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So start filling it out and come back here for guidance

1) good news - you know you cannot age out. 2) what screen do you see? This? https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/DS-260-Exemplar.pdf page 5

Can you look at your DS-260 online? It's not the embassy who fills out the DS-260, it's YOU! Have you received a welcome letter?

Others have added at the interview after emailing birth cert to NVC.

1) do it properly with consular processing. 2) your wife enters the U.S. and she can join you right away abroad. And do expeditious naturalization.

Maybe pay him a visit and use an app on your phone to make a good copy. Or bring a small printer copier when you visit him.

Yes, if you subsequently file to adjust. But you can file i130 with consular processing.

No, it depends on what path you take. Scenario 1: get married here without having left in the interim, file I-130 and AOS together, do not leave until you have received AP Scenario 2: get married here, file ONLY i-130 and select consular processing. You may or may not be admitted back on your student visa if you leave the US before you are called for your consular interview. Scenario 3: same as 2 except you leave to get married in France.

It is an optional form. https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM050404.html BUT it’s part of the HK consulate package, so just fill out and send.

She filed an i-130 successfully, so the marriage must have taken place while daughter under 18. Too bad they didn’t rush to file i130/485 simultaneously!

Did you adopt her before she was 16?

1) does not help. She does not have lawful status 2) correct - if the father had filed for her as a USC and she adjusted before 21.

1) the petition dies with the petitioner. So, regardless of whether the petitioner is able to sign documents, if the petitioner dies before your stepfather crosses the border, it’s over. 2) there is a “financial” co-sponsor as well as “humanitarian” substitute sponsor. His father has to fill out and and sign an i-864 (affidavit of support) as long as he is alive. No substitute for that even if he does not qualify. You can step in here and be the financial co-sponsor. If the father dies, then IF your stepfather married your mother before you were 18, then he/you can petition for you to be sponsor. Might be faster for you to file a new i-130. https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-eligibility/humanitarian-reinstatement 3) not sure what civil docs you are talking about? Surely, your stepfather has copies of of his birth certificate, his father’s proof of citizenship and marriage certificate? 4) how sure is your stepfather that he is not a U.S. citizen already? Was his father a US citizen when stepfather was born? How old is your stepfather and were his parents married at his birth?

1) yes, you filed i-130 in time (if you married when she was under 18). 2) you did NOT file i-485 in time (could have done it at the same time as i-130). That had to be filed before she turned 18. 3) she has to leave the US NOW and you pick consular processing for i-130 by filing i-824 and requesting that the i-130 get sent for consular processing. 4) she serves out her 10 year ban. or if she has a U.S. citizen fiancé/partner, marry ASAP or one of you joins the military and applies for her to get parole in place

Where can the Burmese spouse live, while awaiting interview if she has no status in Thailand?

True - but how many people here miss their notices, or don’t reply in time. What happens if the appeal is denied? New application allowed?

@jan22, since the interviews are allotted by DQ date (provided that the priority date is current), would you advise @wizzard166to have his wife upgrade her son to F1. Given that the F1 Philippines final action date is 01MAR12, maybe it is likely that a DQ date of March 2022 is earlier than all the other DQed entries in the F1 queue? @Family?

When was their DQ date?

What is their priority date?

I amended my question.

@Family, @jan22, so the consulate sends out slots and NVC fills them based on what exactly? We know that F2Bs have been granted visas who have priority dates of August 2011, October 2011. If cases earlier than OP's stepson were interviewed, is that because they were DQed earlier? Meaning that someone who has a priority date of October 2011 but DQed 2021 would have "leapfrogged" over @wizzard166's stepson?

If OP got CR-1 visa, would that not also have the name of petitioner? Is he better off getting a round trip ticket to doha and then Doha to JFK?

Here it is. Print it off and bring it to CRBA appointment. https://fam.state.gov/fam/08fam/08fam030107.html Highlight this section: Physical presence in the United States counts for purposes of citizenship acquisition under INA 301 or INA 309, regardless of whether it was pursuant to a legal admission.

Yes, you qualify. You don’t have to be a citizen the entire time required for CRBA, but you do have to be a citizen at child’s birth.

1) Annual exam record + covid vax is good. 2) Did you not receive your GC through spouse? Why don't you apply for CRBA through spouse?