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No expectations, and no set time for a response. Everybody’s case is different, but if they asked you to redo the medical then that’s a good sign.

That’s odd, if it was submitted in June 2024, it should have been processed by now - https://flag.dol.gov/processingtimes Your lawyer should be chasing this up. As for timescale, depends on which visa category. Are you EB1/2/3? Also, what is your country of birth?

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Yes, absolutely. Follow the instructions on the usual website (item no. 2, then choose London) - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-10-prepare-for-the-interview.html Please do fill in your timeline to ‘pay it forward’ and help others, thx.

I’ve had both. I’d say you’re a bit too young and too early in your career to qualify, but certainly heading in the right direction. The authoring won’t be relevant if it’s in a different field, salary isn’t likely to qualify just yet, and ideally you’d have more letters of recommendations from US based people (and meeting somebody at a conference won’t be a convincing recommendation - they really need to have worked with you). Our lawyers said at least half of the letters needed to be from the US, to show my expertise was needed there, so I’d work on getting those increased. Being on the jury is a tick, is the magazine national or international? Any awards? A lawyer will be able to dig a little deeper and tell you for sure, I’d recommend Fragomen who did ours. Good luck.

Nothing to expedite, there’s no visa available to her by law until her PD is current. She can look at other options rather than family based - employment for example, depending on her skills.

Are you a US citizen? If so I think she was lucky to be granted a visa at all. She can certainly apply for another (if the wait is long it would be worth applying now to get an interview booked). Good luck.

You said ‘there has been no new rulings’ and I gave you the link to one that’s from 3 weeks ago. Feel free to read it or ignore it, your call.

17th Jan. Top of the page - https://www.uscis.gov/DACA

Congrats on sending the I-129F, I hope you have a speedy and uneventful process. But you might want to search the forum for info about the risks of doing an ‘unofficial ceremony’ before you plan it too much! Good luck.

Is the petition spouse a green card holder then rather than USC? Not sure what you mean by ‘mixed status’?

The easiest thing would be for her to spend less time in the US and then she can just use travel insurance. Honestly, your plan for her to spend so much time in the US is fraught with problems from taxes, to healthcare, and risking her visa being taken away altogether. It really would be far easier all round if you just rethink her intended travel pattern.

Impossible to say without knowing how long the I-130 took to be approved, and your date of birth. But you can easily work it out yourself, you need to look at when your PD became current on the VB, then subtract the amount of time the I-130 took to be processed from your age on that date. If you end up with you being under 21 on that date then you’d still be F2A. There are also online calculators you can use if you Google. Good luck.

NVC usually do, immigrant visas don’t schedule their own. But if you’ve been instructed to then just go with it - no idea why though!

It doesn’t have to be Chancery Lane, wherever is closest. https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-gb/niv/information/courier_dropboxes

Why are you scheduling your own interview? The 11th is probably a cancellation, there is usually a longer wait if you have to schedule your own so I’d snap that up.

Resident and tax resident are different things. The link I gave you earlier gives you the info you need from the horses mouth. Nobody said she’d have to PAY taxes in the US, just that she’d have to file them. I earn nothing in the US, all of my income comes from investments, property and a job in another country. But because I spend enough time in the US each year I’m tax resident there, and so I have to file a US tax return. I get credit for the tax I’ve already paid in my home country as there is a tax treaty in place, but still need to file and then potentially pay any difference. It sounds like your GF wouldn’t earn enough to pay tax in the US, but she’d still potentially be liable for filings. Snowbirds aren’t relevant as they don’t spend enough time in the US. You’re asking about her spending 9 months out of 11 in the US so a very different scenario. Another thing to factor in is health insurance.

As said above, you can’t, but is your spouse a green card holder yet? If so, they can file for their child (although it takes a long time).

Different type of case - the OP’s was spousal. If yours had been, a copy wouldn’t have sufficed either (unless certfied as said above). https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/MNL-Manila.html#pre_interview_checklist

Is his biological parent (your husband or wife) a USC or not? And have you paid the green card fee, if so when?

There is still no visa available to them, the current date for F3 category is July 2010, so a number of years to go. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-for-february-2025.html

No. It means you may be lucky, you may not. But by petitioning your children you’re massively increasing the chance of being found out.

So just to confirm, these were completely fake papers? I’m amazed you’ve got away with this for so long then. You have had a green card and now citizenship granted in error it seems. You’re risking losing your own citizenship by applying for your children.

As Boiler said, the source of her income isn’t relevant. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/substantial-presence-test I certainly wouldn’t risk her planned travel but it’s obviously your call. It’s up to you whether you’re happy to take the chance of her being refused entry. As you’re both retired, taking turns to visit each other (and her staying for shorter periods, not 6 months) would be a much safer idea. Good luck.

I think that’s risky, particularly as she presumably doesn’t have a job if she can visit for such long periods of time? What other ties can she show? Spending 9 months out of 11 in the US could make it look as though she’s trying to live there without the right visa. Ideally she’d stay out for longer than she’s been in before trying to return (i.e. if she was in the US for 3 months, stay out for ~4 months before trying to go back). And spending the full 6 months is not great either. Could you not visit her next instead? She’s risking being refused entry with that travel pattern and then she won’t be able to visit at all.