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That and being Russian is probably it. Is there an opportunity to reapply for next year's program maybe?

You don't get to select a date, you just send it in as part of your package, via VFS - https://qa.usembassy.gov/visa-interview-waiver/ So definitely wait until you return if you are about to travel and need your passport. What kind of visa are you applying for?

It specifically mentions IR-1/CR-1. ´E.g’ means for example. As it is very unlikely to apply to you by the time Rachael becomes eligible for a visa I don’t think you need to plan anything, or worry about it for a long time (if at all).

As it says in the link above, immediate relatives on CR1/IR1 are exempt from the current ban. But if you’re still currently a LPR then that’s not relevant anyway as your wife's case is F2A? She’s still many years away from a visa, realistically she probably won’t get one until the next administration is in power. So it’s fairly pointless worrying about something that isn’t likely to be relevant by then anyway. The only visa classes exempt from the ban are listed in the proclamation, B visas aren’t among them.

If it’s only been 2 months then it’s probably just too early. But yes, assuming you did pay the fee you can track it using the receipt number here - https://egov.uscis.gov What does that say?

They didn’t have a lapse, they’re asking for your daytime phone number, so that’s what you give them. Whichever number is best to contact you on. You simply add the country code i.e. mine was +44 7790 xxxxxx. If it doesn’t fit, make the font smaller or write smaller.

Other way around but yes, so he’s not current yet and there’s nothing you can do to stop him aging out. You won’t know if he’s eligible under CPSA or not until a visa is available to him. Hopefully the I-130 took a long time to be approved? As you can take that time off your nephews age to give you his ‘adjusted age’ under the CPSA - i.e. if the I-130 took 3 years then he’d still be eligible for a visa up to his 24th birthday (just as an example).

You say he’s been DQ’ed but is his PD current? Where was he born?

That would still take pretty much as long, as he’d still need to wait for his PD to become current before he could file the I-485. Him being in the US wouldn’t change that. I assume you didn’t file for him when you were a green card holder, is he married? It’s a decade or so, but he can explore other visa options in the interim, if he’s eligible for an employment based green card then it can be MUCH quicker (got mine in 5 months). But that will depend on what he does and if he has skills in demand in the US. Good luck.

Admin Processing. But I thought you should have had a visa by now as you’d been put in the wrong category by mistake? What happened with that? If your PD isn’t current (you still haven’t completed your timelines so no idea if that’s right or not - you make it very difficult to help you without that!) then it’s NVC you need to contact, not the consulate.

You weren’t in AP before, what happened? Did you get a good lawyer and has your case been reinstated?

Looks like it -

Assuming your wife got an immigrant visa via her home consulate then it’s pretty much the same process, same timescale, same fees etc. So follow the same guide you did last time - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition.html As Boiler has said their child can’t be included so they’ll need to be prepared to be apart from him for a long time (his will take much longer as he’s not an immediate relative - probably at least 10-15 years).

Apply for what, and which consulate? If you have to travel internationally then don’t submit your passport until after you return.

Ok, so hopefully they won’t age out in to F2B then, if your MIL is already at the NVC stage. 🤞

Other EB applicants haven’t had it though. There’s no rhyme or reason it seems!

Only other thing is getting health insurance if you’ve not sorted that already, but nothing else for USCIS. They’ll have your address from when you paid the GC fee. Did you read the link I gave you above? Please do follow the links there, there’s tons of info on your obligations as a LPR and setting up life in the US including how to get an SSN.

When do you need to start the job? Please fill in your timeline, it’s really hard to help you without that info, and it helps other EB applicants too.

She needs to say yes and list every child. But you’re right, none of them are immigrating with her as her application doesn’t allow for dependents. So she says no to that, also no to a later date as that’s again for dependents on the same application, not those who might possibly be petitioned in the future. How old are her other children she’s hoping to petition? Is she aware it will be many years before they’ll be able to move and join her? For vaccines that sounds fine. On my DS-260 I ticked no as I hadn’t had some of the vaccinations required, I said something like ‘will be getting them done as part of the medical for my immigrant visa’. I was DQ’ed fine. Afraid I can’t help with the I-864 as I didn’t have to complete one. Good luck.

Do keep checking though, people cancel appointments all the time so one may just pop up.

If the've told you to continue waiting then I think that's all you can do. As EB applicants we do have to allow extra time because of having to mail docs rather than upload them and extra docs for an RFE will always add more time as they have to match it up to your case. But hopefully it won't be too much longer, good luck.

Remember that you're just speaking to call staff, not immigration officers with knowledge of the law. But they're right that just having visited Iraq isn't an automatic rejection, as there are exemptions i.e. being there on military orders, or visiting prior to 2011, and that's what they'll be checking for. If you do come under any of the possible exemptions then it is possible to still be approved.

Yep. It doesn't sound as though you were eligible to apply for it in the first place, so it's just a case of waiting for them to check the info and then reject.

I meant reschedule the holiday, but fingers crossed you get an earlier interview, and good luck - do let us know if you make it!

Sorry to be a Debbie Downer but I think you need to be prepared to not join them at all - there is a fair chance of being put in to Admin Processing if you've visited Iraq, so you may not be approved for a while. Your call obviously but can you reschedule it instead maybe?