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'Loads' sounds very British to me, I certainly say it all the time.

That's nonsense. Just fill in the form again to report the card not being received. You don't need to file I-90 until you've heard back, I-90 processing times are over 2.5 years now so if it's a simple fix then there's no point in doing that.

Depends on your visa and consulate - assuming CR-1 and Lagos, then you need to wait for it to be scheduled, it's about a 15 month wait. If you can fill in your timeline/profile that would be helpful.

If you're CR-1 then it's usually scheduled by NVC, K-1's have to schedule their own. Wait times will vary by consulate, you can check here to see when you can expect one. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/iv-wait-times.html

It sounds to me as though the whole thing had been rejected. The rest of it may be making its way back to you or may have been lost. You mention above about CR1 so I’m wondering if you selected ´spouse of USC’ by mistake on the form.

A reminder that you want it to take as long as possible so your stepchild doesn’t age out in to F2B! So I’d sit back and wait, and hope you don’t get approval any time soon.

No, as there’s still no visa available to her at that point.

All of the info you need is on the usual website. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-10-prepare-for-the-interview.html Make sure you check the country specific info as well.

Replied to your other post, but interviews are currently being scheduled for those DQ’ed in October 2022, so she’s still got a couple of years to go unless things speed up. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/iv-wait-times.html As said above, your idea of her entering as a visitor and then trying to adjust status is immigration fraud and not possible, she just had to be patient and wait it out. Hopefully the backlog will reduce between now and then.

For Abu Dhabi? It’s about a 2.5 year wait so she’s still got a long way to go if she was only DQ’ed in Oct. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/iv-wait-times.html

I think it was pretty much the last day so you might hear later. But have you checked your junk/spam folder?

1. Yes 2. & 3. Not needed as you have what is required. You can travel anytime, so get the flight booked asap. I wish you the very best.

All EB applicants are prioritised the same, and it’s done by DQ date. So you’ll be ahead (for example) of an EB1 applicant that was DQ’ed last month. You could well receive an IL in June but it’ll depend on how many people are in line ahead of you. There may be tons of EB3 applicants that were DQ’ed well before you and will get priority. No way of knowing so just don’t make any plans or book anything, but hopefully not long now. Good luck.

3 months is probably about right, maybe 4 months. London is one of the quickest consulates luckily.

If it’s been fully opened it’ll need to be resealed. Not sure which consulate you’ve applied at, but here’s the info from the London consulate - https://uk.usembassy.gov/visa-faqs-information-for-immigrant-visa-holders-and-applicants/#:~:text=If your visa package (a,it was damaged during delivery.

Why do you think that? It didn’t move forward at all in June and given the big jump it did in May I wouldn’t be surprised if it remains as Feb 2025 next month too. Basically, if that’s what you’re relying on then don’t as you may be disappointed. As said above, your wife needs to decide what she wants more - a visit home and consular processing, or staying in the US and being unable to travel for a while.

Not long. If you have Informed Delivery this is when it’s really useful.

And that's the perfect example of the My Progress tab being pointless. The day you get approval it changes to 18 months left. 😂 Congrats!

Totally agree with this. Income taxes in the US are slightly lower than the UK (at least where I am), but by the time you've factored in healthcare there is no difference, and cost of living is MUCH higher. Any states without federal income tax don't work out being any cheaper once you've got property tax and state taxes, we did look at moving to NH because of the lack of income tax but it made about $200 difference a year IIRC! I own a few businesses and can't see any financial advantage to opening one up in the US, but I guess it depends where in Europe the OP is referring to (I'm only basing that on my experience of the UK).

H1-B and L-1 are both dual intent. But a green card is also perfectly possible from O-1 and E-2 - I got EB green card with O-1.

So are H1B and O1.

I don't think 'most people' do try for O-1, that's a pretty rare beast. H1-B yes, but that's because they're being sponsored by a company, I'd imagine that anybody with their own business would look at L1 or E2 but that's not the case for most immigrants who move for work. I know a lot of people who moved with their current employer purely because they wanted the expat assignment deal i.e. house/car/schooling paid for, plus everything taken care of. They can then open their own business in the US once they've got green cards and a heck of a lot of money behind them thanks to the corporate relocation! And without having the restrictions of an entrepreneur related visa i.e. having to hire x amount of US citizens, having to show sustainable growth of the business, having to invest such large amounts of money on physical premises etc (as @OldUser said, $100-200k isn't likely to cut it). That's a lot of pressure for a new business when your visa is tied to the business being a success. So you'd replace 'fear of being fired' with 'fear of the business failing and then having to leave the country within 30 days'.

7 months may not be enough to be 'safe' though. There is no set minimum time, if it's thought that you have abandoned your LPR status then you could be in trouble even with far less time out of the US. My eldest is a green card holder at university overseas and splits her time between the two, pretty much the same split as you're planning on doing. She is stopped on entry every time now, and taken in to secondary. The only reason she's not had an issue is that she can prove that her family is in the US, her only home is in the US, she only pays taxes in the US, she has a job in the US, and studying abroad is a permitted reason for absence. If you had another home outside the US and less ties then I think you'd be in trouble, particularly with the current administration who have definitely made it tougher. Basically, if you're not prepared to make the US your permanent home for 4 years or so (until your wife gets citizenship) with just occasional vacations outside it, then I'd stick to the B visa. Good luck.

Ignore the ‘My Progess’ bar completely! It’s horrendously unreliable, I wish they’d just get rid of it as all it does is induce anxiety.

As it says, last updated 2nd May. It’s a new tool, they’ll probably only update it once a month or so.