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I’m confused. In a previous post you say you’ve already been DQ’ed? What does your online status say?

OK. So your parents were supposed to update their status with NVC and then you could choose to opt out of the conversion to F1. You can still do that but now F2B might be current anyway by the time you’ve done that as USCIS often move at a glacial pace! https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/national-visa-center/immigrant-visas-processing-general-faqs.html#ivp6 Good luck.

You need to read the instructions really carefully. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/LND-London.html Your medical result will be transmitted to the consulate by the doctors, you aren’t given it. You must have the document check done the same day as your medical. Good luck.

Sounds like you’re in AP. What does your online status say?

Are you currently outside of the US? Or inside and adjusting status? Did your parent update their status with NVC when they became a citizen?

Yes, as long as they have a passport for that country. They’ll need to take that for the visa to be issued in to.

"Are there any exceptions? Dual nationals applying with a valid passport of a country that is not listed above are exempt from this pause. " https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/immigrant-visa-processing-updates-for-nationalities-at-high-risk-of-public-benefits-usage.html So if the OP’s parents have citizenship of a country that isn’t on the list, they can still get a visa.

If he’s aged out of the F4 petition he must be over 21, so it’ll be F2B. @Bchandra, you need to petition him. It’ll take a decade or so. Which country was he born in?

You'll need an actual date, to demonstrate the urgency of it. Only jobs with an imminent start date quality.

Ah, ok. So they can only go with the BC they've got and see what happens. As they can't get a visa anyway, it won't cause any delay if they won't accept it and need a new one for some reason. Are your parents interviews on the same day?

Where you're from isn't relevant, but where are your parents from? If it's one of the 75 banned countries, you might want to just postpone their interviews - they can't get a visa anyway, and it would give you time to find the BC.

Could you not send it via another method i.e. Fedex/DHL?

See above, posts with approvals. Colombia is on the list of banned countries, but it shouldn't affect him until he actually gets to the visa application stage, the I-130 petition should still be approved. Hopefully you'll hear something fairly soon. Good luck.

He will be denied at the interview if he's from one of the countries on the ban list. But he'll be denied under 221g which basically means his case will be put on hold until the ban is lifted. His other option is to cancel the interview and wait until the ban is lifted to reschedule, his call. Good luck.

Then you need to educate them. It would be illegal for anybody to refuse to hire you, an ADIT stamp is on the list of eligible documentation. https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-resources/handbook-for-employers-m-274/70-evidence-of-employment-authorization-for-certain-categories/71-lawful-permanent-residents-lpr

That's utter nonsense. Why 'despair all round'? It's not ideal, but shouldn't be stopping you doing anything or causing any major hassles for you? Keep us posted, hopefully your congresswoman giving UCSIC a nudge will do the trick, good luck.

I would suggest they hold off doing anything else. Ideally you don't want to start the NVC process at all if you're wanting your other child's case to catch up. Once the NVC side of things is done and they've been DQ'ed, they'll be scheduled for an interview and then it becomes more hassle to postpone things. So if they haven't already submitted the DS-260, don't until you have the other case at NVC too. The good thing is that I-130 processing times have come down now, so your daughter's should be approved in the summer, and Montreal has got rid of their backlog too, so the wait for an interview isn't anywhere near as long as it once was. Fingers crossed they're all with you by Christmas. For timelines, the most helpful thing to do would be to fill yours in (on your profile). You'll then get info from those with similar timelines too, and it would save people asking questions. As you are a USC petitioning for a child, I'll move your thread as this sub forum is for spousal cases. Good luck.

The I-130 could be approved any time from now. But often they don’t rush to approve the I-130’s when there’s no visa available to the beneficiary anyway, as is the case for your son-in-law. Which country was he born in and which month of 2025 did they apply in? He’s probably got about another 18 months to go as a rough guess. When is your daughter eligible for citizenship?

Does it also have the stamp certifying their relationship? Did you send a copy of the back and front? Not sure why yours isn’t meeting the requirements but double check it carefully and hopefully you can work it out. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Peru.html

Has the interview date they were given passed already? You can’t normally reschedule until after it has.

You didn’t need to adopt him, your wife did. Then you could have petitioned him as your step son. I’d forget the guardianship thing as that’s no use to you anyway, she needs to see if adoption is possible, asap. Good luck.

Ok, so an immediate relative and it should t be too much longer then. Which country is she from? It really would be helpful if you filled your timeline in, thx.

@Gapsie hasn’t filled in his/her timeline (please do!) but you’ll find plenty of timelines on that section of the forum (top of the page). You should hear any day now. Did you file both I-130’s the same day? Don’t be surprised if one is approved a few days before the other, the two cases are not linked at this stage, but you can ask for them to be linked at the NVC stage so that they are interviewed at the same time. Good luck.

It was because of the travel ban, and 221g is right. It just means she’s rejected until the ban is rescinded so her case is on hold until then.

Follow the official website, and do make sure you get the right type - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Canada.html