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  1. appleblossom
    My I-94 travel history included my first VWP entry from 1994, so I can’t see them not knowing about a visa from the 2000’s. Has she checked her own online to see what it says? https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/#/home
  2. appleblossom
    Top tip - click on ‘Timeline’ on the OP’s post/profile to see it (and do add your own - the more people that add Timelines the better). Looks like it was 13 months.
  3. appleblossom
    Thank you. I hope it's your turn soon. As somebody that's worked in immigration for many, many years (not for the US) I'd say it's actually incredibly efficient compared to other countries! It's just a case of waiting our turn, obviously it depends on the country though as to how many people are in the queue ahead of us. I was lucky as London is incredibly fast at the moment.
  4. appleblossom
    To add to the excellent advice already given, I'd advise you get a sibling (or ideally both) to sponsor you asap if they're amenable. It's a heck of a long wait, but might as well get in the queue just in case the employment based thing doesn't happen. Might be worth a consult with a lawyer to see if there is any other employment based visa option for you as well. Good luck to you.
  5. appleblossom
    Update: less than 24 hours after interview, status now says 'issued'. So hopefully the passport will be delivered back on Thursday, exactly the same timing as @NasUK. Will update again when received.
  6. appleblossom
    Replying on his/her behalf as it seems NasUK hasn't seen this - s/he had the interview on the Monday and the passport back Thursday, so only 3 days. My interview was yesterday lunchtime, status has already changed to 'Administrative Processing' at 8am this morning, and I'm hoping I'll have it back by the weekend - will update when I do.
  7. appleblossom
    It does slightly favour them, yes - 60% ish employment based PR and the rest family based. But my initial point was that other countries don't allow siblings or adult children to be sponsored, if Canada did then the weighting would certainly swing the other way. The parent sponsorship isn't really relevant, most countries allow that, it's the siblings/non dependent children that is the reason I personally wouldn't be jumping up and down and bringing government's attention to that when so many are against it. JMO though, it's just not something I'd risk doing unless I was 100% sure my congressman would be on my side.
  8. appleblossom
    Up to you. I booked ours before getting the IL but that was because I only had one possible week that we could do it in due to my kids sitting A Levels & GCSE’s. There’s no need to book it early though, you’ll have plenty of notice of the interview date to get it done before then. And of course it will depend on how quickly you want to move as you only have 6 months from the medical, so might not want to have it done early if you have things you need to wrap up before moving.
  9. appleblossom
    Nope. In Canada PR’s can sponsor parents too (I think with the US only citizens can?), plus there’s a ‘super visa’ that allows parents to stay for years if they want without a full PR application (or whilst waiting for one to be processed). Other than an income requirement and a medical, just like the US, it’s pretty straightforward.
  10. appleblossom
    Actually Canada does offer PR for parents (as do many other countries). Not for siblings or adult children though, they’re the categories that are unusual. And Trump’s administration was proposing to end a lot of family migration, as well as the DV lottery, back in 2018.
  11. appleblossom
    From London? Not long at all, it’s one of the quickest consulates. If you scroll through the thread you’ll find loads of timelines. Good luck.
  12. appleblossom
    Personally I'd be cautious about doing that. Most Americans have no idea about immigration to their own country, and the US is very unusual in allowing certain family members (adult children, siblings) to be sponsored for an immigrant visa when no other country in the world does so. You might find you get an unsympathetic congressman that decides to campaign against chain migration instead, there's often talk of doing away with those visa categories (most recently under Donald Trump), I wouldn't want to add any fuel to the fire. Or at the very least, check out their voting record first to make sure they're likely to be sympathetic to your cause! 😂
  13. appleblossom
    So quick update from me, had our interviews today and we were approved, hurrah! So just waiting for our passports to come back but seems to be super quick at the moment, so hopefully they'll be here in plenty of time for our flights on 29th. Our interview slot was 10.30am, we got there at 10am and the queue wasn't that big. But we went and asked where to go as we knew IV appointments were usually sent straight in, which is exactly what happened (much to do the disgust of the people in the queue….not very British at all of us to queue jump!). We then got sent to the citizens line to check in so were in very quickly. We didn't get seen until about 11.45am, we were called up to the window and asked for various documents, did biometrics and had the officer check a few things i.e. birth dates etc. Spent about 10 minutes there before sitting back down for another half an hour. Then got called up for the actual interview which took maybe 30 seconds! Two questions - 'what do you do for a job' and 'will you be continuing in the same field once you move to the US'. That was it, we were told we were approved, the lovely consular officer said 'congratulations' and off we went. Two things I'd say for anybody waiting for their interview - firstly make sure you read the instructions really carefully. Whilst we were sat there waiting, two people were sent away with green slips as they only had copies of documents that they were supposed to have originals of. And secondly, bring a book as you could be waiting a while! Good luck all, hope you all have equally positive news soon.
  14. appleblossom
    Who to? The lawyer? None of that should be sent to the embassy.
  15. appleblossom
    What did the lawyer mail to the embassy? Nothing should be mailed to them, you’re still at the NVC stage. Hopefully this is just your aunt misunderstanding the process though rather than your lawyer sending things to the wrong place. Study this page so you can understand what’s going on and what needs to be done. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/step-2-begin-nvc-processing.html
  16. appleblossom
    That's exactly what we've done. Our interview is tomorrow and flight is booked for the 29th which should be fine, but we've booked a fully flexible flight just in case. Will let you know when our passports are back, going on recent timescales I'm hoping we'll have them in hand by next weekend. 🤞
  17. appleblossom
    Sorry to hear that. What are you applying for, which category? Assume it’s not an employment based immigrant visa as you mention i-864 so are you sponsoring a family member? If you fill in your timeline on VJ then it will help people whenever you ask questions.
  18. appleblossom
    Yes, I realise that but still seems very odd to me to not be ready to go so that an interview could be scheduled as soon as PD went current. Particularly if the OP is worried about aging out.
  19. appleblossom
    That's really odd, we didn't even get asked about it at our medical, just ticked the box to say we'd had it as children and that was it. Did you have a blood test then? I'd give Visa Medicals a call and see what they say.
  20. appleblossom
    The NVC processing time page is usually accurate, currently showing 2 weeks - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html
  21. appleblossom
    I'm applying via EB1 but everything we've had has been by email so I wouldn't worry at all.
  22. appleblossom
    This is really odd, if you had your Welcome Letter over 3 years ago why has the DS-260 not been done since then? I'd ask your lawyer exactly what is going on. Have you paid the fees? Uploaded supporting documents? Once you've done those things and the DS-260 then you should be Documentary Qualified fairly quickly and then just in the queue for an interview at the consulate, but it seems like a lot of time has been wasted for no reason.
  23. appleblossom
    Brilliant. Hopefully we'll have ours back by the end of next week then, thank you.
  24. appleblossom
    Congrats! That's super quick. So your interview was Monday and you had the passport back Wed/Thurs?
  25. appleblossom
    The next steps are all laid out here - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/step-2-begin-nvc-processing.html
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