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Hi Peter,

My father who is a naturalized US citizen since Oct 2018 (He got his GC in Oct 2013) filed for my GC. I am in F2B. I am born and raised in India, 32 yrs, unmarried, 5 years of exp in IT.

Priority date → Nov 2017 Petition approved → Nov 2020

My file should be with NVC now, probably in cold storage.

How severely has the pandemic slowed down application processing? I have been hearing there will be no change in Visa Bulletin till May 2022.

Meanwhile I have also applied for Canada PR under Express Entry and got nominated by Ontario province. I am expecting my Canadian PR application to be finalized in next 12 months.

Considering this -

1. When do you reckon I will get my GC?

2. I intend to be US + Canada citizen, both. Is there anything I need to know?

3. Will I be taxed by both countries? Is there a double taxation avoidance treaty?

Many thanks for taking questions, Peter :)



The NVC/immigrant visa process is a disaster unfortunately. Given how long you have been waiting, I definitely would recommend that you or your father contact a local Congressional office to make an inquiry on your behalf.


OK, will do.

So I see there could be no guesstimates as to when I might get my GC?

Would you please comment on what I ought to know before I hold dual citizenship of US + Canada? Or is that even possible?

Thanks again for fielding these questions :)


It's really hard to say because there's such a massive backlog and bottleneck but there's no prohibition against holding both US and Canadian citizenship.


Thanks so much, Peter.

Honestly appreciate you doing this.




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