All F2B Updates in This Thread (Part 2)

[Newbuddy 1]

1 hour ago, bobo123 said:

2 years?? That’s pretty crazy 😥😓

 

my embassy is Montreal. I have been DQed since 19th Jan 2023. Priority date March 2015. (Current) 

 

The Montreal website is saying there are interviewing people who were DQed in Dec 2022.

 

what’s your embassy?

PD is Dec2016

Dq in Jan2023
Mumbai - India Consulate 

[bobo123 3]

On 5/26/2023 at 5:38 AM, Newbuddy said:

PD is Dec2016

Dq in Jan2023

if your priority date is Dec 2016 , you’re easily looking at over 1.5 years for your date to become current. 
 

right now it’s 22sept 2015

[makers 5]

Little question, as someone made me doubt myself now, 

the f2b recipients get the green card once the visa is adjucated, right? 

[Boiler 45,515]

Sent to them sometime after they enter the US, usually a few weeks can be a few months.

[mira8090 9]

@makers If you are a Colombian citizen  you can apply for parole reunificacion familiar and wait in the US until you get your green card but you will have to comply with what they are asking for.

[Boiler 45,515]

The details are unclear but I have seen that this scheme will be numerically limited and by invitation 

[mira8090 9]

@Newbuddy  I am F2B from Montreal, I am currently in South America my PD is March 2017 so I am still waiting to start adding my documents into my profile as the table B of the visa bulletin has not yet been reached.

 

 

[xavier2014 21]

So I was reading this from VB. Then checked monthly visa issuance for F2B, found Dominican Republic got 9k+ visa so far in this fiscal year. Isn't there's a quota per country where rest of the world not even got 50 visas per month. Only F2B stuck in VB for years. Now this retrogress warning 

 

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D.  FAMILY-SPONSORED SECOND PREFERENCE AVAILABILITY

In the April 2023 Visa Bulletin, it was necessary to establish a final action date in the F2A category.  Number use has continued to remain steady, and it may become necessary to retrogress the final action date to keep number use within the FY-2023 annual limit.

Additionally, number use in the F2B category has been steady throughout the fiscal year, and it may become necessary to retrogress the final action dates for Rest of World countries, India, and China to keep number use within the FY-2023 annual limit.  These situations will be continually monitored, and any necessary adjustments will be made accordingly.

[zaback21 29]

On 6/6/2023 at 4:48 PM, xavier2014 said:

So I was reading this from VB. Then checked monthly visa issuance for F2B, found Dominican Republic got 9k+ visa so far in this fiscal year. Isn't there's a quota per country where rest of the world not even got 50 visas per month. Only F2B stuck in VB for years. Now this retrogress warning 

 

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D.  FAMILY-SPONSORED SECOND PREFERENCE AVAILABILITY

In the April 2023 Visa Bulletin, it was necessary to establish a final action date in the F2A category.  Number use has continued to remain steady, and it may become necessary to retrogress the final action date to keep number use within the FY-2023 annual limit.

Additionally, number use in the F2B category has been steady throughout the fiscal year, and it may become necessary to retrogress the final action dates for Rest of World countries, India, and China to keep number use within the FY-2023 annual limit.  These situations will be continually monitored, and any necessary adjustments will be made accordingly.

There's a 7% county cap, which is why India, Mexico, Phillipines and China have separate Priority Date. Dominican Republic needs to have it's own PD else it won't move for the rest of the world. Last month DR received 2037 visas, my country only 5. 

Edited June 8, 2023 by zaback21

[xavier2014 21]

On 6/8/2023 at 6:10 PM, zaback21 said:

There's a 7% county cap, which is why India, Mexico, Phillipines and China have separate Priority Date. Dominican Republic needs to have it's own PD else it won't move for the rest of the world. Last month DR received 2037 visas, my country only 5. 

I don't see any problem D.R getting 9K visas as long as rest of the world getting their fair share of visas not 7% at least 10-50 visas per demand.

I think embassy also do update interview date per category, they can limit visas instead on VB.

Otherwise people from other countries can raise this issue to their district/state representatives or NVC

[RR159 12]

In the current FY2023 total 342,072 immigrant visas are issued until April '23. Dominican Republic received 31,251 visas so far, which is 9.14% of the total. It's clearly above the 7% threshold. Is DOS waiting until the end of FY2023 to check on this?

Majority of their visas are in the F2B category. One possible reason Dominican Republic getting so many F2B visas: a lot of derivative visas are probably getting attached to the original beneficiaries. For example, if the PD becomes current for a F2B applicant, he or she is not only applying for themselves, they are also including their children in their application. So basically they are under F24 and their children are under F25. By definition they are not allowed to be married, but they are allowed to have children. Without any limitations. Any thoughts?

[xavier2014 21]

derivative beneficiary can immigrate, as long as child is under 21 but not their partners since its an unmarried category.

 

I think you are right, that's why Philippine and Vietnam also getting 200+ F2B visas per month meanwhile India where there is no culture to have children before getting married only getting around 50 F2B visas per month.

 

Not so many countries have F2B applicants actually if you just remove DR from scene it would move faster than F2A.

now it seems it would be a long wait for rest of the world! 

[Newbuddy 1]

 you may right

I think there is partiality with Indians 

Edited June 17, 2023 by Newbuddy

[xavier2014 21]

21 hours ago, Newbuddy said:

 you may right

I think there is partiality with Indians 

I think its a demand basis system

 

Most F2B applicants are from Asia and South America

 

Month of May F2B visa recipient from Top Asians countries are

 

Vietnam -272

Philipines -206

China -31

India-28

[Newbuddy 1]

What about those who’s age going out or if they want to marry. This backlog will take extra time so is there any deviation for them any rule or law ??