How long until next step on green card journey?

[pablobells 0]

My daughter lives in the UK. Brought up there by ex-wife. She is a UK citizen and unmarried. Missed the under 21 rule as we have only recently re-established relationship. I am a US Citizen since 2003 (Naturalized). She wants to move to the US. Submitted I-130 form on January 4th and received an I-797C with priority date of January 8th saying that it was in process. I also received a text with a WAC number (assume California processing center...). I called hotline but received vague information.

How long it will take for this application to go to (a) next step, and (b) to get a a green card issued? Super vague system. I am concerned that maybe I missed filing some other paperwork to???

Edited February 11, 2013 by pablobells

[Inailit88 1]

My daughter lives in the UK. Brought up there by ex-wife. She is a UK citizen and unmarried. Missed the under 21 rule as we have only recently re-established relationship. I am a US Citizen since 2003 (Naturalized). She wants to move to the US. Submitted I-130 form on January 4th and received an I-797C with priority date of January 8th saying that it was in process. I also received a text with a WAC number (assume California processing center...). I called hotline but received vague information.

How long it will take for this application to go to (a) next step, and (b) to get a a green card issued? Super vague system. I am concerned that maybe I missed filing some other paperwork to???

Since your daughter is over 21. It will take a few years for her to get the immigrant visa. There's a waiting period for that category. Not sure how long. But it's not within a year or so. Someone from uk with a similar experience will be able to tell you. Good luck.

[pablobells 0]

Since your daughter is over 21. It will take a few years for her to get the immigrant visa. There's a waiting period for that category. Not sure how long. But it's not within a year or so. Someone from uk with a similar experience will be able to tell you. Good luck.

Thanks Inailit88. I guess that is what the various, confusing, sites I am looking at seem to reflect - around 3 years perhaps. Do you know if her coming over on (a) an F-1 Student Visa and attending college or (b) just coming here, not working, and being supported by me, would affect the green Card process i.e. be detrimental?

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

My daughter lives in the UK. Brought up there by ex-wife. She is a UK citizen and unmarried. Missed the under 21 rule as we have only recently re-established relationship. I am a US Citizen since 2003 (Naturalized). She wants to move to the US. Submitted I-130 form on January 4th and received an I-797C with priority date of January 8th saying that it was in process. I also received a text with a WAC number (assume California processing center...). I called hotline but received vague information.

How long it will take for this application to go to (a) next step, and (b) to get a a green card issued? Super vague system. I am concerned that maybe I missed filing some other paperwork to???

A visa for an adult son or daughter has to be available. They limit the number given each year, so it's not a matter of months like with a fiancé or spouse of a US for which there is no limit of availability. Her priority date is Jan 2013. The application will wait until they are "serving" her date. Right now they are serving January 15, 2006. A new bulletin comes out each month listing the priority dates that have made it to the top of the list. If she marries, she moves into a different category FB3? Right now, those visas are available to ones who applied July 2002 or before.

Here's a chart that shows the progression of the past few months with the predictions of the March bulletin in the last column (green one). Scroll down past the charts to see the categories. http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/visa-bulletin-predictions-family-sponsored.php

Son or daughter means adult and child means under 18 (I think). I'm not super savvy on all the details of priority dates, but just wanted to give you an idea in plain talk.

She could get a student visa, but she can't just move over and live with you with no visa. She can visit 90 days on visa waiver.