looks like we are rejected

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Steve, if Jinky has contact with the father, what would it hurt to get his notarized consent to bring her son with her to the states? At least she would have the affidavit on her if asked.

I think the CO will ask about the father more if she says yes in question 37. If she says yes, she might want to be able to answer questions lke his citizenship status, marriage status...etc. Saying no and claiming not to know where the father is might be a lie but it might also garner less questions. This is a sticky one but if Jinkys CEMONAR says she is single and she checks no, maybe they will not ask her like they did not ask RiggerAF. JMHO, Ken

DS 156 question number 37... Simply answer NO. Kids won't be questioned during the interview. According to my experience the pre-interviewer asked me for my son was his birthdate, birth place, if i live with his bio-father, pictures of my son and my fiance. So no worries about it and simply put NO to avoid any complications.you are unsure about his status anyway.

If she answers NO, that would not be truthful because his biological father lives here in the states. I'd be scared of that causing a denial should they find out that in fact he does live here. What do you think they will require if the biological father is here in the states?

Thanks, Ken. What you and RiggarAF stated makes sense, however, I would be really worried though, should Job speak up at the interview and blurt out that his father is in America - that would really be a problem if she had answered 'NO'. I think if she answers 'yes' to question 37, and states that he is here working, the CO will know from the Birth Certificate that one, his father is a Philippine National and two, that he was living in Philippines at least 5 years ago. All they can ask her is what she knows about his status in the US and she really doesn't know much more.

I'm going to investigate it further, but from what I've gathered - with Philippine law, if a woman has never married, unless the father has gone to court for custodianship, he has no legal rights to the child. On the flip side of that - in the Philippines, men frequently father children out of wedlock that they are never held financially liable for. This was pretty much how it was in the U.S. 30 years ago. Add to the mix, the fact that divorce is not permitted there.

Anyhow, I'll come back with an update once I find out more.