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There are no derivatives  allowed on immediate relative petitions (parents are IR5). There is no way they can all come together.  Fastest /cheapest way without leaving little kid alone is for one the parents to get a green card then that parent sponsors spouse + minor children as derivatives.  However there is a high chance of the older sibling aging out if they are already 19 - they can still be sponsored by the parent as long as they remain unmarried, but will take longer.

There are no derivatives  allowed on immediate relative petitions (parents are IR5). There is no way they can all come together.  Fastest /cheapest way without leaving little kid alone is for one the parents to get a green card then that parent sponsors spouse + minor children as derivatives.  However there is a high chance of the older sibling aging out if they are already 19 - they can still be sponsored by the parent as long as they remain unmarried, but will take longer.

There’s no problem with the background. But why ask after you’ve submitted when there’s nothing you can do about it anyway?
 
please don’t post identifiable photos of yourselves all over the internet, sheesh.

The Photo Quality is good, dimensions and file size, but the problem is with the background.

Wait times for a tourist visa interview in Brazil are
 
Rio 409 days 
São Paulo 458 days 
Brasilia 324 days 
Porto Alegre 279 days 
Recife 329 days 

Wait times for a tourist visa interview in Brazil are
 
Rio 409 days 
São Paulo 458 days 
Brasilia 324 days 
Porto Alegre 279 days 
Recife 329 days 

It’s very strange that a crime involving no physical injury to a person at age 15 is deemed enough to deny a visa on. Here’s the manual on it - https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM030203.html It doesn’t even sound like a crime of moral turpitude, and even if it were those are usually excused for under 18 at the time. Specifically, “Between Ages 15 and 18:  Juveniles between the ages of 15 and 18 at the time of commission of an offense have not committed a crime for purposes of INA 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(I) unless they were tried and convicted as an adult for a felony involving violence.”
 
Are you sure there’s nothing else involved?

Sorry to bust another VJ myth, but you can totally board a flight to the US with an expired green card as long as long as its original expiry was 10 years. Airlines are specifically told by CBP to board the person and that they (airlines) have to board on the basis of documentation that is accepted by CBP, they cannot decide who is and isn’t admissible.
 
see the manual for Carriers, page 28 
A Lawful Permanent Resident may travel to the United States without a passport with a Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551). Cards with expired I-551s may be boarded without penalty if the card was issued with a 10-year expiration date.
https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2019-Mar/2019 Carrier Information Guide - ENGLISH.pdf
 
and a CBP memo to airlines repeating the above and also noting 
Airlines should not be determining admissibility of a travel outside the parameters of the document requirements
https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2021-Dec/Reminder- LPR Boarding 20210305.pdf
 

Re-reading this thread, I think some of us are trying to answer the question “how can at least one of the parents be with the child to take care of them and not lose any more precious time with them” (per the post about how children are best gifts etc) when all OP actually wants to know is “what is the fastest we can get this child to the US because no-one is prepared to stick around and be with her if they can get a green card”.  

Sorry to bust another VJ myth, but you can totally board a flight to the US with an expired green card as long as long as its original expiry was 10 years. Airlines are specifically told by CBP to board the person and that they (airlines) have to board on the basis of documentation that is accepted by CBP, they cannot decide who is and isn’t admissible.
 
see the manual for Carriers, page 28 
A Lawful Permanent Resident may travel to the United States without a passport with a Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551). Cards with expired I-551s may be boarded without penalty if the card was issued with a 10-year expiration date.
https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2019-Mar/2019 Carrier Information Guide - ENGLISH.pdf
 
and a CBP memo to airlines repeating the above and also noting 
Airlines should not be determining admissibility of a travel outside the parameters of the document requirements
https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2021-Dec/Reminder- LPR Boarding 20210305.pdf
 

Both these statements are erroneous. Both paths result in an immigrant visa, that is valid for 6 months from date of issue.

