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  1. appleblossom
    Oh, ok. I saw you'd posted on the F2B thread so I assumed you were GC holders. Yes, probably another 8 or so years as a very rough guide - longer if they get married in the meantime. Good luck.
  2. appleblossom
    Yes, medicals aren't cheap - and green card fees too of course. Add in the cost of the move as well, rental deposits, etc, etc, and it certainly adds up! From a parent point of view though, depending on their ages and if they have vital exams (GCSE's etc), you could consider just moving when you get the visas. We moved last July and actually it wasn't great, as the kids don't have anybody to hang out with in the school holidays so it was a very long and boring wait for them to start school. Whereas if they started in April time, they'd have friends by the time summer vacation rolls around. It was also a pain for things like getting their school medicals done, as everybody else had already booked all the slots. Just a few practical things from our experience anyway - but it maybe wouldn't be the worst thing if you did go sooner. It used to be 2 months (ish) from DQ to interview date, it's a bit longer than normal now. So it may well get faster again, but of course could go the other way, just no way of knowing. Best of luck.
  3. appleblossom
    That's odd. I'd print that out then and submit it, pointing out that's what you've already provided! I wonder if they haven't realised her BC is French and are expecting a UK one. You can reschedule before, if you search the forums you'll find info on that. If you were DQ'ed now I'd expect an IL November ish as a rough guide, interview in December - that's assuming they speed up a bit once the DV visas are all issued. Is travelling in Easter hols an option to enter before the visas expire? And then move properly later once you're ready? If not then you need to either delay things but that's also risky in case processing times lengthen, or just try and reschedule the interview to a time that suits. Good luck.
  4. appleblossom
    The details for the French birth certificate requirements are here, is this what you have submitted? https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/France.html If you get an interview date that's too early you can reschedule, I think I'd just do that rather than mess around with getting DQ'ed.
  5. appleblossom
    Don't book a one way ticket - they're usually much more expensive than a return. We booked flexible returns, so that we could change the date. And then just used the returns to visit for Christmas the year after we moved (but you could not use them if you didn't want to visit).
  6. appleblossom
    There's something not right, you need to chase your lawyer up. If it's showing pay now then your lawyer hasn't paid your fees, despite what they've told you - it will change to 'PAID' when they have. You can see the processing times on this webpage, it's never normally more than 2-3 weeks max (current one week), so you should have been DQ'ed ages ago. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html
  7. appleblossom
    It also depends on the Priority Date though, as it recently retrogressed. Edit: just realised this thread is from over three years ago! So OP will have (hopefully) had their visa a long time ago.
  8. appleblossom
    Ok. Is his Mom a citizen or green card holder? Which country is he from? Bear in mind you can help but he must sign/submit the form himself
  9. appleblossom
    Add it in and then the previous 4 visits. And as advised in your last thread, you have to submit the DS-260 first. Then the documents. What kind of case is this and is your PD current? Please fill in your timeline, thanks.
  10. appleblossom
    Nope, other than the I-130 approval. Nothing else will happen until the sibling becomes eligible to apply for a visa. Maybe another 15 years or so to go as a rough guess? Just keep an eye on the Visa Bulletin occasionally.
  11. appleblossom
    You’ve misunderstood, nobody called you ignorant. It was the lawyer you mentioned that was being maligned for giving people duff info - not you.
  12. appleblossom
    It should speed up once the DV interviews are completed this month and they no longer have to prioritise those. It's still one of the quickest consulates, but it used to be 2 months or so from DQ to IL date for London, hopefully it will get back to that. Good luck.
  13. appleblossom
    15 Nov 2022. If you just Google ‘Visa Bulletin’ you’ll get taken straight to it.
  14. appleblossom
    No, they don't have to provide a decision before the hearing.
  15. appleblossom
    But you’ve already been given advice on what to do? Namely, pause everything at the NVC stage and don’t get MIL a visa yet. Given the child would be at least 7 years away (very rough guess) from a visa, a re-entry permit isn’t going to help and your MIL may well end up losing her green card if she gets it sooner. So just hold off until she is actually in a position to petition the child.
  16. appleblossom
    It will take a LOT longer than 2 years. And a visitor visa wouldn’t help even if she could get one (unlikely), as she couldn’t use that to move the child to the US on, that would be immigration fraud. Your last posts only 2 weeks ago said she had guardianship and hadn’t adopted the child? But she has now? Just stick to the plan as advised in that post, your mother should pause her processing now and wait to complete the NVC side of things.
  17. appleblossom
    Unmarried and under 21 though (unless eligible under CPSA). So chances are any kids have aged out by now.
  18. appleblossom
    There is a time limit for H visas, I don’t know if that was the case back in early 2000’s? But if so they must have either had different visas or been out of status for much longer than you think. Perhaps somebody else knows if the limit was the same back then.
  19. appleblossom
    Ah, I see, the delay makes sense now. So hopefully interview maybe December as a very rough guess. Depending on your previous consulate, transferring may add quite a bit of extra time for background checks after interview, so just be prepared for that, if it's a consulate like Lagos or Islamabad (which I assume it is from what you've said). Good luck.
  20. appleblossom
    So has your PD only just become current? I'm just trying to work out why it's taken so long if you were DQ'ed in February. If you could fill in your timeline it would be super helpful. There are no visas available at the moment due to the quota being met, but hopefully it'll be at some point in October. CEAC will change to 'in transit' when it's actually transferred to London.
  21. appleblossom
    Transferred from another consulate do you mean? Or just from NVC? What does your CEAC status say?
  22. appleblossom
    You doing a FOIA request won't impact her application in any way. What is your home country?
  23. appleblossom
    Is your father ok with you doing AOS as it may well cause his own status to be jeopardised? Is he aware of that? Just wondering if you might be better off trying to get a work visa instead if you have an employer that is happy to sponsor you?
  24. appleblossom
    Doh, sorry - thought you were the OP! Ignore my question about marriage, I see from your other post today you're green card holders and not citizens, so your children can't be married and you're in a different category to the OP.
  25. appleblossom
    You'd have the same thing in Canada - for you to get a work permit, the employer has to first apply for something called a LMIA, and that costs them $1000, and to get it they have to prove there are no Canadians to do the job. So you'll still need to work for a few years first I'd imagine, I just can't see any Canadian employer going through all that to try and hire you if you don't have experience. No idea on UK though.
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