US Immigration from Dominican Republic

My wife s father s I-130 was approved and sent to the National Visa Center. We paid the fees and have filed out all the documents. She, as the petitioner, will be filing an I-864 and I will be filing a I-864A as household.

There is a part that asks about military experience. My wife's father was in the military for 4 years back in the mid 80 s. Later it asks about experience with firearms. He would have experience but it was so long ago does it still require us to say yes to that question?

The second question I had was it asks about previous Visa attempts. He did apply for a tourist visa back in 2015 (I think it was B1) and a little later maybe late 2015 or early 2016. Both times was denied. We put a brief explanation in the prompt but I am wondering if it should be more detailed. "I APPLIED FOR A TOURIST VISA IN 2015 TO VISIT MY DAUGHTER IN THE UNITED STATES AFTER THE BIRTH OF HER FIRST CHILD. I WAS DENIED AGAIN 6 MONTHS LATER."

Let me know what you think.

Please help! I became a US Citizen in February, 2020 and I got married to my wife in Dominican Republic (DR) same month. She has a 5 year old daughter whose father was never in the child s life since birth. The father s name is also NOT on the hospital birth record as she was a single mom and she was never married to the child s father. The hospital birth record list only mother s details. After the wedding, we went to the declaration office and my name was added as father and the child s last name would have both my last name and the mother s last name. Now I am back in the states and I filed an i-130 petition for my wife and now I want to file for my step-child (her daughter) but I am thinking there could be a problem because my name now appears in the official birth certificate of the child as FATHER which I assume means Biological Father. I am confused. Please anyone seen this kind of situation before help me:

Adoption is not an option, it is too long and requires me to live with the child in DR for 2 years or so which I can t and lots of paperwork etc.

1. Can I go ahead with the filing of i-130 petition/DS-260 for the child as a CHILD (IR2) visa or DNA would be required? I will fail the DNA obviously.

2. Can I go ahead with the filing of i-130 petition/DS-260 for the child as STEP-CHILD (IR2) visa? Will my name as father on the child s birth certificate be an issue or non-issue if explained that I am the Step-father and not the biological father but my name is only on the child s birth certificate since the biological father is nowhere to be found.

3. Can we wait until when my wife (the mother) immigrates with her CR1/IR1 visa and she can then petition an F2A visa for her daughter and I wouldn t have to be directly involved with the process?

Please help me with possible options in navigating this process and I don't want any misrepresentation issue or denial from this confusion.

We filed for my husbands AOS and are waiting for the offices to open back up so we can get his biometrics done. Once he receives his GC how long is it good for? What is the next steps? just trying to think ahead because i know this is a never ending process