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I wouldn’t leave it until January personally. You’re expected to make the US your permanent home from the moment you land and become a green card holder, so a few months to finalise stuff in Canada and find somewhere to live would be ok, but not longer than that ideally - it’s not worth risking, particularly with the current administration. Just to confirm, you’re an EB2 NIW applicant, not ’normal’ EB2? And make sure you start building ties straight away with the US i.e. get your bank account, phone, health insurance, and a property asap.

Are you referring to a DCF application? Or just the financial requirements for a normal spousal app? If the former, then proof of a job offer where urgent relocation is required should be enough for the consulate to consider a DCF request.

Just checked and no idea which Visa Bulletin you’re looking at, but it’s not the April 2025 one. That’s here - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-for-april-2025.html And the date is March 2016 for that category, so a little better, but it’s still only moved 2 years and 2 months in 5 years. So probably at least another decade to go, but just keep an eye on the Visa Bulletin each month to see how/if it’s progressing. Does she have any children that may be at risk of aging out?

Yes, that’s exactly it. Her Priority Date (date of receipt of application) must be before the date on the Visa Bulletin for her to be eligible for a visa. I’d assume more than 6 years though, as it’s not linear and tends to move more slowly. So for example, if you go back 5 years to April 2020, the date was January 2014, so it’s only moved 13 months in five years. Just bear in mind that If she gets married in the interim then she’ll move in to category F3, so it’ll take even longer.

As long as your mother married your stepfather before your 18th birthday then you’re considered his child for visa purposes. https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-6-part-b-chapter-8 No idea on the interview, sorry. Good luck.

I was just checking as it seems that previously you weren’t going to tell them as you thought your marriage didn’t count, which isn’t the case. So as long as you’ve submitted proper documentation to show the marriage has ended then that’s fine. And the same as you did - the fees, DS-260, civil docs etc. Presumably this is a new baby? The child referred to in the thread above is already on your application? When’s the interview?

Afraid you do have to tell them, you’re supposed to if you know you’ll be out of the UK for more than 3 months. Far better to tell them (as above, the threshold is higher so you shouldn’t have to pay anything straight away anyway) than risk the penalties if found out. Particularly if you’ve already submitted a P85 to HMRC so they know you’re no longer resident.

Depends on which Plan, here’s Plan 4 for example - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overseas-earnings-thresholds-for-plan-4-student-loans/overseas-earnings-thresholds-for-plan-4-student-loans-2024-25

Dead easy to do, but you do need to tell them asap. They’ll reassess you for payments and the income threshold is higher in the US than for the UK so you won’t have to pay for a while. You’ll just continue to pay as normal but directly rather than through PAYE once you hit the threshold. It’s just an online card payment (you can use a US card).

Edited to add: I see you were married, so just to confirm you’re now legally divorced and informed NVC of that so you went back to F1 category? And have submitted the divorce cert to NVC?

You need to contact the consulate asap - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-10-prepare-for-the-interview/appointment.html#int12 And just to double check, you’re not married?

I’m afraid I’m going to be blunt and say you will probably need to wait until you are ready for marriage, then come via that route. Realistically, your chances are slim for any work via, and you’ve already missed the H1-B window for this year, so your next chance to start work on one (if you did manage to find a sponsoring employer and then get lucky in the lottery) would be October 2026 - so you may as well wait and then marry instead. You could always try in the interim, I always say that if you’ve got skills that are worth a US employer sponsoring, then generally they’ll be skills that you’d be headhunted for. So get yourself on Linked In, open yourself up to work in the US, and see if you get recruiters in your inbox. Best of luck.

Yep, that’s right.

I would put the J1 details too. It asks for last visa, not last visitor visa.

I never said that! I think you can absolutely get the visa, but in time when you have more ties and a more established life in the UK. Forget the ‘closest allies’ thing, that’s a load of nonsense and certainly has no bearing on visas anyway.

His ‘complete criminal history’ was referenced, so I wondered if there was something else that we didn’t know about.

Go back to the start of the website and try the page again, does this work? https://my.uscis.gov/accounts/uscis-immigrant-fee/start/overview If not, try another browser. He doesn’t need to pay before he leaves for the US by the way, he can pay after arrival. It just won’t trigger the green card process until he’s entered AND paid the fee, both need to happen.

Depends on the home country and if there is a tax treaty in place or not. PLEASE fill in your timeline! I know I’ve asked before, but it really does pay it forward and help others if you can just take 5 minutes to do that. Thx.

Reapplying quickly just makes you look desperate to get to the US, which really doesn’t help your case. Obviously nobody knows for sure, you could reapply in a month and be granted a visa, but the general advice it usually to leave it much longer before applying again. Do you live at home or have your own property? If you don’t have your own place then I’d wait until you do before trying again.

So at no point were you recommended for a waiver? I think that given your most recent refusal was due to 214(b), all you can do is leave it much longer and apply again in a few years. Try ESTA first, answering the question truthfully, and if that’s refused then it’ll need to be a B visa. As you’re young without many ties, work towards getting more for the next time. Good luck.

It makes no difference at all. All cases are gradually being made electronic.

Will your insurance cover her too? That would be very unusual, so do double check that as otherwise it’s likely to be incredibly expensive if she doesn’t qualify for Medicaid. I don’t think anything you’ve mentioned would be an issue for the medical, it’s more communicable diseases etc. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-10-prepare-for-the-interview/medical-examination-faqs.html Good luck.

I’m sorry that she is unwell, hopefully by the time the visa is processed she’ll be better. She will have to pass the medical to get an immigrant visa, but with all of that the bigger question for me would be can she afford the healthcare costs in the US?

Is this for a fiance visa or a work based visa? Please clarify what kind of application you’ve made and as @SalishSea said, where were you born? When they asked for your CV, how did they ask you to send it? Did you have it in an envelope with a courier label? Can you give us a copy of what you were handed at the interview (with any identifying details redacted).

Love how you don’t know how old your nephew is - just like my brother with my kids. 😂 Should be ok then. I’d guess at another 3 or 4 years until they get a visa, but if the I-130 took a long time to be approved then should be comfortably under the aging out time.