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Not really long term (that might be relevant to somebody sponsored by their sibling with a 25 year wait ahead of them maybe, but not a spouse/fiance visa). I concur with @Crazy Cat and would absolutely not apply for a B visa in your situation. If denied you’d probably not be able to visit on ESTA again for quite some time which would be far too risky.

Pregnancy isn’t a valid reason for an expedite - there’s a sticky thread in the main spouse/fiancé forums for info. But by the time you get to the interview stage, most of the waiting is done anyway as London is a pretty quick consulate.

EB3 would be several years wait, H1-B (unless cap exempt) wouldn’t let you move for well over a year, and that’s only if you got lucky in the lottery. So neither terribly helpful with getting you to the US any quicker than a spousal/fiancé visa would.

It’s on your profile - top of the page. Or just click on your name and then ‘timeline’. https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=490083

Nothing you can do but be honest and tell them that. What visa?

Please do ‘pay it forward’ and fill in the timeline on your profile, so you help everybody else going forward. Thx.

There’s no exemption as only derivative applicants under 14 don’t have to attend an interview. He’s a principal applicant on his own petition so an interview will be required.

Then Advance Parole isn’t relevant to her or something she’d have been eligible for. She needs to find out if it’s a glitch on the status checking website, or if the lawyer messed up and filed for something he shouldn’t. You’re correct, the I-130 is the only thing that should have been needed at that stage.

Have a good look at the step by step guide here and the forms involved, then see if you still think you need a lawyer to help. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition.html

There are two types of E visa - investment and treaty trade. Apologies, typo above and I meant the E1. But unless you have very specialist skills and extensive work experience (I assume not if you’re on a J-1 now and looking at doing a degree) then a self sponsored green card isn’t an option, so you would need your company to petition you for any employment based visa. So start by asking then if they’d sponsor a visa for you to stay, if not then at least you know. If they will sponsor it then if H1-B doesn’t work and they don’t qualify for E-1, then see if they have offices outside the US and perhaps an L1 may be an option after a year working for them abroad. F-1 really isn’t feasible so if employment based doesn’t work then I think you’ll just have to go home and wait out the F2B.

I’d explore other visa options through your employment. You say they’d offer you a remote position, do they mean based in the US? Why do you think they’d not sponsor you if they want to keep you? Unless they’d be cap exempt H-1B is a lottery and uou wouldn’t be able to start on that visa until Oct next year, so that’s far from ideal anyway. But perhaps explore something like the E2 visa if they’re eligible, do they trade in other countries? An F-1 will just take a ton of your money and not help in the long term (as you would be unlikely stay on one long enough to get LPR through your father), so I don’t really see any point in that. You’ll still have to return to your home country but just be a lot poorer when you do! What country are you from?

Have you had your approval for your other I-130 yet? Once both cases are at NVC you can contact them to ask them to link them and schedule them for interview together. Good luck.

How recently did you update it? I did ours a couple of weeks ago and didn’t get any kind of receipt, but it did say that it would take a few weeks for the change to reflect on the online account. So are you just expecting it too soon maybe? Or did you change it weeks ago? Either way, make sure you have change of address and Informed Delivery both set up with USPS.

Current timescales are here, it’s updated once a week - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html Then once the NVC stage is done the wait for an interview will vary by consulate. Anywhere between a couple of months to a couple of years. If yours is London then luckily it’s one of the quickest. Good luck.

Ok, so hopefully interview letter in early spring next year, interview usually a month or two later. Best of luck.

What’s the PD? Assuming it was current when DQ’ed it’s about a 9 month wait for family preference categories.

What kind of case (F2A/F2B?) and which country is he a citizen of? It sounds like an error has been made as you only mention an I-130 being filed, and not an I-131? Is he adjusting status or applying via consular processing?

I asked which country they’re citizens of? Just that if it’s Yemen that may explain the extra checks - and prepare yourself for extended AP when they get to the visa stage.

For your parents I mean. Your profile says Yemen, but Riyadh consulate, which country are your parents citizens of?

When you say ‘nothing since’, you mean since the I-797? Just checking you have received that!

We don’t even know what stage of the process you’re at as you haven’t filled in your timeline, please do. But assuming you’ve submitted the I-130 and it’s not been approved yet then next stage will either be approval, a RFE, or NOID.

OK, and you can prove you were going back for a job or similar, with a leave of absence just for a vacation? You didn't give up your home or sell your car? Just that in the current climate and administration I'd make sure you have plenty of evidence that you didn't intend to stay when you entered, particularly as you entered together. It may be seen as suspicious that your fiancée was planning on leaving you to go and live in another country. As long as you've got evidence of your plan to return to overcome any doubts, and you're happy to not work for quite some time, then go for it. Follow the guide CrazyCat gave you above, and best of luck.

Here you go - https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ Good luck.

So did you both return together with the intention of staying in the US? Or she returned and then you visited her later on? Just wanted to clarify as it could be either from what you've written here.

Your timeline is the crucial thing to fill in - on your profile. Then you'll be contributing towards the body of knowledge on VJ, but also get more accurate info and answers too. Good luck.