What is the Priority Date for my brother?

[lnliu 0]

Hello,

I am a US citizen. I sent in an I-130 for my brother in 2004. We received a receipt in 2004. Is his priority date the date when USCIS received his application?

At Vermont center, it shows the current processing date is 3/19/2001. Does it mean 3 more years the USCIS will process his petition? How many years he needs to wait after that?

One more question, my father became a US citizen last year. Will it be faster if my father submits a petition for my brother?

Many thanks to whom will provide some information here.

[Dakine 26]

Hello,

I am a US citizen. I sent in an I-130 for my brother in 2004. We received a receipt in 2004. Is his priority date the date when USCIS received his application?

At Vermont center, it shows the current processing date is 3/19/2001. Does it mean 3 more years the USCIS will process his petition? How many years he needs to wait after that?

One more question, my father became a US citizen last year. Will it be faster if my father submits a petition for my brother?

Many thanks to whom will provide some information here.

Looks like about 11 years for your petition and 7 if your dad applies!

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin...letin_4497.html

[aaron2020 11,651]

Hello,

I am a US citizen. I sent in an I-130 for my brother in 2004. We received a receipt in 2004. Is his priority date the date when USCIS received his application?

At Vermont center, it shows the current processing date is 3/19/2001. Does it mean 3 more years the USCIS will process his petition? How many years he needs to wait after that?

One more question, my father became a US citizen last year. Will it be faster if my father submits a petition for my brother?

Many thanks to whom will provide some information here.

Your brother's priority date can be the same as the receipt date. The dates can differ. You need to look at the receipt notice from the USCIS to determine the actual date.

Approval of the I-130 is only one step. After approval, the beneficiary has to wait until a visa becomes available in his/her category. Your brother is in the F4 family preference category; US citizen petitioning for a sibling. Currently, F4s from China with petitions filed before Dec. 22, 1998 are eligible for visas. So your brother has another 5-6 years until his priority date becomes current before he is eligible for a visa. His petition may be approved sooner than that, but he still has to wait for his priority date to become current.

Your US citizen father can file for your brother. If your brother is unmarried and under 21 years old, your father can file for him as an Immediate Relative and it would be about a year before he is eligible for a visa. If your brother is unmarried and 21 years or older, your father can file for him in the F1 category which has a 6-7 years wait. If your brother is married, your father can file for him in the F3 category which has a wait of 9 years.

[lnliu 0]

Hello,

I am a US citizen. I sent in an I-130 for my brother in 2004. We received a receipt in 2004. Is his priority date the date when USCIS received his application?

At Vermont center, it shows the current processing date is 3/19/2001. Does it mean 3 more years the USCIS will process his petition? How many years he needs to wait after that?

One more question, my father became a US citizen last year. Will it be faster if my father submits a petition for my brother?

Many thanks to whom will provide some information here.

Your brother's priority date can be the same as the receipt date. The dates can differ. You need to look at the receipt notice from the USCIS to determine the actual date.

Approval of the I-130 is only one step. After approval, the beneficiary has to wait until a visa becomes available in his/her category. Your brother is in the F4 family preference category; US citizen petitioning for a sibling. Currently, F4s from China with petitions filed before Dec. 22, 1998 are eligible for visas. So your brother has another 5-6 years until his priority date becomes current before he is eligible for a visa. His petition may be approved sooner than that, but he still has to wait for his priority date to become current.

Your US citizen father can file for your brother. If your brother is unmarried and under 21 years old, your father can file for him as an Immediate Relative and it would be about a year before he is eligible for a visa. If your brother is unmarried and 21 years or older, your father can file for him in the F1 category which has a 6-7 years wait. If your brother is married, your father can file for him in the F3 category which has a wait of 9 years.

Thanks to both responders.

My brother is married with children. His receipt starts with EAC dated on 3/31/2004. We hope that is his priority date.

Very strangely, his file was transferred to NE center,which I thought is for employment immigration.

Edited July 21, 2009 by lnliu