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Hi,

My nanny is a GC holder whose daughter due to being more than 21 years of age could not come with them when they came to US in Jan 2007. They went ahead and filed the GC I131 for her in Mar 2007, however USCIS shows Feb 2005 applications are being processed.

However the daughter wants to study in US and is preparing to apply for F1 student visa. Is this a good approach? will her ongoing green card application be affected? What is the best thing to do to get her to US since Feb 2005 applications for GC is going on and who knows when they will get to her Mar 2007 appli.

Thanks in advance for your advise.
R

It could be a problem for her to get a F1 if immigrant petition is pending since F1 is supposed to be a non-immigrant visa. But if she does get F1, then it has no impact on GC processing

What is the best thing to do to get her to US since Feb 2005 applications for GC is going on and who knows when they will get to her Mar 2007 appli. first of all, the fact that USCIS is processing Feb 2005 doesnt mean anything to her. She needs to look at the visa bulletin at www.travel.state.gov instead.
Second, it will be very difficult to get F-1, since an immigrant visa petition has been filed on her behalf.

Thanks Lucy and Sid. So what do you suggest she do if F1 is very very difficult. This daughter is desperate to see her parents and therefore they were thinking that if she mentioned that her GC taking so much time naturally keeps her away from her parents and studying in US and therefore the only way she saw was to apply for F1.

Lucy: Sorry i didnot understand what you wanted me to see on the visa bulletin .Can you be more specific?Thanks in advance.