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How many people in your family, will your job continue when you move to the US AND do you have savings? have you already received RFE from NVC or do you still have to submit the I864?

There is no I-485. If your father was INSIDE the US. You would file I-130 and I-485 and I-864 at the same time. Because he will consular process he will need to complete the DS260 NOT the I-485. Listen to @SteveInBoston. If your mother files for your father she will have to submit an I-864. Has she been filing US taxes for the last 3 years (at least). The bank accounts, address and state ID will be fine for NVC stage but the consulate might want your mother to 1.) move to the US before your father or 2.) see proof she has made concrete plans to move to the US (and it should not be dependent on your father receiving the visa). As you currently live in the US and can sponsor your father. It would be simpler than having your mother file an I-864 and you filing as joint sponsor ( a second I-864). The I-407 is not an issue. This allows him to be petitioned for another visa. If his criminal records are an issue and he requires a waiver- your mother's domicile once again becomes important. She will most likely have to show she cannot live in China due to hardship and they must move to the US. If moving to the US isn't that important and your parents would just like to visit. I suggest filing for a B1/B2 tourist visa.

Last year, processing time Vermont was 13.5 months then went up to 14.5 months. My petition was processed in 9 months. USCIS processing times are weird. The time means 80% of cases are processed by the time stated. It also appears some offices are instituting a Last In First Out policy, skewing the numbers and as a consequence people who filed first are going to wait a long time. Hopefully, you will get your petitioned approved soon! Thankfully, NVC is shorter now than it was a year or so ago!

She interviewed early 2000s (2004?) immigration was a whole other landscape. Maybe you could choose the fastest consulate, move there and interview? DCF was also pretty common…

Previous post from 2017…

Maybe someone from India can give more information but is should be sufficient? Just make sure to write down all the previous names your mom used on the I-130!

This is the same birth certificate you used for your own immigration journey and it was accepted by USCIS and the embassy?

Where will your husband be deployed? Are you on his orders? Do you plan on living in the US after you receive your visa or living with your husband? You should investigate expediting the I-130 and then maybe expediting citizenship, too. Depending on your future plans.

What does that mean? Is it just first name? Or is it a previous name your mother used?

When did you apply for the replacement certificate? A friend of mine had to get a congressman involved after she waited several months for her replacement. Hopefully, they’ve sped up the process and/or you are apply to submit the I-130 without that information… you might also want to submit FOIA to get the information so you can complete the required fields. ETA: you have received a certificate so I would say “yes”… issue is you lost it.

Then no need to file I485. File I-130 make sure to indicate she will interview in India. And add proof of relationship. Nothing needs to be notarized. Make sure you file online so you get your receipt immediately.

She wants/needs to go back to India in July or is she undecided?

He has a son with the first wife. I’m thinking it wasn’t all a scam… One thing that will be different is the amount you need to sponsor your future wife and stepson… @perritonegro did your ex become a citizen? Is your son still a dependent on your taxes?

I meant… after 2014 denial… OP didn’t explain what happened with the relationship after the DV denial. I’m sure it is an uphill battle as they were hit with misrep… this is why I stated in an earlier post OP should have evidence they were free to remarry.

I wonder what would happen if @Alex7012 did in fact marry the other person after the denial… but then divorced.

I’m aware of Japan timelines because I spend my time reading posts from OP’s with a Japanese beneficiary. For some reason a lot of people out of Japan don’t update their timelines so I’m going off memory. Here is a timeline from earlier this year… https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=418794 and here is a thread for “all Japanese filers”…

Congratulations! Interesting to note they didn’t flag you for incorrectly filled out I864… but great news as now you can travel on the flights you booked! maybe all they wanted was updated financial information and the I864 wasn’t so important?

Applying for re-entry permit means you are still an LPR. All you have to do is file US taxes while you live outside the US and return to the US when you want to live there… I believe you can apply for an extension once (so a total of 4 years outside the US is possible).

Looking at previous posts… Did you apply June of this year? Or did you apply last year?

So, live in his country on the residence permit. Then if you want to move to the US- apply for the spousal visa. If you have a job offer to the US you might be able to apply via DCF (it is quicker). Make sure you file US taxes every year you are out of the US. Then move to the US- your spouse and you should live in the US for 3 years if he wants to apply for US citizenship. Then decide where you want to live- remember you will both have to file US taxes if you reside outside the US.

Most common way for him to become a US citizen is to live in the US for 3 or 5 years ( 3 if married to USC; 5 if not married to USC). If you are in the military, there is a way to expedite the situation... Do you work for the military?

You don’t really have a choice this is your only legal option.

Documentarily Qualified. It means NVC accepted all your documents and you are in line for interview.

So you lied about being married to the partner you tried to move to the US with? If you lied to procure an immigration benefit you might not be eligible for a waiver. If this happens would your new USC partner be willing to move to Nigeria to be with you OR move to a throes country? Or is your relationship dependent on you being together in the US?