US Immigration from Mexico

My aunt petitioned her brother (my other uncle) in 2001. The dept of state has sent his approval to the National Visa Center to attend his meeting at the embassy but my uncle is and has been in the US since 98. If he leaves he will trigger a 10 year bar. What would be his options? His wife and his kids are not US citizens.

Hello everyone. You guys were very helpful to me when we were in the process of my wife's adjustment of status and naturalization. I have another question, and hopefully will be able to get some answers and advice on this issue.

My wife, who is from Mexico, became a permanent resident in 2012, and then became a US Citizen in 2019. We've been planning on applying to bring her mother here, but just haven't gotten around to it, yet.

Recently, my wife's sister, who lives in Mexico, has made a series of very, very poor decisions, and has been arrested and is facing some serious charges and jail time. I anticipate her being convicted, unfortunately. Her 11 year-old son is now living with my mother-in-law. If my sister-in-law is, indeed, convicted, she likely will not get out of prison before he is considered an adult.

My wife and I feel as though the best thing for him is for my sister-in-law to sign away her parental rights, and have my mother-in-law adopt him so that she can effectively raise him and be able to legally make decisions regarding him.

Here's where my question comes in. If we apply for my mother-in-law to immigrate here, assuming the adoption of the child is done and buttoned up prior to us applying, will the minor child be included and approved once she is approved? If I understand the rules correctly, I believe that minor children are included with parents when permission to immigrate is granted. Would the same rules apply to an adopted minor child, especially considering the adopted child is a blood relative?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

My wife had her N400 interview today. I think it was a combo but she didn't really know and they didn't ask to talk to me at all. They spent 5 minutes on the citizenship questions and exam. Then they pulled up my Facebook page and asked her who 6 women were that commented on my posts. She didn't know any of them as like 80% of my Facebook friends are not really people I know but friend me for my business. The interviewer then spent 25 minutes grilling her over my ex wife's asking stuff like did I know one of my wife's was short like her. I am don't even know how they would know the height of my ex's. I don't talk about my past life so she didn't know anything about them but told them I was just outside if they wanted to talk to me. They said no they were just asking for her protection. Then they said her should would be protected from domestic violence when she signs the oath of allegiance. Then they asked her about my hobbies and my favorite foods. This was strange too as she could have said anything because they didn't interview me at all to know the answers. Wanted to know who was the mother of one of her children. Asked why our kids changed their last name to mine (I had done a step-parent adoption) It's like the only documents he looked at was the divorce papers from previous marriages. Wanted to know why I was still using an old email that had my ex-wife's last name. (it was actually my old name and I had been using it for 15 years) I just couldn't figure out what he was going for with all these questions. I don't think any interview I read about had them asking questions like this.

In the end they said she was approved. So now 4-6 weeks for the oath appointment. I am glad this stuff is all over.

I'm helping my dad petition his brother and his family. On the Affidavit of Support Part 3 section 4.a. it asked for Family Member 1 Family Name (Last Name). I have entered his wife in this section. However, I'm unsure how I should enter the last name. Usually in Mexico the wife keeps her last name and they add "De" and then the husbands last name. Example: Maria Sanchez de Martinez. Is this how I need to enter the last name here or how should I enter it?

Hello all!

I have a question with traveling while on Advance Parole. I'm a Mexican National applying for Adjustment of Status after marrying a US Citizen last year. I've been in the US for almost 13 non-consecutive years as a student (undergrad, and two graduate degrees (I'm from the border, so that is not uncommon)). When I started applying, I talked to a lawyer who suggested that I do the process myself to avoid paying lawyer fees, so I did. He gave me a detailed set of instructions to apply for I-130, I-485, I-765 and I-131 myself. I recently received my EAD/AP combo card and when talking to the lawyer to confirm what they were, he suggested that I wait until I get my actual GC to travel, even though the Advance Parole was approved by USCIS. I was wondering if anyone else was told the same.

I have to stress that the lawyer does not represent me, nor does he have my file, as I did the whole packet myself. I got in contact with him through someone else. Nonetheless, I appreciate his help and advice throughout this whole process.

Thanks in advance to everyone that answers my question.