EB-2 NIW - Likely to give birth before interview

[doubledr 0]

Hi,

 

My partner and I (both Canadian citizens) successfully filed our I-140 with a PD of Nov 2023. DQ'd in May 2024.

 

We are now pregnant and will hopefully deliver next year in April - May 2025.

 

We still have not received our IL but given the long Montreal wait times we won't be interviewing until August - November 2025.

 

What are we supposed to do after we give birth? Do we need to submit additional documentation to NVC? Will our interview be pushed?

 

Thanks!

[Boiler 45,474]

13 minutes ago, doubledr said:

Hi,

 

My partner and I (both Canadian citizens) successfully filed our I-140 with a PD of Nov 2023. DQ'd in May 2024.

 

We are now pregnant and will hopefully deliver next year in April - May 2025.

 

We still have not received our IL but given the long Montreal wait times we won't be interviewing until August - November 2025.

 

What are we supposed to do after we give birth? Do we need to submit additional documentation to NVC? Will our interview be pushed?

 

Thanks!

I am going to assume you are married and that one of you is the principal applicant and the other is the accompanying spouse. So in simple terms the child is like the accompanying spouse.

[doubledr 0]

Yes, one is an accompanying spouse. But what is the exact process of adding our child to the application once we have already been DQ'd?

[Boiler 45,474]

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Edited November 8 by Boiler