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Congrats. Fingers crossed their category moves for them and it’s not too much longer. Do they have any children that may age out?

Like @Crazy Cat I‘m not really sure what the point would be now, as your I-485 isn’t waiting for anything (as your PD is current on Table B). And just checking, but you don’t have children that have also been petitioned as your derivatives?

OK, so just a case of waiting for the interview letter now then. Good luck.

OK, so they haven’t aged out. You’ve said 2023 and 2024 above, which is it? If it’s 2023 then I’d chase it up as I’d have thought you’d have had an interview by now, if it’s 2024 then it’s just a case of waiting.

As above, what’s the reason you’re scheduling it yourself? And are you EB2, what’s your Priority Date? If you could fill in your timeline it would be super helpful, thx.

How old are the children now? It’s current as long as they’re still F2A (i.e. haven’t aged out in to F2B), so sounds like it’s just a case of waiting for an interview. Nothing that can be done but wait unfortunately, a lot of consulates still have big backlogs.

Ask him where that change has been announced? I’ve certainly not heard that before and the current VB doesn’t say anything about it either.

Too late now, but it sounds as though you would have had grounds for a DCF application. You can ask for an expedite but doubt you’d qualify, only specific circumstances do and being apart from a loved one during the process is normal unfortunately. https://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-guidance/expedite-requests You can visit though, just make sure you don’t do it too often or for too long so you don’t run the risk of being refused entry. And hopefully it won’t be too much longer for you so you may only have time for one visit anyway. Good luck.

I’d imagine $18k is community college! It’s pretty cheap for an international student.

Is the credit card joint? It doesn’t sound though any of those are evidence you live together. So add in things like joint rental agreement, utility bills in both names etc that show you’re at the same address.

You can have as many sponsors as you need, but it doesn’t sound like either of your sponsors have funds they can afford to spare really, so that may be questioned.

No probs. Just realised I put last month’s VB on instead, this is April’s - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-for-april-2025.html Not that it makes any difference as it’s still the same date on Table B, it hasn’t moved forward, but didn’t want to mislead!

Oh, I see, I thought you meant you’d uploaded the civil docs to NVC. You just mean your case has been sent there by USCIS? That has nothing to do with being DQ’ed. You’ll be DQ’ed when you’ve paid the fees, uploaded all of the civil docs required and then submitted the DS-260 too. But that’s still many years away, you won’t be eligible for a visa for another 8-10 years or so (longer if you get married in the interim), so NVC won’t ask you to do that until much nearer the time (as said above, only those with PD’s before Sept 2017 are able to do it now). You need to familiarise yourself with the Visa Bulletin. It’s released monthly, this is the current month’s - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-for-march-2025.html Once your PD is current on Table B you can expect the Welcome Letter from NVC. And once it’s current in Table A you’ll be eligible for a visa and your interview will be scheduled. This link is also useful to help you understand the whole process - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/step-2-begin-nvc-processing.html

If your PD is only 2022 then how did you submit stuff to NVC? You should still be many years away from being able to do that, the current Dates For Filing is Sept 2017 (so only those with PD’s earlier than this can start the NVC process). Are you saying you’ve already had the Welcome Letter from NVC and paid the fees online etc? If so maybe NVC have realised they sent that to you in error and that’s why you’ve not been DQ’ed.

What’s your Priority Date? Are you saying you submitted docs in August and have been waiting to be DQ’ed? If so you’ve either missed the email, or haven’t submitted everything required, as it’s usually only a week or two. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html

As above, the standard is ' for feet and " for inches - so you’d put 5’10".

He must be 100% honest but saying he’s coming to visit you is truthful. If asked to elaborate, he can. As he would have no route to adjusting status through you for a long time anyway, that will help too.

Afraid I’ve got no idea, when I had my GE interview I had no complications at all.

The online status checker tells you if the card has been printed/mailed etc though, no need for the account. I’ve never felt the need for the account and doubt I will until I (possibly - TBC!) apply for citizenship.

Hiring a lawyer won’t make any difference. Sounds like it’s just a case of waiting for the website to catch up, you can try asking NVC again, but there’s really no urgency anyway as there won't actually be a visa available for quite some time.

That is odd, they should be able to pay the fees then. Are you sure they can’t? On your screenshot above (which may be removed as it contains personal details) it looks as though that isn’t greyed out? I know this sounds daft and I’m sure you’ve already done it, but you’re clicking on the ‘fees’ tab at the top of the page? Also, it makes no difference now but the Final Action date isn’t 1st January 2008, it’s 1st August 2007 this month - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-for-april-2025.html They also shouldn’t do the medical until they have an interview scheduled, which is still likely to be at least 2-3 years away, because it will expire after 6 months.

Which country were they born in?

GE would be a great idea, but you’re not likely to have that by the summer. If the planned 2 months is a mix of business and family visit, I’d make sure that only the person doing the business trips stays there for that long (with written proof of it being required by their employer). Then the rest of the family just join for visiting the family so they’re not out of the US for as long. I’m perhaps extra cautious as I do have Global Entry but even so when I returned to the US a couple of weeks ago every single person in the GE line was having their documents checked (we normally just get waived through and don’t even have to show my passport). And my daughter (also a GE and GC holder) was taken in to secondary. So they are definitely being more thorough at the moment. Good luck.

I wouldn’t bother with a lawyer personally, but getting your file may be a good idea just so you’re armed with the facts. You obviously didn’t overstay long enough to get a ban, so as long as you’ve entered properly and weren’t inadmissible then I can’t see why it would cause any issues at this point.

It sounds like there is an issue if it’s been this long. I know they say up to 90 days, but most people get them within 6 weeks or so. My daughter’s never turned up, and it turned out to be an issue with her biometrics, she had to go and redo them. But once you get to the 90 days and file the form to say it’s not been received then they’ll let you know what the problem is, it’s frustrating that they don’t do that before though! Also, just to say I signed in to the online account once and never bothered again. It’s pretty useless! So don’t worry if you can’t get in to it.