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My stepson is 18 years old and is currently in University abroad and just received his IR-2 visa. He will have to enter the US within 6 months but he wishes to continue his studies abroad. What does he need to do to keep his permanent resident status active while continuing his education abroad? His school schedule means that he will be out of the US for more than 6 months at a time. He has not arrived in the US yet but is thinking about coming during his winter vacations.

My stepson, 15 years old, immigrated to the US this year and holds an IR-2 visa currently in the form of a passport stamp with a temporary I-551 for 1 year. My wife is the biological mother and is a permanent resident and I am a US citizen, born in the US and the petitioner for both of their cases. We just received an ASC Appointment Notice to do his biometrics for his permanent resident card, however, we were under the impression that since he arrived to the US before turning 18, he would be eligible for citizenship. Our questions are as follows: - Is my stepson eligible for citizenship? - If no, do I need to officially adopt him? - What are the steps to getting him citizenship?

Thanks for your input @pushbrk, I agree that it sounds like we are in a Catch 22 type of situation. We have already sent a public inquiry form to NVC regarding unlinking the cases so hopefully they won't just give a canned response saying to wait for the US Embassy to schedule an interview.

We presumed that because we only paid one AOS fee for all 3 petitions that NVC had already linked these cases. We did check the backlog and there wasn't much of a backlog. We saw availability for appointments in 2-3 weeks when using the US Travel Docs. We were DQ'ed about 7 weeks ago so we have nothing to be concerned of yet but we did have some concerns that not finishing the kid's documents could cause delays for some reason if NVC has recognized that these cases are linked even if we didn't tell them we wanted a joint interview.

We have been told that the US Embassy won't proceed with scheduling an interview unless the kid's applications are also Documentarily Qualified. - Who told you this? We were told this by a lawyer we had consultation with. They told us to contact the Consular Section of the US Embassy to notify them that we want my wife to interview alone without the kids. The lawyer informed us that the Consular Section would notify NVC of our request. How long have you been married? 1.5 years. Are the kids your biological or step kids? Stepchildren. The biological father has given up parental rights and my wife is their only parental guardian. How old are the kids? 13 and 16.

My wife (beneficiary) has 2 kids and we are planning on having the kids immigrate later because they need to finish school (1-2 more years). My wife's case is already Documentarily Qualified and she is waiting for an interview date. We paid one AOS fee and all the cases are linked. We have not filled out any of the documents for the kids yet but we have paid the fees. We have been told that the US Embassy won't proceed with scheduling an interview unless the kid's applications are also Documentarily Qualified. We contacted the US Embassy in Tbilisi and they told us to contact NVC and when we contacted NVC, they told us to wait for the US Embassy to schedule an interview. Our questions are as follows: 1. How can we proceed with my wife's visa interview first without the kids? 2. If we submit all the documents for the kids, are they obligated to enter the US at the same time as my wife? 3. If we submit all the documents for the kids and they are Documentarily Qualified, can the kids choose a different interview date than my wife? Thanks all, We searched around Visa Journey and weren't able to find anyone in a similar situation but apologies if this is a duplicate post.