The Visa Bulletin

Hi John,

thanks so much for all the work you put into helping us poor lost non-american souls!

I am over 21, unmarried and a German citizen; my father is a green card holder, but he is eligible for US citizenship (and I could probably convince him to take it; though he has some reason to prefer not to do so..)

I guess this currently places me in category 2B of family-related immigration, though I could be upgraded to 2A if my father got citizenship.

3 questions: a) do you have *any* kind of reasonable guess – and I realise this is extremely provisional – of when I could expect a green card from the two respective categories?

b) I’m in the first year of a PhD program on a F-1 visa, which will keep me busy for at least the next 5 years. Could a pending green card application have any adverse consequences on my F-1?

c) I might want to spend one year of my PhD program at a different institutions in the US, for which there’s a formal exchange program from my current university. Would that require me to get a new F-1? If so, might that be complicated by a pending green card applic?

Thanks SO much for your help..

hi everyone! we’ve been waiting for our visa for more than 22 yrs now.. and ive been over age for the petition.. can i still be in the petition even im over 21 years of age…? im 22 now turning 23.. thanks.. hope for response.. – thyron79@yahoo.com

Hi, I live in Cape Town, South Africa and am waiting, hopfeully, for my second letter after having been selected as a lottery winner last year for 2008. What predictions as far as numbers coming up in the diversity visa section for July 2008?
Many thanks

Hi John, I was wondering if you know the procedure to withdraw an EB3 petition from the USCIS? I checked the status of my application and it said its in “consular processing” which I basically do not know what stage that is My PD is July 2006. I was also wondering if it is possible to TRANSFER an EB3 petition (my PD) to my new H1 employer? Thanks for taking time to read this and I hope for your response

Why isn’t EB3 moving?? Not even a wk or a month? Is there really any hope..

Hi! I am from the Phil. I was in the F4 preference. They send us our choice of agent last March 19, 2008. I was waiting for our biographic data. Can my family will migrate this year?

HI JOHN . my pd 4.16.1998 F4 can you let me know when my sister have a visa and appointmen for interview in HCM city . thankyou.