Aqid

Yeah, as far as I can tell I would lose my Dutch citizenship. The one thing that makes it different is that I'm now married to a Dutch citizen (the one we're applying for), so that might be grounds for keeping it. Since this is a pretty particular case, I might have to ask this question to a Dutch immigrant lawyer. In case it's not possible for me to get naturalized, we would still have to wait for the date in Section A to become current in the long run, right? Does "current" mean the date of NOA1 of when we filed the i130? With the date on Section A being 2022 still, and us filing in 2023 and as far as I can tell that date going up in time pretty slow, I have a feeling that could still be a couple years at least.

She does not have children. Right now I'm looking into the process of getting naturalized and how it works with Dutch law. I believe there is a form I can file that will allow me to keep Dutch citizenship. If that's the case, I might do that regardless of the status upgrade from F2A to IR1. I should've looked into that sooner, I had no idea the F2A category took that much longer than the IR1 category.

Ahhh that makes sense, thank you for clearing that up. I'm currently already eligible to apply for citizenship, I have had my green card for 12 years now. But the way I read it, is that I would have to give up my Dutch passport as The Netherlands doesn't allow dual citizenship anymore. Since I already filed the i130 about 18 months ago, do you think it would speed up the process considerably still?

Hi all, I'd like to ask a question about an article I read today, and I want to make sure I understand what they are saying correctly. Here is some information about us: LPR Husband, Foreign Wife. Filing category: F2A Filing date of i130: 15JUL23 Currently the case is pending, and we haven't heard anything since 19OCT23 when the status changed to "USCSI is reviewing your case". I came across the following article (source) "How to Read the Visa Bulletin to Find Your Priority Date". The thing that caught my eye is this: The current dates for the categories are (source) : Section A: 01JAN22 Section B: 15JUN24 When I go over to the USCIS website to see which date the NVC is using to accept applications it says the following (source) : My question is this: Am I reading correctly that we can go ahead and proceed to the next step, file with the NVC, even though our I-130 is not approved yet, because of the date of "Section B" (15JUN24) being past our filing date (15JUL23)?

Gotcha, thanks for answering that!

Hi! Thanks, that's what I thought too! But, for which Visa is I-485 designed then? Only for K3's?

One thing I noticed is that most of the immigration lawyer websites use form I-485 rather than consular filing when filing for a green card. I'm an LPR myself and have plans to file I-130 for my (foreign) spouse, but am debating how I could get her in the US so we'd have to spend less time apart (even if not allowed to work). It says that the requirements for using I-485 are that you entered the US legally, but I think entering using an ESTA might look very sketchy and might get us denied. What would be the correct visa to enter the US that form I-485 is designed for? That is the part that confuses me.