F2a Visa to F1 visa

[archy219 2]

hello to all, i am new member here.

Just want your advice regarding my current petition status. I am filed currently under F1 category and before was F2A (which they have changed automatically) and plans on sending the US embassy a request letter in retaining on the F2A cat, will this be faster in terms of processing? Sad to say that they have advised me this automatic change last 2009 and just recently I came to know that I can send them a request letter to retain my previous category...my PD is june 4, 2009 and i am currently 30 years of age.

hope someone can reply,,thanks in advance.

[Jojo92122 1,924]

hello to all, i am new member here.

Just want your advice regarding my current petition status. I am filed currently under F1 category and before was F2A (which they have changed automatically) and plans on sending the US embassy a request letter in retaining on the F2A cat, will this be faster in terms of processing? Sad to say that they have advised me this automatic change last 2009 and just recently I came to know that I can send them a request letter to retain my previous category...my PD is june 4, 2009 and i am currently 30 years of age.

hope someone can reply,,thanks in advance.

Read this from the US Embassy in Manila; http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwh3201.html#8

Q. What happens if a petition is filed by a Lawful Permanent Resident (F2A or F2B) and the petitioner becomes a U.S. citizen before the applicant is called for an interview?

When the petitioner naturalizes, the F2A petition (spouse or minor child of a permanent resident) is automatically converted to an IR1 (spouse of an American) or IR2 (child of an American) petition. These visa categories are not subject to the visa quota system and will therefore always have visas available for the beneficiaries’ use if they qualify for visa issuance.

However, because there are no derivative beneficiaries allowed with IR petitions, children who are derivative applicants on a parent’s F2A application must each have a separate IR2 petition filed for them if the petitioner becomes a U.S. citizen. F2A petitioners who naturalize should make sure to file new IR2 petitions for their children (if they did not originally file separate petitions for them).

For F2B applicants (unmarried son/daughter of a permanent resident), their F2B petitions are automatically converted to the F1 category retaining the original priority date when their petitioners naturalize. Because of unique circumstances, the waiting period for the F1 category is longer than the F2B category in the Philippines. However, under Section 6 of the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA), the applicant (not the petitioner) can request exemption from the automatic conversion of the visa category from F2B to F1 by submitting to the Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (DHS/USCIS) a written statement that he/she elects to have such conversion revoked. The applicant may send the written request for retention of his/her F2B category to the DHS/USCIS office in Manila by fax at (632) 301-2208 (Attn: Field Office Director) or by mail: DHS/USCIS, U.S. Embassy, 1201 Roxas Blvd., Ermita, Metro Manila 0930.

[archy219 2]

many thanks Jojo for your reply. I am now making a letter stating such request.

It is sad to say that way back 2009, the NVC had started sending me documents to process and I have sent them all their requests and my father has paid some fees (cannot remember what they were), when all of a sudden they have send me a letter stating that my category has been changed and that I have to wait again.

what a waste of time...

[archy219 2]

i have just emailed the Manila embassy regarding my case and this is what they have replied....

We have not received the U.S. Immigration Services (USCIS)-approved visa petition filed on your behalf. The case is presently with the State Department’s National Visa Center (NVC).

As the case is not yet under the Embassy’s jurisdiction, you may wish to contact NVC regarding your concerns. Written inquiries, changes of address or in the personal circumstances of the applicant/petitioner should be sent and reported to NVC at 31 Rochester Ave., Suite 200, Portsmouth, NH 03801-2915 (Attn: WC). Forms, documents, and photographs should be sent to: 31 Rochester Ave. Suite 100, Portsmouth, NH 03801-2914 (Attn: CMR). Public inquiries can also be sent by email at NVCInquiry@state.gov. NVC’s telephone number is (603) 334-0700.

Immigrant Visa Correspondence Unit

Consular Section

U.S. Embassy, Manila

1201 Roxas Boulevard

1000 Manila, Philippines

Telephone: (632) 301-2000

Fax: (632) 301-2591

/mbp

IS THERE ANYONE WHO CAN ADVISE ME WHAT TO DO? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE....