DS-156K - Will Accompany / Will Follow

[kennym 275]

My appologies for having a thick skull...

anyone knowledgable regarding this item, please give me some of your thoughts...

On the DS156K, do I correctly understand this...

For my fiancee's daughter...

Item #5 List name, date and place of birth of all unmarried children under 21 years of age.

•Will Accompany You Yes/No

•Will Follow You Yes/No

"Will Accompany You" If we select No, then "Will Follow You" we select yes, how long does her daughter have to enter the US?

also, we intend for her to do the medical at the same time her mom goes for her medical and Interview...

Will we need to Pay the K2 Visa at the same time as her mom? If not when? Will her daughter be included in the approval for the K1/K2 Visa, or will we need to do additonal items later for her daughter...

Basically, it would be Ideal if we can have her daughter's paperwork/k2 approval all done prior to mom leaving to come to the US, but we need a little more than 6 months before her daughter can travel.. 1 year would be Ideal, but we're trying to avoid doing a seperate visa for her daughter..

Does that make sense to everyone? if not, ask me questions, I'll try to clarify my question..

Edited August 13, 2010 by kennym

[Audy_Rob 26]

The daughter will need to pay the same $350 for the visa application same as her mother.

Accompany means the daughter must apply, get medical and have interview altogether. Now when daughter gets K-2, she has 6 months to use the K-2 to enter the US, she does not need to actually enter with mother's K-1 visa. Mother needs to enter first or together.

Follow means the daughter will apply at a later time, medical and interview, still receiving a K-2 visa. You have 1 year after fiancee receives K-1 visa to apply for the "To follow" K-2 derivative visa.

After the one year, it is more complicated. You file an I-130 to bring over your step daughter assuming you actually married the fiancee, then the daughter is now your relative (your step-daughter).

So how you fill it out depends on what time frames you expect to do things.

[kennym 275]

Follow means the daughter will apply at a later time, medical and interview, still receiving a K-2 visa. You have 1 year after fiancee receives K-1 visa to apply for the "To follow" K-2 derivative visa.

Hey Audy_Rob

Your answer really clears this up for me.. Thank you..

Just wondering about the qouted part above, if her daughter is 9 yo at the time we apply, will she need to go for an interview?

Thanks

Kenny

[kennym 275]

If my Fiancee's Daughter is going to follow, will she need to attend an interview at a later time?

[brykit 0]

If it will be later than six months from when your fiance receives her visa and enters, your fiance's daughter will need to attend a seperate visa interview at a later time. I'm in a similar situation with my fiance's son. He will start school before my fiance enters and we decided that he will complete the school year before he joins us later. That means we will need to return to CDJ for another visa interview for him.

[kennym 275]

If it will be later than six months from when your fiance receives her visa and enters, your fiance's daughter will need to attend a seperate visa interview at a later time. I'm in a similar situation with my fiance's son. He will start school before my fiance enters and we decided that he will complete the school year before he joins us later. That means we will need to return to CDJ for another visa interview for him.

brykit - Thankyou for your reply !

I should've added that her daugter will be 8 yo at the time of the interview.. If she does go to the interview, what kind of questions will they ask an 8 year old?

Kenny