Hello Rajiv Ji,
Question I: F2A, Dependents and Children of Green Card Holders/Permanent Residents:
Final Action date for F2A for India stood at November 8, 2014 (it has actually retrogressed from June 15, 2015 to November 8, 2014), as per State Department Monthly Bulletin dated June 2016, with a Filing Date of October 15, 2015, when one is eligible to file for her Petition.
My Case Scenario: I am on a Green Card; I want to marry a girl int the U.S. who is on H1B Status; We are planning to marry on January 17, 2017; her H1B expires July 31, 2017.
In the my scenario, when (on what date) am I eligible to file a Petition for her Status Adjustment? (for her Green Card). Should I, under the above Scenario, have to wait until the current filing date of October 15, 2015, crosses/passes our wedding date of January 17, 2017? If so it could be quite a wait?!
If yes, what happens when her H1B status expires on July 31, 2017?! and the Filing Date (to be posted by the State Department some time in the future) does not cross my Wedding threshold date of January 1, 2017? So technically I would be ineligible to make a filing for her Status Adjustment, after our wedding? will she have to leave the shores of the U.S.A.? after our wedding?! to join me later, when she gets her Green Card after a few years?!
For my friend
Question II: My friend is transitioning from H1B into aGreen Card Status under Second Preference EAB-2
Second Preference (EAB-2) for India stood at: October 1, 2004. It has actually retrogressed from November 22, 2008 to October 1, 2004, as per June 2016 State Department Bulletin.
Filing Date for EAB-2 for India stood at July 1, 2009.
My friend finally received my Labor Certification approval on January 12, 2012. When will my friend eligible to file his I-140, Intent to Become an Alien Resident (Permanent Resident)?
Should he have to wait until the Filing Date for EAB-2 for India crosses/goes past my Labor Certification approval date of January 12, 2012? How long of a wait would it be?