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@mam521 Thank you for thoughtful, considered response. I don't view what you said as unfortunate --- I view it as a good thing. I wanted someone to respond with carefully considered thought, and you did so, so I am grateful for that. There are details I know that are simply too personal or sensitive to post here. First, the reality of the legal system in the country I am speaking of is ... there is corruption. That is not unique in the world, I know. There is also information which leads me to believe that a custody case would actually be pretty easy to win, even in those circumstances. The problem is --- could it be done in six months? Well, perhaps, since it is likely that the opposing party would be unable to keep things going that long for a child they didn't really want to begin with. With all that being said, my fiancee has said that she doesn't want to deny the right of the father to be involved in parenthood if he wants. I told her that in that case ... there is only one option ... to contact him and talk to him about it. With all that said --- I was admittedly irritated at some of the comments is because I saw them as missing the point of my question, and not meaningfully answering what I asked. I wasn't asking about parental concerns. I was basically asking if not including a child on the initial I-129F was really "not a big problem" like the agency stated. The child, obviously, wasn't born when I filed the application --- so the I-129F was accurate. I needed to know the procedures for trying to sponsor a second person when I was already so close to the finish line for the first. I needed to make sure there was no need to edit the I-129F, that that wouldn't start the timeline all over again, that I didn't need to do something like have the NVC send the I-129F back --- in other words I was concerned with paperwork / procedural issues and that the light of the end of the tunnel I saw that I had worked so hard for wasn't fading all of a sudden. The sum total of all the comments does give me the information that I need --- that there is no need to be alarmist over that type of thing. ---- The agency that is helping is directly associated with a major public university, which I happen to currently be a student of (working on my second master's while working full time). They are generally helpful, including in this circumstance, but they had only encountered a situation like this once. Overall, they are reliable, helpful, and generally successful.

Thanks @milimelo The problem is that currently my understanding is that there is just literally no way to get a passport with the father unknown in this country --- even for adults. We will keep pursuing that issue.

@appleblossom I read the comment a little bit differently than you did. At the very least, in my view, it was non-specific in relation to actual immigration law. For example it didn't state at what step, or by whom, it would be required, for example.

*sighs* --- in relation to the first comment that was posted --- the world is not made in the image of Western countries. We are dealing with a country where custody orders would be exceedingly rare and most people tend to practice according to custom, rather than modernized law, because almost nobody is motivated to actually go through any type of court process, and the cultural custom is that for married parents, fathers are assumed to have 100% custody rights, and for unmarried parents, mothers keep their children, and there basically are next to zero child support cases. Put simply, and without going into unnecessary personal details, there's good reason to know the biological father just isn't going to be in the picture. So I would appreciate if comments only focused on the immigration issue going forward, with people who have direct experience with the immigration process in situations like these. Redro --- thank you for your response. To answer your last question first, this is a country where the case will be handled by an embassy that almost never has K-1 cases, so there are almost no cases to go on, which I know may not be extremely helpful, but I always approach everything with honesty, and I intended to go to the interview personally to do whatever I can, unless the embassy just says they vastly prefer against that. It is so rare for a K-1 visa to occur in this country that the official stats show that there is only one in process, which I assume is mine, so for privacy concerns I would rather PM you, if that's okay. Let me know if that's okay with you. On your first question, the birth certificate isn't fully processed yet. I'm not totally sure what she will do about indicating the father but she's very likely to give the child my last name. The problem is that the passport application for this country asks about parentage, and we aren't super clear how that works for a "father unknown" situation --- we have good reason to think that putting that would be inadequate. But, on the U.S. side, we obviously can't claim the child is a USC, so we aren't sure what to do.

Hello, I am in the process of applying for a K-1 visa for my fiancee. I recently received NOA2 and we are waiting on the transition to the NVC. My fiancee was pregnant when I filed the application, and didn't know it. She just gave birth. I know for a fact that the baby is not biologically mine; that is not something that matters to me and I intend to proceed. I have used a university-associated agency to help me with the process, who was the preparer of my I-129F. They have told me they encountered a situation like this once before and that this did not delay the process much --- if at all --- and in this case the baby was already born when the application occurred. Essentially, editing the I-129F form or resubmitting it was not necessary, and the interview was not delayed, and it was successful, even in adding the child. They basically said that the new baby can be added as a derivative during the NVC process in my circumstances. I don't know precisely what that means but I can infer. Does that ring true? Are there any steps I can take to minimize disruptions to the process?

Hi everyone, thanks for all your help. Mount Carmel, I wanted to follow up on your comment --- question 4a on the form that was prepared states "have you ever been arrested, cited, charged, indicted, convicted, fined, or imprisoned for breaking or violating any law or ordinance in any country" ... excluding minor traffic violations. That is the question that I have to answer yes to, because of the "charged" wording, even with no disposition of guilt. The rest are "no's".

Hello, I plan to petition for a K-1 visa (I am the USC). I was once charged (but not arrested) with simple assault in NC, a relatively minor misdemeanor. The charges were dropped at the complainant's request voluntarily --- that is, they were dismissed unconditionally. I plan to answer the question about the charge honestly on the I-129F. My question is, the preparer helping me with the form did not ask about receiving a letter from the court showing the dismissal. Is it likely to speed up the process at all if I submit a document proving the charge was dismissed, or is it not going to make much of a real difference as long as I answer honestly --- are they going to contact the court no matter what?