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TBoneTX reacted to a post in a topic:
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I finally found an attorney who was willing to do a free consultation and she was very helpful. She happens to practice Philippines law also so that was helpful for stuff we need to deal with on that end of things (dual citizenship, ect). Anyways here are the answers she gave me specifically regarding the N600: As far as the information for his biological father goes she said that is not applicable as his name is not on my step sons birth certificate. She agreed with my suggestion to note that in a cover letter. She said enter "n/a" in all the fields for that section. As far as the date his original passport was issued goes she told me which government agency in the Philippines to contact to obtain that information. For the section where it asks for evidence of his citizenship she said his mother's naturalization certificate and his birth certificate are all we need. Some people suggested getting his US passport first then uploading that as additional evidence. She said that is not nessasary. Hope this info helps someone else who has the same questions.
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The father is not on the birth certificate. My wife brought my step son on her spousal visa. USCIS seemed to have no issues with this. Its been so long I dont even recall if the spousal visa application even asked about his biological father. My step son is 18 (was a minor when my wife was naturalized).
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Looks like this attorney is no longer interested in helping us unless they take the whole case for us at a cost of over $2000. Been the same thing with every attorney I contact. At this point I'm done trying to deal with the money grubbing ambulance chasers and I think were just gonna leave the info we dont have blank and type up a cover letter explaining why and hope for the best. Whats the worst case scenario here? The application gets rejected and we have to refile it? Or would they give us a chance to correct it?
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TBoneTX reacted to a post in a topic:
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Just spoke with an immigration attorney who is willing to do a half hour consultation for $75 ($2000 for the whole case which were gonna pass on). I found most attorneys are not willing to do this. Gonna try to get all my questions answered then report back here on what I find out in case it helps someone else. In the mean time if anyone has any insight into my questions please post.
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I cant believe no one in this group has dealt with these issues. I have contacted several attorneys. Its always the same thing. They won't answer my question without taking the whole case and charging several thousand dollars. I think what were gonna do is leave the info we dont have blank and upload a cover letter explaining why it is blank and hope for the best. What's the worst case scenario if this is the incorrect approach? Will we be given the opportunity to correct his application?
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You did answer all the questions except the one about the info for his biological father. That is where we are stuck. Im thinking about typing up a cover letter explaining that we dont hwve the info abd upload it as additional evidence. Having a hard time finding an attorney that will answer my limited questions for a small fee. They all want to take the whole case for a large fee.
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Unless anyone can give me a solid answer to my questions I might have to consult with an immigration attorney. We made it this far without attorneys. I hope we can figure this out on our own.
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OldUser reacted to a post in a topic:
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It is asking specifically for his birth fathers information. There is a separate section for my information (current spouse of mother).
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"Evidence of child's US citizenship." What do we upload for this as he derived citizenship from his mother who was naturalized before he turned 18? Wouldn't his mother's naturalization certificate and proof of his birthdate be sufficient evidence?
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"Provide all the dates when your U.S. citizen mother or father was physically present in the United States. Include all dates from the U.S. citizen mother or father's birth until the child's birth." Do we just leave this blank since my step son was born before my wife entered the US?
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Another question. What do we do if we don't have some information about his birth father? Current address, Date of birth, ect?
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We am currently working on my step sons N600. I am sure more questions will come up as we progress through it that I will ask here. The first part we are stuck on is where they ask when and where you entered the country. He entered through Ohare airport so should we select Chicago, Il for that question? The second part we are stuck on is where it asks for the date his Philippines passport that he originally used to travel to the US was issued on. He no longer has his original passport as he had to have it renewed and received a new one so we don't know the exact date his original passport was issued. Can we just put the date it was renewed? That's all I have for now. I'm sure more questions will come up as we progress through it further. Another question: "What was the USCIS office that granted your LPR status or location where you were admitted?" We are not sure what the answer to this is. Should we just put Chicago?
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So doing some quick google searching it appears if my wife's brother is petitioned by my wife and her parents do not get a green card before he is 21 he would be in the F4 category. If my wife's parents petition for him after he turns 21 he would be in the F2b category. I have no idea how accurate this is but google says current processing times for F4 visas from the Philippines are 20 to 25 years while google says the processing times for F2b visas are about 13 years. Taking that into consideration does it even make sense for my wife to petition for any of her siblings? Wouldn't it be faster for her parents to do it (assuming they obtain their green cards in a reasonable amount of time). Am I missing something here? -
So what you ae saying is my wife can petition him now then when her parents get here they can also petition him and change his category as a result assuming he is under 21 and unmarried?
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So my wife would like to petition to bring her parents on an immediate relative visa. I think for the most part we understand how that works. She also has a 17 year old brother she would like to petition for. It is my understanding that if she petitions for him now he would be in the F4 category which takes quite a long time (about 15 years for the Philippines as far as I can tell). However it is also my understanding that if her parents get their green cards first then they petition for him before he turns 21 he would be put in a category that processes much faster. Is it better to just wait until her parents get their green cards then at that point start the process for her brother? Or should my wife petition for him right away to get him "in line" in case her parents for whatever reason don't get their green cards before he turns 21? If my wife petitions for him right away then her parents get their green cards before he turns 21 can they then petition for him and change his category or does it not work that way? This is something I am confused about. My wife has other siblings she would like to petition for but they are over 21 so they would all be in the F4 category. After we get her parents and brother taken care of we would like to file for them and get them "in line" even though it could take a decade or two.