Hi.. I filed with a receipt date of July 5, 2016 for my brother and his wife. They are both over 21 and they are both in the UK. My parents were not citizens yet, and my mother has since died. My father did gain his citizenship in 2022 though. When I filed, I thought it was 7-9 years or so until processing was complete. Turns out I was wrong. In all my years of submitting paperwork for visas, I did not know about the visa bulletins (my K1, AOS and then citizenship and then my parents I-130 visas and father's citizenship )- I always came here for timeline discussions. Now I'm hearing that it takes more like 15-20 years. The bulletin that someone linked to, sates that as of September 2023, they are completing F4 I-130 petitions from April of 2007 - so a 16 year wait, which would mean that if all things stay the same, then my petition for my brother won't see the light of day until at least 2032.
Would it be better to have my father send in a new petition for my brother instead? Do I have to repeal my I-130 in order to do that or can I just change the category (F4 to F3)? And I don't mean to sound morbid, but what if my father dies before my brother's I-130 gets approved?
I can't seem to find processing times for any of these things on the USCIS processing times website/page. It all says "See Notes". And if I enter the receipt date on the USCIS processing times page under "When can I ask about my case?", the message that pops up is that I can't ask before July 14, 2029. So is that their anticipated processing date for the F4 I-130? I think that is a parent filing for a married child is a F3 visa. Are they really processing 14 years out as well? Heck! I don't even know if I'm reading the bulletin right! This is what I'm looking at. https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/family-preference-cut-off-dates/Cut-off_Dates_Worldwide_Online_FY23.pdf
Thanks for any help you guys can give. I thought I was a real pro at all of this stuff, lol, but so much time has passed that now I feel like a total newbie.
