H1 to F4

[justforfun 0]

Hi there,

I am from India and currently working in US for last 6 years on H1B.

I have applied my Green Card and it was filed under EB3 in 2009.

My brother is a US citizen, so, is it better for me to go for F4 thorough my brother

or stay stick to EB3.

EB3 is a long way to go for current with a priority date of 2009,

I know, F4 is far away from EB3 dates but my question if I apply now for F4, this date will be my priority date for F4 or

the priority date for EB3 can be used for this? How does the F4 priority dates work?

Any help with the above is highly appreciated!

[milimelo 4,558]

Hi there,

I am from India and currently working in US for last 6 years on H1B.

I have applied my Green Card and it was filed under EB3 in 2009.

My brother is a US citizen, so, is it better for me to go for F4 thorough my brother

or stay stick to EB3.

EB3 is a long way to go for current with a priority date of 2009,

I know, F4 is far away from EB3 dates but my question if I apply now for F4, this date will be my priority date for F4 or

the priority date for EB3 can be used for this? How does the F4 priority dates work?

Any help with the above is highly appreciated!

Riiight - you don't get to choose which priority date will be applied to which petition. USCIS determines the PD based on the date the petition is filed - if your brother files in Feb 2012, your PD in F4 category will be Feb 2012. You're looking at 12 yrs wait on immigrant visa in F4 category. Go to travel.state.gov and under visas look up visa bulletin - explains visa number allocations...

[aaron2020 11,651]

Hi there,

I am from India and currently working in US for last 6 years on H1B.

I have applied my Green Card and it was filed under EB3 in 2009.

My brother is a US citizen, so, is it better for me to go for F4 thorough my brother

or stay stick to EB3.

EB3 is a long way to go for current with a priority date of 2009,

I know, F4 is far away from EB3 dates but my question if I apply now for F4, this date will be my priority date for F4 or

the priority date for EB3 can be used for this? How does the F4 priority dates work?

Any help with the above is highly appreciated!

The PD for the EB3 is the PD for the EB3. You don't get to use this PD for a different petition.

The PD is the day that USCIS receives a petition. When your brother files for you, you will get a PD for this petition. It is not interchangeable with the PD for the EB3.

It will take 12 years for a visa number to become available to you through your brother. The EB3 is your quicker path for a green card.

[justforfun 0]

The PD for the EB3 is the PD for the EB3. You don't get to use this PD for a different petition.

The PD is the day that USCIS receives a petition. When your brother files for you, you will get a PD for this petition. It is not interchangeable with the PD for the EB3.

It will take 12 years for a visa number to become available to you through your brother. The EB3 is your quicker path for a green card.

[justforfun 0]

The PD for the EB3 is the PD for the EB3. You don't get to use this PD for a different petition.

The PD is the day that USCIS receives a petition. When your brother files for you, you will get a PD for this petition. It is not interchangeable with the PD for the EB3.

It will take 12 years for a visa number to become available to you through your brother. The EB3 is your quicker path for a green card.

Thanks #aaron2020 and #milimelo for your quick response! Now I am better informed about this situation.

But as aaron2020 mentioned, EB3 is a quicker option, probably, we cannot really say that, as EB3 is moving at pace of one week a month and F4 is moving one month at a time. with this respective paces, EB3 will take 30+ years and F4 about 12 years. This momentum may not stay this way it can change any time, but what I am trying to say here that its hard to predict which one would prove out to be quicker.

Thanks again for you responses and I appreciate the help!