Question about children at Juarez Interview

[sym32one 2]

Does anyone have information regarding the following?

- My Mexican fiancee has legal sole custody of her daughter so bringing her should not be an issue, right?

- Her daughter is 6, does she need to go to the interview, they live in Mexico City so the idea was to get her medical exam and send her right back home, as opposed to waiting 3 or 4 days in Juarez (poor girl)

- Can the daughter and my fiancee fly to Juarez on a Monday, get the exams, fly home, and then my fiancee takes a bus back meets me their (Juarez) on say Friday and we go to the interview? Does anyone know if this sounds like it is a good idea?

Thanks

[rudyb 0]

Does anyone have information regarding the following?

- My Mexican fiancee has legal sole custody of her daughter so bringing her should not be an issue, right?

- Her daughter is 6, does she need to go to the interview, they live in Mexico City so the idea was to get her medical exam and send her right back home, as opposed to waiting 3 or 4 days in Juarez (poor girl)

- Can the daughter and my fiancee fly to Juarez on a Monday, get the exams, fly home, and then my fiancee takes a bus back meets me their (Juarez) on say Friday and we go to the interview? Does anyone know if this sounds like it is a good idea?

Thanks

Does the paperwork indicate that the child must attend the interview? I would assume so but it would make sense to check the Ciudad Juarez website.

Doesn't sound like a great idea to take her home and take the bus back since that's one hell of a bus ride. Sure seems like there might be much easier options, but whatever works for you is what's a good idea.

[JSFAMILY 0]

Does anyone have information regarding the following?

- My Mexican fiancee has legal sole custody of her daughter so bringing her should not be an issue, right?

- Her daughter is 6, does she need to go to the interview, they live in Mexico City so the idea was to get her medical exam and send her right back home, as opposed to waiting 3 or 4 days in Juarez (poor girl)

- Can the daughter and my fiancee fly to Juarez on a Monday, get the exams, fly home, and then my fiancee takes a bus back meets me their (Juarez) on say Friday and we go to the interview? Does anyone know if this sounds like it is a good idea?

Thanks

I am not really sure but I can tell you the following.

My wife is from Mexico and is a Mexican citizen as well as two of our girls. This is concerning an immigrant visa for them. We were required as part of the paperwork to provide a letter from the other parent that stated that the girls had his permission to immigrate to the united states as well as copies of both of our divorce papers from previous marriages.

As far as the medical exam, we did this last wednesday. This is what I can tell you. For the medical exam either a blood parent or the petitioner can accompany and sign for the child(this is what the lady told me). They require a tuberculosis test which if it hasnt been done they can do it but you will have to return two days later for the results. I would recommend having this done locally and taking the results with you so you don't have to do it there. Also take all her vaccination records and passport. I am not sure what the rules are on this but with my daughters (12 and 14) they were required to strip down to the nude and had their external genitalia reviewed (not touched). I am not sure if they would permit the father to go in with a 6 year old girl but this freaked out my daughters and they are much older and of course I was sitting right outside the room. The doctor was a female doctor. I would reccomend looking at the following link.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3745.html

As for the rest of it, We arrived at 6:00am. We went to the front of the building in the reception area and a person took all our information and made sure it was there and then gave us a number. We then went to the waiting area (Take some warm clothes it is cold) and waited for our number to be called. We then got in line and waited our turn. Once it was our turn we went to the window where the lady asked who they were and who I was and a bunch of questions about their vaccination records as the were partially in mexico and one state in the US and another State in the US. They then had them sign a pad and took their pictures. They also had me (as the petitioner) sign. They keep the passports and other papers until you pay. We then went upstairs to the area for children and women and waited for them to call us. They then weighed each and took their height and checked their heartbeat and eyesight. They then had them go to the room I described above and asked about their mother and why she wasn't there and if they had ever done drugs etc... After that they gave them the TB test and a band with a barcode around their wrist that they could not remove. I went downstairs and paid (in cash). We returned on friday and they looked at the TB test and we were done within 5 minutes. We had to return at 2:00pm for the results. We were then given a black package that can only be opened by a person at the consulate.

Hope this helps.

