All F2B Updates in This Thread (Part 2)

[Joe&Claudia 7]

Hello all,

F2B with a priority date of 2/20/2015 and a documentarily qualified date of 5/25/2021. It seems we are in the backlog with everyone else, does the embassy prioritize of the PD date or the DQ date? And not to many F2B timelines for the Bogota embassy here does anyone have any recent visa appointments they could share?

[hopeful_girl 1]

15 hours ago, Esi11101 said:

Unfortunately no..

So sad . I was hoping that the visa bulletin would move at some point.

[Waiting4ever2 12]

On 10/29/2022 at 9:11 AM, PEV said:

Hi,

I finally received my interview date! 8th December!

Would I be able to apply for biometrics appointment with an expired PCC? My PCC expired two weeks back.

I will only be able to apply for a new PCC once I am in India, which will be after 2 weeks. I am worried that it would be too late to take an appointment after. 

 

Thank you!

That's great news!! How was the interview?

 

My priority date is exactly the same as yours! Sep-22-2015 but I still was not interviewed.

 

Anyways even we are interviewed the GC will only be issued when the final action date moves forward.

Regarding that I've being hearing that the expectation is that the final action dates continues to move forward in April/2023:

Hope that it's true.

 

[Swimming_Upstream 13]

Hello!

Does anyone know if country limitations apply to F2B category (Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older)? For example, page 3 of this link below says that there is generally a 7% cap on family based visas for any specific country, except portion of F2A.

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Immigrant-Statistics/Immigrant%20Visa%20Control%20System_operation%20of.pdf

If this is true than F2B should have the 7% cap.

But recent trend of F2B visa issuance shows a gross violation of this requirement, below. In fiscal year 2022, Dominical Republic received 3,816 and El Salvador received 2,042, out of a total of 16,281. Both numbers are higher than the 7% of total allowable visa for F2B category: 1,839 (=7% x 23% x 114,200 = 1,839).

Please see page 6 of the document in the link below:
https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/AnnualReports/FY2022AnnualReport/FY22_TableV_Part1.pdf

 

Any comments from this group will be appreciated!

Thanks.

[Boiler 45,486]

Canada is not subject the cap, currently Mexico and PI

[Swimming_Upstream 13]

21 hours ago, Boiler said:

Canada is not subject the cap, currently Mexico and PI

Does Mexico and Phillipines have cap on F2B category?

[Swimming_Upstream 13]

On 2/20/2023 at 11:37 AM, GusHD said:

That's great news!! How was the interview?

 

My priority date is exactly the same as yours! Sep-22-2015 but I still was not interviewed.

 

Anyways even we are interviewed the GC will only be issued when the final action date moves forward.

Regarding that I've being hearing that the expectation is that the final action dates continues to move forward in April/2023:

Hope that it's true.

 

Hi GusHD,
Any reference to that expectation of final action dates moving forward?

[Boiler 45,486]

8 minutes ago, Swimming_Upstream said:

Does Mexico and Phillipines have cap on F2B category?

Yes

[Swimming_Upstream 13]

2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Yes

Well, thanks for confirming that. I saw the list of countries that has this cap applied in the Visa Bulletin. That list includes El Salvador as well.

One of the points I initially mentioned was that DOS is not following the cap for some of the countries. In Fiscal Year 2022 El Salvador received 2,042 F2B visas, about 7.8% of the total alloted number. Since El Salvador is in that list of oversubscribed countries, that proves my point. 
 

[Waiting4ever2 12]

49 minutes ago, Swimming_Upstream said:

Hi GusHD,
Any reference to that expectation of final action dates moving forward?

As far as my experience goes, any prediction is of low confidence (because of lack of information and transparency). But this Reddit post is the closer to prediction that I've found.

[Swimming_Upstream 13]

32 minutes ago, GusHD said:

As far as my experience goes, any prediction is of low confidence (because of lack of information and transparency). But this Reddit post is the closer to prediction that I've found.

Thanks for sharing!

[zaback21 29]

On 3/7/2023 at 1:23 AM, Swimming_Upstream said:

Well, thanks for confirming that. I saw the list of countries that has this cap applied in the Visa Bulletin. That list includes El Salvador as well.

One of the points I initially mentioned was that DOS is not following the cap for some of the countries. In Fiscal Year 2022 El Salvador received 2,042 F2B visas, about 7.8% of the total alloted number. Since El Salvador is in that list of oversubscribed countries, that proves my point. 
 

In the last 3 years, in none of the Family based visa categories, 100% of the available visa has been used. Hence, if there are unused visa numbers, embassy can use them if required. 

 

And one category can use another categories unused visa also. 

Edited March 20, 2023 by zaback21

[Swimming_Upstream 13]

11 hours ago, zaback21 said:

In the last 3 years, in none of the Family based visa categories, 100% of the available visa has been used. Hence, if there are unused visa numbers, embassy can use them if required. 

 

And one category can use another categories unused visa also. 

So it doesn't matter whether the applicant is already in the States or not? They still have to go by "Foreign State of Chargeability"? And does foreign state of chargeability always go by place of birth, or can it be citizenship?

[Boiler 45,486]

Generally place of birth, you can have multiple citizenships

[zaback21 29]

12 hours ago, Swimming_Upstream said:

So it doesn't matter whether the applicant is already in the States or not? They still have to go by "Foreign State of Chargeability"? And does foreign state of chargeability always go by place of birth, or can it be citizenship?

If the applicant is already in the state and they are eligible for Adjustment of Status, then they should ask USCIS or NVC to change it and apply for AoS. 

 

You usually select which country embassy you want to get processed by while filing the petition. 

Edited March 21, 2023 by zaback21