Confused about times (AOS and F categories)

[NevermindVz 51]

How long does it usually take for the AOS process to complete and receive a green card? I have read very different information on the web. Some people say they waited a couple to a few months, while some web pages state AOS takes several years.

Why the difference? Does it depend where you are adjusting from? What if you're adjusting from a family-based category, more specifically, from a F1?

[Inky 1,110]

Moving to adjustment of status from student / work visitor from adjustment from family visa.

OP is adjusting from F-1 visa not family visa.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

I think the OP is chasing after a F-1 category visa, not a F-1 student visa. He has Priority date and stuff in his sig. Op- what are you after?

[NevermindVz 51]

Exactly Harpa, I'll be adjusting from a work/student visa using a I-130 (waiting for visa availability) on the F1 (i.e. F1B) family category.

ETA: I guess the post could belong to either forum

Edited March 2, 2012 by NevermindVz

[NancyNguyen 1,657]

It depends on many factors: documents, status maintaining, clear background check, local office timeline... Most are from 3-6 months. My cousin had waited for more than 2 years because of USCIS background check, he was F1 from Vietnam in Jacksonville FL. He was super exhausted and stressful. He had emailed/mailed more than hundreds time, finally they gave him a 10-yrs card with no interview at all for F1, courtesy maybe??? This is a wait game, and patience is the key. You can't have a specify answer for how long. Good luck.

[NancyNguyen 1,657]

You confuse us, if you married to USC then your F1B petition is irrelevant. You just follow the timeline of AOS from marriage-based petition, which is from 3 - 6 months.

If you want to know about AOS from another category rather than marriage to USC, you should check the visa bulletin. It will tell you where they are processing now.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_1360.html

Edited March 2, 2012 by NancyNguyen

[NevermindVz 51]

Nancy, thank you for the info! I'm not yet close to doing AOS, but I was reading some sites and found conflicting info. For example: http://www.immigrationusa.pro/consular-processing/, where it says (third paragraph) that AOS takes "several years", which I don't think is always the case.

Edited March 2, 2012 by NevermindVz

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Okay, you are in the US, waiting for some visa category to be current so you can AOS. Have you maintained legal presence this whole time? AOS takes a few months. It used to take a few years, so probably whatever you are reading is dated.

[NevermindVz 51]

Yes, I have maintained legal presence the whole time. So hopefully it will be a few months when the time comes. Well, now back to waiting for my priority date to become current! Thanks for the help!

Nancy, sorry for the confusion. I have not married anyone, I'm waiting for visa availability on a family-based category.

[NancyNguyen 1,657]

So here is the answer: http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_1360.html

[NevermindVz 51]

Not exactly. I was just asking for AOS times. Not about current family-based cutoff dates, I'm familiar with those, look at my signature

[NancyNguyen 1,657]

After you have the visa number, AOS is 3-6 months.

[NevermindVz 51]

Thanks!