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Not on B2, it’s not an allowed activity on a B, but you can apply for an F1 visa to do so. This is only valid for private school below high school and/or for more than one year, but as you are sending her private anyway that’s fine, as long as the school is SEVP registered. Wait times for F1 visas are generally far shorter than for B visas, by the way. They do try get them done in time for the school year start as well. I should caution that the fact that she has a green card application in progress may be a problem, as F1 is a non immigrant visa.

Nope, because a parent visa is an immediate relative and no derivatives are allowed on that. She could get her own green card and then file for him herself (as a minor child of an LPR) which would be faster than a sibling visa, but the entire process would still likely take 4-5 years to do it this way.

Judging by the context of that quote - it is followed by a reference to family preference category - I think OP means “immediate relative”.

Annual F4 visa issuance is limited by law and the queue of applicants waiting is way higher than the quota, meaning it is currently around a 15-year wait - visas are currently available to those whose cases were filed by March 2007. This wait could well get longer looking ahead as the queue seems to generally grow over time, but the quota does not.

How long do you intend to stay there? With no ties to where you are living now and a potentially open-ended reason to go to the US, I think your chances of a visa might be difficult.

Yes, sometimes they issue for less than the maximum. Honestly, given his history you’re lucky he got one /he’s lucky he could apply for a waiver. If he consistently meets the conditions of the B they will likely issue him a ten year at some stage, but be prepared for at least one or two more one-year visas first. Also now that you know the situation he can ask the CO at the next interview what the likely path to getting a ten year visa will be.

That description sounds fine. You don’t need supporting documents as your visa eligibility is not linked to your education level.

If it’s a full birth certificate (both parents names and birth dates etc) issued less than a year after birth it should be fine. I wouldn’t send any extra evidence unless they ask for it. But it’s still not clear to me where you are getting this from, if it’s a specific request to you or not. Can you answer that?

Taking accommodation etc into account as well as flights to and from the US, you’re probably looking at somewhere between $250 000 -$350 000 to fund four years of undergrad depending on college. You might find a particularly generous individual to help, but unfortunately I don’t think it’s likely.

Funding for overseas students for undergrad is extremely limited in the US and almost never a full ride. You may have more luck in the UK, there are possibly more scholarships available to you as there is sometimes Commonwealth funding from what I recall. Also a Bachelors is only 3 years in the UK vs 4 in the US so less funding is needed overall.

If the long-form birth certificate was issued more than a year after birth, they usually ask for more evidence of the parent-child relationship. It’s not clear to me if you are referencing some kind of general suggestion or if your case has a specific RFE for this evidence? If the latter, yes you need to provide it.

Yes, I think this is the key point, it’s not that you received SNAP benefits but that if you are eligible for SNAP you likely womt meet the income requirements to sponsor an immigrant.

I think the issue is more to do with when the US receives the full passenger information for the inbound flight. She may have been checked through earlier but my understanding is the US does not get the info in dribs and drabs, but when the airline either submits the manifest, or when it submits the APIS info (which to my understanding is a few hours before the flight). Maybe JFH can clarify. It’s not the first time we’ve seen someone refused boarding on a connecting flight booked on one ticket.

A writ of mandamus doesn’t force a favorable decision. If the background checks are still pending by the date the WoM says they have to issue a decision by, it will be a denial of the visa.

for future reference, you should never put medication in checked baggage, always keep it in hand baggage. You can never guarantee that checked baggage will arrive with you, even on a direct flight, and the risk always goes up with connecting flights, even outside of a complex situation like this one.

Biometrics are taken for every new visa (and on every entry on a visa).. its part of how they ensure its actually the same person on their records.

As for legal relationship- I think what they mean is that the legal relationship has not been severed by, for example, you giving up parental rights and the child having been adopted by someone else.

I’d say bring proof of anything you can, the more the better.

This may actually be why they are asking for proof of her residence - so you have a reason that you don’t have photos etc (see the link I posted above, where it is usually asked for). I think, worst case outcome is that they’d ask for a dna test.

You can’t do an i130 if she was in fact a citizen at birth. Doesn’t have to be a CRBA if that wasn’t obtained in time, as long as you have sufficient proof the child obtained citizenship at birth . See for example https://mh.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/derivative-u-s-citizenship-for-adults/

That should have been underway, not underweight. Lol.

Ban? How long did they overstay? Maybe they confused visa refusal with a ban. There are no bans for less than 180 days overstay. DHS redress deals with visas flagged for boarding denial. Not saying she will be successful because it depends on the reason. But if she is she will get a redress number to use for future travel (assuming she also gets a new visa) to prevent this.

Was wondering that too - possibly US only received the manifest for second flight after first was underweight. I don’t remember which poster here works for airlines but maybe they can chime in.

DHS redress is the best contact in the first instance when a visa has been flagged to refuse boarding for the US. The consulate can issue all the visas they want but DHS can still refuse entry on those. Redress specifically deals with, among others, “situations where travelers believe they have been unfairly or incorrectly …,denied boarding “

Well then - he can wait out the process while his mom applies for him when she is eventually able to do so. Currently the wait time for over 21 son of permanent resident is about 7 years. So realistically you’re looking at best case probably 5 years for your MIL to get here (3 years for your husband to apply for n400, a year to process that, then another year to process mom’s petition, assuming by then the covid backlogs are no longer an issue ) and the kid another 7 years after that. Could be longer. This is not going to be a fast process. again, there may be a public charge issue due to his inability to work. Nit sure what they will want to see re financial support for him but espect above the minimum. Lucky this isn’t Australia where he would be outright refused on public charge grounds. as for not needing medical attention- you are going to put the kid on health insurance anyway, right? Accidents happen.People get sick. And he’s going to get old one day. Who will look after him then? There may need to be an insurance plan for that too.