Child of IW1 or IW6 (admission through consular processing)
Child of IW1 or IW6 (admission through consular processing)
- 01Immigrant Category
- Family-based immigration—Widows or widowers of U.S. citizens
- 02Method of Obtaining Status
- Admission as a permanent resident following consular immigrant visa processing
- 03Applicant Role
- Derivative applicants (children)
- 04Nature of Residency
- Permanent resident
Code source:Code source confirmed
This code appears in an official code table or official announcement; this establishes only that the code exists, not that all fields have been verified or that applications are currently open.
Notes on Code and Data SourcesAvailability status (code and pathway assessed separately)
Code status
The code's presence in official materials proves only that the code exists; it does not indicate whether the pathway is open.
Underlying pathway status
Both the current official eligibility page and the code-table row have been checked and confirm that applications may be made under this pathway; this does not mean that any individual qualifies or will be approved, and a visa number must still be available.
Pathway:Widows/widowers of U.S. citizens。USCIS widow(er) page: Widows/widowers of U.S. citizens who were still married at the time of the spouse's death may self-petition, and their children may derive status. Evidence valid through 2026-12-31.
- USCIS Green Card for Widow(er) of a U.S. Citizen(Read2026-10-11）
- USCIS Green Card Eligibility Categories(Read2026-10-11）
Verification date2026-10-11; independent of the difficulty-of-obtaining-status score; the absence of a score does not affect this status.
Not all of the following working fields have completed legal review. See the newly added verification for the current status of the pathway; unverified fields, such as translated names and legal authorities, are not thereby elevated to verified status, nor does this constitute individualized legal advice.
02One-Sentence Status Summary
Child of IW1 or IW6 (admission through consular processing)
05Pathway Family and Related Immigration Pathways
Pathway family (working classification):Family-based immigration—Widows or widowers of U.S. citizens
Correspondence to specific subpathwaysUnsubstantiated / Pending Review: This edition retains only the working pathway-family classification provided by the source catalog.
Difficulty-of-Obtaining Scorev1
This site has not yet established a vetted factual assessment for this pathway; no inference is made from the code number.
An assessment under this site's editorial rules, not a government score, probability of approval, or individualized legal conclusion.Scoring Methodology
06Applicant Role
Source catalog's working classification:Derivative applicants (children)
07Method of Obtaining Status
Source catalog's working classification:Admission as a permanent resident following consular immigrant visa processing
08Conditional Resident Status and Permanent Nature of Residence
Unsubstantiated / Pending Review：The source catalog does not specify conditional resident status for each entry.
Residence category (working classification):Permanent resident
09Principal Applicant / Derivative Relationship
This edition includes no documented code relationships; none are inferred from code prefixes or suffixes.
04Time Period and Evidentiary Limits on “Whether It Can Still Be Newly Obtained Today”
Time-period notation:OHSS master table combining current and historical entries (status not identified by OHSS)
Verification of a Newly Added Pathway:Pathway available
Both the current official eligibility page and the code-table row have been checked and confirm that applications may be made under this pathway; this does not mean that any individual qualifies or will be approved, and a visa number must still be available.
USCIS widow(er) page: Widows/widowers of U.S. citizens who were still married at the time of the spouse's death may self-petition, and their children may derive status.
Verification2026-10-11· Valid through2026-12-31 · widow
- USCIS Green Card for Widow(er) of a U.S. Citizen(Read2026-10-11）
- USCIS Green Card Eligibility Categories(Read2026-10-11）
Status recorded at the time of the original snapshot (not a conclusion about current status)
- The source does not provide an active status; whether the status can still be newly obtained requires item-by-item verification of the governing legal authority.
Fields that were unverified at the time of the original snapshot remain unchanged. See the newly added pathway verification for current status; other fields are not thereby elevated to verified status.
03Official English and Chinese Working Translation
Children of IW1 or IW6, new arrivals
Working Chinese name (translated): Child of IW1 or IW6 (admission through consular processing)
10Same-Code / Cross-Era Notice
The source does not flag any risk of cross-era confusion.
The same code may have different meanings in different eras. The source and era are preserved for each entry below; entries are not merged across eras, nor does their inclusion indicate current validity.
- IW2OHSS master table combining current and historical entries (status not identified by OHSS)OHSS-0021-IW2
Children of IW1 or IW6, new arrivals
- Official Grouping
- Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens
- Legal Authority
- INA 201(b).
Original Snapshot Notes (Not Current Status)
The OHSS page does not provide an active/status field; the existence of a source does not mean the pathway is currently open; the same code also appears in the current consular immigrant visa table in 22 CFR 42.11.
11General Limitations for Existing Holders
- Discontinuation of a code does not automatically revoke LPR status previously lawfully obtained; an individual's status still depends on subsequent facts.
This page compiles code reference materials. It does not constitute legal advice or determine any individual's current immigration status.
01Code and Original Source Notation
Normalized code:IW2
The source contains no other notation differing from the normalized code.
12Sources, Dates, and Review Status (Entry by Entry)
OHSS-0021-IW2
DHS/OHSS COA master table · accessed 2026-08-12
Original snapshot review status:Official English and working Chinese fields reviewed; whether the pathway is open remains subject to separate verification against legal sources(As recorded at the time; for current status, see the newly added pathway verification below)
- ✓ Original English text：Verified as matching the official English original
- · Chinese name：Working Chinese translation, not subjected to word-by-word legal review
- ✓ Legal Authority：Legal authority checked against the official original text
- · Status in the original snapshot：Current availability was not officially confirmed in the original snapshot only; see the added pathway verification for current status.
- ✓ Applicant Role：Role supported by an official label
- ✓ Method of Obtaining Status：Method of obtaining status supported by an official label
- · Status category：Listed in the official LPR code table (conditional status not separately verified)
Verification of a Newly Added Pathway:Pathway available
Both the current official eligibility page and the code-table row have been checked and confirm that applications may be made under this pathway; this does not mean that any individual qualifies or will be approved, and a visa number must still be available.
USCIS widow(er) page: Widows/widowers of U.S. citizens who were still married at the time of the spouse's death may self-petition, and their children may derive status.
Verification2026-10-11· Valid through2026-12-31 · widow
- USCIS Green Card for Widow(er) of a U.S. Citizen(Read2026-10-11）
- USCIS Green Card Eligibility Categories(Read2026-10-11）
READING NOTES / Scope of Reading
AboutIW2, you may want to know
Green Card Knowledge Base / RELATED READING