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It did to start with last time, then later on John Kelly said GC holders from banned countries could be admitted on a ‘case by case determination’. Then it was finally blocked in court. I wouldn’t risk it personally. But if you do then make sure you keep everything in the US, bank accounts, mobile phone, car etc - and file taxes as resident.

Which consulate?

Then you should receive everything anyway. Good luck.

No, not at all. Assume she was granted the F1 long before you applied for your EB IV?

Sorry, just edited my post. It’s possibly extra background checks then but I still think too early to worry about that if it’s only been a few days. Best of luck.

Yes, visa status can change to ‘rejected’ (which actually just means Admin Processing) after interview, verbal approval doesn’t mean a lot unfortunately. Were you born in the UK? If so I doubt you’ll be put in to Admin Processing unless your occupation is on the TAL list. AP is usually for those from countries that are high risk. But I really wouldn’t worry at this stage as it’s still early, just keep an eye on your status. Good luck.

There can be 2+ years between being DQ’ed and interview though. And NVC doesn’t make the visa decision or require original documents, the consulate does that. When I was at my interview, at least half the people I saw being interviewed were sent away with a piece of paper saying they needed to send another document in. I’ve no idea why when the checklist is pretty easy to follow but it was usually simple things like only having a photocopy of the police cert rather than the original. Which then means that interview was wasted - hopefully this step will avoid that and mean people are only interviewed when the consulate is satisfied they have submitted everything required, and meet the criteria for the visa. It should also speed the interviews up if docs don’t need to be checked again, so they may be able to do lots more interviews each day. Which could really help those consulates with huge backlogs and 2+ year waits.

More info is needed. What kind of case, and which consulate? What’s the status when you check it online, does it say ‘at NVC’, ‘in transit’ or at the consulate? When is the beneficiaries interview? If s/he just had a child by someone else then I doubt they’ll still want to move to the US as they wouldn’t be able to take the child or their new partner with them. But it’s definitely worth making sure the application is cancelled just in case.

It’s all laid out step by step here. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/step-2-begin-nvc-processing.html If your parents don’t check their emails much then you might want to ask them for their passwords so you can check yourself in case the emails don’t go to you. It’s all email from here on in until the visa is delivered by mail. And if they’re really elderly and won’t be working, make sure they have a good plan and plenty of funds for their health insurance - I’m sure they do but sometimes we see people who just don’t think about that for some reason, and then are taken aback by the cost! Good luck.

It’s the same one as always, but you just put your receipt number in from when you paid the green card fee, rather than the case number - https://egov.uscis.gov

Up to 90 days. What does the status say when you check it online, does it still say ‘card payment received’? It’ll tell you when the card has been sent for production, when it’s been printed, when it’s been mailed etc.

Please pop this info on your timeline to help other EB3 applicants going forward, thanks.

CEAC can show other stages, but often it’s super quick so can be missed - mine was only ‘Administrative Processing’ for about two hours before it changed to ‘issued’. DX are no longer the couriers for London consulate, it’s now Mail Boxes Etc.

It’s standard now, most (all?) consulates are doing it. Too early to say if it’ll help with delays though but hopefully so.

I’m so sorry to hear that. A few months would be quite a long time for Japan, it’s usually quicker - I really hope you can get it sorted and get back to the US asap.

Ah, ok, you said you needed to move your interview date closer so I assumed you’d been given one. Tokyo is usually pretty quick anyway. The medical emergency is for the US petitioner? Can they fly back ahead maybe?

It does. What does your online status say and when is your interview scheduled for?

Your wife will have to fly to London for her medical and interview. When do you plan to move to the US? Please fill in your timeline, thanks.

It sounds as though you’ve somehow missed the usual website for the whole process - as your questions about how to schedule medical, fees, documents etc, are all on there! Better late than never, here it is - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-10-prepare-for-the-interview.html Make sure you follow the London specific guidelines. And please fill in your timeline, thanks.

It’s got your medicals etc in. Put them in hand luggage, not hold luggage. And make sure they don’t get torn.

It’s about 18 months for Lagos I believe, but if you go to this page you can then filter by country to only get Nigeria specific timelines - https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?cfl=&op1=3&op3=5&op5=&op6=All Good luck.

OK, so hopefully not too much longer. Good luck.

Offering to give it her would mean getting in touch with her. I disagree with your attorney completely, she should have changed her address with USCIS (it’s a legal requirement to do so) and if she hasn’t then tough luck on her. Just return to sender anything from USCIS, then USCIS know she’s moved without her telling them, and you don’t have to be in contact with her either, so a double advantage.

Phew! Definitely not accurate at all, just ignore it. Assuming you petitioned your sibling then that’s likely going to be years longer. Because there will be no visa available to him/her for decades, USCIS don’t rush to approve I-130’s for family members that aren’t immediate.

It can take up to 10 working days for it to be returned so no need to worry yet. What does your online status say? And what kind of visa?