Bringing my stepchildren to the US

[SalishSea 17,839]

Just now, MG1024 said:

Yes, something to think about. 

 

Does anyone know how long this process is taking now?  I heard it's taking about 2 years from some and others have told me it's less than that. 

1.5-2 years  would be a safe guess, depending on whether the F2A visa stays current.

[MG1024 2]

Ok, thank you. 

[Boiler 45,541]

15 months if you file for them.

[poposopo 1]

two years when citizen applies for step child? that's a lie. timeline clearly says  5-12 month. plus when it comes to unmarried step child under 18 there are unlimited visas coz they are immediate relatives not family preference. u don't even need to look for visa bulletin. unless GC holder will file i130 but why when us citizen can do faster and easier. sorry if i am wrong. but that's what my attorney said because i filed the same like 5 month ago.

[Boiler 45,541]

20 minutes ago, poposopo said:

two years when citizen applies for step child? that's a lie. timeline clearly says  5-12 month. plus when it comes to unmarried step child under 18 there are unlimited visas coz they are immediate relatives not family preference. u don't even need to look for visa bulletin. unless GC holder will file i130 but why when us citizen can do faster and easier. sorry if i am wrong. but that's what my attorney said because i filed the same like 5 month ago.

5 months, not sure I have seen something happen that quick, well in a very long time. At the moment a reasonable guess is 15 months for both LPR and USC but certainly the LPR one is likely to extend.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

24 minutes ago, poposopo said:

two years when citizen applies for step child? that's a lie. timeline clearly says  5-12 month. plus when it comes to unmarried step child under 18 there are unlimited visas coz they are immediate relatives not family preference. u don't even need to look for visa bulletin. unless GC holder will file i130 but why when us citizen can do faster and easier. sorry if i am wrong. but that's what my attorney said because i filed the same like 5 month ago.

Well if you filed 5 months ago and it takes 5 months... are you in possession of the visa??

[poposopo 1]

46 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

Well if you filed 5 months ago and it takes 5 months... are you in possession of the visa??

5-12 month clearly says my post. and yes i130 got approved  12.13. so it will take in total 7 month. when it comes to immediate relative things go fast. 

51 minutes ago, Boiler said:

5 months, not sure I have seen something happen that quick, well in a very long time. At the moment a reasonable guess is 15 months for both LPR and USC but certainly the LPR one is likely to extend.

5 to 12 moth tats their timeline. in my experience it will be around 7 month as i said

[Boiler 45,541]

7 months is not normal, and anyway are you not doing AOS?

[poposopo 1]

Just now, Boiler said:

7 months is not normal, and anyway are you not doing AOS?

I am, for myself. and everything is late lol. but my daughter is overseas and i just got her i130 approved.

[geowrian 22,337]

The I-130 alone for the immediate relative of a USC is typically taking aruind 8-12 months alone. Then there's NVC and consulate processing, which adds anywhere from ~3-5 months (or more). So ~11 months would be an optimistic low end (sooner is possible but not the norm), and ~15 months on the high side (longer is certainly possible too).

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

23 minutes ago, poposopo said:

5-12 month clearly says my post. and yes i130 got approved  12.13. so it will take in total 7 month. when it comes to immediate relative things go fast. 

5 to 12 moth tats their timeline. in my experience it will be around 7 month as i said

Things go fastER, no such thing as “fast”

visas are immediately available, but uscis and dos take a while to process things 

 

“in my experience”, sorry, but do you do this regularly? No two cases are alike. That’s why people here look at official average times.

Edited December 18, 2019 by SusieQQQ

[poposopo 1]

19 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

Things go fastER, no such thing as “fast”

visas are immediately available, but uscis and dos take a while to process things 

 

“in my experience”, sorry, but do you do this regularly? No two cases are alike. That’s why people here look at official average times.

excuse me but if you dont wanna talk about experience then uscis official web site says 5 to 12 moth. and thats what i said. clearly u didn't like official answer.  i also said in my experience it is taking less  and u also didnt like my answer. i dont really understand what is your problem!

[poposopo 1]

23 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

Things go fastER, no such thing as “fast”

visas are immediately available, but uscis and dos take a while to process things 

 

“in my experience”, sorry, but do you do this regularly? No two cases are alike. That’s why people here look at official average times.

P.S. i dont do this regularly but my attorney does every day  i would rather believe him and my approved document then u.  have a good night

[Boiler 45,541]

54 minutes ago, poposopo said:

I am, for myself. and everything is late lol. but my daughter is overseas and i just got her i130 approved.

The only way I can make any sense of this is that your spouse filed, not you.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

32 minutes ago, poposopo said:

excuse me but if you dont wanna talk about experience then uscis official web site says 5 to 12 moth. and thats what i said. clearly u didn't like official answer.  i also said in my experience it is taking less  and u also didnt like my answer. i dont really understand what is your problem!

average i130 processing for immediate relatives this year has been 10.6 months, that’s more than double the 5 months you are throwing around https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/historic-pt

.And that is only uscis processing not the rest of the process, as geowrian pointed out above.

Problem? I’m not the one getting all huffy because someone pointed out the obvious, that one person’s experience with the system is hardly enough to definitively state a timeframe. As the official uscis link above shows.

 

 

by the way it’s spelt “you”. 

 

Edited December 18, 2019 by SusieQQQ