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Olaniyi55:
Hello Guys,
Please I need your suggestions related to my case. Although I am currently a student in the US and I filed my eb2-niw application last year and changed to premium recently while I was single. I got married 5 months ago and my wife is in Nigeria. I have tried every means to bring her in via student means but there hasn’t been means.
Please what would you suggest I do in this case since I am planning to add her when I am adjusting my status which is almost current.

Your suggestions for my family reunion will be helpful

Babbyad:
Why not first wait till you get approval for your i-140 petition, cos obviously you can't bring her in with a student visa as it will conflict with what you have on ground.

Olaniyi55:
Yes, I understand what you meant and I know I need to wait for my I-140 approval. I am just asking as regards to her own case and what could be done. Any route to make her processing faster.
If my priority date is November 2024, does this apply to her as well?

Olaniyi55:
Yes, I understand what you meant and I know I need to wait for my I-140 approval. I am just asking as regards to her own case and what could be done. Any route to make her processing faster.
If my priority date is November 2024, does this apply to her as well?

Niyat:
You can’t take any further steps until your I-140 is approved. After that, when filing your I-485, you’ll also submit Form I-824 (Follow-to-Join) for your spouse. Once both applications are approved, your spouse’s case will go through NVC. What you can do now is find a way for her to relocate to a country that’s not backlogged because Lagos backlog is really bad irrespective of your priority date.

JohnPhysics:
Thanks for the prompt response.

Coolman2025:
Yes, in all the groups I'm aware of, only one person indicated getting IL for lagos eb3 and I think that was on the 20th of this October. Her interview is scheduled for December. Her priority date is November 2022 and her dq was March 28th, 2023. As for me, my priority date is December 2022 and my dq is March ending, 2023. I'm sorry, I don't want to say the exact date. I'm on the eb3 route.

adedammy009:
Omo, so Lagos never clear March 2023. It is well. If you can, transfer to another country. Love and light.

Coolman2025:
The IV scheduling tool that shows they are attending to cc of April, 2023 is wrong! I'm in March ending of 2023 and I also know another person with a case complete on 28th of March, 2023, yet neither her nor me has been scheduled for interview! So, who are the ghosts they are scheduling?
At this stage, I can't transfer my case to anywhere because it's going to set me back if I do.

Coolman2025:
The IV scheduling tool that shows they are attending to cc of April, 2023 is wrong! I'm in March ending of 2023 and I also know another person with a case complete on 28th of March, 2023, yet neither her nor me has been scheduled for interview! So, who are the ghosts they are scheduling?
At this stage, I can't transfer my case to anywhere because it's going to set me back if I do.

Taal17:
The date there is PD of April 2023 for those who are already documentarily qualified. and their PD is April 2023.
It's not DQ April 2023

Taal17:
The date there is PD of April 2023 for those who are already documentarily qualified. and their PD is April 2023.

It's not DQ April 2023

Coolman2025:
The IV scheduling tool that shows they are attending to cc of April, 2023 is wrong! I'm in March ending of 2023 and I also know another person with a case complete on 28th of March, 2023, yet neither her nor me has been scheduled for interview! So, who are the ghosts they are scheduling?
At this stage, I can't transfer my case to anywhere because it's going to set me back if I do.

Ak4me:
You're getting it wrongly bro. The IV scheduling tool is all about documentarily complete and not Priority date. All the cases that are dqed in March & April, 2023 would receive IL any moment from now.

WanderingChild:
I am almost forced to think that a terrible agenda is playing out that might worsen things for Nigerians with the US. First, I believe we can count on our fingers how many folks have got their ILs in the EB1/EB2 category in the last 2 years. Nigerians here who were fortunate to transfer their applications to other countries have progressed and even relocated and forgotten their experience.

With Nigerians now subject to 3 months B1/B2 visa lottery (it has become a lottery) and with DJT's recent statement calling Nigeria a "now disgraced country", I hope we don't see a situation where stylishly Nigeria gets retrogressed like India and China. I mean government departments in the US are practically converting presidential statements on Truth Social into policy. DHS/USCIS will be very happy to implement this. My thinking is that since DJT is finding it difficult to meet the flying colours records set by Obama and Biden, he has resorted to stalling legal migration to bring the overall migration numbers down. If that is the case, then sorry is the case.

What many people are not noting is the pain and frustration this process is bringing on to people. My entire process took 2 years. Applied and got my i140 under 2.5 weeks (not priority o). Became DQ'd after 6 months and then waited for another 19 months to interview and shortly after relocated. Today, I go out and meet scores of Nigerians and I am shocked that they are only half of a family. Spouse is here with some kids and the other spouse is back in Nigeria with the other kids. Families are being destroyed for no reason. Families together back home are confused. People cannot plan. It is not as if anything "good" is happening in the Nigeria. People are just wasting time.

Now, when we are supposed to be seeing people testify of receiving ILs for December as others in sane countries are doing, we are looking at ourselves, and wondering what went wrong.

I will advise that you don't put your eggs in one basket. Consider other options - UK Global talent, Australia 189 and NIV, China (K visa). You cannot be stagnant as DJT is on call for the next 3.5 years.

Olaniyi55:
Hello Guys,
Please I need your suggestions related to my case. Although I am currently a student in the US and I filed my eb2-niw application last year and changed to premium recently while I was single. I got married 5 months ago and my wife is in Nigeria. I have tried every means to bring her in via student means but there hasn’t been means.
Please what would you suggest I do in this case since I am planning to add her when I am adjusting my status which is almost current.

Your suggestions for my family reunion will be helpful

adedammy009:
This is a well put together thought. I suggest you transfer if you can. Consider Cameroon and Togo. Another option for those that has the principal applicants in sane countries (especially Europe, even South Africa), is to transfer their file, get IL, and transfer it back to Lagos. Don't transfer back till you receive IL. This is what people are doing. Don't sleep on it. Best wishes to everyone.

Desperadooo:
You cannot transfer it back after you have recieved interview letter, you can only transfer when it at NVC.