What are my daughter's chances of approval? Worry wart here.

[RhineMaiden 23]

Hello fellow VJ member! It's me again. So I have a few questions and I'm kind of getting a little anxious. I may be being paranoid over nothing but I need your expert advise.

 

I'm an LPR, I petitioned my 14 y.o. daughter in the Philippines and is now awaiting her visa interview on March 6. I entered the US on a CR1 8 years ago (Feb. 2010). At the time, I decided it was best to leave her with my parents as I embark on a very significant journey that can make or break me. If it breaks - I have no problem going back home and start over. if it makes - then I am definitely to petition her thus making my life complete. So the way it ended - I was made and our marriage is stronger than ever with an added 2 more kids of our own plus a stepdaughter (also 14 y.o) on our custody. 

 

Now what I'm paranoid about is that I HAVE NOT been back home ever since. Thought I'd be able to, but with 5 people  in the family here, it's easier said than done. How will this impact my petition to get her? Is that a bad thing? To come get her after she gets approved for a visa will be my FIRST time in 8 years, but if for whatever reason she gets denied, I'd still go home for the first time regardless. I will not be there on her interview. I keep telling myself everything's gonna be alright considering the facts that 1] her father was NEVER in the picture since he disappeared without a trace when I was 19 and 3 months pregnant, heck, his name is not even on her birth certificate! (see attached) 2] The immigration process went okay (tho it took a little over 2 years) and we followed everything by the book 3] I'm not on the naughty list. I was sworn in at the embassy to NOT be a public burden - throughout the 8 years, we were never on any kind of welfare, not one traffic violation, I am a law-abiding, hard working, tax-paying legal permanent resident, who, throughout the 8 years only wanted to make a life with my family and be reunited with my first born that I left behind. My husband (also my co-sponsor), can't help but roll his eyes and tell me to quit being such a worry wart.

 

I have all sorts of evidence to show that I have supported my daughter financially, in any way I can emotionally, that thank heaven's for FB messenger- Per/minute int'l call cards are a thing of the past finally! All that and some on top of everything to raise an American family, and in case you haven't noticed, I tried my best to rhyme everything rhythmically, therefore, I think I got my point across successfully.

 

.....so, do I have to worry? Am I just being paranoid over nothing? Someone kick me! If I have to go through any more delays with this whole process, i'll be devastated...

[databit 328]

Not a direct response, but I think as a precaution you should investigate now to find a good child psychotherapist, maybe with a Filipino perspective, to have on tap if needed for your daughter. Your not having made time to see her in 8+ years while mothering "new" children could be a recipe for her resentment. The cultural adjustment, the sudden sibling adjustment, the school adjustment, the stepfather adjustment, the mother abandonment issues adjustment, plus the usual teenage adjustment may all be a bit much for her...just saying.