I'm 18 and i need help.

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I got my apopointment for may 9th, 2011 and im in the CR-2 category obviously under 21 and not marrieid my papers were filed when i was 17 18FEB2010 my dad didnt know there was an application you had to file after the petitioned so one day i ot annoyed that nothing came in the mail and decided to talk to an attorney and found out i had 7 days to leave the US and i left the US before 180 days leaving on my first day of college in mexico i got a paper signed and sealed by a US consulate that says on what day i left and i also have other proof of doing so. my dad who is a US citizen filed for me and my mom just recently got her permanent recidency. my questions are what kind of questions is the interviewing officer going to be asking me or will he be talking to my dad since he petitioned? do both my mom and dad have to be present? are the inteviewing officers hard on an individual? what exactly shows up on the fingerprinting process there? or is it just to put you on the system so when you get to the border they verify that its your card when they fingerprint an individual there. what should i expect for the medical exams? should i be nervous and scared for the interview? do i have a chance in getting my immigrant visa? i've been living in the US for 10 years and have always been involved with military things such as i was the president and founder of a military club at school, i did JROTC, and have talked to USMC recruiters and Navy seals recruiter and have trained for it im planning on being a jailer when i return and eventually joing the LA sheriffs department when i return.

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It's a little hard to understand all of your questions. Let me see if I've got this right. If I read your post correctly [it's a little unclear] you lived in the US until shortly after you were 18. you may not have had any legal status at that time. You then left the US prior to 180 days after your 18th birthday, and are now attempting to reenter on a CR-2 visa.

If I've got this right, then I can try to answer some of your questions in general terms. Many of the questions you ask are specific to the country you are interviewing in.

The interviewing officer will be interviewing you. Depending on the country you are in, your parents would probably not be allowed to be present, and even if they were, the questions would still be directed primarily at you.

If you are currently over 18, your parents do not have to be present, and depending on the consulate, might not even be allowed to be present.

Interviewing officers are not usually hard on individuals unless there is some reason to suspect immigration fraud. That is much more common with fiancee and spousal visa cases than with yours. I wouldn't worry too much.

The consulates, I believe, will run your fingerprints through the FBI background check system, so if you ever had an encounter with US law enforcement, that would show. They also use it to confirm your identity at PoE and for subsequent filings with USCIS.

The medical exams will draw blood for some tests, do a chest x-ray, do a comprehensive examination of your body including your private parts looking for obvious symptoms of disease or drug use. They will also check your pulse, blood pressure, temperature, and do a basic vision test. In some countries they will do a skin test for tuberculosis. They will need a complete history of any vaccines you have had, and will require you to get any missing ones before they pass you.

No, you should not be scared and nervous. That never helps. Even if you have red flags on your case, and I don't think that you do, going in confident and optimistic is better than going in worried, nervous and shifty-like.

I would need a clearer timeline of when you were in the US, under what statuses, and when you left, to know if there are any serious red flags on your case, but from what I can tell, you seem to have a fairly straightforward CR-2 case, and I think your chances of getting the visa are quite good. If anyone else sees any red flags, they will chime in, but as near as I can tell, it looks ok to me. If I understand you correctly, it sounds as if you have done everything right, and that as long as you have documentary proof of your relationship to your USC father, you definitely qualify for a CR-2 visa [particularly since the petition was filed before you turned 18] and the interview should hopefully be basically a formality.

It will help other posters to answer you questions if you list out your story point, by point, timeline-style, and also tell us what country you are in now and will be interviewing in.