Converting F2A to IR2

[Vytra 9]

If a case is already documentarily qualified as F2A at the NVC, how would it be converted to an IR2 if the petitioner becomes naturalized? Would doing this put you in the back of the line for IR2 cases?

[Crazy Cat 41,878]

The petitioner should contact NVC to convert the case.  Yes, it is possible that the case is placed at the back of other IR cases.  

[HRQX 4,145]

1 hour ago, Vytra said:

if the petitioner becomes naturalized?

Was your child still under 21 when you naturalized?

[Vytra 9]

5 hours ago, HRQX said:

Was your child still under 21 when you naturalized?

It's my wife. She is not naturalized yet, but we submitted N400 last week. Yes, far from 21.

[HRQX 4,145]

25 minutes ago, Vytra said:

It's my wife.

IR-1 is for spouse of US citizen. If the LPR has any stepchildren they should immigrate as derivatives before the LPR naturalizes.

Edited November 13, 2021 by HRQX

[Vytra 9]

39 minutes ago, HRQX said:

IR-1 is for spouse of US citizen. If the LPR has any stepchildren they should immigrate as derivatives before the LPR naturalizes.

My wife is the petitioner as an LPR. She petitioned her two children who live in the Philippines. 

[SteveInBostonI130 3,454]

7 hours ago, Vytra said:

My wife is the petitioner as an LPR. She petitioned her two children who live in the Philippines. 

They could have been petitioned by you as your stepchildren when you petitioned your wife.  That is, if you are a USC.  If you were a LPR when you petitioned your wife, then your stepchildren could have come as derivatives of your wife.

 

Anyway, it seems too late for the above. As @crazycat stated, yes, your stepchildren's category can switch by contacting NVC when your wife becomes a citizen.  But for now, they are still F2A while the N400 is under process.  It will remain F2A until she gets approved and takes the oath.  That may be a year or more from now.

[Vytra 9]

7 minutes ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

They could have been petitioned by you as your stepchildren when you petitioned your wife.  That is, if you are a USC.  If you were a LPR when you petitioned your wife, then your stepchildren could have come as derivatives of your wife.

 

Anyway, it seems too late for the above. As @crazycat stated, yes, your stepchildren's category can switch by contacting NVC when your wife becomes a citizen.  But for now, they are still F2A while the N400 is under process.  It will remain F2A until she gets approved and takes the oath.  That may be a year or more from now.

Would that put the case in the back of the line for IR2? I have no idea when the F2A interview will happen.

[Crazy Cat 41,878]

error.

Edited November 13, 2021 by Crazy Cat

[Vytra 9]

Just now, Crazy Cat said:

Once she naturalizes, she will have to submit an individual I-130 for EACH immediate relative......that means each child......then the process will start over. 

I thought you don’t have to do that. The NVC can upgrade the status.

[Crazy Cat 41,878]

I think I misread the thread.  Sorry.

Edited November 13, 2021 by Crazy Cat

[Vytra 9]

2 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

Only for non-derivatives.....You are the only non-derivative.

@HRQX, am I correct?

I’m a U.S. citizen. My wife is an LPR who is the petitioner for her two children. Her F2A case is already DQ’d by the NVC.

Edited November 13, 2021 by Vytra

[Crazy Cat 41,878]

1 minute ago, Vytra said:

I’m a U.S. citizen. My wife is an LPR who is the petitioner for her two children. Her case is already DQ’d by the NVC.

Oh...OK...I guess I misunderstood the situation.....Sorry.  I thought the children were derivatives.......

[SteveInBostonI130 3,454]

6 minutes ago, Vytra said:

I’m a U.S. citizen. My wife is an LPR who is the petitioner for her two children. Her F2A case is already DQ’d by the NVC.

If they are DQ'd already, then the odds are very good that they will get an interview before your wife becomes a citizen.  I wouldn't worry about this now.   Wait until at least her N400 interview is scheduled.  If you sent the N400 last week, then that will be sometime in late 2022 or 2023.

[Vytra 9]

3 minutes ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

If they are DQ'd already, then the odds are very good that they will get an interview before your wife becomes a citizen.  I wouldn't worry about this now.   Wait until at least her N400 interview is scheduled.  If you sent the N400 last week, then that will be sometime in late 2022 or 2023.

The DQ date is June 2021. I’m not sure.... COVID doesn’t appear to be leaving anytime soon. It would be nice, though.