[Marisol73 0]

JSFAMILY:

I am the american citizen too.. I will apply next month for my husband and my baby (9 months old)...Im not at this part of the process yet...but i would like to know... do you think in the CDJ Interview I can go with my baby?.. or he must go with my husband (since he will having an interview too)... I ask this because of course I will be with them in CDJ.. but I hope they can let me go inside the consulate.. because Im not sure my husband can take care of the baby and review papers at the same time, etc..

When you went to the consulate..did you see any babies??

Edited March 11, 2010 by Marisol73

[jrgauthier 0]

Does anyone have information regarding the following?

- My Mexican fiancee has legal sole custody of her daughter so bringing her should not be an issue, right?

- Her daughter is 6, does she need to go to the interview, they live in Mexico City so the idea was to get her medical exam and send her right back home, as opposed to waiting 3 or 4 days in Juarez (poor girl)

- Can the daughter and my fiancee fly to Juarez on a Monday, get the exams, fly home, and then my fiancee takes a bus back meets me their (Juarez) on say Friday and we go to the interview? Does anyone know if this sounds like it is a good idea?

Thanks

If this is K1/K2, the K1 fiancee has to have their med. exam and interview, (visa approved) before the Consulate will issue the letter allowing the K2 child to even have their medical exam. Because the child is under 14, the child will have to go back to the Med. Office 2-3 days after their med. exam to have their tb test read, i.e., look at their arm. Then later that afternoon the results will be ready. Then the K1/K2 go the next day to have the interview primarily on the child's part.

My fiance and his three children just went through this two weeks ago. He said there were many young children at the Consulate, that they require fingerprints of the children and will ask them questions as well.

The Consular Officer asked my stepkiddos if they knew my bio kids and to describe them. Then they asked them questions about my relationship with them.

If I can be of any more help, please let me know!

[JSFAMILY 0]

JSFAMILY:

I am the american citizen too.. I will apply next month for my husband and my baby (9 months old)...Im not at this part of the process yet...but i would like to know... do you think in the CDJ Interview I can go with my baby?.. or he must go with my husband (since he will having an interview too)... I ask this because of course I will be with them in CDJ.. but I hope they can let me go inside the consulate.. because Im not sure my husband can take care of the baby and review papers at the same time, etc..

When you went to the consulate..did you see any babies??

I saw many young children but no babies. As I have been told, Normally they do not permit anyone but the applicant to go to the interview. However because my children are minors as yours are they permitted me to go. My daughters are my step daughters and because I was the US Citizen pettioning for them I was permitted to accompany them. So I think in your case you could accompany your baby. I would assume that there would be two separate interviews. One for your Husband and one for your baby. I have not done my wife yet so I cannot offer any advice yet on that. I would think that you could do the interview for your baby yourself. Hope this information helps.

[Marisol73 0]

I saw many young children but no babies. As I have been told, Normally they do not permit anyone but the applicant to go to the interview. However because my children are minors as yours are they permitted me to go. My daughters are my step daughters and because I was the US Citizen pettioning for them I was permitted to accompany them. So I think in your case you could accompany your baby. I would assume that there would be two separate interviews. One for your Husband and one for your baby. I have not done my wife yet so I cannot offer any advice yet on that. I would think that you could do the interview for your baby yourself. Hope this information helps.

Thank you.. I believe too that will be 2 separate interviews. Well.. when I find out I will post it here. Good Luck with your wife's process.

[karlanadriana 0]

If this is K1/K2, the K1 fiancee has to have their med. exam and interview, (visa approved) before the Consulate will issue the letter allowing the K2 child to even have their medical exam. Because the child is under 14, the child will have to go back to the Med. Office 2-3 days after their med. exam to have their tb test read, i.e., look at their arm. Then later that afternoon the results will be ready. Then the K1/K2 go the next day to have the interview primarily on the child's part.

My fiance and his three children just went through this two weeks ago. He said there were many young children at the Consulate, that they require fingerprints of the children and will ask them questions as well.

The Consular Officer asked my stepkiddos if they knew my bio kids and to describe them. Then they asked them questions about my relationship with them.

If I can be of any more help, please let me know!

Hi, I have a 6 yr old stepson (nephew) and I would GREATLY appreciate it if you or anyone can share with me the type of questions they will ask him. He doesn't know his mom (my cousin) is my girlfriend.

Edited December 18, 2015 by karlanadriana