Not sure what you heard, but for low-fraud consulates like UK, that isn't true.
CR-1 would have been a much better choice all round, but water under the bridge.
We have never sent any photos during our entire process and it has never been an issue.
You will want to come up with a plan for providing your beneficiary with health insurance, since they will not be eligible for programs or to work for up to 8 months. The best way to do this is via an employer-based plan, which it sounds like you do not have.
The totality of circumstances and your financial ability to support an immigrant will be evaluated.
Why contact congressperson when you are still well within normal processing time? Ours took 18 months at Nebraska.
US immigration is an exercise in patience…..
This sounds like a marriage for the purpose of obtaining an immigration benefit, which is fraud.
If you do choose to go this route, expect scrutiny with that misrep history.
I think you still do not understand.
Your parent is NOT eligible to adjust status when they get here on the B visa. The ONLY legal option you have is to submit an I-130 petition for consular processing in their home country. You can submit this any time.
They can continue to visit on the B visa, at the discretion of CBP.
No letters of invitation are required or accepted. She will be approved or denied entirely on her immigration intent.
It is doubtful that anyone could accompany her into the consulate.
She has a better chance now than if/when the daughter naturalizes.
The risk would be if she overstays, and then the naturalization is delayed or denied. She would be out of status, and not as an immediate relative. It’s a gamble, IMHO.