Hi everyone...

US Citizen (born in USA) here...

My Husband of 7 yrs is a Canadian Citizen (Born in Canada) & he has already gotten his Green Card & is a permanent resident of the USA...

My husband has children (All Canadian born citizens of Canada) from a previous marraige. 2 Of the children have decided to move in with us & do not want to live with thier Canadian mother anymore.

This leaves me with questions...

Would these children (my step children) be eligible to get USA citizenship the same way that our Canadian daughter -20 months old got it? (Our daughter was born in Canada & is now a dual citizen because we have gotten her American Born Abroad Certificate.) Would my step children 11 & 13 be eligible for this same thing because I (an American Citizen) am thier Step Mother & they will be living with us???

If that is not the case, would we need to file for permanent resident status for them??? If we need to do that, can we move them to the USA first or would it be better for us to temporariliy relocate back to Canada & do Direct Consular Filing from there???

Any advice is greatly appreciated... Thank you so very much...

Tanya

No they could not get US citizenship in the same way that your daughter got it as they do not have an American birth parent.

You (as the USC) would need to file a petition for them...an I 130 and they would probably need to stay in Canada until that is processed and attend an interview.

I'm not sure that DCF is possible from Canada.

More info can be found on the USCIS website here: Information for Adoptive Parents with Children Residing Abroad

Is the mother of the children agreeable to them moving to the US? If she isn't that could cause some major issues.

Check out this link for information: http://www.foreignborn.com/visas_imm/immig..._children.htm#1

If you husband entered the US on a K-1 visa, the process is much easier, just check out that link, i sent.