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Varies hugely depending on consulate - can be as little as 2 months, or as much as 3 years. So where will you be interviewing? Sydney or are you living/working somewhere else?

They will vary depending on consulate - you’ll be sent a list with your interview letter. But the NVC website has them, so start there (look at the country specific guidelines for specifics). HTH.

It's both. You need 3 years of being a LPR, and 3 years of marriage. So in your case, it would be April of next year, and yes, she can apply 90 days before that. https://www.uscis.gov/forms/uscis-early-filing-calculator

OK, so presumably she entered just to activate her visa, then has returned home to finish sorting things, but is now moving to the US permanently? I still think she'll be fine as that's pretty common, but any evidence you can give would be helpful just in case i.e. add her name to the lease, get her a mobile phone number/bill, etc.

Not sure where you're reading that, but I'd imagine she'll be waved through with no issues at all if she's only been out for 4 months. Just make sure she takes proof of her ties to the US just in case she's asked (i.e. car, home, bank account, tax returns filed as resident etc). And then make sure she stays in the US and makes it her home, I can't see it being an issue at all. Good luck.

You need your passport as well. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/entry-requirements-country.html#lawful-pr-us

'It should be September 2003' - should be or definitely is?? Please look up the exact PD on your paperwork.

OK, that's good - at least you're not at risk of aging out. When is your spouse eligible to naturalise? The Visa Bulletin is what tells you if there is a visa available to you or not. Your Priority Date must be before the date on Table A (your PD being 'current') for you to be eligible for a visa. If it's not current, then there is no visa available to you. Your date only became current on 1st February, so before that there was nothing you were waiting for, as there was no visa for you. You can see the current Visa Bulletin, and all previous ones here - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html

Yes, because there was no visa available to you before February. Are you familiar with the Visa Bulletin? Are you the spouse or child of a LPR?

Yes, lots of people have, see the thread below yours. It's utterly useless so don't pay any attention to it or worry about it at all, best to just ignore it. Good luck.

Age wouldn't usually be a valid reason to expedite, are there medical issues? If so provide evidence of that (doctors letters) and that may work. You may also need to show proof that the USC can't move to the beneficiary's country and that's why they are apart. Edit: just looked and realised this is a IR5 case? With presumably one parent that has been granted a visa and one that is waiting for the waiver? So that wouldn't be valid grounds IMO as it's not showing hardship to a USC. The parent that has been granted the visa could apply for a re-entry permit to return to the home country and wait with their spouse.

Yes. What’s your reason for an expedite?

Assume this is a Philippines case? If so, probably the PD still isn’t before the ‘Dates for Filing’ date, which is September 2003 in this month’s VB. And even if it is then it takes time for the case to be passed over to NVC and things to start moving. What’s the exact PD? Nothing has happened previously as there was simply no eligibility to file anything yet. Repeatedly chasing won’t have resulted in anything due to that. There also no point in chasing the consulate as it’s still a long way from reaching them, it’ll be passed to NVC first. Good luck.

She'll get her A number on her visa. As above, if you can file for him it would be better - he's going to be at risk of aging out in to F2B so even a month earlier may make a difference.

She can't leave the US until you're married, have filed AOS and she's received AP - being unable to leave or work for quite a long time are a couple of the downsides of the K1 visa, and why the CR1 is often recommended over it by VJ members. This guide might be useful - So if she wants her family in Canada to be with her for the wedding, they'll need to come to her in the US. Good luck.

As @Crazy Cat said, they're not quick. Official processing time is currently showing as 27 months. https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

As well as the physical presence requirement (18 months in 3 years) there's also a continuous residence requirement. https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-3

You can search the timelines function on the forum to find others also applying via Jakarta to give you an idea. Please also fill in your timeline to help others searching in the future, thx. Good luck.

As above, it's done by DOS at the request of the consulate. You have two things that could have triggered it - being from Pakistan, and having an occupation on the TAL list. Possibly even a third reason we don't know about. It can only take a few days, or can take a year or two, or anywhere inbetween. There's no way of knowing how long yours will take, and no way of speeding it up - except as said above, by suing for a decision, but that's usually something done after a long time waiting, and runs the risk of the forced decision being a refusal. Using other people's cases as a guide for processing time isn't helpful, as each person's background checks are being done for a different reason. All you can do is wait it out I'm afraid. Good luck.

Ok, so you have an easy Plan B anyway then. You not being eligible for a visa won’t be an issue further down the line (assuming your marriage is genuine & you have plenty of proof of your relationship anyway). I’d cancel the medical so you don’t spend money on something that probably isn’t necessary, but go to the interview just in case. But that’s just what I’d do, it’s your call obviously.

It’s not a matter of discretion, it’s a matter of law. I wouldn’t bother spending money on a lawyer personally, I’d just go to the interview and see what happens.

I thought they’d changed it last year. But as above, if you’ve got any doubt I’d go to the interview just in case. If not, then you’ll need to look at other visa options, or wait until you can get a GC via your parent.

As above, it doesn’t mean anything - just that your case has been digitalised, so no need for any receipt to be sent.

Sorry, I don’t understand what you’re asking. I see the case history but what’s your question about it?

I don’t think they do. And the link above doesn’t say so? Says it applies to both.