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[Skin 0]

How long does F4 immigrant visa processing take to be approved ?

Cos my was filed since 2011

[igoyougoduke 1,656]

1 hour ago, Skin said:

How long does F4 immigrant visa processing take to be approved ?

Cos my was filed since 2011

15-30 years

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

Processing (time between receipt and approval of petition) generally takes 8-11 years. 
This is different from time till interview/visa, which has been almost15-20 years depending on country of origin. A case filed in 2011 is likely to take longer than historically to get a visa. There are currently around 2.1m people waiting for F4 and an annual quota on issuance of 65k, hence the wait.

[Skin 0]

Am from Nigeria. My friend filed 2010 and his own  came out last year and he got his own visa January 16/2020

[portorusa 431]

I filed for my sister in 2010, the petition was approved in 2014, and she is still waiting for her visa number. According to the bulletin and with the same speed as now, her visa will become available in 2024. 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

14 minutes ago, Skin said:

Am from Nigeria. My friend filed 2010 and his own  came out last year and he got his own visa January 16/2020

F4 visas in January were only being issued for priority dates earlier than 1 Feb 2007. Maybe he filed earlier than you thought or maybe he was another visa category.

Edited June 4, 2020 by SusieQQQ

[Skin 0]

Really. Well I and my friend we are from Nigeria. And my friend have gotten his own visa this year January. 2020. I guess it depends on the country where you are from

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

3 minutes ago, Skin said:

Really. Well I and my friend we are from Nigeria. And my friend have gotten his own visa this year January. 2020. I guess it depends on the country where you are from

You’re not listening.

 

see the first column last line of table A. These were the visas available for issuance in January this year to F4 of most countries, Nigeria included. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2020/visa-bulletin-for-january-2020.html

note above the table it says Numbers are authorized for issuance only for applicants whose priority date is earlier than the final action date listed below.

Edited June 4, 2020 by SusieQQQ

[Skin 0]

I don't think that priority date do work. And it also depends on who is handling your file case 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

3 minutes ago, Skin said:

I don't think that priority date do work. And it also depends on who is handling your file case 

Um.... ok then. Never mind the thousands of us who have been through this process. Good luck.

[SteveInBostonI130 3,434]

17 minutes ago, Skin said:

Really. Well I and my friend we are from Nigeria. And my friend have gotten his own visa this year January. 2020. I guess it depends on the country where you are from

Your friend could have only gotten a family based visa if his category was F1 or F2B.  Not F4.  Or he obtained a different visa - not family based.

 

 

[Skin 0]

My friend was issued f4 immigrant visa. We lived in same house. The elder brother was the one that filed for him

[belinda63 3,038]

OK well ask your friend how he got his visa.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

31 minutes ago, Skin said:

My friend was issued f4 immigrant visa. We lived in same house. The elder brother was the one that filed for him

Please post, with first names and case number blacked out, a copy of the uscis receipt notice showing priority date and a also a copy of the issued F4 immigrant visa with first names again & A number blacked out. If he’s such a close friend you shared a house with him he shouldn’t mind doing this given blacked out identifying details.

[Skin 0]

We have been together from the day one of this processing until the visa was approved and issued