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The green card fee. It won’t be sent until you’ve paid it, so just wait to pay until you have an address.

We did, yes. Had 10 days in a hotel then moved in to it. But if you’re not sure where you’ll be then it may be a better idea to just wait to pay the fee so it’s not sent to the wrong place. What address did you put on the DS-260?

Yes, just the bits relevant to immigrant visas, ignore the rest. Have a look at mine (or anybody else that’s filled theirs in) for a guide. Thanks. 🙂

Textbook for somebody trying to build a VAWA case I’m afraid. She’d have turned up, then with just you and her there and no witnesses, claimed you were physically or mentally abusive to her. Whatever you do, DON’T meet her alone at any point, ideally don’t meet her at all even in public. As said above, leave it all to your lawyer now and cut off all contact. Best of luck to you, I hope you and your daughter can move forward and find happiness.

Yep, ignore it completely. I don’t know why they bother putting it on there as it’s never even close!

Which document? How do you know you were DQ’ed, did you receive an email?

Yeah, no chance for Nigeria. It would be tough for any consulate, but for a high fraud one you’d need much more time together. Not seeing each other at all for 4 years when you’re married would be a huge red flag. As said above you’re not eligible until you’ve met in person after the wedding anyway too. She must be able to take time off work. For the financial aspect then suggest she looks at sites like Skyscanner to find the cheapest flights. Or is meeting up in a third country possible maybe? It will probably end up more expensive as you’d have to pay for accommodation (I assume she’d stay with you if she came to Nigeria, so only the cost of the flight to find?), but it’s worth looking at just in case. So work out another way to be together in person, then you can file. You’ll then be at least 3.5 years away from a visa (Nigeria has a big backlog), so you should plan another trip before interview too to give you more chance. Good luck.

IL’s are sent out once a month usually. You may get yours in April, if not it will be May. Again, please fill in your timeline! We can only help because of people that take the time to ‘pay it forward’ and help other EB applicants that follow. Thx.

I’d say nearer 2 years for most countries - the I-130 alone is about 17 months these days.

What phone do you have? Blocking her doesn’t mean you couldn’t contact her if you really needed to, it would just mean her messages would be hidden and any phone calls would ring out. Which would be a much better idea for you and your mental health. You can keep her number for when you need it, you don’t have to delete it.

I really feel for you, but it’s pretty obvious that she only now wants to come back because you are an easy route for her to stay in the US. The way she’s treated you makes it clear she doesn’t love you at all. Now that you’ve served her with divorce papers, why not just block her number? I can’t see any positives to staying in contact with her, it’s just allowing her to continue to try to manipulate you and cause you huge amounts of stress.

I’m sorry to hear about your Mum. Which country are your wife and your Dad in? It may make more sense to continue with your wife’s process first, as she can then work when she gets to the US to contribute financially (that’s assuming your Dad is retirement age of course). Another thing to factor in is insurance for both of them, it’ll be very expensive for your Dad so possibly another reason for you to wait to bring him over. You can pause his process at the NVC stage indefinitely. Good luck.

Congrats! They’ve sped up a bit at least. I just hope that continues but with Trump reducing consular staff the opposite will probably happen. Please do full in your timeline to help others, thx.

It’s 12-18 months for Kenya, so you should hear at the end of this year or early 2026. Good luck.

As it says on the website, allow up to 10 days for payment to be approved - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/step-3-pay-fees.html

You can apply for the I-130 online, so makes no difference whether you apply in the US or UK. They all of the NVC stage (applying for the actual visa) is online too. London doesn’t come in to it until she interviews for the visa, right at the end of the process. The whole process will take 20-24 months, so you might want to hold off heading back to the US for a while. She can visit in the interim though if you do move sooner rather than later. The link given in the post you quoted above gives you info on the process (https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition.html), you can also read the excellent guide on the forum (top of the page). Good luck.

As said above, maybe 25 years, but could be a good chunk longer depending on how things move. Just file for them now and then check the Visa Bulletin every few years to see how it’s going. Did your son file for them as well when he became a citizen?

OK, so assuming they remain unmarried you can petition them. Maybe 25 years as a rough guess? You need to keep an eye on the Visa Bulletin, at the moment those that applied in 2005 are now eligible for visas, so 20 years ago. But that time tends to lengthen each year. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-for-march-2025.html If they get married then they would no longer be eligible, as you’d need to be a US citizen to petition married children. Did your son also petition them, are they his siblings? If so, that may be quicker depending on how long ago he did it, but it would be worth you petitioning them too so they have two options.

Ask him to sign up for Informed Delivery, then he can see what’s coming and from where/whom. It definitely helps in this process! And honestly don’t worry. The vast majority of cases have visas issued smoothly, there’s no reason to think you’ll be any different. Best of luck to you.

It would depend. What are their ages and are they married?

Assume you mean notify people in Norway of the change of address? So you’ll just notify them all one by one - best to make a list and work your way through it i.e. friends/family, bank, pensions, etc. Plus closing accounts like insurance, utilities, etc. For school you contact the school district for where you’ll be living, they’ll help you out. Good luck.

What’s the Priority Date?

Keep an eye on the processing times. It’s currently at 16.5 months, possible that may lengthen given the current political situation, but nobody knows yet. https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ So unless you get an RFE, as said above you won’t hear anything until summer 2026. Then the processing time for the next step will depend on the consulate your wife will interview at - please fill in your timeline for more accurate info. Good luck.

Yes, 6 months. It’s on the page I linked to above - step 12.

Not Table A though, so there won't be any rush to get it all sorted. But AP will just take however long it takes, unfortunately nothing to do but wait. Best of luck.