Can a family-based second-preference (F2B) green card holder move up to first preference?
I’m an F2B (family second-preference) green card holder.
While waiting with a priority date under the F2B category, I’d like to know whether it can be converted to first preference, and whether my existing priority date is preserved.
If, while waiting with an F2B priority date, your parent becomes a U.S. citizen, USCIS needs to update your case to first-preference status as a U.S. citizen’s child.
However, your existing priority date is preserved.