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Depends on the visa category - please fill in your timeline. But London is quick, so at some point in the next month or so. HTH.

Ah didn't realise that as you mentioned timelines so thought you weren't aware of them. No, I went through it not long ago and have recently moved to the US - my timeline is on my profile. Good luck with yours, hope you're at a consulate with a short wait for an interview. 🤞

Yes, absolutely. I wouldn't get your hopes up, as you have immigrant intent and it's going to be hard to overcome that, but you can certainly apply. If the application is refused, your mother will just need to keep visiting you until your IV is granted I'm afraid (or you can meet in a third country).

You need to wait until your PD is current on the Visa Bulletin - currently those who applied before 8th Feb 2015 have visas available to them. The VB is released monthly, just bear in mind it's not linear and may not move forward at the same rate as time does. For example, a year ago it was 1st Dec 2014, so has only moved forward just over 2 months in a year. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-march-2024.html Once your PD is current, you'll then be added to the queue for an interview. Good luck.

There isn't likely to be an update, but if they've charged you then you know they've received it. Which service centre is it being processed at?

The timeline for the NVC steps is set out on their website which is updated weekly. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html But the interview wait once DQ'ed will vary hugely depending on the consulate, it can be a couple of months or even a couple of years for some consulates.

Then you're not in AP, and I'd reckon you'll have your passport back by middle to end of next week. Good luck.

Ah. No, I didn't go through extra AP or have to complete the 5535. As @Boiler said, are you a third country national? If so, which country?

Just to say everybody has that - that just means the final step after interview and before the visa is sent to be printed. That's very different to being given a 221g which is 'proper' Admin Processing. My Admin Processing status only lasted a couple of hours before it changed to Issued (visa printed) - if you weren't given a 221g or DS-5535 then hopefully yours will change soon too. Good luck.

Some people are only a week, some are months or even years. Everybody's case is different. Were you told the reason for it, were you asked to submit any other documents?

Even if you can get a visa you’d need a waiver for it, and that’ll add 7-8 months. I wouldn’t have said it’s worth the hassle, cost or time when you can pop to Paris instead.

Is there any reason you’re waiting to petition your brother? Given how long he’ll be waiting, if you know you’ll definitely be petitioning for him, I’d be inclined to submit asap to get his space in line. Is your brother married? If not, your mother can also petition him when she’s got her GC which may knock a decade or more off his wait. Good luck.

Yes, that’s clear now - it wasn’t from the original post. 👍🏻

When your Priority Date (date you applied) is before the date on Table B you can start the second part of the process (pay fees, submit docs to NVC, complete the DS-260). But there's still no visa available to you at the point. Table A is when a visa becomes available to you, so when your Priority Date is before that date you'll then be scheduled for interview and actually able to get a visa. As you can see from the Visa Bulletin, that date is currently June 2020, so people who applied before that date are able to now get visas - so they've waited just under 4 years. The wait may speed up or slow down, no way of knowing unfortunately as it will depend on how many people are in the queue ahead of you. All you can do is watch the VB (it's released monthly) and see how the date is progressing. But yes, you may find that your husband can become a USC before your PD becomes current. If that is the case, then you will be processed straight away, as spouses of USC's are classed as immediate relatives, so don't have to wait. Good luck.

As said above, nothing for you to do really. As the DoS website says "Note: Visa applicants must qualify on the basis of the applicant's residence and ties abroad, rather than assurances from U.S. family and friends. A letter of invitation or Affidavit of Support is not needed to apply for a visitor visa. If you choose to bring a letter of invitation or Affidavit of Support to your interview, please remember it is not one of the factors used in determining whether to issue or deny the visa." Where is your sister from? Some countries are tougher than others, and the wait time for an interview varies hugely as well.

There are no fees paid during the interview. The only one you should have left to pay will be the $220/235 (depending on when the interview is, as the fee increases on 1st April) green card fee. You’ll pay that online once the visa has been granted/issued.

You've posted this in the section for family members of LPR's, so just to confirm - you are a USC? Have you already had the I-130 approved and now you just want to know the fees for the NVC/consular processing side of things??

Thank you. It's happened to me probably 15-20 times over the past few weeks (most recently yesterday), I'll let you know if it does it again!

As said above, yes, it's compulsory, and you can get it from your GP or the NHS app. But make sure it's the Summary Care Record, not your full medical records. When you book your medical they'll send you a full list of everything you need to take and give you details of it.

No, he needs his SCR, his little red book doesn't show anything other than childhood vaccinations and weight/height checks. The SCR is a standard thing that his doctor will be able to get to him fairly easily (I filled in a form on my GP's website requesting it and it was in my email inbox half an hour later). Or he can get it himself on the NHS app. And yes to long form birth cert being needed. Good luck.

I had my interview (also EB1 - last July) on the Monday afternoon and had passports delivered back on Thursday, so 4 working days in total. I think it's possible, but cutting it very fine as mine was unusually quick - so you'll have to hope yours is too! It's usually 7-10 days or so for passport return. As said above, does your status say issued? If so, you know the visa has been printed and put in your passport, so there's a good chance it will be back. Good luck.

OK, so your PD was definitely current when you were DQ'ed then and you should have been added to the interview line right away. I know that even spouses (higher priority than your case) are having to wait a really long time at Manila, so seems there is quite the backlog at the moment unfortunately. You've put your country as UAE on your timeline, is that where you live? If so, you might want to look at transferring your file there if it would be quicker to be interviewed there. Unfortunately I can't find any recent timelines for other F4 applicants for Manila, so not sure there are any other cases to look at that would be useful, but hope you don't have to wait too much longer.

What’s your Priority Date?

I amended my post above as I realised that was probably the case. But it doesn't tell you what work is being done really, it only tells you of approvals/rejections etc. I worked in immigration for a long time (for Canada, not the US), and often I'd go a whole week without granting a visa, as I was doing other stuff on my cases and they weren't yet at that point. So I'd be working hard, but if you'd looked at just my stats for cases finalised it would have looked like I'd done nothing! In other words, ignore that completely - you may just find that it was your case they were doing the background checks for on Thursday and Friday, fingers crossed…….🤞

I'd ignore that completely. Even if no visas were approved or denied on Thursday or Friday, then it doesn't mean no work was done. So to say nothing was processed isn't correct, they will have been working hard doing background checks, looking at documents, sending out RFE's etc, etc. An approval or denial is only a tiny part of the work that is done on an application, the rest is done prior to that point and is far more onerous than hitting go on a decision notice. And I have to say, if you're concerned that VJ is making you feel sad about the process, then tracking your case using a third party's website with no link to USCIS is likely to be even worse. I know it's tough when you're waiting but obsessing over one or two specific days in the whole process isn't going to help at all.