LexieJ

Your visa expiry is tied up to your medical expiration, so whatever the expiration of the medical is the validity of your visa.

There’s a case like that in that other group but the applicant was denied because he could not get a CENOMAR.

Thank you @Boiler and @Crazy Cat, yes the interview was today in Manila, this is second hand information as the applicant was in another group and the one that posted in our group just shared it with us, anyway if CBP finds out about this at the point of entry can this person be refused entry? I’m thinking too that this might be brought up during naturalization.

Not sure if this is the right forum for this, Mods please move to the appropriate spot, thanks! So this posted in our FB group chat, f2b applicant had interview 8/23/23 and per the one that posted the petitioner died 8/10/23 and the applicant still pushed through with the interview and was eventually approved for the visa, the petitioner’s and joint sponsor’s information were all updated and uploaded in CEAC, applicant did not disclose the petitioner’s death nor it was brought up during the interview. So I’m guessing this is misrepresentation, right? This was at the Manila embassy.

If the embassy sent you an interview or auto expedite letters prior the retrogression and you decided to continue with the interview and your PD is not current, the pre screener will not let you go through with the interview. This information is from EB3 applicants group I belong to,I’m sure the process will be the same for family based applicants. So word of advice do not proceed as you will only be wasting time and money if you do so.

They're doing something weird though, members from my group chat of F1/F11 applicants have been receiving letters from NVC stating that their expedite request have been granted and those members did not request for expedite. Those members as well are next in line for interviews as we have been tracking DQ dates of everyone in our group, now those members need to self schedule their own interview date via CGI federal site, so it looks like this is their way of keeping up with all the applicants that were stuck since 2020, our last member that got the expedite letter was DQ'd August 24, 2020.

Can the adopted child self petition? Will I-360 appropriate for this case?

The 3 week old needs a passport too and yes your wife needs her greencard and her unexpired PH passport.

Quick Fb search will lead you to plenty of FB groups, I belong to F2b/F1 groups as my brother's case is F1. TBH this site is way more useful and you will find better advice here than FB as there's a lot of misinformation and uninformed members in FB. @Chancy have provided you with great advice, trust me you will not learn anything new in FB, you will probably be more confused when you join them, I felt like an "expert" when I respond to most members and I'm in no way an expert. I will probably trust the senior members here than any lawyer in a heartbeat and like I previously mentioned I have not seen one apply for 601 waiver, they ended up just getting the vaccine. If you would like to proceed with the 601 waiver you better study it in great details or hire a lawyer that have successfully done it.

I belong to a few FB groups from the Philippines and have seen a few applicants who got delayed for the medical clearance due to be not being Covid vaccinated. No medical clearance from SLEC=No interview. I have not seen one applicant file for 601 waiver, all those who got delayed ended up just taking the vaccine. I have been following Atty. Jim Hacking on YT and his law firm do not file 601 waivers and he said there's only a few lawyers who do this and he does not know the success rate. Good luck, hope it works out for you.