Sister of USC

[Tim-19 0]

Hello All,

Can someone with experience tell me how long exactly will take for a USC sister to migrate to the US? I understand its typically 10 years but depends on country of origin ... would you please let me know how log for Afghans (people form Afghanistan) ? I know India - China - Mexico - Vietnam or such are typically longer than 10 years... PLEASE HELP.

I would like to also know what exactly they mean in this link where it says: I-130 Petition for Alien Relative U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister February 11, 2010 Does this mean they are processing applicants from Feb-2011? If that, then its not 10 Years?

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processingTimesDisplay.do;jsessionid=bacdA7V5A7hxg9x8J5t1t

[Penguin_ie 5,997]

For Afghanistan, they are currently processing April 2001 (See http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5885.html ), so if you file now it will take about 12 years- of course, during that time things can happen and it may be a couple of years faster or sower.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

There are 2 parts to the process. First is the petition gets approved. That can be only a year or two. The second part is the wait for your visa number, that is the part that takes about 12 years. Based on the date you submitted the petition as shown on your NOA1 you will wait until a number is available in the sibling of a USC class.

[apple21 953]

I would like to also know what exactly they mean in this link where it says: I-130 Petition for Alien Relative U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister February 11, 2010 Does this mean they are processing applicants from Feb-2011? If that, then its not 10 Years?

It means that USCIS is approving i-130 FORMS filed on Feb 11, 2010, NOT the visa. That is the first part of the process.

After USCIS approves the i-130 form, the case will be transferred to the National Visa Center (NVC). NVC determines the visa number availability for different family and employment based categories per country. You can monitor the monthly Visa Bulletin to determine what priority dates are currently being processed/scheduled for US embassy interviews.

Visa Bulletin: http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_1360.html You refer under the All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed column.

The entire F4 process for Afghanistan will take 12 YEARS, from i-130 filing up to visa issuance.

Edited March 11, 2013 by apple21