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Good evening. I've been a bit confused about what procedure to follow to legalize my daughter's status. She is currently in the US on a valid non-immigrant visa and is a minor, 17 years old. I am a naturalized citizen. Is it possible to apply for a citizenship certificate for her directly, or do I have to go through the standard process using forms I-130 and I-485 for status adjustment, and then apply for her citizenship certificate later?

Thank you in Advance

Hi There!

I received an update today for my I130 application. When I looked at the USCIS website(case status), it says that our case is still being processed. But when I logged in my USCIS account, I found an approval letter document (in pdf) in there. I honestly don t want to celebrate yet because I m confused and not sure if our case is actually approved.

In the letter, it says The above petition has been approved. And they sent our case to NVC in NH.

Did anybody experience the same thing?

Our first post here so please forgive any transgressions.

Some background.
After dating for 6 years, my wife (American born) and myself (British born) were finally able to marry recently.

We are both late 50s / early 60s and had desperately wanted to reach the marriage stage sooner but endured so many personal obstacles (extreme business commitments, family death, and health related) which all prevented it sooner.

I currently have a US P-1 work visa (as I travel the world related to the entertainment business) and visit America often with my work.
This is third American P-1 related work visa issued to me in the last 10 years.

We jointly rented a US property in TX last December, where my wife has been living since and plan to live at the property one our application has been approved.
For now, I naturally retain and live at my UK property, but when possible, have stayed with my (now) wife at the US address when a US base is needed for my work.

Naturally, we will have many questions along our CR-1 application, but these are the first basics.

1) How UpToDate and active is the information contained here?

2) Are there other recommended accurate sources of discussion for the CR-1 application?

3) As times have changed, is filing on-line the recommended application process via http://www.uscis.gov/?

4) We don t believe we have any reasons that could prevent an application being approved, however, as I hold the P-1 entertainment visa, not as a musician, but as essential supporting staff, would anyone here have any experience via a similar situation with a P-1 visa, and would you in this case advise the use of a specialist attorney?

5) Although the US property is in registered in both our names and we both financially contribute to monthly payments including utilities, we don't yet hold a joint US bank account. Would that be recommended / required for CR-1 application?

Thank you in advance for any replies.

I am an american citizen and I would like to know if I can file a petition of green card for my son. he is 27 years old, still single but getting married next year. He has visitor visa, his fiance has italian passport so she can also come

First I would like to know if I can file a petition for him as citizen and if he can come and do adjustment of status, also how will that work if he gets married

Sorry for all the questions. I truly appreciate your comments and h

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I read the https://www.visajourney.com/guides/visitor-visa/, but I am still unsure what supporting documents I should advise them to bring for establishing the financial/income requirements.

For a bit of background, my wife (K-1 Visa / Pending GC Decision) wants her parents to come visit sometime in 2026, which I believe should be fine given they have ample evidence of ties to Philippines (e.g. taking care of family members, owns a home, owns multiple plots of land, etc.), no criminal background, no prior visa/immigration issues, etc. However, the problem comes in regards to financial/income requirements as they are basically retired other than some part-time selling of crops, so on paper, no income.

Now I know unlike K-1 Visa, there is no actual connection to myself or even my wife in regards to the application, so no need to provide an Affidavit of Support, but realistically, we would be supporting them when they come to visit and we would be paying for all their travel costs. I'm just curious how to best go about advising them to evidence this plan or if this in itself is a huge red flag that they cannot pay for themselves.