Bringing adult son to U.S.

[mopartj 0]

Hello to all,

 

My wife is from Peru. She and her 2 youngest sons came here successfully via the Fiance Visa process in 2017. Her oldest turned 21, aged out, prior to the approval of our Fiance Visa.

The green card process went flawlessly for her and the 2 younger sons.

 

In May of 2019, we filed an I-130 for the oldest son (unmarried still to this day) who had aged out prior to the Fiance Visa approval. Shortly thereafter, we received a receipt telling us that the I-130 had been received. We have received no further information beyond this.

 

Since then, my wife became a naturalized U.S. citizen, in January of this year, 2023. Hooray for that.

 

With her now being a U.S. citizen, do we need to, or can we do anything more or anything different to expedite the oldest son coming here..?

 

Thanks in advance for any helpful advice you may be able to offer!

 

[Boiler 45,501]

Usually F2b is quicker than F1 and it is currently, the good news is you can keep the F2b PD.

 

By all means she can notify them of her Citizenship.

 

They do not tend to rush I 130s for those with a long wait.

[mopartj 0]

So, the I-130 which we have already submitted, is the only paperwork required/necessary for us to be able to bring my wife's adult son here to the U.S. ? There's nothing further to do?

 

Am I understanding correctly, that the F2B is not something that we actually need to fill out any further paperwork/application for... it simply follows the filing of our I-130 that has already been filed?

 

Sorry for my lack of knowledge, just trying to understand it all with 100% clarity.

Thanks!

[Boiler 45,501]

For the moment, the rest of the process kicks in when the Priority Date is current.

[SalishSea 17,829]

1 hour ago, mopartj said:

So, the I-130 which we have already submitted, is the only paperwork required/necessary for us to be able to bring my wife's adult son here to the U.S. ? There's nothing further to do?

 

Am I understanding correctly, that the F2B is not something that we actually need to fill out any further paperwork/application for... it simply follows the filing of our I-130 that has already been filed?

 

Sorry for my lack of knowledge, just trying to understand it all with 100% clarity.

Thanks!

Do you realize that the petition approval and visa availability are unrelated?

[EM_Vandaveer 2,408]

You still have a few years to wait for PD to become current.

[appleblossom 2,507]

7 hours ago, mopartj said:

So, the I-130 which we have already submitted, is the only paperwork required/necessary for us to be able to bring my wife's adult son here to the U.S. ? There's nothing further to do?

 

Am I understanding correctly, that the F2B is not something that we actually need to fill out any further paperwork/application for... it simply follows the filing of our I-130 that has already been filed?

No, there’s still a lot of steps to go through. See the webpage below, you’re only at step 1 of the process now. Just keep an eye on the Visa Bulletin (https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2023/visa-bulletin-for-september-2023.html) to see when your step sons Priority Date might be coming up, you’ll be asked to start the NVC process before it’s current (Table B), but no interview will be scheduled for him until it’s current (Table A). 
 

Good luck. 
 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/step-2-begin-nvc-processing.html