bringing family member

[Ronn63 41]

Ok!! We're married now and in the midst of applying for AOS. Her 5 year old daughter is still across the pond, and we want to bring her over. I know I have to file an I-130 for her daughter as the 'step-father'. My (unrelated) question is this: Does her daughter now have my last name? We were married in the US last August. Does registering the marriage at the Philippines Consul General do that for us?

Just curious what her name on her passport will be.

[Umka36 781]

Wouldn't it be easier to go through the K2 route if your wife's daughter is still eligible?

[Hank_ 9,174]

Ok!! We're married now and in the midst of applying for AOS. Her 5 year old daughter is still across the pond, and we want to bring her over. I know I have to file an I-130 for her daughter as the 'step-father'. My (unrelated) question is this: Does her daughter now have my last name? We were married in the US last August. Does registering the marriage at the Philippines Consul General do that for us?

Just curious what her name on her passport will be.

Did you list the child on the I-129F petition? If yes all you do is complete visa application so the visa is issued within one year of your wife's visa being issued.

Her daughter's name hasn't changed, you didn't adopt her.

[Ronn63 41]

thanks for your responses. My attorney suffered from a condition known as 'you're fired'. He, among other things, never named her daughter on the I129F. She was named in the other documents we brought to the interview, (DS156, 156K, etc,) but not the petition. I guess that means it's I-130 time. Maybe I should bill my ex-attorney for the extra fee?

[Hank_ 9,174]

Yup that means I-130. That sucks.

Ocean bottoms and attorneys go together like rum and coke.

[Ronn63 41]

Ugh...my family in Canada is ripe with bottom feeders too. LOL

[Ronn63 41]

Yup that means I-130. That sucks.

Ocean bottoms and attorneys go together like rum and coke.

Ok, Hank, oh wise one, what would be faster? My wife petitioning her daughter, or me petitioning my step-daughter? Is this an F2A?

[Hank_ 9,174]

Ok, Hank, oh wise one, what would be faster? My wife petitioning her daughter, or me petitioning my step-daughter? Is this an F2A?

Honestly I really don't know. The more ya drift away from the K-1 the less I have knowledge about.

Maybe this will be helpful: http://www.uscis.gov/family

[PhiLandShiR 18]

Ok, Hank, oh wise one, what would be faster? My wife petitioning her daughter, or me petitioning my step-daughter? Is this an F2A?

Having just gone through the I-130 route for my MiL with the plan to bring her last daughter over.

We found that the time was very much shorter if MiL did the petitioning and not my wife.

I would say run the papers in your wife's name.

-Phil

[Ronn63 41]

Having just gone through the I-130 route for my MiL with the plan to bring her last daughter over.

We found that the time was very much shorter if MiL did the petitioning and not my wife.

I would say run the papers in your wife's name.

-Phil

My wife is not yet a citizen Phil. Not even LPR yet, (forthcoming soon I hope.) From what I've read, it takes a lot longer for LPR's to do the I-130 route. I'm not sure who MiL is?

[apple21 953]

Ok, Hank, oh wise one, what would be faster? My wife petitioning her daughter, or me petitioning my step-daughter? Is this an F2A?

It would be faster if you, as the USC step-parent, would file the i-130. Your step-daughter will be CR2.

If your LPR wife files for her daughter, she will be F2A.

[PhiLandShiR 18]

My wife is not yet a citizen Phil. Not even LPR yet, (forthcoming soon I hope.) From what I've read, it takes a lot longer for LPR's to do the I-130 route. I'm not sure who MiL is?

MiL is Mother in Law.

We want to get my wife's younger sister over here and discovered that it would be faster to bring her mom and have mom petition for her daughter than to have my wife petition for her sister.

-Phil