Mike E

Thanks for lesson, and FYI the term barrister is used in Canada. Gowns even. No wigs though. The point is the use of term barrister means a U.S. immigration attorney was not consulted before commencing the adoption, and so now we have yet another messy international adoption.

I once had to wait 3 months for a business visa from India’s San Francisco consulate, which granted sets a standard for incompetence I have never seen surpassed. Someone who 1. travels internationally multiple times a month, and 2. has a weak passport which rarely gets multiple entry visas could conceivably require 2 or more passports. While I have never heard of 3-4 regular passports as OP refers to, nonetheless I can see how some occupations like an airline crew member flying long hauls with a weak passport (especially one issued with 5 year or less validity) would easily need 3 passports. I expect the frequency of travel and its incompatibility with a K-1 visa will be the topic of discussion at the interview. As someone who held a green card while living in the U.S., it was significantly more difficult for me to get a visa than it was for U.S. citizens, and when I have looked at the process for my wife before naturalized, I said “nah, easier to get U.S. passport”.

And your barrister, which is not a term used in the American law profession, was not a practitioner of American immigration law. Thus the DIY part was failure to take in consideration U.S. immigration law when you adopted. Since this was a non Hague country, the better procedure was I-600 and https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/Intercountry-Adoption/Adoption-Process/how-to-adopt/non-hague-adoption-process.html . CRBA is not an option. https://fam.state.gov/FAM/08FAM/08FAM050602.html “Alien children adopted by U.S. citizens: Alien children adopted by U.S. citizens are not eligible for a form FS-240, Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America”

Did she ever have an EAD?

Indeed. Well the great thing about K-1 is that after the beneficiary enters on it, there will not be any traveling or working for a couple years. The beneficiary could probably use the rest.

That is going to be an interesting interview.

3 regular passports from the same country?

Does not sound like you went through the Non-Hague Process. So this will add at least 2 years to the process as per https://www.uscis.gov/adoption/bringing-your-internationally-adopted-child-to-the-united-states . ”Parents must accrue 2 years of legal and physical custody and obtain a full, final adoption of the child to be eligible to file a Form I-130” While international adoptions can be DIY, even DIY works better if one does basic web searching before starting the adoption process. 1. Does your child live with you in Ghana? 2. What of any biological relationship do you have ro your child? 3. Was any money paid to the biological parents?

See what happens with the state motor vehicles department before filing I-90.

Yes. This should have been done at the time the spouse’s I-130 was filed.

Agreed. 1. How old is your step daughter? 2. does your wife intend to naturalize? 3. what is the code on your step daughter’s GC?

A police certificate for a 4 year old is absurd. And DoS is known for being absurd:

yes yes Without knowing the timeline, i must say yes He can hire a lawyer then

1. Does your birth certificate list his old name or his new name? 2. Does he have any surviving siblings?

In theory it means they are ready to approve the visa. In practice it some times means nothing. Until a visa is: * in hand, and * accepted by CBP at a port of entry, electronic visa statuses are not worth the paper they are printed on.

It might. It would be ridiculous but we have seen it before. See:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/australia.html applicants must apply for an Immigration /Citizenship – Australia certificate issued by Australian Federal Police. [..] In same section under Purpose of Check, select Code ‘33’ – Immigration/Citizenship – for supply to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. DO NOT SELECT Code ‘35’.

Not a good idea in https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/DS-260-Exemplar.pdf I do not see the use of the term “land line”

If she can find an employer willing to sponsor her, this will eliminate any temporary family separation. However the visa bulletin for the three employment categories, EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 became a horror show in 2023. See https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2023/visa-bulletin-for-august-2023.html None lf the rest of world categories are current in the final action chart.

DS-160

Interesting. Wonder when CBP will revoke it.

If only it was that simple. It is not. There is paper work to be filed to recognize the kids as U.S. citizens. And until that paper work is submitted and approved, the kids are LPRs who are citizens, yet cannot file N-400. There will come a time when USCIS will deny these kids I-90 applications. It is a tragic situation, which Congress intended. CCA 2000 is arguably an Act of Evil.

I have to see a case where a U.S. citizen filed N-400 and was not denied. How about you?

None of my green cards were correct, and it never deterred me from traveling. Worst case, CBP will take your GC and give you an I-551 stamp. Based on your timeline, you have a 2 year GC. I have never seen I-90 approved with a 2 year GC,. I have seen I-90 denied within 30 days of filing I-751.

Earlier you wrote: These two posts are inconsistent with each other. I will not advise you on how to break Cali law without getting caught, even though I think Cali law is silly. We have over 50 states, districts, and territories, and you had choices. Thus I’ve contributed all I can, and I don’t wish to argue or bicker, so I won’t post more in this thread.