SteveInBostonI130

1. None. 2. USCIS is not involved at all.

Niece will need a student visa. The "walkabout visa" might be something from the Crocodile Dundee movies.

What is their status? We cannot help if you don't provide any information. At this point, all we can suggest if for them to consult an immigration attorney.

If you have not submitted your DS-260, how did you get an interview scheduled?

For those who think they need mountains of evidence for the I-129F, here are the actual requirements: 1. Be alive and breathing. 1.a. Petitioner is a live and breathing USC. Provide proof of USC. 1.b. Beneficiary is a live and breathing non-USC/LPR. 2. Both are free to marry. 2.a. If previously married, provide divorce certificate(s). 3. Both intend to marry each other within 90 day of beneficiary arriving with the K1 visa. Provide a signed letter regarding this. 4. Both have met physically within the last 2 years. Provide proof of this. 5. Petitioner needs to provide criminal history, even if records are "sealed". EDIt: The above is to get the I-129F approved. Some "front load" evidence into the I-129F to help get the K1 visa approved. This would be evidence of time spent together - photos, boarding passes, hotel stays, etc.

I am curious: I would like to see where or how you believe you can control which service center handles the ROC.

Show that you became an LPR at age 30.

Why do you want to transfer it now, before marriage? Why not wait and have your name added to the account?

You first attempted DCS when there was no urgent need. DCS is granted to those in exceptional circumstances, and that wasn't your situation. Now 6 months later, why do you "need" to start an internship in the US? Can you not start one in Peru? That is the hurdle you will need to overcome with the embassy.

You both signed a letter to USCIS stating that you will marry within 90 days of entering the US. You both signed a second letter stating the same to DOS. The letters are non-binding, but reneging those statements may influence any future decisions. There will be greater scrutiny if either of you apply for a K1 in the future. CR1 may or may not be impacted. ESTA and B1/B2 may also be impacted because you have shown immigrant intent.

Where are your parents now?

His CSPA age 21 will be March 2026. I do not see VB moving from Feb 2019 to Aug 2023 (4 yr, 6 mo) in 2 years 3 months. He will be F2B, which is a longer wait (8+ years). Only hope to be processed by March 2026 is if his parent becomes a USC by then and he becomes IR2.

Aug 2023 or Aug 2022? If PD was Aug 8 2023, was approved Dec 8, 2023, and he turned 19 on Sept 1, 2023 (for example), then his CSPA age will be 21 in Jan 1, 2026. If PD was Aug 8, 2022, was approved Dec 8, 2023, and he turned 19 on July 1, 2023 (for 2nd example), then his CSPA age 21 will be Nov 1, 2026. Basically, his age minus the time it took to approve the I-130. USCIS did him no favors by approving the I-130 quickly. Currently F2A final action date is Feb 2019. If the PD is Aug 2022, there is a small chance it will be current by Nov 2026 in the 2nd example above. If the PD is Aug 2023, he will age out.

Good, sort of. The VB posted by @Chancy shows Jan 2015 as being current. Unfortunately, the VB table is not 1:1 to real time. The VB can progress month to month per calendar time, or each 3 or more months of real time progresses the VB by 1 month. The shortest wait for you will be 2 years, but it could take longer. I predict 3-4 years. By the way, there is only 1 PD date - yours. Your son is a derivative and falls under your converted I-130 petition. As long as you submitted all documents, including your son's DS-260, it is just a waiting game.

What country?

OP is asking about the petitioner's documents: For IR5, petitioner's marriage or divorce documents are not needed.

How long have you lived in your current US residence?

It is never paid at the interview. The fee is $220, and you pay online using the instructions provided when you received your immigrant visa. It can be paid before or after you enter the US. Your green card will be processed after you pay the fee AND enter the US. My wife's GC took about 3 weeks to arrive. Officially, USCIS states it can take up to 90 days to receive the GC. Your SSN will arrive in 3-4 weeks after you enter the US, if you selected that option on the DS-260. If you did not get your SSN, or if you did not select that option, you can go to the SS administration office and show your endorsed visa. Most states require the SSN for the DL. Check your state's DMV/RMV requirements. You can temporarily drive using your foreign DL. Each state has a requirement of getting that state's DL after XX amount of days being a resident of that state.

If he's from the UK and lived there his entire life, it's unusual to be under 221g AP. My only guess is his name matches a person of interest, and they need to verify that he is not that person.

Did you file one I-130 for each beneficiary? That is, one for your wife and one for each child?

Go to USCIS site for N400 online application. It will lead you through a series of questions, at the end of which it will let you know if you qualify or not.

Not notarized. A certified court copy.

Official processing time for I-129F, the fiance visa petition, is 14.5 months according to USCIS. K1 is not faster.

His entire file is recorded. The application, the denial and the interview notes. The CO could have helpfully noted that the 3rd answer may have been a misunderstanding, but it would be there for the the next interviewer to review. The issue is you both work in the music industry and you are heading to the US to attend a recording session. That in and of itself sounds suspiciously of intending to go to the US to work. If he applies again for the same intended trip, I do not see it being approved.

Who was this "online lawyer"?