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The problem for most EB applicants now is that it’ll be October onwards for interviews due to retrogression and the category limit being reached. So I wouldn’t use EB IL’s as a guide really.

Not necessarily, they can be sent on different days.

Yes, that's what I'd do - but her call obviously. You can check it here - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/iv-wait-times.html Note it's not Dubai, it's Abu Dhabi, which does all immigrant visa interviews for the UAE. Dubai only does NIV's.

She can. She needs to contact NVC as per this link - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/national-visa-center/immigrant-visas-processing-general-faqs.html#ivp13 But personally I'd wait until she's actually nearer being eligible for a visa and then see where she's living and which consulate is quicker. At the moment, Abu Dhabi has am much longer wait than Islamabad, and so she may decide to fly back to Pakistan and interview there instead.

If you set up mail forwarding with USPS then even if it does go to your old address it doesn't matter, as they'll forward it. But as long as you submitted the AR-11 that should be fine. When did you pay/when did you enter on the CR1? It's usually up to 90 days from the later of those two dates, but recently people seem to be being told up to 120 days, so there is obviously a backlog.

Which country are you in? Are you planning on adjusting status or doing consular processing? If AoS, what is your visa status? He can file the I-130's, but it's when you get to the visa application part that he'll need to have sorted it by - and if you're AOS'ing then he'll need to do so asap. He doesn't need to have paid in full, but he must be paying them back in instalments and in good standing with the IRS. And presumably he'll need a joint sponsor if he can't afford to sponsor you on his own. If he can't get his taxes sorted asap, then you would probably be better off returning to your home country and applying via consular processing, as that will buy him more time to sort his financial situation out. Good luck.

All EB’s are given the same priority, but IIRC @Mano17 is from India, so a different category on the VB.

It comes via email. Processing times are updated weekly here - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html You’ve mentioned one approval but not the other? If the second takes a lot longer you can delay the first case at NVC so the second catches up. Good luck.

It's not complicated, but it's exactly as they've said - interviews are scheduled in order and you have people ahead of you in the line. All you can do it wait your turn.

It makes no difference then. The only countries with their own Priority Date processing on the Visa Bulletin are India, Mexico or the Philippines. Canada and Pakistan both come under ‘All Chargeability Areas’. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-for-july-2025.html

Ok, then unfortunately it’ll mean having to start from scratch I think, although may be worth asking NVC just on the off chance they’ll reinstate the case. Which country were you born in?

Then sadly I think that case will have died. You could have just told them you were married, changed category to F3 and kept your original Priority Date. You and your husband would probably have had visas by now. When was that I-130 approved? And are you absolutely sure you did nothing further afterwards? None of the steps from 2 onwards on 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 Which country were you born in?

So what happened in 2010/2011? My concern is that if you didn’t pursue that application your case has now been closed and you’ll have no option but to start from scratch with a 15+ year wait ahead of you. Did you pay fees, submit docs etc?

Oh! Yes, your existing petition is still valid but will just change category. But I assume it already has done, as otherwise you should have a visa by now (or at least be close to it). So did you inform NVC of your marriage at the time? What category is it on CEAC? And which country were you born in?

Make sure your brother/sister (whoever petitioned you) is also checking as it may well go to them. Your email addresses haven't changed since you submitted back in 2006?

You should have had it by now - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html Obviously there's no real urgency as you're still a while away from a visa, but I'd give it another couple of months and then if you still haven't heard anything, contact NVC and chase it up. Do keep checking your junk/spam folder on your emails as well, in case it goes in to there.

That's weird. If it doesn't work then I would also upload the info from the reciprocal page showing that it is exactly as they have requested. Good luck!

Yes, either of them can, or even both of them (possibly a good idea so you have a second petition as back up, just in case - as awful as it is to think about - something happens to the petitioning parent). Just get it filed asap, so you're in the line and the clock starts ticking. Good luck.

There’s no submitting docs, just taking them to the interview. But I agree, OP needs to get them ready and be really careful making sure they are the right ones as per the country specific instructions - it would be awful to get a 221g that delays things and miss out because of that.

And to add to @Dashinka’s questions, when you say she ‘shuttled between’ the two places, how much time did she spend in the US in total since getting her GC? And what did she go to the embassy for?

Still seems to say it's a waiver for misrepresentation that you needed? So I-601, not I-601a? What exactly have you filed?

I think Boiler's point is that I-601a is for overstayers, not inadmissibility. So just to confirm, did you mean you'd applied for I-601?

I don't have the app, but I do have GE. I use the scanning machine then pass straight through, normally just get a 'anything to declare' question and waived straight through without showing my passport/GC etc. So have never bothered getting the app!

Yes, it can take however long. But as above, there's no way to speed it up, you just need to wait your turn and keep your fingers crossed that you get an interview in time. Good luck.

Which consulate? You can’t ask to jump the line of people ahead of you, nobody will be able to help you do that. It’s just a case of waiting and hoping.