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My spouse and two stepchildren (one minor, one 23 year old adult whose age was frozen due to CSPA) got their respective (independent) IR1 and IR2 visas to travel to the US. The adult stepchild has now decided to stay back in the home country and effectively abandon their IR2. Will this affect in any way my spouse or minor stepchild who will be traveling to the US soon?

 

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I would encourage her to rethink. Come in US, trigger GC, file AP.

Immigration journey is not: fast, for the faint at heart, easy, cheap, for the impatient nor right away. If more than 50% of this applies to you, best get off the bus.

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19 minutes ago, bellicon said:

Will this affect in any way my spouse or minor stepchild who will be traveling to the US soon?

No

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20 minutes ago, bellicon said:

My spouse and two stepchildren (one minor, one 23 year old adult whose age was frozen due to CSPA) got their respective (independent) IR1 and IR2 visas to travel to the US. The adult stepchild has now decided to stay back in the home country and effectively abandon their IR2. Will this affect in any way my spouse or minor stepchild who will be traveling to the US soon?

 

No, it will not.

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1 hour ago, bellicon said:

Will this affect in any way my spouse or minor stepchild who will be traveling to the US soon?

No.  They are all separate, independent cases.  There are no derivatives.

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11 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

No.  They are all separate, independent cases.  There are no derivatives.

Correct.  Now, if your wife decided not to come, her daughter's visas are no good.

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3 minutes ago, Mike E said:

It does not to me.

They are derivatives.  If the primary immigrant does not immigrate, they are not authorized to.  They might use their visas by traveling separately, but the "computer" CBP uses, should show whether the primary has preceded them or not.  If they get in by a CBP mistake, don't expect USCIS to make the same mistake and issue them green cards.

 

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9 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

They are derivatives.  If the primary immigrant does not immigrate, they are not authorized to.  They might use their visas by traveling separately, but the "computer" CBP uses, should show whether the primary has preceded them or not.  If they get in by a CBP mistake, don't expect USCIS to make the same mistake and issue them green cards.

 

IR-1 has no derivatives. IR-2 has no derivatives. IR-5 has no derivatives.

 

Immediate family of U.S. citizens have no derivatives.

 

1 hour ago, Crazy Cat said:

No.  They are all separate, independent cases.  There are no derivatives.


I agree.

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2 minutes ago, Mike E said:

IR-1 has no derivatives. IR-2 has no derivatives. IR-5 has no derivatives.

 

Immediate family of U.S. citizens have no derivatives.

 


I agree.

You're right.  Derivatives is not the correct term, but do you really think it is allowed for the IR2 step child of the petitioner to immigrate ahead of the IR1 spouse?  Not applicable in this case, of course.  The other IR2 situation where they become citizens upon arrival is a different matter.

 

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2 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

You're right.  Derivatives is not the correct term, but do you really think it is allowed for the IR2 step child of the petitioner to immigrate ahead of the IR1 spouse?  Not applicable in this case, of course.  The other IR2 situation where they become citizens upon arrival is a different matter.

 

As an aside, I think my minor stepchild might be entitled to become a citizen on arrival.

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