Need your help really bad - F2 Petitions for Parent and Minor children

[jhunjhun 7]

Hello Folks, I was completely confused about the petitions that my mother-in-law have filed for her husband and children. We filed their petitions to USCIS and they were approved and now their files were in NVC for processing. I thought that the F2A type of visa requires each children to have their own separate visa application. However, this is what I've read from NVC website that "Minor children are included in their parent's F2 petition." Is this mean that her children should be included in their father's petition? Each of them has their own case and invoice number given by NVC. I'm so confued, how do we start from here? We already sent the AOS and IV applications to USCIS and they're under review. Do we have a choice to have their case processed separately or they should be processed together?

Any input will be appreciated.

Edited September 5, 2013 by jhunjhun

[pdnov142012 8]

what your mother in law did is right-you've got to file separately for each beneficiary. that is why each child has a file separate from their father's.

Good luck on the process.

[Hypnos 6,578]

Only immediate relative petitions can have just one beneficiary per petition; any family preference petitions can include minor children as derivative beneficiaries. Given that separate petitions have already been filed, you will probably want to continue the process in the way it was started.