Unless you have an issue in your criminal background or maintaining your status in US, having a lawyer is a waste of resources IMO, plus in many cases they simply can't care less about your case. But if it gives you a sense of security, your money, your choice. Just search "lawyer" in the thread from previous year and see experiences from other users.
Imo a lawyer is also a waste of time if status hasn’t been maintained, they can’t change the fact that the applicant is barred from adjusting ….
Thanks @SusieQQQ , I looked at it, it is expected to be current in June. The question is, can the file be completely processed within 4 months.
It’s not impossible to complete the process in 4 months at all. Look at the timelines in the spreadsheet. I would suggest you to look at people that were in the same FO as you.
There have been people that even submitted in September and got their cases approved. It all depends on the case, FO, IO, and other factors. Four months is certainly not a short period of time for this process.
Someone just submitted on 10 September and got approved today.
Thank you , this is motivating
Thank you, yes you are right. I will try to find cases.
Do bear in mind that in many FOs the timelines shorten the further into the fiscal year you go, so read what you see in context if things look strange at first glance. So if for example your FO shows that someone who submits in October takes 10 months and someone who submits in June takes 3 months, don’t just average them or think it’s random, understand that what you are reading is that priority changes depending how far from fiscal year end they get the case.
For those reading this, the unsaid part of this is that the spouse (of the person who submitted early Sept and got approved today) had already filed their own case back in mid-May and was waiting for their interview, the NOA attached to the spouse's pending case was included with the newly filed case in September. So USCIS basically fast-tracked it when they associated it with the husband's.
Thank you so much. Now I understand the scenario.
First of all, in order for your child to benefit from your selection and process AOS, assuming your child hasn’t aged out, you will need to be approved and enter the US first. Only after that can the AOS portion be initiated. Your child may subsequently miss out as such most especially if your CP process isn’t completed early enough for you to have entered the US and activated your LPR status by May/June at the latest.
Thank you so much. All these are new and complicated for me. Grateful to you for your comments since they shed new light in the areas I have no idea about. In that case, my child is will be considered aged out, because 21 years already completed this year. So it will be only me. Thanks once again.
One note that if you already mentioned him on your DV submission, and if you are doing AOS yourself, IMO it would be a good idea to send an email to KCC after sending your payment indicating that you are the only one doing AOS. Sometimes they withhold confirming that to your IO thinking that you have not paid in full for all applicants.
When did he turn 21? How high is your case number? There is a chance he might be protected under CSPA depending on these answers. Effectively he has around 7 months protection - so if there is less than 7 months between his 21st birthday and when your case number is current he will be ok as a derivative.