Immigration

Current processing times at the California Service Center indicate that F-4 processing is taking between 7-11 years. The entire process from the time of submitting the petition until interview at the embassy is probably a little over 13 years at present. At this time, the Trump administration is not curtailing the number of immigrant visas which is being distributed. To your other question of what would happen if a petitioning mother passed away during the pendency of the immigration process for her sons, the answer would depend upon whether she was in the United States and whether the sons were in the US at the time of her death or whether the sons were overseas. Preservation of the case would be easier if all parties were in the US at the time of her death. Otherwise the case would have to go through humanitarian reinstatement in which U.S.C.I.S. would have to reaffirm the petition based on humanitarian grounds. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.