slightlyMad:


lol. sounds more like asking if it will apply to married babies of LPRs
ofcourse you are mummy's pet but not to immigration.
Children, immigration-wise is unmarried & below 21 years old.

you can enter a category here if your LPR parent naturalizes OR you are a divorcee (will put you in f2b)


for your parent to naturalize, he/she must be a LPR, have spent 5 yrs in US (i.e not spent more than 6months outside USA annually), then apply for citizenship.


so if your parent becomes a citizen, she can file for you, then you end up in F3, a very slow category which can take up to 20 years wait time
here is the soothing news, if along the line, you divorce for any reason., you can notify NVC with your divorce documents, you can be moved to F2B while keeping your priority date.


e.g if you have waited for 8 years and you divorce, there is a good chance when you move to F2B, you be invited for interview same year because F2B has 6 to 7 yrs wait time.

slightlyMad:
@pretty16, good to hear from you babe

you should be glad you were not moved to f1.
just remind her NOT to request category change.
also, note that with your priority date, it is very possible for someone at the embassy to accurately link your case to your nairaland handle.

comments and posts you make on this forum, even if you dont mean them or does not describe your real world personality could haunt you.
because i heard from the past VO that for immigrant cases, they do investigate thoroughly and that they actually check posts and tweets.
which is understandable given the kind of world we live in today.

it is good you are focusing on your business, i am also single too just because of this pending case.
which quarter of what year is your priority date?
mine is 4rd quarter of 2009.

fx4tified:
@slightlymad
Nice being here.
My PD is 12th Aug. 2015(F2A category)
Got approved 31st December 2015.
When do you predict I will be called up for interview.


thanks.

fx4tified:
@chokey419 what category are you?

fx4tified:
hi,
Can anyone please breakdown the difference between “Application Final Action Dates” and “Dates for Filing Applications”?

tnx.

fx4tified:
@slightlymad thanks alot.
On the June 2016 visa bulletin my PD falls below the cut off date on the Dates for filing Application chart. i.e PD is Aug. 2015/ Date of filing Application moved to Oct. 2015.

Questions:
Firstly, does it mean i will be contacted by NVC in June to begin my application process even without my PD being current yet?

Secondly, how long does the process till interview take?

Thanks.

fx4tified:
more like it, tnx.

Do you have any idea how long the whole NVC process will take from payment, application till interview?

slightlyMad:


depending on how quick you respond.
when you send your documents in, it takes roughly 3 weeks to 1 month to get update

your category will move drastically in the coming months.

fx4tified:


I agree with you @slightlymad because the upcoming US election have increased the rate of due applicants for naturalization/citizenship which in turn would be favorable to the upcoming Visa bulletins.

slightlyMad:


i seriously doubt this because naturalization is handled by a very different department entirely, i.e department of homeland security

The visa bulletin we watch here is from department of state

i am guessing based on visajourney.com's predictions located here http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/visa-bulletin-predictions-family-sponsored.php
Visajourney gets their predictions from people who update their profile with interview dates they get from NVC, even when they are not yet current.
so if someone who has 4 months to become current based on bulletin gets interview date set 2 months away
you can be sure that next months movement will be roughly 2 month, then the next, another 2 months movement.
this has to be because you wont be interviewed unless you are current.

Yea i got you but d reason i thought so was that the more LPR petitioners who naturalize and become US citizen, the more such applicants are taken off the visa waiting list.

slightlyMad:
F1 moved by 9 weeks for july 2016 bulletin released today

Sorry fx4tified, F2A moved by 1 week
F2B by 6weeks
F3 stagnant
F4 by 4 weeks

mamaya:
Good afternoon,and thanks for the response and comments so far,,i just have a little problem that im seeking your advise.i applied for a conference visa sometime last year and i was denied,my wife who is a green card holder and a citizen last year decembe(dow she hasnt started filing for her citizenship,but she is eligible) now decides to file for me,i learnt the filling takes time,say a year atleast and could extend to 3/4yrs.now my question is,should she invite me and try our luck or she should just go on with the filling,don't want to stay away from her for 3/4 yrs,cos she may not be coming to Nigeria anytime soon,she has phobia for flying.please your advise is seriously needed

fx4tified:

You should just go ahead with the filing because the early the better. Also she could begin her naturalization process which if she eventually succeeds automatically takes you off the visa waiting list.

mamaya:

Thanks for the response and please I need to get something's cleared from your answer.so if she gets to nationalize herself,before filling for me,how long will it take for me to join her?I mean at most.and is it neccesary s he does that before filling.finally if she invites me before the filling,will that have any negative influence on the filling .thanks God bless