Any help would be appreciated

[ag87 0]

Hello, 

 

I am filling out the forms to bring my wife and 2 year old step daughter over to the US. I am having difficulty finding a answers to a few of my questions. If anyone can help with any of them, that will be great.

 

1. Does my 2 year old step daughter require a I 130A as well?
2. Do I submit the same proof that I do for her mother such as copies of conversations, boarding passes and others?
3. Will i need to get audio transcripts of Whatsapp voice messages as that is the primary way of communication of will the screen shots of of the voice messages suffice?
4. She has a passport with her maiden name but since we got married she has changed her last name to mine, will she need to get a new passport with the updated name, a legal document stating the name change, or will the original passport be fine since her new ID has the name change?

 

Thanks for any help

[NikLR 13,220]

Have you thoroughly read the I-130 instructions?  The answers to your first two questions are in there.

 

3) no you don't need audio transcripts.

 

4) If she wants her green card to be in her married name, her passport would also need to have her married name.

Visa in passport name

green card in visa name. 

~~ moved to process and procedures from progress reports~~

Edited June 11, 2018 by NikLR

[geowrian 22,335]

1. No. Only your spouse's I-130 petition needs an I-130A. However, you must file a separate I-130 for the child.
2. See the guide: http://www.visajourney.com/content/childpet
3. There is no way to provide digital files or anything other than printed documents. So no audio or video will work, and transcripts would not be verifiable. Screenshots and chat transcripts are what most people use.
4. If she wants the visa and green card in her married name, she will need a new passport. They will issue the visa in the name on the passport, and the subsequent green card will be issued in that name as well.

[pushbrk 12,092]

You don't need relationship evidence in the child's petition package, except your marriage certificate and the child's birth certificate.  Those establish your legal marriage to the child's mother.