> But your current status is based on your marriage to a USC correct?
>
> My (again very dim) understanding is that as a B-2 holder you could
> have brought your daughter over as your dependent without wait.
>
> I think the purpose behind the "immediate relative" exception is a
> case where a family member (say a US-born child) sponsors a parent.
> That parent cannot then petition to have all his/her immediate
> relatives join them; rather, the original petitioner would have to
> petition for his/her own immediate relatives ONLY and file an
> individual petition for each. Therefore, if a USC sponsors his
> mother, and she gets her visa, she cannot turn round and bring the
> USC's step-siblings immediately.
Since he is no longer on a B-2 but a verified resident of the US he
cannot bring his daughter over as a dependent. Three years have passed
since his marriage to a USC and although less then two since his
adjustment to resident.
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