US Visa process
Dec 1st 2009, 6:58 am
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US Visa process
Hello
I would like to know what are the processes and how long it takes, if we wish to join my parents in US, my father holds US Citizenship.
I live in UK, married with 2 kids and we all have UK citizenship. My birth place is Tanga, Tanzania, East Africa, my wife birth place in Bombay, India and my 2 kids is UK.
Thanks....
Regards
Dharmin
I would like to know what are the processes and how long it takes, if we wish to join my parents in US, my father holds US Citizenship.
I live in UK, married with 2 kids and we all have UK citizenship. My birth place is Tanga, Tanzania, East Africa, my wife birth place in Bombay, India and my 2 kids is UK.
Thanks....
Regards
Dharmin
Dec 1st 2009, 12:16 pm
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Re: US Visa process
Your father sponsors you all for F3 visas - currently the wait time is about nine years.
Dec 1st 2009, 12:43 pm
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Re: US Visa process
No. The father would sponsor them for IR visas (immediate relative) by filing form I-130. They will fall under category F3 (family-based 3rd preference), but the visa will be an immediate relative visa.
I'll be a bit more conservative, and suggest the wait will be about 12 years.
Ian
... currently the wait time is about nine years.
Ian
Dec 1st 2009, 1:51 pm
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Re: US Visa process
How old are the kids right now?
Dec 1st 2009, 2:40 pm
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Re: US Visa process
Long wait nonetheless.
Dec 2nd 2009, 6:50 pm
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Re: US Visa process
The FB-3 backlog now is over 8 years. They are currently processing cases where the I-130 was filed before May 22, 2001. You can check the times here: http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bu...etin_1360.html. You check the Visa Bulletin, All Other countries, Family 3rd.
