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I am just beginning the process of getting my new Filipina wife and her 4yo son into the USA. I understand that I need to file an I-130 for both my wife and my stepson but I'm wondering if we need his father's death certificate also.

 

My wife was never married before but my stepson does share his late fathers last name. The father died 2 years ago. Do I need to show that the previous father is dead? They were never married so perhaps I don't even need this?

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For any other country, the death certificate would be needed to show she has full custody and permission to take the child out of the country.  For the Philippines where fathers have no parental rights unless married to the mother when the child is born, the death certificate is not needed.  At the petition stage, its need would be to show she was free to marry, IF she had ever married.  That doesn't apply in this case either.

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That is such a relief that we dont need it. They were telling us we had to get the late father's mother's authorization letter to get the death certificate. That would have been a real hassle as the two families are not really friendly at all.

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