I-130 Processing Question

[Free_fall 0]

Hi. I am Canadian and my sister (a US citizen) who is applying for me. She gave me the form and it shows I-130.

How much time needed to get green card through I 130 for a Canadian citizen living in Canada?

My wife is Canadian PR. Will it delay the process?

So is it better to apply once she has Canadian passport to cut down processing time significantly?

Thank you.

[appleblossom 3,030]

5 hours ago, Free_fall said:

Hi. I am Canadian and my sister (a US citizen) who is applying for me. She gave me the form and it shows I-130.

How much time needed to get green card through I 130 for a Canadian citizen living in Canada?

My wife is Canadian PR. Will it delay the process?

So is it better to apply once she has Canadian passport to cut down processing time significantly?

Thank you.

Your wife has plenty of time to become a Canadian citizen before you’ll be applying for a visa - that’s maybe 25 years away as a rough guess. 
 

The I-130 will take a while but the real wait is for a visa to become available to you. The Visa Bulletin is released each month, you can keep an eye on that to see how it’s moving. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-for-january-2025.html

 

Good luck. 

[Free_fall 0]

HI. Thank you for your reply. Getting approved through I-130 takes few months or year but even after approved, for me to get visa it takes years (probably 10+ years)? that's what you are saying? 

 

any way to expedite? 

[appleblossom 3,030]

7 minutes ago, Free_fall said:

HI. Thank you for your reply. Getting approved through I-130 takes few months or year but even after approved, for me to get visa it takes years (probably 10+ years)? that's what you are saying? 

 

any way to expedite? 

 

Way more than 10 years. Probably around 25 as I said above (that’s a very rough guess but gives you an idea at least). 

 

The I-130 is only the first step, once that’s approved you then have to apply for a visa, but there won't be one available to you by law until your Priority Date is current on Table A on the Visa Bulletin. 

 

There’s no way to expedite it until a visa is available to you. What grounds would you have to expedite?

Edited 10 hours ago by appleblossom

[Free_fall 0]

I dont know ways to expedite. Say my mom is there and not in good shape healthwise.

 

Means what 'but there won't be one available to you by law until your Priority Date is current on Table A on the Visa Bulletin. "?? like no appointment available?

[Lil bear 4,308]

4 minutes ago, Free_fall said:

I dont know ways to expedite. Say my mom is there and not in good shape healthwise.

 

Means what 'but there won't be one available to you by law until your Priority Date is current on Table A on the Visa Bulletin. "?? like no appointment available?

There are a limited number of visas which are made available each year and way more eligible applications each year. So the wait time for your application to get to the top of the pile and get an available visa will take a long time   The visa bulletin shows  the month and year of application that is at the top of the pile now. For many countries the top of the pile application was filled 20 years ago. You cant jump the queue by expediting. Once you are at the top

 of the pile out means “ a visa is now available” form your application.. and it is possible then to request edited processing of that stage. It culminates in an interview. 

[appleblossom 3,030]

12 minutes ago, Free_fall said:

I dont know ways to expedite. Say my mom is there and not in good shape healthwise.

 

Means what 'but there won't be one available to you by law until your Priority Date is current on Table A on the Visa Bulletin. "?? like no appointment available?

If your Mom is there then it would be much quicker (although still a long wait) for her to petition you rather than your sister. Is she a citizen? 

 

And no visa available. So no appointment, as there wouldn’t be a visa to issue you anyway. Once your Priority Dare becomes current (aka gets to the front of the line) then you’ll be scheduled for an interview. But that’s decades away. 
 

You can’t expedite until there’s a visa for you - so why knows if you’ll have a valid reason or not by then. 

Edited 5 hours ago by appleblossom