Petitioning a step-child claiming it's their child

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

They are most likely trying to use an I864w to need less money at the time . If the child is the child of a USC but can't do CRBA then they become a citizen on arrival. Stupid gamble. It would be no problem to do things the right but for some reasons there are people that love to do things the shady way even when the correct way is simple.

[mallafri76 1,012]

I never understand people who will jeopardize their future with the person they love by lying to US immigrations. Why would anyone think it's a good idea to lie to the US government?! In this instance, they've even falsified documents... That's mis-rep right there and falsifying documents to the federal government can carry a prison sentence for the USC, if USCIS decides to prosecute. Not to mention a life long ban for the foreign spouse and child. All they had to do was tell the truth and they would have been able to live together...

How did they think this was gonna play out? Did they pretend right from the start that the USC was the child's biological dad or this is something they changed to along the way? Are they fabricating "proof" that they meet in 2006 too, in time for him to father the child or how are they getting around that issue? How are they gonna explain not filing for CRBA? What about the denied K-1, how did they handle the issues with what date the met and step-child/biolgical child on that? So many things they didn't take into consideration that will now most likely come back and bite them.

They are going through such a tough embassy, they will review all the documents, including the denied K-1, and they will see the discrepancies. When is their interview date? If there's enough time, i.e. the embassy haven't reviewed their documents yet, I agree with what others have said, their best option is to withdraw their petition and re-file.