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My fianc has her interview in 10 days. I already filled the 134 form, print, signed and scanned to email to her,

however I just read an article that says the statement letters from the bank must have total deposits for 12 months and signed by the officer.

The statement letters I got from my 3 banks, only have the date the account was opened, current balance and no signature from the officer.

Does anyone know if the embassy will accept these statements or do I need to go back and get new ones with the signature and 12 months deposits?

I am about to file for husband but I am in the process buying a home and I have to move from where I live asap and staying with my son for a couple of months. What physical address can I use to file my i-130 petition?

So I have been doing a lot of research on what it would take to bring my wife's parents to the US and so far I think I have some answers but I also have some questions. What I know is we need to do an I-130 for both of her parents. What I'm wondering is how similar this process is to applying for a spousal visa like we did with my wife. I know we will need basic documents like my wife's naturalization certificate, parents marriage certificate and parents birth certificates (I'm assuming this one). Those are the things I know. Here are my questions:

What other documents that I didn't list will be needed?

Does my wife need to provide proof of income like I did when petitioning for her? If so are the income requirements the same?

What are the fees to file the I-130s? Can this be filed online?

What is the average processing time when filing for a parent? The same as a spousal visa? Slower? Faster?

My wife's brother is 17. If we file before he turns 18 (in December) can he be included with my wife's parents? How does that process work?

Will my wife's parents have to go for an interview? If so can they bring someone along to translate for them as they aren't fluent in English? If my wife's brother was included in the process he is fluent in English if he was allowed to attend the interview. Otherwise would they be allowed to have someone attend to translate for them?

Anyways that's all I have for now. Any help is greatly appreciated.

My wife is technically eligible to apply for N400 under 3 year rule but we are waiting because we arrived in Aug 2022 with her IR1 but stayed just a few weeks and then went back to Peru to terminate our lease and take care of loose ends, arriving back in the US in Dec 2022. We will be applying for the N400 around Sep (90 days-ish). Currently, my wife wants to assist her mom in applying for a tourist visa so she can get in what we assume to be a long line and come visit us here (absolutely no intention of staying long term). Are there any people with experience or suggestions. Is this a good idea? bad idea? Any pitfalls we should consider? Thanks.

As the title suggests I have some questions about dual Philippines US citizenship. Our situation has a few variables at play here so I'll lay out all the details then ask my specific questions.

So my wife and step son came to the US on a CR1 visa and since then we had 2 more kids who are 7 years and 18 months old. My wife became a naturalized citizen in December of last year and my step son turned 18 in April meaning he derived citizenship from my wife but we still have to file his N600 (which were starting on this weekend). My wife and I did not file a "report of birth" (think thats what it is called) with the Philippines consulate for our US born children as we were unaware at the time it had to be done before they turned one year old. So our end goal here is for my wife and all the children to have dual citizenship. Here are my questions:

Wife:

I think the process is fairly straightforward for her. Simply submit the requirements on the (Chicago) consulate website and schedule an appointment. Am I missing anything here? Does she need a US passport before applying?

Step son:

As I mentioned we are getting ready to file his N600. Does he qualify to apply for dual citizenship now by just using a US passport or will he need to complete the N600 process first. My understanding is he is already technically a US citizen. He just doesn't have the certificate yet. Can he apply for dual citizenship on my wife's application or will he have to do it separately? The end goal would be to only have to take a trip to Chicago once to complete everything but I don't know if that's possible.

US born children:

It was my understanding that my wife and I were supposed to report their birth to the Philippines consulate before they turned one year old which we failed to do. It was also my understanding we could fill out a form explaining why we didn't do so. I was not sure what a valid reason would be on that form. I thought a "report of birth" was the only way to get their dual citizenship until I saw this on the dual citizenship website for the Chicago consulate:

"Under the principle of derivative citizenship, unmarried children below eighteen (18) years of age, whether legitimate, illegitimate, or adopted, of former Filipino parents who retained/reacquired their Philippine citizenship under this law, may also be deemed Filipino citizens, if they are included in the parent s application for retention/reacquisition of Philippine citizenship."

Does this mean we can simply include them in my wife's dual citizenship application and bypass the "report of birth" process entirely? I'm a bit confused here. Hopefully someone can clear this up for me. If the "report of birth" process is still nessasary some clarification on what I could use as a reason for not reporting them in time would be helpful.

General questions:

We are planning a trip to the Philippines at the end of next year. We are planning on staying for a couple months. Assuming my wife and none of the kids have dual citizenship by then would they all qualify for balikbayan visas? Would I qualify for one via my wife even if she didn't have dual citizenship yet? I assume my wife and step son would qualify based on their former Philippines citizenship.

Anyways those are the questions I have in order to get this process started. I'm sure I'll have more as I dig into it deeper. Any help is greatly appreciated.