CPSA and ageing out, very confusing

[RufusDawes 48]

My wife is a recent green card holder and she is getting ready to submit a I-130 F2A Visa application as an LPR petitioner for her 20 y/o son.

We are trying to wrap our heads around the ageing out issue. Here are the particulars:

 

Priority Date = 12/01/2025 (just for this example)

 

Son's DOB 08/05/2005

 

21^st Birthday 08/05/2026

 

Final Action Date = 02/01/2024 (per Jan 2026 VB)

 

CPSA Date = DOB when 21 + (NOA2  date – NOA1 date)

 

Lets say it takes exactly 1 year to process/approve the application (NOA2 – NOA1), so for the dates above the CPSA Date will be 08/05/2026 + 365 days = 08/05/2027

 

Is this correct:

1) FA Date must be greater than the Priority Date to move forward on the visa?

AND

2) To not age out and remain F2A, this must occur before the CPSA date, which for this example is 08/05/2027?

Edited 19 hours ago by RufusDawes

[appleblossom 5,564]

You won't be able to calculate his CPSA age until his PD is current on the Visa Bulletin. At that point, you take his actual age, minus the time it took the I-130 to be processed, and that will give him his CPSA age. 

 

So using your example above, if the I-130 took exactly a year to be processed, then he'd need his PD to become current before 5th August 2027 to qualify for the visa. He's likely to age out.

 

But are you a citizen? And if so, when did you and his mother get married, was he under 18?

[RufusDawes 48]

33 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

You won't be able to calculate his CPSA age until his PD is current on the Visa Bulletin. At that point, you take his actual age, minus the time it took the I-130 to be processed, and that will give him his CPSA age. 

 

So using your example above, if the I-130 took exactly a year to be processed, then he'd need his PD to become current before 5th August 2027 to qualify for the visa. He's likely to age out.

 

But are you a citizen? And if so, when did you and his mother get married, was he under 18?

We just married 3 months ago, he was 20.

 

I think it will be close, the FA date has been moving up pretty fast over the last year.  Its 22 months away right now, his bday is 8 months away, add 12 months for application processing and thats 20 months.

 

My God is a miracle working God, He is going to get tired of hearing from me over the next few years 😁

[appleblossom 5,564]

25 minutes ago, RufusDawes said:

I think it will be close, the FA date has been moving up pretty fast over the last year.  Its 22 months away right now, his bday is 8 months away, add 12 months for application processing and thats 20 months.

 

It will be. Don't wait until mid January to file, the I-130 should only take you an hour or two to do, so get that submitted asap to give him the best chance.