immigrantintent
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Curiousity... consider the following:
A legal permanent resident of the USA files an I-130 for their unmarried child over the age of 21.
The petition is approved.
The adult child is not in the USA and expects to pursue consular processing at some point.
Suppose that a visa becomes available or is already available: is the adult child beneficiary under any obligation to pursue LPR soon after petition approval and visa availability (or at any point while he/she is "current")? Or, is the pursuit of LPR open to them so long as the visa is available? Does an approved I-130 ever expire, or could the beneficiary essentially use it at any point in the future (so long as a visa is available)?
In other words, when the National Visa Center receives the approved petition and begins to contact the beneficiary, does the beneficiary at any point get the chance to defer their visa processing until they so wish to immigrate (suppose, in a few years, or something to that effect)?
A legal permanent resident of the USA files an I-130 for their unmarried child over the age of 21.
The petition is approved.
The adult child is not in the USA and expects to pursue consular processing at some point.
Suppose that a visa becomes available or is already available: is the adult child beneficiary under any obligation to pursue LPR soon after petition approval and visa availability (or at any point while he/she is "current")? Or, is the pursuit of LPR open to them so long as the visa is available? Does an approved I-130 ever expire, or could the beneficiary essentially use it at any point in the future (so long as a visa is available)?
In other words, when the National Visa Center receives the approved petition and begins to contact the beneficiary, does the beneficiary at any point get the chance to defer their visa processing until they so wish to immigrate (suppose, in a few years, or something to that effect)?