VISA Interview-Wife told to wait due to CRBA

[doctorphilic 0]

Hi guys,

My wife just had a immigrant visa interview at Addis Ababa consulate in Ethiopia. I have also filed a paper work for my daughter (3yrs old). At my wife's final interview today they told her that they will "see" what they will do about the case once they finalize my daughter's approval for US Citizenship. The Embassy already collected sample DNA from me and my daughter. And now they told my wife to send it her passport and my daughter's passport (once my daughter's case is approved). This is really worrying to me and I am not sure why they are making us go through this ordeal. Anyone has experience with this situation? Thank you!

[Penguin_ie 6,002]

***** Moving from NVC to CR-1 spousal visa forum ****

This is very common and nothing to worry about; they want to make sure the (potential) US citizen, the child, is taken care of, and so make visa issuance for mom dependant on the process for the child being completed; it also means should the child turn out not to be yours due to DNA, your wife can put her visa on hold while the child gets in immigrant visa. Unless you have big red flags (why did they ask for DNA in the first place?), there should be little to worry about.

[doctorphilic 0]

***** Moving from NVC to CR-1 spousal visa forum ****

This is very common and nothing to worry about; they want to make sure the (potential) US citizen, the child, is taken care of, and so make visa issuance for mom dependant on the process for the child being completed; it also means should the child turn out not to be yours due to DNA, your wife can put her visa on hold while the child gets in immigrant visa. Unless you have big red flags (why did they ask for DNA in the first place?), there should be little to worry about.

Hi Queen Penguin,

Thanks for the reply. The DNA request could be for a number of reasons, the big one being my wife is actually not from Ethiopia (where visa is being processed) and my daughter is also born in another country, Yemen. They left their country due to war and they are staying in Ethiopia for now. As for red flags, nothing really. I thought the visa for my wife (immigrant) is different from my daughter (because she inherits the citizenship). My brother's wife from the same country got her visa separately while the process for her child followed its own course. Not sure why they tied it together. Thanks again!