Green Card Holder applying for Wife. Please help!!
I am a Legal Permanent Resident (Green Card Holder). My wife resides in my native country. Recently I heard that the priority date for F2A (Spouse for Green Card Holders) applicants have moved up. I will apply for my citizenship on April 2011 (5 year fulfillment is on July). Now considering the above situation and the quickest possible way to bring my wife, here is my question.
1. Will it be quicker if I start with the I130 now on F2A category instead of waiting to become citizen and then apply?
2. If answer to the first question is YES then PLEASE provide me the step by step process I need to follow in as much detail as possible. (I have been browsing from website to website and is confused).
Please Help and save me! Thanks.
AK1975.
F2A is advanced a lotttt. It has a PD of Aug 1, 2010, meaning by the time the I-130 is approved it may already be current. So nowadays USC or a GC holder filing for a spouse has pretty much no wait, so most definitely file for her right away and she will be mostly likely be here for your oath.
Thank you namecheckvictim. Can anyone please provide detail answer to my 2nd and most important question. Thank you!!
Based on what Ive read, youre far better off filing for I-130 as the change in priority date is caused by the low number of applicants ( like people filing for H-1 visas ). By the end of 2011, it might go back to where the situation once stood....