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Yes. Instead of sending it to the attorney and then waiting for them to send it on to NVC, just mail it directly yourself. We had attorneys for our EB application but they didn't mail anything to NVC for us, we did it ourselves to save time. They don't sound terribly organised (as I said above, they should have told you to order the police certs a long time ago), so I wouldn't risk a further delay personally, I'd skip the step of sending it to them first. Adding extra documents puts you at the back of the line again, it's the same amount of time as anybody else waiting to be DQ'ed. P.S. Please fill your timeline in (on your profile), there aren't many of us EB applicants around, so the more data we have the better. Thanks.

It doesn’t matter how you applied. If you have dual citizenship and a passport for a country that isn’t banned, you’re eligible for the visa. Just take your Canadian passport with you, good luck.

No, they won’t but as I said above you don’t need to update it. You just take your other passport with you, and a printed copy of the DS-260 with the relevant info written in. I’m assuming you’ve already provided evidence of how you got your Italian citizenship - birth certificate etc? Brazil is banned for now to all intents and purposes. Rather than quibbling over which country has which restrictions, it’s easier to just say ban. Knowing the current administration, this ‘pause’ could last years.

I travelled several times before mine was granted, shouldn’t be an issue at all.

Unfortunately as said above, there’s no way to extend ESTA. But on the plus side, it means you can visit fairly easily. I’m so sorry, and wish you both the best.

Mailing docs usually adds about a week or so for EB applicants versus the quoted NVC processing times, but it certainly shouldn't add that long. Your attorney shouldn't have submitted without all of the docs, he's caused you a further delay by doing that which is a shame. I'd also question why on earth he didn't have your police certs ready to go? Our lawyers sent us a detailed checklist of everything we needed to start gathering even before they submitted the I-140. I would send the police certs with the cover checklist, just as you did with the other docs. That's how it would be matched up. Which country are you from and what does your online status say? Also, just checking but you have paid the fees?

Neither did the people mentioned in that thread, things seem to have changed recently. Personally, there's no way I'd be considering AoS with the current administration, I'd go back and do consular processing, but that's just me. I just like a stress free life! Good luck to you.

*Thread Moved to AoS from Tourist Visas forum* If you're doing adjustment of status, you're not applying for a CR-1 visa - that's only for those doing consular processing. Before you decide to definitely do AoS, I'd read this thread, just to be aware of the pitfalls under the current administration before you start the process - Good luck.

It seems the OP is going through consular processing. @Lizzy112233, you can just change your passport at interview, and take an updated DS-260. Be prepared for being put in to AP though if you're a citizen of a banned country. You've not said what kind of visa or which country?

Massively over-optimistic, sorry. If you look at the current Visa Bulletin, those that applied in January 2008 are just now becoming eligible for visas - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2026/visa-bulletin-for-january-2026.html So it's been 18 years for them. But the backlog increases all the time, it's not linear. So for example, if you go back 5 years and look at the January 2021 bulletin, the date was October 2006. Meaning that in 5 years, it's only moved forward 15 months. I'd assume 25+ years personally, but file asap and get her in line, then you can see what happens and where her life is at when the time comes.

Unless the permanent residency status is given up (by filing the I-407) or revoked by a judge, the OP would still be on the hook for it. Just being out of the US isn't enough.

Do you mean your online status has changed to issued and the visa has been printed today? Or you were just verbally told you’d been approved at interview? If the former then congrats! If the latter then unfortunately a verbal approval doesn’t mean you won’t be put in AP - but fingers crossed.

Yep. Top of the page for Step 2 - 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

He doesn't have to, do you mean the OP should try to get him to so that s/he is relieved of the I-864 obligations? Because him leaving the country alone wouldn't do that anyway (see the above post from @Crazy Cat).

It'll be at least 18 months until the interview, so just upload what you have for now and then you can take the latest to the interview. Good luck.

5 it would appear, from a post on the OP's profile. I responded to her there, saying the following - Then you need to petition her too. If you wait for him to come and then petition her, they will have several years apart. But as you're marrying before her 18th birthday and she'll be under 21 when you petition her, she'll be classed as your immediate relative and so get a visa in the same timescale as him if you do it. So it's two petitions (she can't be a derivative on his), but they'll each get green cards on entry. You don't mention the mother, but bear in mind if she is still alive you'll need her permission (or a court order) to remove the child from her home country.

Then I'd just submit the application asap, and get the rest of those ducks lined up whilst it's being processed! It's going to be a ~2.5 year process anyway before your spouse gets to the interview stage, so best to get it underway and hopefully the ban will be long over by that point.

Yep, about a year as a rough guide. Maybe 16-18 months for the whole process. Good luck.

Good question. AP is fairly likely anyway being from Nigeria, and that could take months or even years - so by then the ban may be lifted. So maybe it's better to just carry on and do that, but there's a fairly big cost associated with that. Two medicals (as the original is likely to expire), travelling for the interview etc. I think I'd still go for it personally.

I'm not sure you can, I think the only option is EB-2. But it's the timeline that would be useful, don't worry about changing your profile as it's rare that it makes a difference if you're EB-2 or EB-2 NIW.

OK, so no job offer waiting for you, that's good. Thanks.

Hopefully it won't last that long, it's bound to be challenged in court. Your profile says EB-2 (which would be with a job offer). Is that right or are you actually EB-2 NIW? It would be really helpful if you filled your timeline in please.

I was going to say maybe don't spend the money on the medical for now, as it'll only be valid for 6 months. Best of luck, I hope the ban is lifted at some point.

Good luck, let us know how it goes.

Thank you. Just checking you aren't from a country on the visa ban list, or one with a different category on the VB. So you were definitely eligible under F2A then. Your category has been corrected to F2A and that's what you're being interviewed under. Even if the interviewing officer says you should be put in to F2B (highly unlikely), then you can easily show that your case is F2A. Shouldn't be an issue at all.