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Option no. 1 would make the most sense, do you already have a H2B job/visa though?

OK. If you do actually get your green card in 2 months (as above, that estimate is notoriously unreliable, but you never know) then your timescales will need adjusting. If you are on a green card rather than H1B, then you'll have to petition her for an immigrant visa (via consular processing), and that will take many years. So you either need to marry asap, and apply for her H4 as a matter of urgency, or rethink her moving next year as it will take much longer before she can move to join you without a visa allowing her to do so. Good luck.

When is she actually hoping to move to the US?

Oh, I see. I just did that online too, turned down the data from the 30GB or whatever we had before to a much smaller amount to keep costs down. But we didn't have contracts, we just buy nearly new refurbished phones and then do SIM only deals, there are four of us (two adults and two teens) so it's saved us thousands over the years! So if you're in a contract then I think you'd just have to let that run until the end and then switch to SIM only.

You mean the US side? I just signed up online, I use Mint Mobile. I did it from the UK before we left, so that as soon as we landed I had the US number active, and I could also give it to people before I moved so they had my contact info stateside.

It's perfectly normal. AP can take a week, a month, or a year. Nothing to do but wait it out I'm afraid. Good luck.

Yes. They have to be paid from a US source (just in case you need to juggle money around ahead of time). Depends - the link above gives you the full list.

All the info you need is here - make sure you look at the country specific documents as well. 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

Ah. That may mean a visa hasn't been issued to you before the cut off as you weren't approved before the 9th. But all you can do is keep an eye on the status and see if it changes to approved/issued, good luck.

As above, you were just before the quota was reached. But what does your status say? If it says 'issued' then you've got the visa.

Everybody is put in to Admin Processing. But for most it's a very quick process of final checks (my status was only AP for a couple of hours before it changed), and nothing to worry about. Yours may stay as AP until the end of the month, as there is no visa available to you anyway, the next status would normally be 'approved' and 'issued', but neither of those are possible at the moment. Good luck.

CV is fairly standard for certain occupations, either your job is on the TAL list, or they suspect a previous one is. Unfortunately if you're in extended AP due to your job and/or your country of origin, it's likely to take longer anyway so I wouldn't worry about the quota being reached for now. Best of luck.

The OP can sponsor him if he's over 21 as well, green card holders can sponsor unmarried adult children. But it's still a heck of a long wait.

Those things don't mean your PD is current. What date in July 2007? I thought you said above you were India, but see now you're Pakistan. I think you're just expecting things too soon, if it was only reaffirmed in April.

I'm not anybody's brother. You were unable to access the page because your PD isn't current. It still isn't, there is no visa available to you yet.

You say petition was only reaffirmed in April 2024? So how is that 3 years? Is 2024 a typo? Which country were you born in and what is your exact PD?

3 years?!? What type of visa, what is your Priority Date, and what are you actually trying to do? It might be worth starting your own new thread so that you can get help, rather than tagging your question on to somebody else's old one.

Most are FB groups or similar from when I was waiting for my IL last year. But the big thread on VJ is just below this one.

She can't work. She can try and visit, that's no problem. She just can't stay and work unless she has an immigrant visa. Have you petitioned her for one?

She'll have to provider her medical records which will presumably show it, but it shouldn't be an issue. They need a Covid booster within the past year.

3 x for spouse or child of a USC. 5 x for any other relative.

Oh, do you mean she overstayed in your country? I thought you meant she'd overstayed in the US before she got her GC i.e. as a visitor. If she hadn't been in the US for long enough to meet the physical presence requirement when she applied for citizenship then of course it would have been denied. When did she return to the US? And 2 years isn't likely - as above, think 3-4 as more realistic. You can try to visit her in the meantime though, if she comes to visit you make sure she keeps time to a minimum so she's not risking her LPR status again, if she's got a lot of time out of the country she needs to make sure she really shows the US is her permanent home.

She should start the spouse visa process now, once she's a citizen she can 'upgrade' the petition. Worrying that she was denied for overstaying though, how did she get her green card?

The lawyer is right, your friend in the US presumably is a US citizen - and that's the difference and why his case was much quicker. As you're the spouse of a green card holder, you're not an 'immediate relative', so have to wait for a visa number to become available. You can see the info on the Visa Bulletin, as you can see, in your category (F2A) currently those with Priority Dates (i.e. they date they applied) of November 2021 or earlier are just now eligible to get a visa. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-september-2024.html So 3-4 years would be a good estimate. If your wife can apply for citizenship soon, she should do so. When does she become eligible?

Yes, they have, but for those DQ'ed in June. I've not seen IL's sent to anybody that was DQ'ed in July, so you may have to wait until next month. Good luck.