Civil records support identity and relationships; funding records support a different part of the case.
Organize each set accurately
Follow the applicable translation and document instructions. Family eligibility, including age and CSPA questions, remains a separate assessment rather than something a translated bank record establishes.
Applicable age rules and individual admissibility still matter, and neither a signed investment contract nor the principal’s petition approval itself grants family residence. The Child Status Protection Act addresses part of that gap for some applicants by allowing certain periods to be subtracted from a child's age, and whether it helps a particular family is a question for counsel rather than an assumption. Collect passports, civil records and each person’s case notices; derivatives generally immigrate with or after the principal, not merely when construction reaches a milestone. Where a delay would create a real problem for a family member, raise it with counsel as a specific question rather than as general anxiety, and ask what options exist. Family members are identified by their relationship, evidenced by civil-status documents, and a spouse and unmarried children under twenty-one may generally be included as derivatives on that basis. Identify the principal, the spouse, and each potentially eligible unmarried child under 21 early, then compare birth, marriage, passport, and immigration records against the applicable process.