after passing naturalization???

[sdee11 4]

Good day VJ!

My husband applied for his citizenship. And hopefully he will pass the interview and examination required. I am just wondering since our case was approved Aug 12, 2011, how many months do we still have to wait to be together?

I miss him so much and we can't wait to have our family on our own. Time is slipping so fast gggRrrrrr!!!

Hope you can help me guys.

[PinkMelody 1]

What do you mean by 'how many monthis do we still have to be together?' You mean physically stay in US or getting married?

[NickD 203]

Gather the husband is a LPR applying for US citizenship so he can petition for you. If you can believe in the processing times at the USCIS site, processing time for the I-130 as an LPR is seven months, for a US citizen, five months. But that is only for approval of the I-130, then the NVC takes over with their wait.

As far as seeing each other, been there, done that, for us it was a 500 buck plane ticket, but we were just looking at plane tickets today, over $1,500.00, all it takes is money.

Love is strange, sure was plenty of eligible women in town, a lot more in the state, millions in the USA, but that one in a million person was in Venezuela, 4,000 miles away. Least she wasn't from South Africa. Waiting was pure hell, know what you are going through.

[Penguin_ie 5,997]

How long it will take for him to become a US citizen will greatly depends on where he lives- can be anything from 2 months to 7+ months. Once he is a citizen, he can upgrade your case to CR-1 or IR-1, and no more waiting for priority dates. From there, it should only be a few months until you get your interview and visa.

[NickD 203]

How long it will take for him to become a US citizen will greatly depends on where he lives- can be anything from 2 months to 7+ months. Once he is a citizen, he can upgrade your case to CR-1 or IR-1, and no more waiting for priority dates. From there, it should only be a few months until you get your interview and visa.

Not even familiar with that CR-1 or IR-1 option, and at the time wasn't even offered to me as an alternative. Is there a form to be filled out? Are fees lower? You did mention is much faster than the I-130 route. Too late for us now, but certainly has generated some curiosity.

[Penguin_ie 5,997]

Not even familiar with that CR-1 or IR-1 option, and at the time wasn't even offered to me as an alternative. Is there a form to be filled out? Are fees lower? You did mention is much faster than the I-130 route. Too late for us now, but certainly has generated some curiosity.

Are you being sarcastic? They already have an F2A, all he needs to do once he is a US citizen is upgrade his petition.

[NickD 203]

Are you being sarcastic? They already have an F2A, all he needs to do once he is a US citizen is upgrade his petition.

No, just a natural born US citizen, that never even heard about immigration. As a matter of fact, everyone I have met or knew never has no idea about the USCIS. Even thought I could marry my wife and bring her here, she told me its more complicated than that. Called the USCIS after I heard about it, advised me I had to fill out a I-130, a G-325A, and an I-864, wife would have to get an I-693 and fill out an I-485 and the same for my stepdaughter, except she also need permission from her dad before she could come here.

My new sister-in-law is from the Philippines, thought I was an expert now and offered to help her, learned quickly, she knew tens times more than I did.

Did meet several guys that married Canadian gals, like 30 years ago and lived here ever since. Never was an issue before, but is now, so they are going through the misery and wondering what is going to happen to their spouses.