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You're already on it! You can go to the Philippines sub forum on here, or search the timelines to give you an idea of how long people are waiting for an interview once they're added to the queue.

Go to the second post on this thread, follow the link there. Think it's about a year to get the interview letter.

No, you’ll get the actual tracking number when it’s despatched, but also other updates - things like ‘we’ve ordered your card to be produced’, ‘your card has been produced’, ‘your card has been sent’ etc. Does it say something about payment being received? That’s the status that should show until it’s being produced but if he’s only just arrived maybe it’s too soon for that. I’d also highly recommend you sign up to Informed Delivery if you don’t have it already, it’ll show up as Special Delivery from USCIS.

No worries. Just keep an eye on the status, that’ll tell you when it’s being transferred to the consulate. And I’d recommend you search for info on Manila, both to get an idea of how long the wait time is there for an interview date, and also to check that it’s a consulate that will schedule the interview for you and not expect you to do it yourself. Best of luck.

It is very good news it certainly won’t be ‘any day now’ as there is still no visa available to him until January. And I’m not sure what the wait is like for an interview in the Philippines, but once January rolls around he’ll be added to the queue for one, so hopefully not too much longer to wait. Good luck.

Where are you now? In the US or your home country?

There were lots of unused visas in the EB categories in that period. Nearly 67,000 went unused in 2021 alone. Consulates don't set the Priority Dates, it's managed by the DoS. And the DR hasn't gone over the legal quota at any point, it would create a huge furore if they did and open up all sorts of legal challenges. The monthly reports aren't helpful or relevant really. Here is last year's annual report on the visas issued subject to the country cap for info - https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/AnnualReports/FY2022AnnualReport/FY22_TableV.pdf

What is your PD and where are you now?

Congrats! Now just make sure she doesn't work on this trip. 😂 Hope her POE entry goes smoothly and you have fun together.

You just need to use the receipt number from when you paid the IV fee to track the GC, using the same case tracking webpage. https://egov.uscis.gov No way of tracking the SSN.

Definitely an issue then, as it says on that you should have received it within 90 days. Fill in the form I've linked to above and that should give you some info. I also entered in July with my family, 3 of us received our GC's in Sept but my daughter's never turned up. I filled in the form and it turned out she needed to redo her photo so I had to take her to our local service centre. Once that was done her GC then arrived within 2 weeks.

If you've paid the IV fee, then what does the online status say for that? If it's been mailed, have you checked the tracking? If it doesn't say it's been mailed, there's something wrong at this point. You can report non receipt here - https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/displayNDCForm.do?entryPoint=init&sroPageType=ndc

You are permitted to stay until the expiration date of your work permit, but you cannot work for another employer on it. You cannot convert your closed work permit to an open work permit, but you can apply (as a new application) for an open work permit if you are eligible. It sounds like you may be if your spouse is working? All of the info you need is on the ICCRC website - https://ircc.canada.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=177&top=17 Good luck.

The Bahamas has been independent for over 50 years.

There are a few threads for EB applicants, not sure there are any specifically for Oz applicants though. Spousal applicants will always get priority for interviews, but you can use their timelines as a rough guide. And hopefully when your PD is current and you get added to the queue for an interview wait times will have come down a bit. Good luck.

Just to clarify, when you say she works from home you don’t mean she’s working in the US? Because that’s not allowed, regardless of where the employer is based. As above you can’t petition her until you’re 21 (assuming you’re a USC?) so if she needs to work between now and then she’ll have to go home and then apply for her visa via consular processing.

As above, for GC you need to allow 90 days so if you only paid the fee a month ago it’s probably a bit too early still. Mine took 6 weeks. What does the online status say? When it says they’ve ordered your card to be produced it’ll usually be with you within a couple of weeks at most. So keep a close eye on the status. For the SSN that’s definitely not right. Are you sure you ticked the box on the DS-260 to have one sent? If so it sounds like you’ll need to make an appointment and go and get one in person. Same thing happened to my daughter, 3 of us had our SSN’s within 10 days of arrival, hers just never turned up. Easy enough to sort at the local office though. Good luck.

Some work is permitted, but not working for months remotely as the OP's girlfriend has been doing. I'm a business person, and I guess you could say 'top exec'. Our lawyers were always VERY clear about what we could and couldn't do on business trips to the US (before I moved here), and whilst certain activities were permitted such as meetings, attending conferences, etc, doing my usual job on a day to day basis was not permitted. I actually had to sign something to say I wouldn't do that, as it could have had serious repercussions on the company if I'd been caught working without authorisation. And two sets of lawyers told me the same thing, our company lawyers (who gave me the document to sign), and my immigration lawyers, who were one of the world's leading immigration law firms. I'm assuming they both know the law much better than you or I. If I could have just done my job in the US for half the year and spent the other half at home in the UK, I wouldn't have needed to bother moving.

This thread is in the spouse visa section, but your timeline says your PD is April 2023? If that's right then you can't be scheduled for an interview until your PD is current, there's no visa available to you.

Guangzhou is the only embassy in China that processes IV’s so it won’t be possible to switch locations. https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/visas/immigrant-visas/#:~:text=Immigrant visas to the United,for nationals of other countries.

Try their email, they were very responsive to that.

You don't need to pay it in advance, you can pay when you arrive. HTH.

You're comparing a family based route with a skills/education based route though, so not really a fair comparison. Those that qualify for PR via the EE points based system in Canada would often qualify for a work based visa for the US as well, which can be even quicker. If you compare like for like, then sponsoring an adult child isn't an option for Canadian citizens, unless that child is disabled and financially dependent on them, or that child is their only living relative. So it may take a long time in the US, but at least it's possible.

https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/tools-outage Which fee are you trying to pay?

H-1B's can be ported, and the employee can start working for the new employer as soon as the I-129 is filed which cuts down the wait time considerably. The other advantage of a transfer is that she wouldn't be subject to the cap/lottery. I agree with Boiler, definitely a good idea, might as well try and find a job anyway whilst waiting.