US Immigration from Philippines

Do I need my husbands original death certificate from the states, or will consulate and CFO except the emailed copies from my MIL? Also if I need an original, will my kids also each need one or will copies in their interview packet be ok, since they are now on my case as derivatives?

I have filed for my wife and we are currently DQ'd and waiting for an interview from Manila. We wanted to wait a bit before filing for her 17 year old son to give us some time alone here in the US together and also let him finish high school.

If we wait for her to get here and file then it would be her as a LPR filling for him and that makes it a longer process if I understand correctly. If I file for him as a USC it is a shorter process I believe.

Can I file for him now? If I can file for him now while she is at NVC will that hold her up any or cause any issues with her?

He just turned 17 in October so we have until October of 2027 before he is 21.

Thanks as always for any insight.

First, a thank you to the many folks on here who have provided wonderful advice, guides, tutorials, answers to questions, jokes, and general inspiration for what-was-at-first a very stressful and very ambiguous immigration process.

My mother has terminal cancer and the doctors are saying she does not have long at all.

I partially act as a caretaker for my mother and it does affect my own effort and ability at my workplace.

I did not initially plan for my wife to be a caretaker in my stead, as the job is especially taxing physically and mentally, but we might reconsider if we have to.

My mom might be able to make it to our expected immigration arrival date of late next year.

My mother-in-law, in the Philippines who the rest of my side of the family has not met, recently fell very ill right after I returned to the US from a trip to the Philippines.

Unfortunately, before the doctors there were even able to determine her biopsy of what appeared to be a cancerous tumor, she fell asleep in Christ surrounded by her family.

From feeling sick enough to go to the hospital to her passing was all of two and a half weeks.

It's left us feeling dazed and stunned and we even stopped obsessively looking at our not-accurate-at-all myUSCIS timeline countdown for a month or so.

My mother-in-law never had the chance to meet the rest of her family in the States.

My beautiful wife has never met the rest of my side of the family either.

We were content with waiting in line before anyone died, but with this recent death, instead of our previous optimism, we fear my wife would not be able to meet my mother in person.

Is terminal cancer of my wife's mother-in-law a valid reason for an expedite request?

Hello, We are going to apply for adjustment of status(AOS) but we did not recieve a NOA2. What documents should I provide? Hope someone can help me.

What is going on in January in Manila. Almost every hotel that has been recommended near Embassy shows unavailable, no matter what week in January I try? I was trying to get an idea of costs for 5.