dependent upon mercy of a bureaucrat. This is only solution that makes any sense to me. On subject of keeping their GC valid, will cross that bridge when it comes to it. But I just want a way to have my parents visit us when they want to. And only way is this.

Do your parents want to live in the US?

Not really. Maybe sometime in future but for now they just want to visit us. Thats why we tried tourist visas for them twice before but idiots at embassy rejected them both the times. So that was quite disappointing and disheartening as we had bought our first home here and I wanted them to come and see it and then live with us for a month or so, wanted to show them USA.

Finally after becoming citizen I decided, I wont take chances with tourist visa roulette and instead will go with immigration visa.

That's the one.

1. What are required income guidelines to sponsor my both parents?
2. I am between jobs, my new job is about to start in first week of December. So I was wondering at what point during this process, we need to submit a affidavit of support showing my income?
3. How can I make sure they both are through this whole process together? I want them to go to embassy together and then travel together.

1. Calculate your total family size, you then need to make 125% of the federal povery guideline limit for that family size

2. Once your visa bulletin becomes current, it will be processed by USCIS first, which takes about 6-odd months. After that, it's NVC time where you submit your AoS documents

3. File everything the same time. Sometimes there are a few weeks in between approvals if one of the documents for a person is not there or unclear, but you can play a bit with departure date, and ask for the interview to be postponed, explaining that you need them to travel together.

Its me and my wife, no children, so our family size becomes 2, right? So I would submit affidavit of support somewhere around 6 months down the line after applying? And income we should be concerned about is for next 6 months or so? or would it take into affect, what we made this year also?

There is a link in the text that gives you all the details, did you click that?

Do you mean this link http://www.visajourney.com/content/immigration-parents?

http://www.visajourney.com/content/immigration-parents-overview

It will take a few years though. So file ASAP.

Thank link has very small amount of info. Does not answer any questions I have. Thank you though.

Stop with this fear mongering.

It has been done for people who are already in the country and living here since a long time. There are some conditions that need to be met before they can proceed further. also it does not grant them nothing else other than that they won`t be deported. All presidents have done similar things in the past.

I have become US citizen earlier this year. My parents have earlier tried twice to visit me and my wife here but they were denied tourist visa both times. Now as I am citizen so only way I see for them to visit us is after they get Green Card and immigrate. So I wanted to file papers for this. But I would like to know how this works out.

1. From what I understand is I would file I-130 but what happens after that?
   
2. I need to see some sort of flow chart or if someone can describe the steps that we need to go through to make it possible.
   
3. What are required income guidelines to sponsor my both parents?
   
4. I am between jobs, my new job is about to start in first week of December. So I was wondering at what point during this process, we need to submit a affidavit of support showing my income?
   
5. How can I make sure they both are through this whole process together? I want them to go to embassy together and then travel together.
   

Thankfully you got through it. some of us are still stuck. but I think USCIS needs a independent authority overlooking their whole process. Kind of harrassment people go through is mind boggling.

When I called USCIS they said my case delayed as they did not get response back from FBI for name check, What can one do about that?

I filled n400 in August and did Biometrics on Sept 5th 2013. Since then there has been no updated on my case. Spoke to NBC in dec, made an infopass to local Raleigh Durham Office they told me I would hear back by 12th Feb but nothing since then.

Called NBC today spoke to a Immigration Officer. Who said 2-3 different things. One was they might have lost my Fingerprints etc but he did not elaborate on it. Then he also said they are waiting for FBI to clear my name or something and that it has not come back from them. He suggested i call FBI and ask them, I told him why would I do that, I filled an application with NBC not FBI.

He then said it can take a year, 2 years anytime for FBI to do it and waiting for that. I said there should be some responsibility and a written response about this situation should be sent to me, so I know who and where are messing my case up. I was still talking to this guy whom I got on phone after waiting on line for 2 hrs and then he hangs up on me.

So now I am wondering what should be my course of action next. How to get a legal responsibile answer from these guys. I have been in this country since 2010, did my green card , extension to green card etc all on timely basis and nothing ever was complicated before. So was wondering why would suddenly now they are delaying this. So any help would be wonderful in finding a way to get this resolved.

