Calling All F2A's (Spouses & Children of Permanent Residents)

[limitless]

2A: About 88,000 visa numbers are expected to be available during FY 2012. The top five
countries with the highest 2A waiting list totals are:
Family 2A Percent of
Preference Category
Country Total Waiting List
Mexico 138,628 43.0%
Dominican Republic 30,963 9.6%
Cuba 16,084 5.0%
Haiti 15,804 4.9%
Philippines 14,598 4.5%
All Others 106,559 33.0%
Total 322,636 100%

[atool]

Hi, congrats!

can you please tell us how long it took from the date you filed I-485 till your spouse received visa? thanks.

in our case there is no Adjustment of status so we did not file I-485 form it nearly 3 years my wife filed I-130 form

[limitless]

Hi, congrats!

can you please tell us how long it took from the date you filed I-485 till your spouse received visa? thanks.

hi.... with the grace of god i got my visa approved on 28th and today i got passport with visa finally with my sweetheart after long nearly 3 years..... thank u all your experience help me alot

[atool]

had interview on 28th got approved

hi.... with the grace of god i got my visa approved on 28th and today i got passport with visa finally with my sweetheart after long nearly 3 years..... thank u all your experience help me alot

[limitless]

Hello All,


With respect to H.R. 3012, I am of the feeling that this bill should help India F2A cases. Please correct me if I am mistaken, but this is how I am calculating the numbers.

So, total quota for second preference family based is 114,200 of which 75% are exempt and 2% are subjected to per-country cap.
That means, 75% * 114, 200 = 85,650 (these numbers are given in first-come-first-served basis irrespective of country of origin).
Now, from the remaining 2% i.e. 2% * 114, 200 = 2,284 (these are subjected to 7% per-country cap, that means no country should get more than 7% * 2,284 = 160)

So, India along with each other country was getting these extra 160.

Now with H.R.3012, India along with each other country should get "upto" 15% * 2,284 = 342.

So if H.R.3012 passes, per year, India gets an extra 342 - 160 = 182 F2A visa numbers.

Now, in theory, the only downside of H.R.3012 comes in case of spill-over numbers. With 7% country cap, its likely that some numbers from F3, F4, F1 categories can spillover to F2 category, now with 15% cap, the chances are that high demand countries like Mexico can use all allocated F3, F4, F1 numbers leaving no room for spillover.

In summary, i am of the opinion that H.R.3012 should help low demand countries for F2A (like India compared to Mexico and Dominican Republic).

Please share your thoughts about my analysis.

Thank you.

[mtouch]

No it is only going 2 help employment catagory...

Not true. There will also be an increase in the quota for family-based categories so hopefully it will help the VB movement for FB too.

[ar_manzar]

Hr 3012

Do you guys think if HR 3012 bill passes, its going to help India F2A dates to move forward?

No it is only going 2 help employment catagory...

[limitless]

H.R 3012 Impact on F2A - India.

Do you guys think if HR 3012 bill passes, its going to help India F2A dates to move forward?

[ar_manzar]

F2A with priority date 09/10

ai forum e ki bangali kaw asen jader priority date 09/10 abong visar jonno call korse jokhon priority date september 2010 porjonto aschilo. ami amar spouse er priority date feb 2011 current hoyar opekhay asi

[ar_manzar]

F2A with priority date 09/10

Hi I am actually posting the treads to see is there is anyone with priority date for f2a 09/10 got visa when the priority date jumped to september 2010 last year.

I have priority date of feb 2011 for my wife.

[yopenope]

Thanks for the providing with the link above. I have read that but that article is for Non-immigrant and I am a Green Card holder, so I think that case does not apply to me as otherwise non-immigrants can call their spuse to be with them with some restrictive status.

I searched for that site for any query or question but I think they dont have feedback section.

So please guide me thru ...

Thank you...

[mtouch]

Your fiancee can apply for B-2 visitor's visa in order to come to the U.S. and marry you.

[yopenope]

Visitor/Student to Green Card for F2A

Hello Members,

I am from India and a USA Green Card holder (recently got) and going to marry a girl in India soon and she has no USA visa. I have seen that F2A is moving slowly compared to earlier, so I am looking for possible alternate ways to bring my future wife with me to USA after marriage.

For this, I have consulted a local consultant and he told me two options:

1) try to apply for Visitor visa and then file for my wife's petition under F2A, or

2) try for her student visa and then if she gets that, then file her petition and finally when she reaches USA on student visa, convert her status from student to F2A !!!

I am completely puzzled about this second option that he told me !!!

Is there anything like conversion of status ???

I know there is something call Adjustment of Status but also that is applicable when the petition becomes current, that means after waiting for that much time in many years ...

I also told the consultant the same but he told me that peaople do this as they just want to be with their spuse and dont want to study after entering USA... and he told me that his lawyer in USA will handle the case further after she comes in USA and I file for her petition.

So, dear members, please advise me whether such way out is possible and is it smooth way in the context that will doing so make her status legal as she would not be joining that study for which she would have been granted visa for.

Also this things visiting Lawyer for further proceeding sounds complicated to me as I believe one needs lawyer when it is not a straight way... so I afraid about it and no one wants to waste money for lawyer when they know what they are doing is wrong ...in short, I dont want to do anything wrong which can create trouble later on ...

So Please Please advise me about the validity of the second option.

As such this status change option can also be done with Visitor visa status, but as we all know, Visitor visa is only the God's Grace ...

Thank you ...

[jewel]

Hi everyone. my case was upgraded from F2A to CR1, and i'm scheduled to have my interview on Nov. 7 at 6:30AM at the US Embassy, Manila... i would appreciate any advice you could share with me about the interview process.. thank you so much..

[sahsan]

People who filed their I-130 in August 2010, what was your priority date?
My notice of action has a priority date of August 24 2010 but I just received a notice of approval which has a different priority date , August 24, 2011. This is confusing me because all this time I thought my priority date was August 2010 like it was originally stated in my notice of action.

Any thoughts?