Sorry to bust another VJ myth, but you can totally board a flight to the US with an expired green card as long as long as its original expiry was 10 years. Airlines are specifically told by CBP to board the person and that they (airlines) have to board on the basis of documentation that is accepted by CBP, they cannot decide who is and isn’t admissible.
 
see the manual for Carriers, page 28 
A Lawful Permanent Resident may travel to the United States without a passport with a Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551). Cards with expired I-551s may be boarded without penalty if the card was issued with a 10-year expiration date.
https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2019-Mar/2019 Carrier Information Guide - ENGLISH.pdf
 
and a CBP memo to airlines repeating the above and also noting 
Airlines should not be determining admissibility of a travel outside the parameters of the document requirements
https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2021-Dec/Reminder- LPR Boarding 20210305.pdf
 

Sorry to bust another VJ myth, but you can totally board a flight to the US with an expired green card as long as long as its original expiry was 10 years. Airlines are specifically told by CBP to board the person and that they (airlines) have to board on the basis of documentation that is accepted by CBP, they cannot decide who is and isn’t admissible.
 
see the manual for Carriers, page 28 
A Lawful Permanent Resident may travel to the United States without a passport with a Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551). Cards with expired I-551s may be boarded without penalty if the card was issued with a 10-year expiration date.
https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2019-Mar/2019 Carrier Information Guide - ENGLISH.pdf
 
and a CBP memo to airlines repeating the above and also noting 
Airlines should not be determining admissibility of a travel outside the parameters of the document requirements
https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2021-Dec/Reminder- LPR Boarding 20210305.pdf
 

How do you get on a plane, with an expired green card. Stow away.

Seems the most obvious route, or both come while someone at home is looking after the dogs. I would at least try… then you know, soon, what the situation is, vs waiting possibly months to get an SB1 interview or 1-2 years to see the i130 process through from the beginning again. 

I highly suggest you find a competent lawyer who knows about adoptions and immigration to advise you/your family on whether it is possible in your particular circumstance, and what you need to do to make it all work.  We have seen situations before where someone has adopted someone perfectly legally but it is not a valid adoption for US immigration purposes.  

Regardless, no one’s opinion really matters because there is no visa to bring either the sister or her child to come live in the US for a few years to look after the babies. OP needs plan B.

Both these statements are erroneous. Both paths result in an immigrant visa, that is valid for 6 months from date of issue.

Both these statements are erroneous. Both paths result in an immigrant visa, that is valid for 6 months from date of issue.

Regardless whether it’s a regarded as a valid adoption for immigration or not, a parent petition is an immediate relative petition and those do not allow for derivatives. So even if it’s legal for immigration (I’m not even going to make an attempt at figuring that out with parents still alive and no legal custody yet by the sounds of things), he can’t come with her at the same time, she’d have to file separately for him later +- 2 years.
 

Some things are needed to file for the petition and others for the visa interview.  It is all explained in the DoS pages as well as the instructions for i130 
 
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-130instr.pdf
 
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition.html
 
please read them both properly.

Excellent! 

You’re going to be waiting AT LEAST five years. Possibly longer.  I honestly don’t understand why one parent can’t get a re-entry permit so that they don’t lose their green card, and look after this dependent daughter in the meantime. They can even take turns doing it. Or something, because she is not going to get to the US any time soon. Your “solution” is just wishful thinking.  You need to face the reality, which is that this kid is not going to be in the US for years, so the family of responsible adults needs to figure out how to get her appropriate care in the Philippines in the meanwhile. 

Regardless whether it’s a regarded as a valid adoption for immigration or not, a parent petition is an immediate relative petition and those do not allow for derivatives. So even if it’s legal for immigration (I’m not even going to make an attempt at figuring that out with parents still alive and no legal custody yet by the sounds of things), he can’t come with her at the same time, she’d have to file separately for him later +- 2 years.
 

She is a how wife don't have the access to collect these print out and stuff.but I think she have to send this because they address her to respond