GIV-24, USC fiance, and multiple adoptions

[neveroddoreven]

Hello GUZ,

 

The GIV-24 in the beneficiary's P4 interview packet contains a section that requests family composition data for their spouse or fiance (according to the copy here on CFL, dated 03/96). This section is titled:

"7. Spouse's or fiance(e)'s natural parents, brothers/sisters, adopted brothers/sisters and half/step-brothers/sisters are listed below. If deceased give date of death."

I have a four-part question about this section.

1. If the beneficiary is a K1 Fiancee visa applicant, do they enter all of their fiance's (the US citizen petitioner) family data into this section? The form seems to suggest not since all the names are requested in Chinese characters or Pinyin.
   
2. If the answer is yes (write USC fiance's family data into section #7 of GIV-24), and the USC has one or more adopted parents, should the beneficiary list ALL the USC's parents, both from birth and from adoptions? Or just the current legal parents?
   
3. If the answer is yes (write birth parents AND adopted parents), which parents should go in the predesignated "Mother" and "Father" lines, and how should the remaining parent entries be labeled?
   
4. If there were multiple adoptions, and a previous adoption was superceded by a current adoption, do any of the ex-step-parent's other children count as siblings of the USC, even if the USC doesn't even know their names?
   

Thanks,

neveroddoreven

[USCONGUZ]

Dear CFL,

 

When the beneficiary is a K1 applicant, all of the US citizen petitioner¡¯s family data should still be entered into this section of the Family Composition Sheet.

 

If the American citizen petitioner is adopted, one would enter the information on one's legal parents as well as any parents (birth parents, step-parents, etc.) that one has a relationship with. That is, if a person was adopted at birth and does not have a relationship with their natural parents, then one only needs to list legal parents.

 

In the case of multiple adoptions and/or step-parent and step-sibling relationships, one need not list former step-siblings, since this relationship no longer exists in a legal sense.

 

Sincerely,

USCONGUZ