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  1. appleblossom
    SB-1 would be a last resort option normally. High refusal rate and you'd have to prove you couldn't return to the US due to reasons out of your control which isn't true. Accepted reasons would be things like being hospitalised etc, not just losing your green card and not wanting to pay for a boarding foil. Why not just get yourself over to the US asap as everybody has suggested above?
  2. appleblossom
    7 months since you filed? Average processing times for AOS over the past Fiscal Year is 13.6 months. https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/historic-pt
  3. appleblossom
    It's not lack of funds, it's not having a job to return to - ideally she'd have as many ties to her home country as possible to prove she'll return.
  4. appleblossom
    Keep a close eye on the forum, people often announce on here when they are released (example thread for Manila) - This thread says to check at the end of the month when more are released if that helps at all - Good luck.
  5. appleblossom
    Of course USCIS decide where to allocate their staff. But applications have increased hugely which has an impact, I don't understand why anybody would think that's not relevant. It may be taking a little bit longer (about 2 months longer) than it used to, but if you go back a few years it was MUCH longer. It's actually sped up a lot in the past few years.
  6. appleblossom
    Yep, not ideal. They could get an ADIT stamp though, requested online and then sent to a friend's house - friend can then mail it to them.
  7. appleblossom
    Not any longer - https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/uscis-announces-new-guidance-on-form-i-693-validity-period
  8. appleblossom
    I don't think a boarding foil is an option now as the OP appears to have been outside the US for more than a year. No. 2 definitely the best option. But I would also get the OP to file the I-90 in case he's asked about it - biometrics can be rescheduled if they are required, but if he at least has a receipt number for the I-90 that might be useful.
  9. appleblossom
    If your agent is your sponsor then any employer isn't relevant, most people who apply with an agent don't have any work lined up. Good that you've added more evidence. Hopefully your lawyer has a lot of experience doing O visas this time?
  10. appleblossom
    Nope. That’s the I-129f, not the K1 visa application. And I-129f’s are processed by USCIS so the country isn’t relevant at that point. Which is why the threads in the K1 forum are general ones by date and people are approved in date order regardless of where they’re from. Only once it gets to the NVC stage does the country make a difference, and that’s when it can be quicker or slower depending on consulate.
  11. appleblossom
    I think @salishsea was referring to you not answering my question about your sponsor which I asked a few times. You said above your agent wasn’t your sponsor??? So I’m very confused as you’re now saying s/he is? It makes a huge difference because, as I said above, if an agent petitions you then you can effectively be freelance and work anywhere they secure you jobs. Whereas if an employer petitions you you can’t work for anybody else. Your future employer isn’t relevant. Did you submit evidence of all of that with your last application? If not, what’s new out of it?
  12. appleblossom
    5 months would be far too soon to file a WOM. If you’re still waiting after a year then consider it. Good luck.
  13. appleblossom
    You can’t apply for the DV lottery, you’re not eligible as you’re already a green card holder. You either need to file to give that up before you can apply for anything else, or get back to the US asap. The latter would be much cheaper but you need to get moving on it. Good luck.
  14. appleblossom
    A boarding foil would have been much cheaper than another green card. But regardless you're still a LPR at the moment. Do you have anybody in the US you could get a replacement green card sent to? I'm going to ask that a kind mod splits your questions off in to your own thread rather than hijack the OP's any further.
  15. appleblossom
    Oh, and if you're only just at the DS-260 stage there's no way you'll be a LPR by January. The wait for an interview at Montreal is about 6 months for spouses, so even if you are DQ'ed soon the earliest you could expect an interview would be around April next year. Which is why pausing your case and getting your spouse to file I-130's for the 3 youngest children so they can catch you up makes much more sense.
  16. appleblossom
    It would be leaving them for at least a couple of years? What do you mean 'not at mercy of step mother'? She just needs to petition them, the same as she's done for you.
  17. appleblossom
    So why not apply for a replacement/get a boarding foil so you can go back to the US? If you are still a LPR, you're not eligible for a new green card from the DV lottery.
  18. appleblossom
    No. You'll have the same chance as anybody else applying. Have you actually relinquished your GC though?
  19. appleblossom
    A, unless you want to leave your children? And then you petition for your eldest once you are a LPR and in the US.
  20. appleblossom
    Have another read of the answers given above. There are no derivatives for immediate relatives. Your children need their own I-130's filed for them - follow @pushbrk's guide above so that you and the 3 youngest children can immigrate together. Good luck.
  21. appleblossom
    Because your visa will only be valid for 6 months from the date of the medical, so they will leave that to the very last minute.
  22. appleblossom
    Covid, when visa processing was suspended and consulates were closed. A lot of consulates have caught up on themselves now, but many still have a big backlog. https://ke.usembassy.gov/visas/#:~:text=STATUS OF VISA PROCESSING AT U.S. EMBASSY NAIROBI&text=U.S. Embassy Nairobi continues to,you for your continued patience.
  23. appleblossom
    Again, who is petitioning you? You've not answered that question and it makes a huge difference.
  24. appleblossom
    Ah, you'll be hoping for the opposite result to me in November then - I'm in renewable energy. 😂 It is crazy expensive here but I couldn't live in Texas, that was a location option but not for us. To do your timeline you need to go to your profile, click on your name on the top right and it's there. Then it means anybody searching can filter by just EB1/EB2 applicants and get all of our timelines which is super helpful.
  25. appleblossom
    It's not whether you specifically ar getting paid, it's whether anybody could ever be paid for the same role i.e. if you were doing a driving job that the charity would normally pay for. So as long as it's genuine volunteer work and they never compensate anybody for it (and you're not being compensated in any other way i.e. with accommodation) then it should be fine.
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