John_mint2k

Hi Uno,

Sorry in continuing this topic. Your situation is very similar to my brother's case except the retrogression. My brother is F2B applicant, had a child, the child is using my brother's family name and living together with his girlfriend. But they are not married yet. Their plan is to wait until my brother get the PRC. By the time my brother got PRC, they will get married.

If in case my brother will be approved (received PRC) and then get married, and petition the girlfriend (turned wife) as well, will it be a big problem to petition the child too? As we all know, F2B category is for unmarried applicant. The child was born with unmarried parents and using fathers family name. The purpose of not getting married is to maintain the status of the father as single as requirements for F2B. By the time my brother will petition his own son, will it be also a problem on his side of petitioning to illegitimate child? Illegitimate child because there was no fathers name appeared on the birth certificate. The main reason is to keep the status of the father being single. I know this is a very complicated situation. But I do hope everyone out there could enlighten up my questions. the only concern have is, what if the immigration will deny the girlfriend (wife someday) and child petition someday?

thanks

thanks

john.

Thanks for your reply to my question.

Yes, that was it. My friend mention about (CSPA). The lawyer will send a petition to the NVC to reverse the category back to F2A based on the (CSPA)act because it is our rights.

Then what if this petition is not true or applicable? Is their a possibilities that this lawyer was just playing goosechase with us? What would be the best thing to do to speed up the processing anyway? I hope more answers to come...

The only way to go from F2b to F2a is to turn back time.

Your friend is telling you a tale. No lawyer change turn someone who is over age 21 to someone who is under age 21.

Your friend may misunderstood the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) which allows a child who aged out from the F2a category into the F2b category to retain classification in the F2a category. This law is automatic and applied by the US consulate. A lawyer can't help.

Hi guys.

Is it possible to reverse the status F2B to F2A? Im discussing this with a friend and she said that it is possible as long as you hired a private lawyer. The lawyer will file a petition to the NVC to reverse the status. I dont know how it is. What I am beleieving that once the NVC change it, then thats all. Unless if thats change of address, or mailing address i think they do.

Please give me some answer for those who have experience about this case... Ill appreciate it so much..

Thanks

Thank you so much for that link. Although its not official link from the USCIS but i think its helpful.

The priority date for F2B from the Philippines has been moving slowly.

It has moved 7 days in the last month.

My brother's priority date is November 1998.

At this time, the US is only processing March 1997.

This is the current VISA bulletin.

I don't see where USCIS says its processing Phillipines F2B cases for March 1997. It says 01 Apr 1998.

Am I missing something?

Link: http://www.murthy.com/visadate.html

Do you mind to ask the Official website where i can find the lists of Philippines priority dates particularly for F2B applicants?

thanks

It doesn't work like that.

It depends on how many F2b petitions from the Philippines are ahead of his. There's no way to determine that number. There is also a fixed number of F2b visas per year. The Visa Center starts issuing them when US law makes them available (I believe it's the start of the fiscal year - Oct. 1) until they run out. So, by the time that the April comes around there is a slow down in the number of available visas. They could also be gone and the visas that aren't used are reissued to someone else (i.e. original visa issued to someone who got married and is no longer eligible for a F2b visa). The priority dates for all categories should start jumping faster than they are now in Oct.

Bottom line: your brother will not be waiting for another seven years.

Your brother should be careful that he is not recategorized. He should stay unmarried and petitioning parent should wait until he comes over to the US to become a US citizen.

Philippines:

F1 (unmarried children of US citizens): 15Mar93

F2b (unmarried children 21 or older of LPR): 01Mar97

F3 (married children of US citizens): 01April91

Married children of LPR cannot immigrate.