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How serious was his DUI? Injuries done to others? Property damages? Are you assuming he is being required to undergo another medical exam as a direct result of his past driving history?

Some countries of origin do not allow dual citizenship. One of my kids does not want to be a U.S. citizen.However, A LPR can inherit and live in the USA as long as desired.A legal heir can inherit without a will. Please don't tell me what I am seeking. My original question was if anyone had adopted step children.

3 hours ago, Transborderwife said:

You can make them your legal heirs through a will.  Citizenship isn't necessary.  Let them get citizenship through Mom.

 

From the link: 

* All adoptions for any other type of immigration benefit, including naturalization, must be completed by the child's 16th birthday, with one exception: A child adopted while under the age of 18 years by the same parents who adopted a natural sibling who met the usual requirements. 

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A will names beneficiaries not legal heirs. A will can be contested. No need for a will if you have heirs. I am not seeking a naturalization benefit.

Their Mom is eligible in September of this year. Her citizenship will not make them my legal heirs. I am not clear what the age cut off is from immigration page.

My two step children have been legal permanent residents for 2.5 years. I am interested in adopting them. Adoption would give them legal rights as my heirs to any estate. Also make them U.S. citizens. Their ages are 16 and 17. Their biological father is dead. Has anyone gone this route?

It was less than two months for us. Start to finish. Visa in hand. Take a look at our timeline.

Is there some reason you don't want to use a bonafide translation service? You may make the process more difficult than necessary by cutting corners.

Congratulations

Hopefully your last document submission will suffice. If not, they may specify what more they require. That is what we had to do.

Your patience will pay off.

Good luck.

They said we would receive a tracking number via email. We never did. The visas arrived 2 or 3 days after issue.

Good luck, waiting makes for stress. You will most likely have the visa very soon.

Personally I have always preferred being called a cracker rather than being called a peckerwood. Cracker makes me chuckle.

I feel fortunate. I walked into the USCIS field office in Bangkok June 19th, filled 3 I-130's for my family. August 20th our IR-1& IR-2 visas were issued. Visas in hand August 23. Not to suggest those two months were not filled with anxiety and stress. Relative to what I read on this forum we are very fortunate. Bought plane tickets today we fly out September 10

Best of luck to all of those still in process. And thanks to those of you that supported me and clarified my misunderstandings with consular section.

I just checked the visa update site. It has changed to issued. Stating visas have been printed and will be mailed or picked up depending on our prior instructions.

I have no idea how Armenia got in there. I will try to correct that. I filled DCF(USCIS) next door to the embassy in Bangkok.

Thanks for your support. Best of luck with your visa being issued.

We supplied the requested documents Aug 4th. Since then we have been in administrative processing with up dates on the 13th, 15th 18th on the 19th the visa status update changed to ready. Today the 20th the updated changed back to admin. process. This seems to happen with some frequency to VJ members. We are in Thailand if that makes a difference. The paperwork for the 221-g was for our daughters medical also further domicile proof. Any ideas on what to expect next?

First of all we had a 3 day notice of our impending interview in Bangkok. Made an appointment at bumrungrad for the next day. Since our daughters are of an age that require a TB test, their were results were not ready for the interview. As the test results take 48 hours to read. That was not a problem. The problem seems to stem from my 10 year absence from America. My sister has graciously offered to let us stay with her indefinitely to work on 30 acre ranch. Rent free in lieu of labor.

I supplied several months of correspondence with the local school regarding enrollment my local bank account and current credit report,also my wife has a job being held for her in a local Thai restaurant. In the 221g they asked about me owning a car and car insurance as well as health insurance for my family. I cannot find a company that will issue insurance without a SS#. Also showing job applications The irony is I am old enough to collect Social Security. Which I pointed out. Also my current income far surpasses the minimum requirements.

My question to other members is would it behove me to establish domicile before my family? Which does not address health insurance for my family.

In response to the 221g I added several out of state bank and credit card accounts along with my wife's job offer. Along with our daughters medical results. And another letter from my sister re-stating her desire for us to live with her.

I am open to suggestion on what else to provide. Or move back to help expedite my families visas.

On a bright note the embassy requested their passports be included in the 221 g package.

I had a rather simple question regarding packet # 3

Here is a quote from your consular website "Many U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents reside outside the United States on a temporary basis. "Temporary" may cover an extended period of residence abroad. The sponsor living abroad must establish the following in order to be considered domiciled in the United States:

I have ties. Numerous, such as USA income, credit cards, credit union and bank accounts and have started enrolling my kids in school. I don't think you understand the gist of my question. Living outside the USA does not automatically break ties. This is about domicile. I have an address

Thanks for the kind thoughts though.

I did not see anywhere that stipulated including documentation for re-establishing a US domicile. However I don't see how it could be problematic.

Since we filed via DCF things get a bit convoluted.

Have any members been there and done that??

The paperwork for packet 3 gets mailed tomorrow AM.

Off the top of my head, it asks if your resident mailing address is where you receive your mail. Or at your mailing address in the states. The key for my interpretation is where you reside is wherre you receive your mail.

If you are up to date on all the above vaccinations. With the medical records to back it up. Who cares when thy were administered. The list of hospitals accredited to perform the medical evaluation certainly can understand a vaccination history. It is a great added cost for the hospitals to charge you an exorbitant fee. Many people travel for reasons aside from visa required inoculations . It should not be difficult to locate a clinic in Bangkok that is recognized and specializes in travel vaccinations.

Our I-130 went through less than 2 weeks ago. On the lines in question, I listed my wife and both of her daughters (who I also filled out I-130's for)

I read this tidbit while taking a break from filing out our DS-230's today. Has any member had experience with this at he Bangkok embassy? I originally obtanained my passport with my birth certificate 30 plus years ago. If I do indeed need it it looks like at least a month to obatain a certified copy. A heads up from USCIS sure would have been nice. Trying to get specific information such as this like pulling teeth from the Bangkok embassy.

My experience with the IRS is they really like everyone to file. Maybe your lack of employment will hold up for you. I hope so. You may be asked to provide the names and sworn afivaits of all the people that provided you with food and shelter while you had no income.

My best guess is it is the luck of the draw. If they are not busy you get your I-130 in less than 5 working days. If they are busy who knows? However they are very easy to deal with if you treat them with respect.

They forward everything to the embassy which saves time. If I can get everything together, I hope to have our interview by the end of this month. It mainly depends on the new passports made today. Then the police,medical and how quickly I can type 3 copies of the DS-230