can i go alone ?my father is main benificer and has greencard

[nikitpatel]

hi my name is nikit patel i got my visa under CSPA but unfortunetly i got techincal mistake in my visa stamp as result i have to wait because my category priority has been moved back. but now my visa was issued again my question is that can i go alone my father is in india he willl want to come after 2 or 3 months. i would like to go early bacause of starting my future as early as possible. so any suggetions?

[aaydrian]

The rule is that the primary beneficiary of a petition MUST enter the US with or before the derivatives.

So if your father has already entered the US on his visa then you as the derivative can now enter the US at any time as long as the visa is valid.

[nikitpatel]

But my question that can i enter alone? my father is in india and has valid greencard

hi my question can i enter alone in us? my father in india has greencard. my father want to come after sometime.can i really go alone?

[aaydrian]

Yes.

[nikitpatel]

thanks but R U SURE?

Thanks for ur guidance but R U SURE? if i will go alone immigration officer asking about my father then what will i tell them?.IF they hold me airport and willnot permit to enter us so what will to do?i bring greencard copy of my father. waiting for ur reply

[aaydrian]

Yes I'm sure

I hope you understand what I am about to write.

Beneficiaries of a petition must be the first one to enter the US. Most derivatives enter at the same time with the beneficiary but a few enter another time by themselves. Your problem was that you were supposed to go to the US with your father but there was an issue with your visa so daddy used his visa to enter the US and then got his greencard. Now your visa is fixed and you want to leave. You can do it anytime you want, by yourself as long as the visa is valid. Immigration at the airport will have your father's information (when he entered and what visa he came on) in their computer system. They already know he has a greencard and is in India so you don't have to bring anything of your father's with you.

If you want to bring a copy of your father's greencard to ease your mind then do it but it won't be necessary. If you don't trust what I'm saying EMAIL the immigrant visa (IV) unit of the US CONSULATE/EMBASSY in New Delhi or Mumbai. In that email make sure to include your case number, petitioner's name, your father's name and tell them what happened to you. Ask them if you can go to the US without your father and if there are any specific documents you need to carry with you to show airport officials in America.

[aaydrian]

How long has your father been in India?

[nikitpatel]

thanks for ur reply my father was in india since june 2012

Thanks for ur reply as per ur guidance i contacted to consulate and give me permission to travel to usa
when i will reach in us immigration department will issue my greencard as per taken time? or wait for my father will come to usa?
waiting for answer

[dhira_98]

Once you arrive in USA. Your green card should arrive by mail at you home within 6 weeks.

[aaydrian]

On average the greencard takes about 4 weeks to arrive.

Safe trip and happy beginnings.

[nikitpatel]

Oh really thanks

Oh really thanks appriciated your suggeestion thanks once again