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I’m sorry, but again it depends on the consulate! Some (i.e. Montreal) are super strict on domicile and that wouldn’t be anywhere near enough (after all, anybody can own a car in the US, it doesn’t prove you live there at all). Without you filling your timeline in (which helps others in return) or at the very least telling us your consulate, it’s so hard for anybody to answer.

That would be a question for your lawyer. Our lawyers said 5, at least 3 of which needed to be from US based people. They had to be from very good quality people though i.e. industry experts, somebody random that isn’t well regarded themselves wouldn’t suffice. Should be fine, but again double check with the lawyer. Definitely a higher bar (as @OldUser said, it’s going to be tougher as it’s for a green card), but it depends on what you have to submit for the O-1. My evidence didn’t differ between the two, the same package was submitted for my EB1A as soon as the O-1 was approved (lawyers said to wait until that had happened just to be sure that it was good enough, they literally submitted the I-140 the day following the O-1 approval). But I had a very strong O-1 case, so it worked for both. Another company that are supposed to be very good for EB’s is https://www.wegreened.com/. Might be worth a consult with them, they’ll soon tell you if you’ve got a chance or not. Best of luck.

She says she stayed for 7 years on a previous visitor visa - and then it seems she left, which if that is correct would presumably have triggered a 10 year bar upon exit but somehow managed to get back in to the US when inadmissible. Which I think is what @Boiler is trying to establish. Hopefully @Jayne will be able to clarify though.

That will very much depend on your field office, so you need to check that to have any idea of timescales, put your zip code in here. https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/find-a-uscis-office/field-offices You can check current times here once you’ve got that - https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ Good luck.

No, because there is a backlog at the Montréal consulate. You can see how long the wait is here, currently about a year (it’s reduced a lot recently, it was double that last year). https://ca.usembassy.gov/immigrant-visa-process/

It’s because it’s a non-immigrant visa, so far less to go through to get it. I had my O1 visa within 3 weeks, my interview was waived and I did premium processing.

It’s usually original (or certified copies) of everything you’ve uploaded to NVC. But again, without knowing the consulate it’s hard for any of us to say - please fill in your timeline, thx.

Depends on the consulate. She’ll get a full document checklist when her interview is scheduled, but in the meantime you can check it on the usual site - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-10-prepare-for-the-interview/step-11-applicant-interview.html Follow the link at the top of that page for the specific consulate. Good luck.

No expectations, and no set time for a response. Everybody’s case is different, but if they asked you to redo the medical then that’s a good sign.

That’s odd, if it was submitted in June 2024, it should have been processed by now - https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes Your lawyer should be chasing this up. As for timescale, depends on which visa category. Are you EB1/2/3? Also, what is your country of birth?

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Yes, absolutely. Follow the instructions on the usual website (item no. 2, then choose London) - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-10-prepare-for-the-interview.html Please do fill in your timeline to ‘pay it forward’ and help others, thx.

I’ve had both. I’d say you’re a bit too young and too early in your career to qualify, but certainly heading in the right direction. The authoring won’t be relevant if it’s in a different field, salary isn’t likely to qualify just yet, and ideally you’d have more letters of recommendations from US based people (and meeting somebody at a conference won’t be a convincing recommendation - they really need to have worked with you). Our lawyers said at least half of the letters needed to be from the US, to show my expertise was needed there, so I’d work on getting those increased. Being on the jury is a tick, is the magazine national or international? Any awards? A lawyer will be able to dig a little deeper and tell you for sure, I’d recommend Fragomen who did ours. Good luck.

Nothing to expedite, there’s no visa available to her by law until her PD is current. She can look at other options rather than family based - employment for example, depending on her skills.

Are you a US citizen? If so I think she was lucky to be granted a visa at all. She can certainly apply for another (if the wait is long it would be worth applying now to get an interview booked). Good luck.

You said ‘there has been no new rulings’ and I gave you the link to one that’s from 3 weeks ago. Feel free to read it or ignore it, your call.

17th Jan. Top of the page - https://www.uscis.gov/DACA

Congrats on sending the I-129F, I hope you have a speedy and uneventful process. But you might want to search the forum for info about the risks of doing an ‘unofficial ceremony’ before you plan it too much! Good luck.

Is the petition spouse a green card holder then rather than USC? Not sure what you mean by ‘mixed status’?

The easiest thing would be for her to spend less time in the US and then she can just use travel insurance. Honestly, your plan for her to spend so much time in the US is fraught with problems from taxes, to healthcare, and risking her visa being taken away altogether. It really would be far easier all round if you just rethink her intended travel pattern.

Impossible to say without knowing how long the I-130 took to be approved, and your date of birth. But you can easily work it out yourself, you need to look at when your PD became current on the VB, then subtract the amount of time the I-130 took to be processed from your age on that date. If you end up with you being under 21 on that date then you’d still be F2A. There are also online calculators you can use if you Google. Good luck.

NVC usually do, immigrant visas don’t schedule their own. But if you’ve been instructed to then just go with it - no idea why though!

It doesn’t have to be Chancery Lane, wherever is closest. https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-gb/niv/information/courier_dropboxes

Why are you scheduling your own interview? The 11th is probably a cancellation, there is usually a longer wait if you have to schedule your own so I’d snap that up.

Resident and tax resident are different things. The link I gave you earlier gives you the info you need from the horses mouth. Nobody said she’d have to PAY taxes in the US, just that she’d have to file them. I earn nothing in the US, all of my income comes from investments, property and a job in another country. But because I spend enough time in the US each year I’m tax resident there, and so I have to file a US tax return. I get credit for the tax I’ve already paid in my home country as there is a tax treaty in place, but still need to file and then potentially pay any difference. It sounds like your GF wouldn’t earn enough to pay tax in the US, but she’d still potentially be liable for filings. Snowbirds aren’t relevant as they don’t spend enough time in the US. You’re asking about her spending 9 months out of 11 in the US so a very different scenario. Another thing to factor in is health insurance.