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No matter if you are employed or a student because your affidavit of support is from you sponsor relative. good luck and hope this helps!

HELLO EVERY ONE

I WANT TO ASK THAT I AM 26 YEARS OLD (UNMARRIED) AT THE TIME OF INTERVIEW IS IT IMPORTANT THAT I SHOULD BE A STUDENT (I HAVE COMPLETED MY STUDIES)OR IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER I AM EMPLOYED OR NOT.

KINDLY GUIDE ME

Filed: FB-4 Visa Country: India
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It looks that we will have more than 2 weeks movement: Please read

Only persons with a priority date earlier than a cut-off date are entitled to allotment of a visa

number. The cut-off dates are the 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd of a month, since VO groups demand

for numbers under these dates. (Priority dates of the first through seventh of a month are grouped

under the 1st, the eighth through the fourteenth under the 8th, etc.)

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Filed: F-2A Visa Country: Russia
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A question.

I've read the instructions to I-130 many times and I believe I understand correctly that I can file for my adoptive sibling. For whatever reason (maybe someone told me) I was under the impression that both my sibling and I have to have been under the age of 16 at the time of adoption, but I do not see that in the instructions. They only state that the adoption has to have taken place before the child's 16th birthday. Am I correct in thinking that I can file?

Also, does the 2-year custody by the parent rule apply here, if it is me (the sister) who is filing and not his adoptive mother? The wait is so long that these two years will have passed anyway by the time the petition is approved.

Ara & Anya - Tucson, Arizona

IR-5 for my (Anya's) mother
00 Filed: 03/08/2013

536 POE: 08/26/2014

Father

00 I-130 mailed to Phoenix Lockbox: 05/28/2014

455 POE LAX: 09/03/2015

Brother (9 years old, A2A through LPR mother)

I-130

00 Filed: 09/12/2014

03 Petition accepted at California Service Center, NOA-1 mailed: 09/15/2014

07 NOA-1 received; Priority date is 09/15/2014: 09/19/2014

176 RFE received: 03/07/2015

238 RFE response mailed to CSC: 05/08/2015

242 RFE response received at CSC; Decision to be made before 07/11/2015: 05/12/2015

308 Approved; NOA-2 mailed: 07/17/2015

314 NOA-2 received; Case sent to NVC: 07/23/2015

371 Welcome Letter received; Choice of Agent form submitted: 09/18/2015

374 AoS fee paid: 09/21/2015

416 IV fee paid; IV application submitted: 11/02/2015

452 IV and AoS packets mailed: 12/08/2015

455 Documents received at NVC; Waiting for CC: 12/11/2015

502 Case Complete; Wating for IL: 01/27/2016

504 Interview scheduled for 03/11/2016: 01/29/2016

523 Medical exam: 02/17/2016 Passed

546 Interview: 03/11/2016 PASSED!

549 Visa issued: 03/14/2016

588 POE LAX: 04/22/2016

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Nigeria
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A question.

I've read the instructions to I-130 many times and I believe I understand correctly that I can file for my adoptive sibling. For whatever reason (maybe someone told me) I was under the impression that both my sibling and I have to have been under the age of 16 at the time of adoption, but I do not see that in the instructions. They only state that the adoption has to have taken place before the child's 16th birthday. Am I correct in thinking that I can file?

Also, does the 2-year custody by the parent rule apply here, if it is me (the sister) who is filing and not his adoptive mother? The wait is so long that these two years will have passed anyway by the time the petition is approved.

From the USCIS website

Additional Documentation for Siblings through Adoption, Step Parents or Paternal Half-Siblings

If you and your sibling are related through adoption, please also submit:

A copy of the adoption decree(s) showing that the adoption took place before you or your sibling (the adopted child) became 16 years old.

USCIS webpage

This will not be over quickly. You will not enjoy this.

Filed: FB-4 Visa Country: India
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From the USCIS website

Additional Documentation for Siblings through Adoption, Step Parents or Paternal Half-Siblings

If you and your sibling are related through adoption, please also submit:

A copy of the adoption decree(s) showing that the adoption took place before you or your sibling (the adopted child) became 16 years old.

USCIS webpage

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Filed: F-2A Visa Country: Russia
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From the USCIS website

Additional Documentation for Siblings through Adoption, Step Parents or Paternal Half-Siblings

If you and your sibling are related through adoption, please also submit:

A copy of the adoption decree(s) showing that the adoption took place before you or your sibling (the adopted child) became 16 years old.

USCIS webpage

Thanks. I guess I missed that.

Still sounds like only one of the siblings (the adopted one) has to have been under 16. It doesn't say "both" or "and"...

Edited by OKflyboy

Ara & Anya - Tucson, Arizona

IR-5 for my (Anya's) mother
00 Filed: 03/08/2013

536 POE: 08/26/2014

Father

00 I-130 mailed to Phoenix Lockbox: 05/28/2014

455 POE LAX: 09/03/2015

Brother (9 years old, A2A through LPR mother)

I-130

00 Filed: 09/12/2014

03 Petition accepted at California Service Center, NOA-1 mailed: 09/15/2014

07 NOA-1 received; Priority date is 09/15/2014: 09/19/2014

176 RFE received: 03/07/2015

238 RFE response mailed to CSC: 05/08/2015

242 RFE response received at CSC; Decision to be made before 07/11/2015: 05/12/2015

308 Approved; NOA-2 mailed: 07/17/2015

314 NOA-2 received; Case sent to NVC: 07/23/2015

371 Welcome Letter received; Choice of Agent form submitted: 09/18/2015

374 AoS fee paid: 09/21/2015

416 IV fee paid; IV application submitted: 11/02/2015

452 IV and AoS packets mailed: 12/08/2015

455 Documents received at NVC; Waiting for CC: 12/11/2015

502 Case Complete; Wating for IL: 01/27/2016

504 Interview scheduled for 03/11/2016: 01/29/2016

523 Medical exam: 02/17/2016 Passed

546 Interview: 03/11/2016 PASSED!

549 Visa issued: 03/14/2016

588 POE LAX: 04/22/2016

 
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