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Shusterman's immigration bulletin that came in today stated, "For the month of November 2019, the USCIS announced that they would let applicants file for Adjustment of Status using the Filing Dates Charts rather that the Final Action Dates Charts. Stay tuned for USCIS’s announcement for December." https://www.shusterman.com/statedepartmentvisabulletin/ My step-son is in China. My wife has always maintained that because he is not in the United States, chart A applies. This notice from Shusterman seems to imply that chart B may apply. Current visa bulletin link: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html I like chart B better... but it will put more stress on us getting ready to have him here potentially six months earlier. What is your take? -
We missed by only a few months getting married in time to apply for my wife's son before his 21st birthday (May of 1994). He is currently living and working in China. We did file an I-130 for him, and got a priority date of August 17, 2015. The Visa Bulletin For May 2019 now states that the dates for filing family-sponsored visa applications is now August 1, 2014. (Am I reading the correct date for him? There are two dates associated with the F2B application.) For the past four months, the progress has been advancing three months per month, which if the rate continues, means we could probably apply for him this coming September or October. I have been looking at the I-485 form. Because of the dearness of my step-son to my wife, I am beginning to think I should employ a lawyer to make sure things go right. I am assuming that I, the husband of my Chinese wife, am not a primary person in this application, of which the primary I-130 for my stepson was my wife. (She now has her 10-year greencard.) I am thinking my wife would be the principal applicant, where my stepson is the derivative applicant. We live in northern California, in a place where illegal immigrants outnumber legal immigrants fifty to one, with Chinese immigrants being outnumbers well over 1000 to one. We would probably have to go to the San Francisco area (or area around Napa County) to get a Chinese lawyer. Yet at the same time, I notice that much (or most) of the information may need to be filled out by my step-son in China. Is there a trustworthy lawyer in China that could be used? Or would we have to use one in the States? Thanks in advance! You guys rock!
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Hi, My wife and I filed an I-130 last summer for our 21-year-old stepson. He is now under the F2B process. Question is this: Can he visit us in the States while we are awaiting the current seven-year wait time? What kinds of visas would he be eligible for? Any catches to beware of? TIA, Kevin