What is bona fide parent child relationship?

[Modefel 0]

What do I need for the bona fide parent child relationship?  I'm petitioning my daughter from the Philippines and she's an illegitimate child.

[Illiria 980]

38 minutes ago, Modefel said:

What do I need for the bona fide parent child relationship?  I'm petitioning my daughter from the Philippines and she's an illegitimate child.

Do you have a relationship as in do you talk the the child, are involved in their life, sending them cards/letters/emails, are a contact for their educational or medical needs? 

 

The above answers the the question from your topic title.

 

to answer the question in your post text - it can be demonstrated by photos, emails/letters/cards you sent, documentation showing you are listed as an emergency contact or person who can make decisions, and bank records showing  you pay for things like school fees or such 

Edited October 16, 2019 by Illiria
Clarity

[Modefel 0]

8 minutes ago, Illiria said:

Do you have a relationship as in do you talk the the child, are involved in their life, sending them cards/letters/emails, are a contact for their educational or medical needs? 

 

The above answers the the question from your topic title.

 

to answer the question in your post text - it can be demonstrated by photos, emails/letters/cards you sent, documentation showing you are listed as an emergency contact or person who can make decisions, and bank records showing  you pay for things like school fees or such 

 

[Modefel 0]

Yes. We chat everyday on FB messenger.  Do I need to print our conversation and send it with the application?  It will be a lot because it is more than 7 years

[payxibka 10,044]

1 hour ago, Modefel said:

Yes. We chat everyday on FB messenger.  Do I need to print our conversation and send it with the application?  It will be a lot because it is more than 7 years

Who had custody of the child now?

[JFH 12,189]

Who has asked you to provide such evidence? The I-130 does not require that you demonstrate that you are a “good” parent, just that you are the parent. 

[Modefel 0]

There is a part that said If your child is not legitimate before reaching 18 years of age, you must file your petition with copies of evidence that a bona fide parent-child existed between you and the child before the child reached 21 years of age. This may include evidence that you lived with the child, supported him or her, or in otherwise showed continuing parental interest in child's welfare.

[payxibka 10,044]

3 minutes ago, Modefel said:

There is a part that said If your child is not legitimate before reaching 18 years of age, you must file your petition with copies of evidence that a bona fide parent-child existed between you and the child before the child reached 21 years of age. This may include evidence that you lived with the child, supported him or her, or in otherwise showed continuing parental interest in child's welfare.

Who has custody of the child right now?

[Modefel 0]

She's using my last name. I'm here in the U.S and her mom is in Saudi. She's living with her mom's relatives but I'm paying for everything including school.

[payxibka 10,044]

1 minute ago, Modefel said:

She's using my last name. I'm here in the U.S and her mom is in Saudi. She's living with her mom's relatives but I'm paying for everything including school.

You might find Philippines law a hurdle that might be challenging to overcome 

[Modefel 0]

It is. It took 3 years to change a status in her birth certificate that me and her mom was not married.  Cost me a lot of money too.

[HRQX 4,145]

1 hour ago, JFH said:

Who has asked you to provide such evidence? The I-130 does not require that you demonstrate that you are a “good” parent, just that you are the parent. 

INA §101(b)(1):

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The term "child" means an unmarried person under twenty-one years of age who is-

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(D) a child born out of wedlock, by, through whom, or on whose behalf a status, privilege, or benefit is sought by virtue of the relationship of the child to its natural mother or to its natural father if the father has or had a bona fide parent-child relationship with the person;

 

Edited October 17, 2019 by HRQX

[JFH 12,189]

19 minutes ago, HRQX said:

INA §101(b)(1):

 

So OP is the father? I assumed the mother...

[HRQX 4,145]

2 minutes ago, JFH said:

So OP is the father? I assumed the mother...

OP is the father:

1 hour ago, Modefel said:

She's using my last name. I'm here in the U.S and her mom is in Saudi. She's living with her mom's relatives but I'm paying for everything including school.

 

[Modefel 0]

6 minutes ago, JFH said:

So OP is the father? I assumed the mother...

I am the father. The mother is in Saudi working.