Sooo... Yeah. Bfs family is from Ukraine, he's the only one with dual citizenship. His mom got covid and just passed away last week. He's been trying to get the sister over here...their dad died a long time ago and my bf is the only one of his 2 brothers that took care of his mom and sis (even tho they're over there and he's alllll the way over here -.- they're not helping at all). We just got denied the I-130 he's been working on. They didn't even interview them. Just read the file, talked to him on the phone for a bit and BOOM denied. She's a minor still so shes gonna be taken into state care probably Monday... She is pregnant and due to pop any day, so maybe that was a factor. Also, he filed the I-130 before his mom died. And I feel like it was rushed and maybe he didn't put as much into the supporting evidence as he could have? I mean he literally sent money to support them. He's a plumber, good job plus my little bit of income. We could easily support her, help her with her baby and get her into school or whatever she wants to do to be a good, tax-paying, contributing member of society... Since she's already 16 we can't just file an I-600...but I was thinking we could still try to adopt her and maybe that will help in the process of just getting her over here and not having to sit in an Ukrainian group home....shudder. Any suggestions? (He's probably gonna get an immigration attorney but thought I'd just throw this out there...) TL;DR How can we get my bfs 16yr old, pregnant, and orphaned sister a visa. Denied I-130. Still try to adopt even tho she's already 16?
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