Kjmja22

How about my situation?, my CSPA age is 21yrs and 6days. And while waiting for my priority date to be current the visa retrogress last june 2014 instead of moving forward it move's backward to may 2012 priority then when visa currently moving the nvc allow me to sought to acquire last march 2015 while waiting for my visa to be current this august i already finish my requirements last april. Does my situation having 7days over age, do they allow me to enter the u.s. What do you think guys?

May I know your details of your journey. Your date of birth, approval date of petition, visa becomes available, and your priority date? Coz my age out too but when im calculating it to the google calculator cspa is not applicable with my case tnx

CSPA / F2A Category / Immigrant Visa / Aging out

Hello fellow applicants I would like to share my story, thought this could give you some ideas of the long and confusing process with USCIS. lol. Especially when you aged out, which was my case, and then when you had conflicts with your papers. hahaha. I thought I wouldnt be able to get here ^^

Hi, Im a 20 years old applicant. Both my parents are Lawful Permanent Residents of US (LPRs), and my mom petitioned my when i was 20 years and 6 months old (mined that youll aged out at 21 years old). I already aged out and my petition was only approved when I was already 21 years old. Will I still go through F2A category even if I aged out? I though so, but I didnt. My petition was approved when I was almost 22 years old. I felt so hopeless that I thought Im gonna fall under F2B (which could take another 10 years more and have to stay UNMARRIED. lol.). So my mom sought an immigration attorney that can help us with our case since there is this law that protects the child status because of some delayed process in the immigration, which is the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA). My mom went to this famous attorney whom they always see in the television (TFC channel for pinoy), Atty. Gurfinkel, but the fee is $18,000.00!!! (WHAAT?) Thats almost a million peso in the Philippines. And what if we pay that but in the end I wasnt qualified for the CSPA? lol. What a waste. And they were even asking if what course did I graduated and when they knew that I was an RN, they said I could just pay it off when I get here. WHAT THE?? I havent stepped on US territory yet I have debts to pay already?? and its an $18,000.00.. NO WAY!!!

So someone gave us a hand of one attorney that she knows who could help us and doesnt cost as much as what the previous attorney gave us.So we went to this other attorney that was referred to us and it only cost us $2000+ for everything. Thank GOD! So Atty took over the process and he determined that I qualified for the CSPA and that my CSPA aged will be like around 20.5 years old even when I was already 22 years old at that time.. And I have to apply for visa right away since the CSPA is only valid for 1 year I think.

I forgot to tell you the hassles of my petition. lol. YES, i have a lot. When I was born in the hospital, the social worker didnt register me to the civil registrar, so I was late registered for 2 years. And when I was registered?? My gender was a male. WHUT? Yes, and I am a girl. So I had to dig all paper works that would indicate that Im a girl including school papers from elementary, high school, college, my PRC application, hospital records, immunization record, and I even have to track down that OB-GYN who handled the delivery for my mom who is already RETIRED. i went to their home and I asked for a certification that I really was a firl when I was born and then I showed her a copy of the hospital records that I took copy too. She signed it, I paid her. Done. And the last thing is DNA Test(I forgot how much the DNA testing was), yes, I still have to go through DNA test to make sure that I really was my parents daughter that was late registered as a boy and now claiming as a girl. I also had to get lots of proofs like medical certificates and all to prove that I really am a girl (and NOT a transgender. hahaha. Lol) I also had to attend hearings in the court and that was my first time to get to a court and I felt like Im a criminal with this raise-your-hand-and-repeat-after-me thingy and so help me God. WHOAA. And I have to have my name published on newspapers too to show that I did some corrections on my gender in public. And yeah, I paid 24,000PHP for the Gender correction of my NSO Live Birth Certificate last 2010, coz that time, these things werent free yet. Unlike now you can change it free of charge :/

Well, yeah, so I got my interview appointment at the US Embassy when I was 22 years and 10 months old, after 1 month I got my Visa packet and the next day i flew to US )

YEEEYYY!!! HAPPY me. After 3 days stay in the US, we went to the Social Administration to get my SSN (coz we usually get it in the mails after 2 weeks).

Now I think the trouble with all my papers doesnt end there, it has been 2 months already and I still ahvent received my greencard. OH NO! 4 months, still nothing. So my atty made a follow up and y greencard status was like in error or was lost in the mail or was sent to the wrong address. GOSH!> When will this end? So we applied for I-90 for the replacement of card ad will takr like 6 months more and they have this priority date thingy too. (this makes me mad)

And after 5months of stay, I aso took the driving test and passed. Its been 6weeks already and I havent receive my license card and when I called they are asking ofr a legal presence document which should be my greencard. Good thing I have my I-551 and thats what I used to serve as my legal presence. Why are these documents issues happening to me?? GOSH! Hope everything will be over soon.

Truly yours,

-dhenz