EireneFaith

Technically, she's my wife - only waiting to officialize it! I consider her my wife. WRT B1/B2 visa, she already got this before. FYI, she has been to the USA 3 times before. This was to be the 4th time. We were not planning to do any fraud or anything. We consulted with a lawyer here and she recommended that it's best for her to come as a visitor, we get married after 60 days and then apply for her papers. As you have advised, the next steps we will take are to get officially married (not yet confirmed how - I got a suggestion about Utah Online Wedding or I can simple go to Kenya and get married there) and then apply for the F2A visa (learnt something - I didnt know it's called F2A!)  Wish us luck!!! And thank you for your time and advice.
 
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This ^^ it often makes sense to stay a LPR when petitioning a spouse with derivatives. 
 

I just read your attachment. As I suspected, she had school transcripts, BC and you guys talked about signing lease together. So, definitely, she was coming to AOS. I also see her B-2, issued in 2017 was about to expire in August 2022. So, you guys were definitely trying to beat the clock. 
 
My advice: Forget about the shortcuts and all those ingeniousness that our countrymen think they invented to get to US. You've already hit a block with Emily attempting to come on B-2 and AOS. The Barbados is another catastrophe waiting to happen. Don't do it. You've already been bitten once. 
 
Don't listen to bad advice from our countrymen. 

Even you are admitting that their plan was to marry and stay in the US so the CBP was not in the wrong to send them back.
 
You are not a USC so fiance visa is not allowed. The only option is to marry her. She can't just apply for spousal visa after marriage. You have to petition for her and her kids will be derivatives to her case. The process takes 1.5 - 2 years. If you become a USC, you have to petition for all three separately.

As a green card holder, OP is not eligible to petition anyone for a K-1 visa.

They were rightly denied entry.  That's not how US immigration is done.
 
You need to petition them properly.  It will take AT LEAST two years before they can get immigrant visas.
 
As a green card holder yourself, I'm surprised you went into this without a legitimate plan for them to immigrate.
 
You can marry in any country where it is legal/where she can travel to.  It would be a 'destination wedding.' however;  you would not be 'going to the local USA embassy'  in that country for a visa.
 
I strongly suggest you begin reading and researching this process.  Lack of education about it has already cost you time and visa revocation.   It is an expensive and time-consuming process, and not just a matter of a plane ticket.

Sure but you'll want the lawyer to be present during the actual court hearing, not all lawyers will fly across the country for something like that - hence you get a local one. 
 
That said, we've had lawyers not physically present but present by phone and heard in massive speakers in the court room. 😄

As their intentions are only to visit and not to immigrate, they should focus on having better evidence of strong ties to Jamaica for the next attempt to apply for tourist visas.
 
Examples of strong ties are: stable, well-paying jobs, real estate, savings.
 
It also helps if they have a good travel history to other countries, with no visa overstays.

I really do apologize if you feel I was judging. But One thing to understand about VJ is that most likely, we will see things or situations in a similar way as the Officer handling the case at USCIS. And you’ll soon learn that comparing cases is useless -no two cases are the same. Good luck.

It’s an arranged marriage and I guess that was a factor in it, but sounds like OP just wanted what’s best for her/his cousin. I don’t really get arranged marriages so I guess there are various factors that tick the boxes to make both families happy and certainly a green card sounds like one of those. DoS and the consulates concerned are used to arranged marriages so I guess they know what to look for. 

Wow.  You make it sound like it is totally a green card marriage.
Right.  And it sounds like the OP brokered this arranged marriage. 

I’ve never used a lawyer for immigration but aren’t you supposed to let uscis know if the lawyer you’ve  listed has died and is no longer obviously able to receive mail?

Then he either needs to adopt him or do a legal name change. Doesn’t change what they will need for a passport regarding custody unless an adoption is finalized first.

Just changing the child's name doesn't solve anything. The mom will still need show proof of full custody of the child to remove the requirement of biological father consenting. Or the stepfather will have to legally adopt the child in order to consent. 

It's not up to the U.S to go look for proof of full custody of a child in Philippines regardless. It's up to the individual to provide that proof. Just showing up at a passport appointment and saying according to Philippines law I have full custody of the child will not fly; they'll need to see actual legal document/proof of that.

And I was disagreeing, and saying regardless of what they “know” the custody response is the same - proof of legal custody is required to be submitted. 

Correct.  I meant to say that the child would be eligible for a certificate of citizenship, not a certificate of naturalization

Good point about the US Passport Agency not knowing that particular Philippine custody law.

I sent my certificate of Naturalization with my kids passport application. Now as adults they they still have not needed their own certificate. No issues with going to university or FASFA. No issues with working or DL's. 
 
Now the one issue your friend may have is dealing with the passport agency not knowing about the laws in the Philippines regarding custody. She will want to print off the law that gives single mothers sole custody and send it in with the application. Write a little note stating the laws there and where to find the information official website. Just maybe then they will look through it. Many on here over the years had to show proof of custody, US passport agency are not up on laws from other countries. Best to pre load it. 

Just so OP isn't confused more, Naturalization isn't applicable for OP's son, whether it's now or at 15 or when he turns 18 or more. 

The age is 18, not 15. If 18 or older he will need to naturalize and get his own certificate of naturalization. If he's a greencard holder and younger than 18 when his mother naturalizes then he automatically becomes a citizen too, the mother can file the N-600 so the child gets a certificate of citizenship thereafter. Filing the N-600 is not a requirement but highly recommended, always good to have a certificate that shows which date the child become a citizen (which a passport does not), especially if the mother's certificate gets lost, or the child's passport etc. Anything can happen. 

And yes she can apply for a passport for the child using her own certificate and the child's greencard. The passport agency will require documents proving she has full custody of the child, OR the child's father needs to be in on the process to get the child a passport. 

I did this. No problems.
 
Seems to be some confusion above. Her son will get (if she applies n600) a certificate of citizenship (not naturalization). As he is older than 14, if and when he gets this he will be required to go into a uscis office and take the oath of allegiance before getting it. I wonder if this fact somehow got mangled into he need his own one because he’s 15.
 
 
(Edit: note that the son cannot get a certificate of naturalization for the simple reason that he has not naturalized. He has rather automatically acquired citizenship under INA320, and this is why if he gets a certificate it will be of citizenship, not naturalization.)

Then yes, she can apply for her son's passport using her naturalization certificate. Any other rumors regarding own naturalization at 15 are not true. Some do apply for Certificate of Citizenship as well  for their child but that's a choice.

As others have already correctly stated, yes, she can apply for US passport for her son as a naturalized US citizen. She can also apply for certificate of citizenship using form N-600, if she also wants her son to have extra proof of his citizenship.
 
Note that both of the son's parents will have to appear together at the passport appointment or both will need to consent for the child to get a US passport; unless she has full custody of the child. @EireneFaith, so hopefully the the child's father is around to make the process easy.
 

There should always be evidence of custody if it is a single parent regardless of whether or not the passport agency “knows” a law.