Greetings All,
My mother filed an I-130 for me back in Feb 2001 when she was a LPR. I'm an unmarried child over 21. If I'm not mistaken, the priority date for this case is May 01, 2001.
On September 14, 2007, my mother was sworn in as a US citizen and received her Certificate of Naturalization. Based on the Visa Bulletin for the month of October 2007, visa numbers are already available for my case. However, I plan to get married within the next year (July or August 2008).
My question(s) is: Should my mom request for an upgrade of her application for me from category FB2B to FB1 and then after me getting married, make another request, but this time a downgrade from FB1 to FB3 (this will be requested when the FB3 of my priority date becomes current)?
OR, is it possible to just wait till I get married THEN CONTINUE to wait till the FB3 category for my priority date becomes current AND THEN make a request to downgrade from FB2B to FB3? This is so that my wife (after marriage) and I can file at the same time as derivative of me, instead of my wife waiting 5+ years if I got the green card first under the FB1 category.
side note: I'm an Indonesian citizen currently studying in the Philippines (so the priority date is NOT under Philippines)
My mother filed an I-130 for me back in Feb 2001 when she was a LPR. I'm an unmarried child over 21. If I'm not mistaken, the priority date for this case is May 01, 2001.
On September 14, 2007, my mother was sworn in as a US citizen and received her Certificate of Naturalization. Based on the Visa Bulletin for the month of October 2007, visa numbers are already available for my case. However, I plan to get married within the next year (July or August 2008).
My question(s) is: Should my mom request for an upgrade of her application for me from category FB2B to FB1 and then after me getting married, make another request, but this time a downgrade from FB1 to FB3 (this will be requested when the FB3 of my priority date becomes current)?
OR, is it possible to just wait till I get married THEN CONTINUE to wait till the FB3 category for my priority date becomes current AND THEN make a request to downgrade from FB2B to FB3? This is so that my wife (after marriage) and I can file at the same time as derivative of me, instead of my wife waiting 5+ years if I got the green card first under the FB1 category.
side note: I'm an Indonesian citizen currently studying in the Philippines (so the priority date is NOT under Philippines)