Pánfilo, Chequera and Isidoro chanced to meet Adam, an official from the United States Embassy in Havana, in a restaurant and took the opportunity to find out which visas are processed by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and which are processed by the Consular Section. .
This is the new episode of a collaboration of the characters of the popular program Live the story with the diplomatic headquarters to inform in an entertaining way the particularities and requirements to legally emigrate to that country.
In it sketch This Thursday, the diplomat explained that the USCIS office processes family reunification services (CFRC), while the Consular Section is in charge of immigrant visas such as IR1, IR2, IR5, F11, F22 and diversity visas (the well-known popularly as bass drum).
“IR1 is the immigrant visa for the spouse of a US citizen and IR2 is for children of a US citizen,” he said.
The IR5 is for the parents of the US citizen, the F21 for the spouses of permanent residents and the F22 for the children of permanent residents.
The official promised that at the next meeting he will report on the documents that must be presented in each application.
Last week, Adam explained to Pánfilo and his friends that the USCIS office handles humanitarian parole cases., parole beneficiaries, refugees and asylums. Instead, migrant visa applications and family claims are processed by the Consular Section office, which is part of the Department of State.
The campaign organized by the United States Embassy to explain the ways through which Cubans can legally access North American soil, one of their objectives is to prevent illegal emigration, whether by sea or land.
“Immigrate legally to the US! Pánfilo, Chequera and Isidoro clarified all their doubts about migration with ‘someone of very good opinion,'” the embassy announced on its networks.
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