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We are from India and reside/ employed in Mumbai. Me and my family have 10 year valid B1 visas with which we have travelled to US on numerous occasions. Few years back, my sister in law (US citizen) applied via I-130 for legal permanent resident status for my wife. Now we have received the I-130 approval notice (from USCIS, Dept. of Homeland Security) citing beneficiary as my wife. Note that the waiting period for actually obtaining the immigrant visa is expected to be another 5-6 years (or more) before our status becomes "current". No paperwork (I-864 or DS-3032) have started and not expected to start soon given that current cases being cleared under our category (alien relative/ sister of US citizen) has a priority date of Nov 1999.
Questions are
1) Does this letter mean entire family benefits eventually from the green card /LPR or is it applicable to my wife alone ? Note that the initial I-130 application sought details of all family members.
2) Given that all members of the family have B1 visas and we usually travel to US every year during summer vacation, do we now face any restrictions to travel to US given that I-130 petition has been approved ? Do we need to apply for "advance parole"...or any such special waivers for travel to USA ? Or does this become applicable when actual proceedings start for the immigrant visa (i.e., 5-6 years later when our status becomes "current") ?
Experienced fellow members are requested to help out.
Many thanks.
We are from India and reside/ employed in Mumbai. Me and my family have 10 year valid B1 visas with which we have travelled to US on numerous occasions. Few years back, my sister in law (US citizen) applied via I-130 for legal permanent resident status for my wife. Now we have received the I-130 approval notice (from USCIS, Dept. of Homeland Security) citing beneficiary as my wife. Note that the waiting period for actually obtaining the immigrant visa is expected to be another 5-6 years (or more) before our status becomes "current". No paperwork (I-864 or DS-3032) have started and not expected to start soon given that current cases being cleared under our category (alien relative/ sister of US citizen) has a priority date of Nov 1999.
Questions are
1) Does this letter mean entire family benefits eventually from the green card /LPR or is it applicable to my wife alone ? Note that the initial I-130 application sought details of all family members.
2) Given that all members of the family have B1 visas and we usually travel to US every year during summer vacation, do we now face any restrictions to travel to US given that I-130 petition has been approved ? Do we need to apply for "advance parole"...or any such special waivers for travel to USA ? Or does this become applicable when actual proceedings start for the immigrant visa (i.e., 5-6 years later when our status becomes "current") ?
Experienced fellow members are requested to help out.
Many thanks.
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