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I-130 Petition for child over 21 years of a permanent resident

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Taiwan
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12 minutes ago, Niths said:

If I do get married, does the petition get cancelled? What if I were to have a child (without getting marrying)?

1.  You cannot legally enter the US as a married son/daughter of a Green Card holder via an F2B visa.  Doing so could be seen as fraud causing a host of legal problems for you, and it could prevent you from becoming a US citizen and/or petitioning your spouse.

2.  Your children can be included in the petition as long as you are unmarried.

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"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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There have been cases here where a person was issued the F2B visa while single, then married before entering the US via the visa.  It caused very, very serious consequences. 

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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15 minutes ago, Niths said:

Is it based on the service center?

The I-130 would, likely, be approved relatively quickly.  The delay would come between Service Center approval and NVC actions.

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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7 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

1.  You cannot legally enter the US as a married son/daughter of a Green Card holder via an F2B visa.  Doing so could be seen as fraud causing a host of legal problems for you, and it could prevent you from becoming a US citizen and/or petitioning your spouse.

2.  Your children can be included in the petition.

 

3 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

There have been cases here where a person was issued the F2B visa while single, then married before entering the US via the visa.  It caused very, very serious consequences. 

If I got married, I likely wouldn't want to move at that point. But also this 8 year wait is a long time so I may not want to move then either, regardless of whether I'm married or not. 

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3 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

The I-130 would, likely, be approved relatively quickly.  The delay would come between Service Center approval and NVC actions.

Ok, this is making more sense. Do you know how long the I-130 takes to get approved? It's been 6 months since my petition was filed and it has not been approved yet. 

 

Is this the general outline of process:

1. 1-130 approved by USCIS

2. Service center approval (processing time varies from 29 months to 65 months depending on the center I am assigned to)

3. Petition is transferred to NVC 

4. Wait time of a few years to receive a visa number

5. NVC reaches out with available visa number

6. Immigration process begins (this can take about a year from medical to interview to receiving green card)

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32 minutes ago, Niths said:

Ok, this is making more sense. Do you know how long the I-130 takes to get approved? It's been 6 months since my petition was filed and it has not been approved yet. 

 

Is this the general outline of process:

1. 1-130 approved by USCIS

2. Service center approval (processing time varies from 29 months to 65 months depending on the center I am assigned to)  This could be as fast as a few months to a year or so.

3. Petition is transferred to NVC 

4. Wait time of a few years to receive a visa number

5. NVC reaches out with available visa number to request fees and some documents.  After NVC "approval", case enters a queue for your consulate at NVC.

When case reaches front of queue, NVC schedules interview.

6.Consulate  Immigration process begins (this can take about a year from medical to interview to receiving green card)  Applicant has medical, completes interview, and departs for US after visa is issued. (Visa holder must enter US within 6 months of medical exam date)  Depending on what country, this could take a couple months to a year.

Your sequence of events is pretty accurate.  I added a few notations.

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"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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18 minutes ago, Niths said:

Do you know how long the I-130 takes to get approved? It's been 6 months since my petition was filed and it has not been approved yet.

Probably a year. But it doesn’t really matter because the visa number won’t be available for years

 

 

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11 hours ago, Niths said:

What does 'OP' stand for? How are you getting this 8 year timeline? Is it based on the service center?

Timelines for your visa class are published in the monthly visa bulletin.  Service center is irrelevant, because the petition approval and visa availability are many years apart.

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11 hours ago, Niths said:

4. Wait time of a few years to receive a visa number

More than a few. 

 

Have you looked at the visa bulletin?

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