We need to bring by wife's children here now

[Going through 5,668]

20 minutes ago, designguy said:

Didn’t know that but wouldn’t the father have some custody currently? As the OPs wife has been married and in the US for 3 years who had custody of the children during this time?

From what I've come to understand, (I'm not familiar with all of the nuances) the embassy recognizes Philippine law when it comes to custody of children.  If the children were born out of wedlock, the biological father has no rights....the mother doesn't lose rights because she went to the USA.  As to whom the children are physically living with now, might be grandparents, etc.  I don't believe it matters.

 

20 minutes ago, designguy said:

Edit: do we know OPs wife was not married to the children’s father?

That's why I keep saying "If"  @Hank_ @geowrian  @Cyberfx1024 and @Greenbaum are well-versed in this stuff...hopefully they can chime in.

Edited September 8, 2019 by Going through

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5 hours ago, designguy said:

Didn’t know that but wouldn’t the father have some custody currently? As the OPs wife has been married and in the US for 3 years who had custody of the children during this time?

 

Edit: do we know OPs wife was not married to the children’s father?

Not usually on the custody issue. Most likely with her family. 

 

Philippines doesn't have divorce laws, so the super majority of situations are "birth out of wedlock"  

[Boiler 43,434]

Actually to see a annulment situation is super super rare due to the complications it can cause.

[little immigrant 800]

You already received good answers. I just wanted to say: what a beautiful picture! 

 

Also, I am curious. Who took care of the children during their mothers abscense? That must have been difficult for everyone. I hope everything works out for you and your beautiful family. 

[JFH 12,189]

8 hours ago, designguy said:

Didn’t know that but wouldn’t the father have some custody currently? As the OPs wife has been married and in the US for 3 years who had custody of the children during this time?

 

Edit: do we know OPs wife was not married to the children’s father?

Likely she wasn’t. Due to the complex laws surrounding divorce and annulment in the Philippines, there are a lot of single mothers. 

[SalishSea 16,771]

2 hours ago, little immigrant said:

You already received good answers. I just wanted to say: what a beautiful picture! 

 

Also, I am curious. Who took care of the children during their mothers abscense? That must have been difficult for everyone. I hope everything works out for you and your beautiful family. 

Seems pretty common for children to stay with family there for years.

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On 9/7/2019 at 4:11 PM, Dave & Gena said:

My wife was brought here on a K-1 Visa but we could not afford  to bring her children with her originally. Now we have been married 3 years , has her permanent 10 year Green Card, she has a very good job and we want to bring her two boys (11 & 9) . I heard of a process called something like "follow to immigrate" for young children of K-1 beneficiaries. How does that work and what forms/documents do we need to process, and how long does it take?

 

file i-130 instead of i-824. 

[Dave & Gena 1]

To answer everyone's questions:

1) Gena was never married to the Father of the boys, and he is deceased (KIlled in a motorcycle accident while drunk).

2) The boys have been with Gena's parents while attending school and waiting for us to petition them

3) We have petitioned them with I-130

[Southern_Belle07 146]

1 minute ago, Boiler said:

That would be against the VJ ToS and I have a feeling the Consulate might assume that plan.

Immigration lawyer is the best way then.

[SalishSea 16,771]

2 minutes ago, Southern_Belle07 said:

Immigration lawyer is the best way then.

What for?  Lawyers do not speed up or impact decisions on immigration cases.  Laws are laws.

[HRQX 4,145]

3 minutes ago, Southern_Belle07 said:

Immigration lawyer is the best way then.

The IR-2 process is straightforward. IMO, a immigration lawyer isn't necessary.

Edited October 9, 2019 by HRQX

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4 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

What for?  Lawyers do not speed up or impact decisions on immigration cases.  Laws are laws.

Consultation. For the petitioner’s peace of mind, clarity and next steps, if there are any. 

4 minutes ago, HRQX said:

The IR-2 process is straightforward. IMO, a immigration lawyer isn't necessary.

Consultation. For the petitioner’s peace of mind, clarity and next steps, if there are any. No need to be hostile or upset folks, we are all here for a reason. We have questions and want to gain clarity. Like I said, I am not sure. If my response is disappointing, kindly reply with tact.

Edited October 9, 2019 by Southern_Belle07

[SalishSea 16,771]

2 minutes ago, Southern_Belle07 said:

Consultation. For the petitioner’s peace of mind, clarity and next steps, if there are any. 

Consultation. For the petitioner’s peace of mind, clarity and next steps, if there are any. 

Sure, he can do that.  IMO it would be money wasted.  He has followed the steps to bring them over legally, and now waits in line like everyone else.  Lawyer would gladly accept money to tell them the same thing.

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