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I am a LPR (EB2) since Feb 2009, my family, which was outside of the U.S. when I filed my I-485 is now eligible for the following-to-join benefit.
Suppose my family gets the immigration visas in the U.S Consulate in my home country.
My questions are:
How long it will take for them to receive the Permanent Resident Card?
I have heard that Immigration visa in a passport issued by a Consulate is valid for travel and employment for 1 year.
Could they travel abroad while waiting for the Permanent Resident Card?
Where and when the advanced biometric and medical examination is performed for them?
At the Consulate in my home country? At the Port of Entry in the U.S.?
Or at the local office and physician just in a way that ordinary I-485 applicant is being scanned and examined?
Do the answers to these questions depend on the particular Consulate?
I understand that these questions do not seem very important.
The reason why I am asking is that my son attends a college in my home country and, if the whole process of biometric, medical examination , and waiting for the Permanent Resident Card takes 4-6 months, then he should give up his college ( or switch to the U.S one or give up the U.S. residency).
In contrary, if everything could be done much faster (or most of the procedure is done in my home country), he could just show up in the U.S. for the few days, and continue his education in his home country.
Thank you for your time,
Karim Jovded Gobbar
Suppose my family gets the immigration visas in the U.S Consulate in my home country.
My questions are:
How long it will take for them to receive the Permanent Resident Card?
I have heard that Immigration visa in a passport issued by a Consulate is valid for travel and employment for 1 year.
Could they travel abroad while waiting for the Permanent Resident Card?
Where and when the advanced biometric and medical examination is performed for them?
At the Consulate in my home country? At the Port of Entry in the U.S.?
Or at the local office and physician just in a way that ordinary I-485 applicant is being scanned and examined?
Do the answers to these questions depend on the particular Consulate?
I understand that these questions do not seem very important.
The reason why I am asking is that my son attends a college in my home country and, if the whole process of biometric, medical examination , and waiting for the Permanent Resident Card takes 4-6 months, then he should give up his college ( or switch to the U.S one or give up the U.S. residency).
In contrary, if everything could be done much faster (or most of the procedure is done in my home country), he could just show up in the U.S. for the few days, and continue his education in his home country.
Thank you for your time,
Karim Jovded Gobbar
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