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How can she stay for so long, does she not have a job in India? Trying to enter for that long, with a USC boyfriend, could be risky, but she can certainly try. Just to be clear though, she will still have to return to India to finish visa processing, whichever visa route you go down.

Yes, absolutely - obviously entry isn't guaranteed, as it's up to the officer each time, but there's no restriction on visiting whilst it's being processed. As long as she doesn't intend to try and stay when she enters as a visitor, it's all good.

Then forget the 'I'd rather she don't go back' thought, as that's immigration fraud. She can visit and marry you, that's no problem at all. She just can't intend to stay, and must return to India for consular processing. Good luck.

I use Atlantic Money, they have a fixed fee of £3 for transferring any amount and their rate is usually good, so I save quite a bit when comparing it to Wise etc. There is no tax due on funds transferred, but there may be CGT due on the sale of the property (on either/both sides of the Atlantic) depending on various factors.

You do need to look at the other requirements too, and it doesn't sound as though you took up permanent residency for quite some time. "establish a principal dwelling place in the United States with the intention of permanently residing there, and must thereafter acquire the requisite period of residence before eligibility for naturalization may be established. Accordingly, a commuter resident alien may not apply for naturalization until he or she has actually taken up permanent residence in the United States and until such residence has continued for the required statutory period. Such an applicant bears the burden of providing evidence to that effect." I sympathise, as my daughter will be in the same situation if she decides to apply for citizenship, as she's currently studying at university in the UK. But the difference with her is that she established residency here first (lived here for well over a year before she left for college), so when she left she already had a residence, bank account, bills, etc. All of her family are here, her home is here, she has a job here that she works in during the holidays, and she has filed taxes ever since she arrived. We've checked with lawyers and they've all said she should be fine, but only because she very firmly established residence before leaving, and because she has no residence elsewhere. Personally I would suggest you just wait and apply when you're sure you meet the requirements rather than risk it, but your call. Good luck.

Her endorsed visa acts as a temporary green card for a year anyway, so no need for the plastic one for quite some time.

Yes, it's here, current time is approx 4 months for immediate relatives, longer for other categories - https://ca.usembassy.gov/immigrant-visa-process/

Then that’s where it is. It won’t say it’s at the consulate until you’re at interview stage - mine changed to ‘in transit’ just before I got my IL. Good luck.

Because it was a tongue in cheek comment in response to what you wrote.

I really hope you didn’t put any of that in your application! 😂

Regardless of Trump’s plans you should hurry up and file anyway. It’ll take decades so where’s the benefit in delaying it? You asked about it 6 months ago, ideally you’d have applied back then! Just submit, get in line and then worry about Trump if that becomes an issue in the future.

As above. ASAP! https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

OK, so you were married and living together when you filed and at interview? Change your address right now on your online account (quicker than paper filing AR-11) and there's a chance the card will come straight to you.

You were legally required to submit a AR-11 to notify USCIS of your change of address within 10 days of moving, did you do that? You need to do it quickly, so you can be seen to be complying with the requirement but also so that your card is sent to your new address - I'm guessing if your spouse won't let you in to the house s/he won't be happy to hand over your green card either! What was the situation when you filed to remove conditions, were you separated then?

If it helps, this case from earlier this year was 2 months for an interview, so hopefully you'll have yours around February time as a rough guide - Good luck.

Then yes, she needs to petition her daughter. It'll be at least 4 years or so for the whole process unless the Visa Bulletin speeds up, she should petition her asap. Partly so she's in line as early as possible, but also because Trump has talked about ending chain migration, so best to get an application in ahead of 20th Jan just in case things change.

I've just seen this post, condolences for your loss. So obviously the job offer won't apply to you, ignore my previous reply. But what do you mean you 'applied for I-824'? Are you in the US now? https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/eligibilitysection204lreliefsurvivingrelatives

If it's not EB2 NIW, then yes, you need the written job offer/contract from your sponsoring employer. The offer letter must be less than one month old. You have to pay the GC fee ($235 per applicant), and then you use the receipt number to track it on the usual website.

Gosh, that's super quick! Congrats. Hope the interview wait speeds up.

If you’re the petitioner, you wouldn’t usually need biometrics. Your mother will, but not until she’s at the visa part of the process, which will be at least 18 months away.

For which consulate and which visa category? Please fill in your timeline, thanks.

Yes, just put your receipt number from the green card fee in to the usual USCIS tracking site. https://egov.uscis.gov It'll tell you when they're in production, when they've been printed, and when they're on their way (and you'll get a tracking number too). Officially it's up to 90 days to receive them, but usually it's only about 6 weeks or so. Good luck.

Follow the country specific instructions for each of them - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Canada.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/SaudiArabia.html

Her status is on the screenshot above, says at NVC. I can’t see her document uploads page on the screenshot, has she definitely submitted them all and they’ve been accepted? Did she ever get the email saying her case was documentarily complete?

There’s still many years to go before a visa is available so there’s no rush. But there is a problem with it at the moment, try the steps here - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/troubleshooting.html