What happen next after approval letter of IR-2

[Lanel24 0]

What happen next after approval letter for IR-2?

Thanks

[Hank_ 9,173]

Once you are "case complete" at NVC you will wait for them to schedule your interview. You could be getting everything ready that is listed in the immigrant visa instructions letter.

[Brassballs 47]

I'm following behind you by several months so will be watching all responses.

Is the letter you are referring to the one that says you have an interview scheduled or something that comes after the med check and USEM interview?

I've read this page:

http://www.uscis.gov/adoption/bringing-your-internationally-adopted-child-united-states/after-your-child-enters-united-states

several times and still have no idea what it says.

What's the difference between IR-2 and CR-2?

How / who determines visa classification?

I get the impression that if the child is already adopted the class is IR-2 and child becomes USC when arriving at POE?

Will child automatically become USC if entering on CR-2 and being adopted after arriving in the US? I guess that is what the Form N-600 is for?

The referenced page doesn't address the CR-2 visa at all so it's all very confusing.

[Greenbaum 12,258]

I'm following behind you by several months so will be watching all responses.

Is the letter you are referring to the one that says you have an interview scheduled or something that comes after the med check and USEM interview?

I've read this page:

http://www.uscis.gov/adoption/bringing-your-internationally-adopted-child-united-states/after-your-child-enters-united-states

several times and still have no idea what it says.

What's the difference between IR-2 and CR-2?

How / who determines visa classification?

I get the impression that if the child is already adopted the class is IR-2 and child becomes USC when arriving at POE?

Will child automatically become USC if entering on CR-2 and being adopted after arriving in the US? I guess that is what the Form N-600 is for?

The referenced page doesn't address the CR-2 visa at all so it's all very confusing.

IR1 Applicant is spouse of a U.S. citizen.

IR2 Applicant is minor child of a U.S. citizen.

CR1 Applicant is spouse of a U.S. citizen for less

than two years.

CR2 Applicant is minor child of a U.S. citizen for

less than two years.

IR3 Applicant is orphan adopted abroad by a U.S.

citizen.

IR4 Applicant is orphan to be adopted in the United

States by a U.S. citizen.

You determine the visa classification based on your situation and what you want to accomplish. Use the table above if in doubt.

No, the child is not a bonified USC until you file his paperwork and attain a US passport. That's called CRBA-Consular Report of Birth Abroad. See this page for instructions on how to file.

http://manila.usembassy.gov/service/citizenship.html

If he is your child by birth then he is a USC but you must legalize it with CRBA. Then get him a passport. He then will travel only using is US passport. There is no need for a Visa because a USC does not need a visa to travel back into their own country, the USA.

Edited April 29, 2015 by Greenbaum

[Brassballs 47]

Your x-ref is very understandable.

My wife will be entering with a CR-1 visa and step-daughter on a CR-2.

After I complete the adoption process can I then petition for her US Citizenship? Form N-600?