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The originals/certified copies of the visa applicants' civil documents are required for the consulate interview. As for the petitioner's documents, typically for IR5 cases, only the petitioner's birth certificate is required to be original/certified copy, but best to check the instructions from the consulate.

The entry date is the important bit. I assume your father's passport number is clearly shown on the I-94 page, along with the US entry date. If so, that's his I-94 record. Does your father intend to stay in the US beyond the 6 months he is allowed as a visitor, without having to return to Canada first?

The DS-5535 process is a black box. Only US DOS insiders would know for certain why some visa applicants get the form and others don't. Best not to dwell on why your mother got it. As for the processing time, there's no guaranteed timeframe. It could be weeks, months, or possibly over a year. Check the thread below for reports from others from MENA countries going through DS-5535 processing --

Your father has 2 options to be able reside in the US legally -- adjust status now (not leave the US without either a GC or AP) or return to Canada and pursue IR5 visa. Do you intend for your father to stay in the US beyond the 6 months he is allowed as a visitor, without having to return to Canada first? Have you checked the I-94 site already? Even Canadian visitors must have I-94 records online. If CBP has no record of your father's entry, he could be suspected of entering the US illegally.

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For I-485 RFE, only a medical exam and I-693 form completed by a USCIS-accredited civil surgeon in the US will be acceptable.

I assume OP is talking about his biological daughter. No need for legal adoption for one's biological child, even if the child was born out of wedlock. It's possible that the biological father may need to go to court to gain legal custody of his child if there is a dispute with the maternal grandparents, but this would be different from adoption proceedings.

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*** Merged another related thread. Please post your questions/updates related to this topic in this thread to keep the discussion in one place. *** As long as they remain unmarried, CR2/IR2 beneficiaries will not age out. So age-out is not an acceptable reason for expedite for CR2/IR2 cases. From https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/child-status-protection-act-cspa -- "If you are an immediate relative, a VAWA self-petitioning abused spouse or child of a U.S. citizen, or a derivative child of a VAWA self-petitioning abused spouse or child of a U.S. citizen, your age is frozen on the date the Form I-130 or Form I-360 is filed. If you were under the age of 21 at the time the petition was filed, you are eligible for CSPA and will not age out. However, you must remain unmarried in order to qualify."

Aside from filing the petition as soon as possible, getting the PD to be current is out of your control. For cases with LPR petitioner, key to having more CSPA protection is having longer I-130 adjudication time -- ie, the longer it takes for the I-130 to be approved, the more CSPA protection for beneficiaries. But then, I-130 adjudication time is also not something you can control. More info on CSPA here (check under the section for "CSPA for Family and Employment Preference") -- https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/child-status-protection-act-cspa

Are you eligible to file for naturalization soon? As an LPR, if you petition your son now, his case will likely change to F2B before his case Priority Date becomes current on the visa bulletin. There's a very slight chance that his case will remain F2A with CSPA protection, but I wouldn't bet on it.

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