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Yes, they'll fill dates as people become DQ'ed, i.e. as they're added to the queue - you just haven't been added to the queue as your PD wasn't current. I'd assume an interview towards the end of the year (assuming they prioritise immediate relatives for interviews, as most consulates do) and then be pleasantly surprised if it's any earlier. Good luck.

Yes, it's current next month, so your case will be added to the queue for an interview when March rolls around. Once you've been added to the queue, the length of wait seems to be about 6 months in DR, although that is for spousal (immediate relative) cases, so you may find yours is a bit longer as they will be given priority. Good luck.

Congrats! Yes, same sex marriages are recognised for US immigration purposes. Just be aware that it'll be quite a wait, as spouses of LPR's aren't immediate relatives - when are you eligible to apply for citizenship?

I don't think what you've mentioned would be viewed as suspicious, but it look like from your previous threads that you were due to marry somebody else in October, just before meeting this girl, and that you have previously applied for other K1's? So I would suggest you give a full background so that the forum pros can tell you if that may change things.

You’re looking at the wrong table. Table B is only for submitting documents to the NVC. Table A is for when a visa will actually become available to you. Until your PD is current (earlier than the date on that table) you can’t get a visa and no interview can be scheduled for you. As Boiler said, it’s currently at 8th Feb 2015 so you’ve still got quite a wait.

What’s that from? It’s certainly not the current VB. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-february-2024.html

Still a long way off becoming current. Maybe 4-5 years as a very rough guess, less if the Islamabad backlog lessens.

He said he’d won a state championship - I assume that is the highest level he’s achieved. And that’s not the national/international level that EB1 requires.

OK. And you’ve notified NVC of your citizenship and submitted proof to them? So they will now be immediate relatives, not F2A any longer and no wait for a visa. Either way though you’ve applied for an immigrant visa (green card). And I think they’ll get citizenship upon arrival but will let others with more knowledge comment on that. Good luck.

Is it your Uncle’s case? If so you give the approval date as 25th May 2010 in this thread if that helps -

No, it’s not the date it was forwarded, usually quite a bit before that. You should be able to see it on your online account. Islamabad is a long wait for an interview, at least a year I think, but a search of threads will give you more info.

Your profile says F2A? So if that’s right you’ve applied for immigrant visas for them, and they’ll be green card holders on arrival. But that’s also for children of LPR’s, and you say you’re a citizen? If you can clarify what you’ve applied for, who ‘we’ is, and give the children’s ages, then people can try and help.

Got to be honest, I'm struggling to see why your lawyer suggested either the O visa or EB1 for you. I'm sure your ability is extraordinary in chess, but it has to be at a national/international level (so winning a state championship wouldn't be enough), the acclaim has to be sustained and you have to show that you will 'substantially benefit' the US in the future. I really don't mean to belittle what you've done, I certainly wouldn't be able to do it, but I'm not sure how playing chess to a high level would benefit the US. What does your lawyer suggest? From what you've said, if you've never worked in any other job, then I don't think you have any other option. You're not likely to find an employer prepared to sponsor you if you don't have any/much work experience or specialist skills (in work), so I think your only option is to leave asap and then work your way back to the US in the future. Best of luck to you.

Assuming he's over 21, he can sponsor his father then. About the same timescale as you sponsoring him. Worth noting that even if you do sponsor him, you wouldn't have to be apart from him for the entire time - but you would need to establish domicile towards the end of the process and before his interview. Good luck.

Where is 'there', the US? Is your husband your son's biological father?

Can you clarify, which visa are you applying for? Your title says immigrant visa but this sounds like a K1? If you can give people more info they can try and help.

As it's likely to be a decade or more before she is eligible for a visa, do be aware that if she marries in that time she becomes ineligible - green card holders can only sponsor unmarried children. Her only option if she wanted to get married would be for you to get citizenship, and move in to F3 category. Good luck.

Totally depends on the consulate. Some are only 2-3 months, some are more than 2 years. I assume you're asking about your own case, so it's Accra? If it is, and your timeline is right, then your PD isn't current yet anyway. But this thread may help -

You normally just update anything at the interview.

Just checked mine and it didn't say that it, it actually specifically said not to reply to it. My email said the following, with the IL attached to it as a PDF. "Dear Sir/Madam, The National Visa Center (NVC) is processing this immigrant visa case. Please read the attached information and follow the instructions. This message contains confidential information for the person named in the attachment. If you are not the addressee, please notify asknvc@state.gov. If you do not want to receive email correspondence, send a request to Opt Out of email to asknvc@state.gov. Please DO NOT REPLY to this email. National Visa Center 32 Rochester Ave. Portsmouth, NH 03801"

Just FYI, that's an old post, @OnPoint received his IV and moved to the US ages ago. There is no visa available to you legally until your PD is current. So unless somebody changes the law, yes, they will be 'stubborn about it'. 😂

I don’t know if Manila is one of the consulates that’s quick (3 months ish) or super slow (2 years +), or somewhere in between for an interview. But yes, now you’re just waiting for the IL, assuming no RFE and you get DQ’ed soon. Good luck.

I took my Welcome Letter I think.

Your first post in this thread says the petition was approved in June 2023? Her DOB has also changed! If the petition was approved earlier then that doesn't help but I'd double check your dates really carefully and do a CPSA calculation yourself (there are online calculators you can use if you're not sure how to do it) just to be sure.

My own daughter is going to uni in September in the UK, but she'll have spent well over a year living here before leaving. She's got a job (taking a leave of absence from it and back working there in the holidays), she will have filed taxes, she has a driving licence, bills, parents and sibling that still live here, her name is on the lease, etc. Even with all that she'll be making sure she comes back for every vacation and for occasional weekends so she's in the US for at least half of every year, and that's still a risk. Just coming back for the summer without having those ties first and without any other visits would be an even bigger risk I wouldn't be prepared to take personally. If she only plans to come back for summers, then I'd either delay things (unless of course her aging out takes care of that for you), or I'd get her a re-entry permit. But of course she'd need to be in the US long enough to get that first. As above, to work out if she's aged out in to F2B or not, you'll need to do some careful sums. When exactly was her petition approved?