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If yours still hasn’t arrived then have you filled in the form to report the card as not being received?

Just to clarify for anybody reading, it’s 6 months from the date of the medical - so most people will have longer than 3 months if they’re not put in to AP. Glad you’ve got the visa, best of luck with the move.

If she hasn’t even got a PD yet then that means nothing has been filed yet, so she’s at least 3/4 years away from a visa. So spousal route will be a quicker option.

It’s all laid out 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 And processing times here - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html As @Crazy Cat said, the biggest variable now will be your consulate. Wait for an interview once the NVC stage is complete can be as little as 2 months, or as long as 2 years, depending on which yours is. If you can fill in your timeline then you’ll get a better idea. All of this is assuming you’ve filed for an immediate relative. If you fill out your timeline then it’ll also help as then we’ll know what kind of case it is when you ask questions.

It would only make a difference if it was an immediate relative case (i.e. spouse of a citizen). Those are processed quickest, there is no urgency for USCIS to process I-130’s in other categories as there is no visa available straight away anyway, so they tend to take longer.

Yes. You won’t qualify for a TN visa unless your occupation is eligible. I would think you’d struggle to get an employer to sponsor your visa with that job tbh, presumably you’d need fairly good knowledge of the US financial markets to do that role? Do you have a spouse and if so, what does s/he do? Maybe their job is more likely to lead to a visa?

Yes, absolutely fine. Your approval will just be put on hold until the medical results are received.

That’s spot on the quoted processing times for people that applied back then, so hasn’t got faster, it's just what would be expected for anybody that applied that long ago. It’s different for those applying now though, so the OP should assume 17 months as per the quoted processing times, and maybe longer given the staff cut backs (I suspect the backlog will grow between now and then).

They are only issued once a month usually. Which date in June though? Please fill in your timeline, thx.

As Boiler said, H1B would be ok. But you say apply in September, would the type of job you’d be applying for be likely to be cap exempt? If not it will be October 2026 before you could start work anyway (at the earliest, if you did get lucky in the lottery) so may not be worth it.

It would depend on the job and your experience. Plus finding an employer that would be happy to sponsor your GC (unless you qualify for a self pétition one such as EB1A). What do you do?

Ah, thought there might be an age limit. H2B would require a labour cert so also seems unlikely.

No, you can’t drop the waiver application at the consulate. It must be mailed to Phoenix as per this page - https://www.uscis.gov/i-601-addresses Your lawyer will sort it for you though. You’re mentioning ‘a few months’, but did you check the link above about processing times? Currently showing nearly 3 years.

My point was that in the UK as a contractor working for just one employer you’d usually be deemed an employee with the company taking deductions from salary, sorting your taxes, giving you paid holidays, benefits, etc. So that person could legitimately say they are an employee to the US government. Other countries may be the same, which is why I mentioned it. But never mind!

What do you mean ‘drop the waiver’? Presumably your employer has an immigration lawyer that’s done all of this for you and is aware of her inadmissibility? Is that who you’re speaking to tomorrow? I would make sure you get really good legal advice on this, I’m just not seeing how you’ll prove ‘extreme hardship’ when you are choosing to leave your wife behind in Canada because she’s inadmissible. So you’ll need an excellent lawyer to build a case with a chance.

You need to follow the official guidance, it’s all set out on there - 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 And she’s applying for an immigrant visa.

Yes, as I said I was looking at it from a UK POV. I don’t know where the OP’s husband is, so no idea on if they’d be considered a contractor or employee there for tax purposes.

Ah, maybe, I’m only going on the UK definition, where a contractor only working for one company is usually deemed to be a de facto employee. No idea how it works in other countries.

No, he can’t add his son to his wife’s application, there are no dependents for immediate relatives so it’s a completely separate application. Doesn’t the CHNV program end in a couple of weeks?

No, not full-time, but a criteria for the J1 is that the recipient is in an exchange program, and if an au pair they have to be studying each week to meet that, not sure on the number of hours required but you can check that. Do also check the other program requirements too, as I suspect there is other stuff (possibly even an age limit, so your aunt may not quality if so). Also, one other thing to mention is that often the J1 has a 2 year home residency requirement - meaning they have to spend 2 years in their home country before being able to return to the US. So it’s something to bear in mind, as would mean your aunt couldn’t even visit you in the US for 2 years after her J1 visa ended.

It would matter if he’ll be finding another job. You can only use the beneficiaries income if it will be continuing from the same source, otherwise it doesn’t count. Although it looks as though you’ve only just submitted the I-130? So you’ve got tons of time to figure this out, hopefully by the time you get to the NVC stage you’ll have another job. Good luck.

For any visa you’d have to pay her the going rate, so if speed is the key thing it may be quicker to just hire somebody in the US? There’s the H2-B visa, but you’d have to prove you can’t find an American to do the job and it’s a lengthy process, so that won’t work. So it would have to be the J-1 I think, but you’d need an agency and there would be other criteria too i.e. she’d have to be attending classes somewhere too. Note that she cannot do what you’re proposing on her tourist visa as that is considered working illegally.

Are you using assets only? If so, the bank account would work, but not if you’re using income. Will your spouse’s income continue from the same source when he moves to the US, i.e. will his job move with him?

What kind of case is this?

Are you the petitioner or beneficiary? Have you ever had an account before for your previous application?