How do you file K2 for kids?

[EBnBB 4]

Hello everyone,

 

I'm new here and in the process of gathering all the documents needed to submit the I-129F forms for the K1 Visa. I'm hoping to send it in within the next week. This is to bring my fiance and his son (3 years old) here as they currently live in Ghana. I've completed the I-129F form which includes my fiance as the beneficiary and his son as a dependent. Do I include copies of the son's passport sized pictures, birth certificate etc. in documents I send out initially? I know the son will be using the K2 Visa but I guess I'm confused as to how they'll know that we want to file for the son as well. Can someone who's been through this process help explain this to me please?

 

Thanks in advance.

[p-ana 933]

3 minutes ago, EBnBB said:

Hello everyone,

 

I'm new here and in the process of gathering all the documents needed to submit the I-129F forms for the K1 Visa. I'm hoping to send it in within the next week. This is to bring my fiance and his son (3 years old) here as they currently live in Ghana. I've completed the I-129F form which includes my fiance as the beneficiary and his son as a dependent. Do I include copies of the son's passport sized pictures, birth certificate etc. in documents I send out initially? I know the son will be using the K2 Visa but I guess I'm confused as to how they'll know that we want to file for the son as well. Can someone who's been through this process help explain this to me please?

 

Thanks in advance.

No need for anything else at this point. After the i129f is approved and sent to nvc, the embassy will get it and they will know there’s a dependent (k2) so that’s when you have to prepare docs, take the medical and have an interview 

[EandH0904 1,184]

Is the child mother 100% ok with the child leaving? 

[HP+IC 292]

They will know right from I-129F that there is a potential K2 dependant who may or may not come to the US. We preferred to frontload and filed with my kids' passports and birth certificates. They will know at the Embassy that a child is coming when you file a separate DS-160 for them and they have their medical. The child is adjudicated as a beneficiary's derivative, therefore just follow the I-129F instructions precisely and you will be fine. When it comes to interview, check instructions on your country embassy website, they normally post a checklist which explains how to deal with a K2 kid. As mentioned above, be sure you have complied with local child protection law before the interview and be ready to submit another parent's consent for the child to immigrate, if that is the case with your country.

Edited September 12, 2018 by HP+IC

[EBnBB 4]

21 hours ago, p-ana said:

No need for anything else at this point. After the i129f is approved and sent to nvc, the embassy will get it and they will know there’s a dependent (k2) so that’s when you have to prepare docs, take the medical and have an interview 

Ok great. Thanks

21 hours ago, EandH0904 said:

Is the child mother 100% ok with the child leaving? 

Unfortunately, she passed away 2 years ago

[EBnBB 4]

5 hours ago, HP+IC said:

They will know right from I-129F that there is a potential K2 dependant who may or may not come to the US. We preferred to frontload and filed with my kids' passports and birth certificates. They will know at the Embassy that a child is coming when you file a separate DS-160 for them and they have their medical. The child is adjudicated as a beneficiary's derivative, therefore just follow the I-129F instructions precisely and you will be fine. When it comes to interview, check instructions on your country embassy website, they normally post a checklist which explains how to deal with a K2 kid. As mentioned above, be sure you have complied with local child protection law before the interview and be ready to submit another parent's consent for the child to immigrate, if that is the case with your country.

ok great. Thanks for the insight. Just wanted to be sure I didn't miss anything