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Realistically, it would probably have to be a private school as they'll have the funds to sponsor you. I'd focus on the British schools as they will definitely hire Brits. And what do you mean sponsorship isn't a possibility as you're married? What family members do you have there?

Do you have a link? The link I gave you is from the only authorised doctors in London to do the medicals, and tells you what they check for. As for tax, here's info on CGT from the US side of things - https://www.irs.gov/publications/p544 It's more lenient than the UK in terms of timing before CGT kicks in.

You get 3 years before US CGT kicks in IIRC from our conversation with our tax advisors, less for the UK. (Both assuming it’s the primary residence, rather than a second home or investment property). But I just meant selling from the US if a sale hadn’t quite finalised by June, so hopefully only a few months at most.

12 days is pretty standard for SSN's, they say 2 weeks for those. The green card can be much sooner than 90 days (mine was about 6 weeks), but it doesn't really matter as long as you have it at some point in the first year. And of course, it can also be longer, my daughter's hasn't turned up yet and it's been 88 days - her SSN never arrived either so somehow she's been left off the system despite entering at the same time as the rest of us! I need to chase it up in another 2 days, it's definitely not coming as her status has been stuck on 'card is being produced' since 9th September, and there's nothing showing from USCIS in Informed Delivery either.

How are you applying? Is your husband a USC? Not sure this is in the right section but hopefully a helpful mod will move it.

I wouldn't get too set on selling your house by June if you're putting it on the market in February, that would mean you're dependent on a lot of things working out. Personally I'd either put it on asap and then be prepared to be in short term accommodation in the UK before you move, or be be prepared to have it not be sold by the time you leave and to have to sell it from the US. Can't help with sending stuff ahead, or appliances really - we bought most things other than TV's which I knew wouldn't work. So far everything has worked fine, just slower i.e. my stand mixer isn't as fast here but fine for just making a quick cake. The blender works fine too, again just not as quickly. Yes, your daughter will need a medical, no private parts examined though! Not sure where you're reading that, but best to go to the official source. https://visamedicals.co.uk/united-states/ HTH, good luck with the move.

I would assume so too, but no way of guessing how long it will take really, particularly without knowing which country the OP is from. I wouldn't be surprised if the whole category is scrapped at some point, I can't think of any other country in the world that allows adult siblings to be sponsored for permanent residency (or adult children for that matter) and the wait is just crazy. Anybody applying now for a family based sponsorship with a long wait would be best off applying to get in the queue, and then focusing on trying to make themselves eligible for another route i.e. employment based green card in the interim if at all possible.

Unfortunately, applicants from your country are often subject to AP, particularly if male. As said above, it just takes as long as it takes, you could hear back tomorrow, or it may be months or even longer. No way of knowing, it depends on what background checks they're doing. Hope you hear soon.

As above, 15+ years, depending on your country. Just keep an eye on the Visa Bulletin from time to time to see when your Priority Date may become current.

Not really, you've missed quite a bit. Not sure what you're reading, but this is your best source for a step by step guide to the process - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition.html

The immigration officer will check the address for the green card to be sent to, not the SSN, but both will be sent to the address on your DS-260 unless you update it with them. Mine was also delivered within about a week (not sure of exact number of days as it was waiting in our rental house when we got the keys 9 days after arriving!).

If you have 5 mins to fill in your timeline it will help when answering your questions, but also (more importantly) add to the data on VJ so that others may benefit in the future - i.e. the link that you've been given above by Crazy Cat.

Yes, sorry, maybe I wasn't clear enough in my response. Answer definitely no and would only be yes to people who've applied together i.e. a sibling sponsored with a spouse joining.

So she’s leaving her spouse behind, he’s not been petitioned for and he’s staying in their home country? Just checking as it’s an unusual situation, particularly as you mention her possibly sponsoring him further down the line? If so, the answer is no. She’d answer yes if you’d petitioned for both of them and he was going to follow/move at a later date.

As you can see from the previous responses in this thread, people have been waiting a lot longer. But you've not said who is sponsoring you? If you can fill your timeline then it will help people give you more accurate answers when you ask questions.

Both should just be mailed, her SSN in a couple of weeks and the GC in 1-3 months usually. You can’t track the SSN but can track the GC using the receipt number from when you paid the $220 fee. HTH.

Just put a few words of the first post in to the Facebook search and it'll pop straight up.

Good point. I wonder if they booked the flight for him, or just sent him the money for him to do it. I've just looked it up on FB out of interest, lots of outrage on the post from people who don't understand how it works! I wonder if anybody has shown her this thread, the OP hasn't been back.

Yes, that's true - myself and my family had just the one dose in London and our medicals were signed off (immigrant visas though). We had it done by Visa Medicals, just for ease. I don't think your GP will do a Hep B vaccination, we had our second doses done before we left for the US but had to have them done at a private clinic.

Not sure I'd do that personally, putting your residential address as one that you don't actually live at could be seen as immigration fraud, and it will come up in the background checks anyway. I'd be honest on all documents that ask for physical/residential address, but just contact the embassy to make sure they are happy to take the case before going too far in the process. If RA explains the situation then hopefully they will as the other option seems to be Mexico.

Same thing. On my IV it is 'registration number' (9 digits), on my green card it has it as 'USCIS number' (same 9 digits but with dashes). But they're both exactly the same number as my A number, just with the letter A missing.

Just checked mine, and yes, I had to fill in all secondary onwards education history and also work history for the previous 10 years.

Yes, I responded to this above? You’ve still got quite a wait until you’ll be added to the queue for an interview. I’d have to check my DS-260 to see what questions it had to be sure, I can check tomorrow unless somebody else knows and responds in the interim. But I’m sure I did have to give education & work history - even my teenage children had those questions! If you look at the sample form then it tells you what should be there, the questions will depend on previous answers given so I’d go back and check you’ve not selected something wrong in an earlier question.

He wouldn't usually have had to pay tax in the US, but all citizens and GC holders are required to submit a return every year. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/frequently-asked-questions-about-international-individual-tax-matters#green-card-holders

No worries. Question though, how do you know your I-129f was approved if you don't have a I-797? For both my I-129 and I-140 my approval email/letter came with the I-797 attached (via email and then a hard copy followed by mail). So I'm wondering if you perhaps have had it but just not realised what it is?