Question about filing sibling visas. (Split)

[Bigdaddy288 16]

Side question but related to this subject. I filed for my brother in 2014, uscis still processing I130. Are you saying after uscis approves i130, nvc has another lengthy wait? 

[Boiler 45,451]

2 minutes ago, Bigdaddy288 said:

Side question but related to this subject. I filed for my brother in 2014, uscis still processing I130. Are you saying after uscis approves i130, nvc has another lengthy wait? 

Well that depends how long there is before the PD is current, thet will not send it to the Consulate until the PD is near current 

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[Bigdaddy288 16]

Just now, Boiler said:

Well that depends how long there is before the PD is current, thet will not send it the Consulate until the PD is near current 

It baffles me how they consider brothers and sisters immediate family members but when it comes to this they are not 😂

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1 minute ago, Bigdaddy288 said:

It baffles me how they consider brothers and sisters immediate family members but when it comes to this they are not 😂

The issue is that the number of sibling visas that can be issued each year are capped and there are a lot of applications 

 

 

 

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[JeanneAdil 6,489]

check  the monthly visa bulletin for final action dates on F4 visa

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2022/visa-bulletin-for-may-2022.html

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2 hours ago, Bigdaddy288 said:

It baffles me how they consider brothers and sisters immediate family members but when it comes to this they are not 😂

Not sure who "they" are, but  siblings are not "Immediate Relatives" under immigration law.  The visa categories for immediate relatives start with "IR" and there are no annual numeric limits.

 

Siblings are "Family Preference" by immigration law.  The visa categories for family preferences start with "F" and, per immigration law passed by Congress, there is a limit to how many in each "F" sub-category can be issued each year, with a further limitation that no country can account for more than 7% of that annual limit in any given year.

[JeanneAdil 6,489]

4 hours ago, Bigdaddy288 said:

It baffles me how they consider brothers and sisters immediate family members but when it comes to this they are not 😂

The immediate family is a defined group of relations, used in rules or laws to determine which members of a person's family are affected by those rules. It normally includes a person's parents, siblings, spouse, and children

 

so,  by immigration law (or rule), they are affected by the quota limit per year not that they are not immediate family but by the quota set on siblings'