Brother is on working visa

[Mike E 11,741]

You never know what might change with immigration law or back logs.  Paying the filing fee for an I-130 is a speculative investment.  It would be a shame for example if 30 years reduced to 10 years but only for people with petitions dated after implementation of a new policy 

[J&E2013 10]

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

You never know what might change with immigration law or back logs.  Paying the filing fee for an I-130 is a speculative investment.  It would be a shame for example if 30 years reduced to 10 years but only for people with petitions dated after implementation of a new policy 

Yeah it would be nice if they change it and reduced it to 10 years. 😊

[Mike E 11,741]

41 minutes ago, J&E2013 said:

Yeah it would be nice if they change it and reduced it to 10 years. 😊

During pandemic, there was accelerating  movement in some immigration categories: priority and final action dates were moving forward several months per  month.   

[J&E2013 10]

Just now, Mike E said:

During pandemic, there was accelerating  movement in some immigration categories: priority and final action dates were moving forward several months per  month.   

Really? Well, that’s a good thing.. hopefully the petition for siblings have changed 🙏

[igoyougoduke 1,663]

2 hours ago, Mike E said:

If an F-1 applicant says in the interview he intends to get a green card the CO is expected to deny the visa.  For example:
 

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-possible-to-be-accepted-by-Harvard-but-have-your-visa-rejected

 

“I once refused an F-1 visa for a student who had won admission to Harvard, because I knew for a pure fact that he had no intention of returning to India and was already planning for his future life in the US. But the F-1 is a non-immigrant visa so, sorry but no.”

 

 

“go study in college on F1 --- get work - get h1b - get green card”

 

 A green card is granted to immigrants.  That’s immigration intent. More from my link:

 

”Hi Kathryn, I am genuinely curious about your answer. I am not here to abuse you, because I know you did what you think was right. But can you explain it to me that why a person with ‘legal’ immigration intent is denied visa according to the law? F1 is an education visa, why would laws deny a person to graduate and move to H1?”

 

Reply:

 

”I agree that the regs seems contradictory. Luckily, I did not write them so don’t have to try to make them more compatible/rational”

 

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I will add that that my recollection is the CO knew there was immigration intent because prior to the interview she was at a social event where the applicant’s father  was bragging about his son’s Harvard scholarship and that his son intended to immigrate to the USA.  It appears that info has since been edited out and I’ve no way to proof my recollection.  

if that is the case.. no one can come here to study- work (h1b/l1)and get green card.  it is perfectly legal to change visa categories.  obviously no one at F1 stage goes and volunteers that they are going to work and get green card unless CO presses them on it.. You dont have to answer what is not asked. Even the CO knows life changes but getting an F1 visa is not a deterrent if you have immigration petition.  Let the CO adjudicate and come to a conclusion. everything else is just biased knowledge and just reading stuff on the internet..

 

Life changes and things happen

 

 

Edited February 28, 2022 by igoyougoduke

[Mike E 11,741]

8 minutes ago, igoyougoduke said:

if that is the case.. no one can come here to study- work (h1b/l1)and get green card. 

If that is their intent at the time they have their F-1 interview, correct.  

[igoyougoduke 1,663]

13 hours ago, Mike E said:

If that is their intent at the time they have their F-1 interview, correct.  

future intent is not same as current intent. life changes and things happen. they call it adjustment of status of no reason 

[Boiler 45,783]

Not sure what any of this has to do with the OP's case.

 

F4 is a question of mathematics, more and more people applying same number of visa's.

 

Yes it can change month to month but overall the process is getting longer and longer.