All F2B Updates in This Thread (Part 2)

[appleblossom 2,317]

6 minutes ago, makers said:

Just updated the question with the timeline,

please correct me if I’m looking something that is not for our cases

 

I see it, thanks. Definitely not right, just wrong info input somewhere probably. As above, there is no visa available to an F2B applicant with a 2020 PD by law so it can't be right. 

 

Edit: found the timeline, if you look at the forum member's profile they actually applied under IR2, hence the processing time.

Edited October 26, 2023 by appleblossom

[RR159 11]

On 10/25/2023 at 8:30 AM, zaback21 said:

September Visa bulletin is out. 

 

Dominican Republic received 2961 visas in September. Adding up all 12 months puts DR at a total of 4604 visas over the limit. 

 

Would like to see how much they have received once the yearly report is out. 

Well annual numerical limits came out for FY 2024 and it shows worldwide F2B limit of 26,266 (expected). It also shows 7% limit for individual foreign states AND for individual categories.

So F2B has a limit of 1,838 for any specific foreign state. 
Let’s see how it goes for Dominican Republic…

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Immigrant-Statistics/Web_Annual_Numerical_Limits_FY2024.pdf

[NEO2023 5]

9 hours ago, RR159 said:

Well annual numerical limits came out for FY 2024 and it shows worldwide F2B limit of 26,266 (expected). It also shows 7% limit for individual foreign states AND for individual categories.

So F2B has a limit of 1,838 for any specific foreign state. 
Let’s see how it goes for Dominican Republic…

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Immigrant-Statistics/Web_Annual_Numerical_Limits_FY2024.pdf

Family preference category lost another 21,000 visas in 2023, which were rolled over to the employment category, bringing the total number of employment category visas for 2024 to 161,000 (140000+ 21,000). 

[Waiting4ever2 12]

Either this week or probably in the next one we'll have a new Visa Bulletin.

 

I don't think there will be any movement, I heard that Visas are allocate quarterly, so in the best hypothesis movement in the report after that. 

[Waiting4ever2 12]

On 11/6/2023 at 1:19 PM, GusHD said:

Either this week or probably in the next one we'll have a new Visa Bulletin.

 

I don't think there will be any movement, I heard that Visas are allocate quarterly, so in the best hypothesis movement in the report after that. 

 

It's out, nothing has changed.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-december-2023.html

 

What's out also is the backlog report, its worst because there has being an increase in the interviewing backlog:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/visas-backlog.html

 

[zaback21 29]

22 minutes ago, GusHD said:

 

It's out, nothing has changed.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-december-2023.html

 

What's out also is the backlog report, its worst because there has being an increase in the interviewing backlog:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/visas-backlog.html

 

There's no guarantee or indication regarding backlog numbers. It seems we can't even process the immediate relatives category before we can touch the family immigration. 

[Clarke84 19]

1 hour ago, GusHD said:

 

It's out, nothing has changed.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-december-2023.html

 

What's out also is the backlog report, its worst because there has being an increase in the interviewing backlog:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/visas-backlog.html

 

 

The interview backlog numbers tell us very little:

 

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This data is a snapshot in time provided for informational purposes in order to be as transparent as possible.  Given that these numbers change on a regular basis through our ongoing effort to reduce the backlog, they will be outdated soon after they are published each month.  

 

[Waiting4ever2 12]

Do you guys see any chance of any progress in December's bulletin (for Jan-24) ?

 

By looking at this report, from June-2023, shows that F2B has one of the highest number of I130 awaiting visa availability.

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/data/form_i130_awaiting_a_visa_availability_as_of_june_2023.pdf

 

But what I don't know is how close are they from interviewing the ones already current so that the line can continue to move.

I read that they usually move again in the beginning of a new quarter.

[Boiler 45,282]

You can speculate forever, nobody knows, well nobody who will post online.

[Waiting4ever2 12]

9 minutes ago, Boiler said:

You can speculate forever, nobody knows, well nobody who will post online.

harsh.. but true

[Mundo254 49]

12 hours ago, GusHD said:

Do you guys see any chance of any progress in December's bulletin (for Jan-24) ?

 

By looking at this report, from June-2023, shows that F2B has one of the highest number of I130 awaiting visa availability.

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/data/form_i130_awaiting_a_visa_availability_as_of_june_2023.pdf

 

But what I don't know is how close are they from interviewing the ones already current so that the line can continue to move.

I read that they usually move again in the beginning of a new quarter.

Its been 3 years now of speculation/ 'prediction'. At this point it's fair to conclude no one out here knows. I dunno if the new numbers for new quarters is true because I guess it wouldnt make much sense releasing the visa bulletin monthly then. As they say, we keep waiting. 

[mira8090 9]

Hello,

 

I am from Ecuador, and I received an invitation letter for parole for family reunification from NVC. My PD is March 2017. It says that I have to fill out an I134A form
 

Edited November 18, 2023 by mira8090

[Boiler 45,282]

https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/dhs-announces-family-reunification-parole-process-for-ecuador

 

First one I have seen.

[xavier2014 21]

On 10/14/2023 at 3:17 AM, GusHD said:

 

It was published today

Number of IV applicants whose cases are documentarily complete at NVC and ready for interview as of September 30	312,018
Number of documentarily complete IV applicants scheduled for October 2023 interview appointments	38,755
Number of eligible IV applicants still pending the scheduling of an interview after October 2023 appointment scheduling was completed	273,263

 

From these figures, it appears the processing speed has remained consistent, but there might have been more cases qualified.

Does anyone have insights on the current status of F2B visas?

There has been no improvement, instead new IV keep getting added. How can we expect VB movement then

[xavier2014 21]

Monthly visa issuance statistics just out (fiscal year 2024)

as usual xcept for the DR and philippines visa issues for F2B applicants are relatively low overall. I don't understand why they(NVC) aren't see 100k+ IV applicants waiting for the interview