Sponsoring Wife and Minor Children

[MsZeen 3]

Hey you guys! I have been following this website for a very long time and used it to sponsor my spouse. It is time that my father-in-law has decided to sponsor my mother-in-law and their three children all minors under 21. He is a US citizen, and they are abroad. How do I do their process? Do I do a I130 for everyone one and pay $420 for all of them? Or do I do a I130 for each one and pay the $420 for all of them?

[Darnell 8,479]

if you are a uscitizen, then it's one I-130 per human, each with it's own 420 fee.

later down the road, when NVC doc intake occurs, you'd submit the joint-sponser paperwork on your father, but you still have to fill out an I-864, even if showing 0 income.

[dwheels76 5,486]

if you are a uscitizen, then it's one I-130 per human, each with it's own 420 fee.

later down the road, when NVC doc intake occurs, you'd submit the joint-sponser paperwork on your father, but you still have to fill out an I-864, even if showing 0 income.

You sure you can petition your in-laws? That's not immediate family. WOW learned something new today.

[aaron2020 11,652]

You sure you can petition your in-laws? That's not immediate family. WOW learned something new today.

No one can petition an in-law.

[MsZeen 3]

I meant to say that my father-in-law is sponsoring his wife and kids not me. I wish I could, I would have done earlier. Someone said something about a joint application, but you only have a I130 for the wife not the kids.

[aaron2020 11,652]

Hey you guys! I have been following this website for a very long time and used it to sponsor my spouse. It is time that my father-in-law has decided to sponsor my mother-in-law and their three children all minors under 21. He is a US citizen, and they are abroad. How do I do their process? Do I do a I130 for everyone one and pay $420 for all of them? Or do I do a I130 for each one and pay the $420 for all of them?

FIL as the USC petitioner must file separately for his wife and children.

Each intending immigrant with his/her own petition and fee.

For wife and 3 children, it's 4 petitions and 4 x $420 = $1680.

Keep everything separate. Separate piles of documents. Separate checks for each case. Ok to mail together in one envelope.

[aleful 1,905]

I meant to say that my father-in-law is sponsoring his wife and kids not me. I wish I could, I would have done earlier. Someone said something about a joint application, but you only have a I130 for the wife not the kids.

hi

that's only for spouses and minor children of LPR not USC, children under 21 can be derivatives on parent's petition, but no for USC.

as said, one i130 for each beneficiary

[MsZeen 3]

I will go ahead and do it all separately. I just want to make sure that their case is all processed together and at the same time, and their interview also at the same time.

[aaron2020 11,652]

I will go ahead and do it all separately. I just want to make sure that their case is all processed together and at the same time, and their interview also at the same time.

These are separate cases. At some point, one case may be process before the other cases. There is nothing you can do to prevent this.

At the US Embassy stage, the family can ask to be interview at the same time.

[NikLR 13,234]

Actually you can slow down at the NVC to allow for petitions and cases to catch up to each other so they can interview same day.

In fact it's best to wait for all the petitions to reach the NVC before paying the AOS Invoice so that the petitioner is only charged once for everyone.

[Darnell 8,479]

You sure you can petition your in-laws? That's not immediate family. WOW learned something new today.

ya, sorry.

it is time that my father-in-law has decided to sponsor my mother-in-law and their three children all minors under 21

Here's what I should have wrote

Sounds like the FIL in married to the MIL and these kids are theirs.

If that's the case, since the FIL in a USCitizen,

then

the FIL will be the petitioner on all 4 I-130s.

That's 4 I-130s and 4 fees of 420 each.

As to the OPs involvement, I don't see it, save for helping to fill out the forms and pass advice to the FIL, as it's the FIL's signature on the petition.

[ustrack 3]

If this helps my husband is a usc and petitioned for me and my children who are his step children together but he filed seperate petitions for each person and paid each fee seperate. On each form you will be asked who else is petitioned at the same time and u must put each person name on the form of the others etc so that will ensure the cases stay together all through the process. it is wise to use the same email address for the cases. When it gets to interview stage all the cases get transfered for interview at the same time so u wont have a prob. Good luck. Once uscis realizes that it is one case it is processed at the same time etc.

Edited December 7, 2013 by ustrack

[ppihtr123 68]

All separate I-130s. When you get to NVC, you can join them (if they don't automatically) so when NVC schedules the interview, it will be at the same time. When you join them at NVC, you only have to pay one of their fee's once and it covers everyone although I don't remember which one it was but think it was the AOS fee.

Edited December 8, 2013 by ppihtr123