Step children and travel ban

[L&N❤️ 0]

Myself and child (who’s 6) have our interview in the UK shortly.  CR1 and CR2.  My worry is that even if we’re granted these visas, will my son still be able to travel into the states under this travel ban.    I’ve had people saying no because he’s a step child of the US citizen.  And people say he can because he’ll have a CR2 visa and would be a LPR.    However on the London embassy website it says You’re not an LPR until admitted to the states and until that point it’s just an approved immigrant visa.  
had anyone traveled with step children from the U.K. during this time and been allowed in?  I’m petrified of being turned away after giving up our home etc here.  

[igoyougoduke 1,675]

CR are exempted under EO even from banned countries. 

[Lil bear 4,308]

10 minutes ago, L&N❤️ said:

Myself and child (who’s 6) have our interview in the UK shortly.  CR1 and CR2.  My worry is that even if we’re granted these visas, will my son still be able to travel into the states under this travel ban.    I’ve had people saying no because he’s a step child of the US citizen.  And people say he can because he’ll have a CR2 visa and would be a LPR.    However on the London embassy website it says You’re not an LPR until admitted to the states and until that point it’s just an approved immigrant visa.  
had anyone traveled with step children from the U.K. during this time and been allowed in?  I’m petrified of being turned away after giving up our home etc here.  

Your child is an immediate relative of your husband ..  that’s why he was eligible for the IR2/CR2 immigration visa .. you will

both be fine. The ban ... on UK and other countries..gives an exemption for certain categories .. your and your son meet that criteria. 

[L&N❤️ 0]

Ok thank you.  All the information I read is so confusing 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

20 minutes ago, L&N❤️ said:

Ok thank you.  All the information I read is so confusing 

This is the actual wording of the exemption in the proclamation:

“any alien who is the spouse or child, as defined in section 101(b)(1) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)), of a United States citizen;”

 

If you go into that section, you see that the definition of a child includes a stepchild, as long as the marriage creating the relationship occurred before the child turned 18. (As above - this is why your child could get a CR2 visa.) So your child is fine!

 

 

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

Don’t worry mama. 🙂 he won’t have any problems.