Immigration to US with US parent-non-US minor children: visa process/time line (legal entry to and live in US while visa is pending?)

[Alison74 0]

manyfudge, your knowledge and input hugely appreciated, thanks. So go all in via n 600 k by choosing a statistically fast field office (Charleston currently at 2.5 months). If that doesn't work out before 18th birthday, we'd still have the green card option - possibly no US citizenship then, for my son at least. Would you or anyone know whether the USCIS offices accept internationally issued birth/marriage certificates (German authorities issue these upon request), rather than getting certified translations? Since I have those already, I could fire off sooner.

 

Kids were issued ESTA last year, I hear it's valid for 2 years. And yes, lying never a good idea...

 

 

[Boiler 43,749]

If everyone are US Citizens then there is no Immigration issue.

Edited April 22 by Boiler

[manyfudge 273]

32 minutes ago, Boiler said:

everyone are US C

This N600k is interesting for children of USC if USC has insufficient requisite physical presence.

 

Get it or lose it before 18.

 

Whereas the child of a USC with sufficient physical presence is always a USC from birth.  Whether or not anything is filed.

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14 hours ago, Alison74 said:

USCIS offices accept internationally issued birth/marriage certificates (German authorities issue these upon request), rather than getting certified translations?

Always get the certified translations.

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[Alison74 0]

Thanks for the tip regarding certified translations. This is what threw me..."once you file i-130, your child is eligible to apply for a K4 visa". Anyway, I got it now, n600k. 

[Alison74 0]

"N-600K Complete Experience"= enlightening, detailed accounts, studied it thoroughly. Again I have to say how valuable this forum is with people sharing their knowledge and experiences. Before I signed up, I paid money to be connected with an immigration lawyer in SF, was basically telling me the same as in this forum, except he said you couldn't choose the field office yourself for the interview. Which is dftly wrong. 

 

I don't have my father's Social Security records and it doesn't seem straightforward to obtain. 

 

What I do have to be included in the n600k application (in relation to my father):

-valid US passport

-US birth cert.

-military records, incl. statement of personal history (listing details from kindergarden through university incl.residential addresses)

-transcript of academic record

 

Could you please confirm this is strong enough evidence for the physical requirements, the military records are really unquestionable (slightly paranoid though I might oversee sth). So glad he kept all that in an old bag. 

 

After more research in the forum, it seems to be the case that there are some field offices demanding presence of grandparent (whose records are vital) at the interview, some offices don't. My father is very frail, physically restricted and increasingly demented, I don't think he would make that journey. Would the USCIS easily accept a medical record stating that if the office required grandparent presence?

 

Thanks for any advice.

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1 hour ago, Alison74 said:

It's not automatic. You'll still have to petition the child again using form I-129F for K4 visa, and has to go through USCIS again for approval. Anyway, K4s are not readily been issued anymore, once the I-130 is approved USCIS will admistratively close the I-129F. 

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4 hours ago, Alison74 said:

Would the USCIS easily accept a medical record stating that if the office required grandparent presence?

I would just get a letter from his doc now.  If they ask at the interview, present that.

 

Military records should be good.  SS records don’t prove physical presence.  I would think the military records are solid.

 

Do you have copies of his university/HS diploma? Also good.

 

 

 

 

[Alison74 0]

Hi, I would like to provide an update. With the help of sound information from this forum, I was able to submit 2 complete online n-600-k applications on May 7th. On the same day, USCIS sent a receipt notice. On May 13th, I got this message: "We are actively reviewing your Form N-600K, Application for Citizenship and Issuance of Certificate Under Section 322. Our records showed nothing is outstanding at this time." And a little later on the same day: "Interview Was Scheduled".

It also says that USCIS will mail an interview notice. From what I could gather, it generally takes about 2 weeks to receive the written notice in the mail, and frequently the interview is scheduled about 1 month after the update of the scheduled interview. Do people share this experience, and is this interview date also provided earlier in the online documents?

Thanks again for your insights.

 

 

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I know this is incredible fast, and we seem to be very lucky. If you are in a hurry due to aging out, I can only recommend to pay close attention to the processing times which vary greatly between field offices and get updated monthly. 

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