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It's not a year to permanently move, it's a year that it acts as your temporary green card whilst in the US. You really shouldn't leave it a year to move, that's risking your LPR status.

Are you about becoming a green card holder and then petitioning for a spouse and minor children, as @Mundo254 is doing? It's just that I thought you were a citizen and a different category? But if you are are asking about the same thing then it's category F2A on the Visa Bulletin - currently those that applied in Feb 2024 are becoming eligible for visas, so just under 2 years. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2026/visa-bulletin-for-december-2025.html Then the wait for an interview will depend on the consulate, but maybe 2-3 years in total as a rough guide?

More workers would mean a massive increase in fees though, and most people don't want that and/or can't afford it.

They were doing their job, they were processing the thousands of cases ahead of yours in the line. Hopefully it’ll be pretty quick from here on, Manila is one of the speediest consulates which is good. Best of luck.

Ah yes, totted up the time but didn’t notice it being nearly a year. I agree, I’d wait then. Not worth the hassle of trying to fight the system IMO.

Silence is normal, not sure what you were expecting but the first you would normally hear would just be an approval. EAD’s aren’t processed at a field office, current processing times are 7 months. But remember that’s an average - so a good chunk of applications will take longer, don’t panic if yours is among them!

But that's perfectly normal. They won't touch it until it gets to the front of the line, you're just waiting your turn right now.

Odd that it's not accurate, as it was only updated earlier this year. But if that's right and you need to wait for them to schedule the appointment for you, I think you may just be expecting it too early. Lagos has long wait times (over a year for other visa categories). If the medical examiner told you that an appointment letter is needed, that's right, but doesn't mean he doesn't schedule it himself. Has he had the biometrics/document review appointment yet? Other threads on here say he needs to schedule the main interview himself so might be worth posting in the relevant country forum to double check - Good luck.

Oooh yes, good question. If the OP's parent is from high fraud country (Nigeria, Pakistan, etc) then I'd say definitely carry on via consular processing. If they're from somewhere like France or Canada, then it's maybe less risky.

The instructions are on their website - https://ng.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2025/03/K1_Packet_March2025.pdf What are you waiting for from the consulate?

Shouldn't be an issue at all - see the sticky thread about it in the CR-1 sub forum. And another vote for CR-1!

Not sure if she's applying under the 3 year rule or 5 year rule but either way she seems to meet the continuous residence requirement so I'm not sure what you're worried about? Sounds like she's only been out of the US for 15 months in total?

I find that very hard to believe. Are you absolutely sure your father wasn't asked a single thing? Not even the reason for his visit? Or who he'd be staying with? I'd quiz him about the exact conversation he had, he must have been asked something and what he gave as answers could make all the difference. I wouldn't risk AOS under the current administration personally, there's plenty of stories of people being detained even having filed, so I'd go home and continue via consular processing. It'll be quicker and cheaper anyway if his I-130 has already been approved.

I'd forget SB-1 then personally, with the other parent in India and your daughter not having been to the US for 4 years, there's really no evidence of her trying to maintain her LPR status and she'd have much stronger ties to India. I'd have her get on plane asap.

As @Lil bear said, conflicting info in different threads isn’t helpful. Please clarify. If you did apply for a new IR-2 then she won’t age out during the process, her age is ‘locked in’ from when you submit the I-130 (and is up to 21 anyway, not 18). But has she visited at all since she left 4 years ago? Does she have a 10 year GC that’s still valid? Does she have another parent and if so where is s/he? Exactly how long did she spend in the US? And just to confirm, she’s moving back to the US to live with you permanently?

She'll be asked when she enters about her address. I printed ours out on a piece of paper and gave it to the immigration officer just to be sure they had the right one. Please 'pay it forward' and fill your timeline in to help other applicants who are also sponsoring parents, thanks.

Perfectly normal, all green card fees are a different receipt number as they're a USCIS case rather than NVC/consulate. Should start with IOE (rather than the consulate specific letters i.e. LDN for London). And that's the receipt number you'll want to use to track the green card.

That was 2024. But again, not enough info given in that post for us to be able to help the OP, we really need all the vital dates.

More info is needed. Your parents ‘and relatives’? Which relatives if not their children? Which country/consulate, and what are the relevant dates (PD, approval date of the I-130, birth dates of the children in question)? Exactly what stage are they at? You say they’ve been approved so have they had interviews?

No medical at all? I don’t know what would happen in that instance, because you are supposed to have the medical done before the interview date. I only know of people who have had their medical done before the interview, but it’s not complete for some reason (i.e. they were missing a vaccination that they had to have done at a later date). For those people, the visa issuance is just delayed, but if you turned up without having had a medical at all, I’m not sure what would happen. it’s not something I would risk personally, just get the medical done.

Life insurance through your employer is perfect, presumably she's the beneficiary of that? So that's great evidence. And your 401k, it doesn't matter if you're not putting money in it now, she's still the beneficiary. I agree you can't use a time machine now to go back and get a SSN, but hopefully anybody reading in a similar situation but at the start of their process will now know that they can get one to make things easier. As said above, your wife could get an ITIN though, but with the 401k and life insurance you should hopefully have enough evidence. Good luck, hope the interview goes well.

It's too late now, but she could have gone to a SSA office and got a SSN when she first arrived. I understand not wanting to add her name to the car loan, but how about adding her name to the insurance? You say you've got numerous accounts, so add her to whatever you can out of those. I don't really think it's a song and dance personally, most people do those things anyway once married. It's trickier if you're living with your mother, but as said above life insurance, healthcare, wills, pensions, are all things that normally your spouse would be on and could be used. There are lots of good suggestions above, so hopefully you can pick a few of those. Best of luck.

It's just under a 2 year wait, so maybe towards the end of 2027 as a rough guess. You can keep an eye on it here - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/iv-wait-times.html Good luck.

As the others have said, the moment he did that the petition was no longer valid. It doesn't matter that he subsequently divorced, she needs to file for him again. See the below from this webpage - https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-6-part-b-chapter-5 "The following circumstances generally trigger automatic revocation of a family-based immigrant petition: Termination of an alien beneficiary’s registration for an available visa by DOS; Written notice of withdrawal by the petitioner (or self-petitioner); Death of the alien beneficiary or self-petitioner; Death of the petitioner; Legal termination of a marriage that is the basis of the petition; Marriage of the son or daughter of a lawful permanent resident (LPR); or Legal termination of a petitioner’s LPR status, other than through naturalization. Under each of these grounds, the revocation is automatically triggered by the circumstance’s occurrence regardless of whether USCIS is aware of the circumstance. For example, if a beneficiary of an approved petition as the unmarried son or daughter of an LPR marries before immigrating or adjusting status, the event of the marriage triggers the automatic revocation. Since the petition’s approval is automatically revoked as of the date of approval, it does not become valid again if the marriage of the beneficiary is terminated through divorce or death of the beneficiary’s spouse."

It depends on the consulate. Which one? I assume this is a spousal visa and your spouse is a US citizen?