You can try by starting with an InfoPass appointment but that may lead nowhere beyond wasting your time and hearing nothing more than what you were already told over the phone.

If InfoPass helps, go from there.

If not, start with your senator's office.

If that does not help, you can "escalate" your application to court and compel USCIS to make a decision on your case.

I did infopass once in Jan already and they did put out a enquiry. Even this Immigration officer said he can not put service request till first one resolves. but no time frame he said to resolve. now i have made another infopass for march 6th but dun have many hopes.

I filled n400 in August and did Biometrics on Sept 5th 2013. Since then there has been no updated on my case. Spoke to NBC in dec, made an infopass to local Raleigh Durham Office they told me I would hear back by 12th Feb but nothing since then.

Called NBC today spoke to a Immigration Officer. Who said 2-3 different things. One was they might have lost my Fingerprints etc but he did not elaborate on it. Then he also said they are waiting for FBI to clear my name or something and that it has not come back from them. He suggested i call FBI and ask them, I told him why would I do that, I filled an application with NBC not FBI.

He then said it can take a year, 2 years anytime for FBI to do it and waiting for that. I said there should be some responsibility and a written response about this situation should be sent to me, so I know who and where are messing my case up. I was still talking to this guy whom I got on phone after waiting on line for 2 hrs and then he hangs up on me.

So now I am wondering what should be my course of action next. How to get a legal responsibile answer from these guys. I have been in this country since 2010, did my green card , extension to green card etc all on timely basis and nothing ever was complicated before. So was wondering why would suddenly now they are delaying this. So any help would be wonderful in finding a way to get this resolved.

yes, sorry for the long time to respond.

Ok thanks, lemme see when i can get it done.

I would chhose the third option even though that it doesn't apply to you. I mean not all the options will fit everyones needs lol.

You mean "Case services follow up"?

I would make an infopass and see what's going on. If you want to call go ahead to. But if you feel like you are getting nowhere with them call your senators and ask for help. Good luck.

When I try to get Infopass, i selected option of already case filed. then next it gives me this

We offer 4 kinds of appointments for a case that you have already filed. Please choose from the following - Order from Immigration Court - If you were directed to us for processing based on an order from the Immigration Judge. You must bring all documents required in the post order instructions given to you by the court.

Case Processing Appointment - If you received a notice to go to your local office for further case processing.

EAD inquiry appointment - If your I-765 employment authorization application has been pending for more than 90 days.

Case Services follow-up appointment - If it has been over 45 days since you contacted NCSC and have not received a response to your inquiry. You must bring the Service Request ID Number related to your inquiry to the appointment.

And none of those apply to me. What should be done?

Yes u r right. There is nothing like that. My 3 year of GC has been completed on 11/23/2013. Still I am on initial review. Some sep filers took oath..

What does ur status says?

I am still Initial Review. Fingerprints done in first week of Sept. So it has been so long.

If some applicants who applied after you and they got done before you (keep in mind Im talking about same local office here) then I would suggest you do an infopass and inquire about it.

The difference between talking to a tier 2 and having an infopass is that tier 2 can see what's going on your case but he can only inquire through email about your case in case somebody forgot it (they won't be from the office your file should be in). But infopass a person has to go and dig and find out what really is going on with your case and give you the actual answer. Most of the time both can lead to same answer. Another difference, when you talk to a tier 2 you inquire about your case from home. When you have an infopass, you have to drive and go into the building and all of that. One saves gas the other doesn't lol.

You shouldn't have I94 if you are resident you don't have to have that. Only people with visas have to have I 94. They took that I 94 from my passport when I had my interview for adjustment of status.

What would you suggest me to do, I applied in August, did Biometrics on 09/05 and has been under Initial review since forever. I am in Raleigh NC office. I have lost my patience.

So called USCIS today but she was saying it might be taking longer because of local office. But I am now just pissed that i had F prints done in Sept and no news since then, atleast they should have courtesy to keep us in loop and let us know if there is a delay and what might causing it. I hate this vague blanket time frame excuses.

According to your signature you got the green card on 12/24/2010 which means you will change to inline only a month before your anniversary which is 11/24/2013. You can file 90 days before but they do not change you to inline till you are just one month away from the anniversary