Fellow Reefers...just an AD Military guy with a Canadian wife getting her converted to the stars & stripes. Looking for any info someone out there may have. I'm sponsoring her and my 3 step kiddos into the US.
Curious if there is anyone experienced in the process or that has been through the process to bounce infomraiton off of. Please don't just reply with a link to USCIS, or Citizenpath, or Boundless...etc...
We're currently going through everything with an immigration attorney right now...just curious how others experiences may have been...their timelines...things they wish they knew...etc...
So far, since she's abroad:
Filed i-130/i-130a for her and i-130s for all the kiddos
It'll have to go the consular route because they're all still in Canada, so once USCIS has done their part, it'll be past to the embassy in Montreal (closest one to her) for the DS-260/261, etc...
So we're thinking it'll be like 11-17 monts before that's all done, the interview is scheduled, and she can get her conditional permanent residency (green card good for 2 yrs). Then filing the 485, removal of conditions to extend the green card to 10 yrs...and at the 3 yr mark just file for citizenship...
Any of that sound right to anyone w/experience?
Curious if there is anyone experienced in the process or that has been through the process to bounce infomraiton off of. Please don't just reply with a link to USCIS, or Citizenpath, or Boundless...etc...
We're currently going through everything with an immigration attorney right now...just curious how others experiences may have been...their timelines...things they wish they knew...etc...
So far, since she's abroad:
Filed i-130/i-130a for her and i-130s for all the kiddos
It'll have to go the consular route because they're all still in Canada, so once USCIS has done their part, it'll be past to the embassy in Montreal (closest one to her) for the DS-260/261, etc...
So we're thinking it'll be like 11-17 monts before that's all done, the interview is scheduled, and she can get her conditional permanent residency (green card good for 2 yrs). Then filing the 485, removal of conditions to extend the green card to 10 yrs...and at the 3 yr mark just file for citizenship...
Any of that sound right to anyone w/experience?