F-1 beneficiaries are unmarried son and daughters of U.S. citizen parents who have reached the age 21. Beneficiaries under this category must wait for their priority date before proceeding to apply for adjustment of status if presently residing in the United States or consular processing if still residing abroad.
Previous F-2B beneficiaries, whose petitioners have subsequently become naturalized U.S. citizens, are automatically reclassified as F-1 beneficiaries unless they opted and informed USCIS of their intention to remain in the F-2B category. This is a strategy that is available to F-2B beneficiaries (particularly the Philippines) whose priority dates can be reached sooner by remaining in the F-2B category.
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