applying for family members

[Sameer79 0]

hi. i would like to have a quick advise on applying for immediate relatives of a US citizen. my wife is a US citizen and she has to apply for me and our 3 kids( all below 14). what would be the best  and quickest way to apply. please advise. 🙂

 

 

[payxibka 10,045]

21 minutes ago, Sameer79 said:

hi. i would like to have a quick advise on applying for immediate relatives of a US citizen. my wife is a US citizen and she has to apply for me and our 3 kids( all below 14). what would be the best  and quickest way to apply. please advise. 🙂

 

 

No such thing as quickest.  Everything starts with I-130 petitions. 

 

Are the kids USCs?

 

 

Edited April 3, 2021 by payxibka

[Sameer79 0]

kids USCs ??? .  Agreed to no such thing as quickest. 🙂

 

[Mike E 11,740]

For you it is an I-130.  
 

For the kids we have to be sure they aren’t US citizens.  This will be a long dialog.  Hopefully you stick with it.  

When did your wife become a US citizen?

 

Has she lived 5 years in the USA?

 

Has she lived 2 years in the USA after she turned age 14?

 

Are any kids born before June 11, 2017?

 

Are any kids adopted?

[Sameer79 0]

When did your wife become a US citizen? at birth. born in the US. 

 

Has she lived 5 years in the USA? NO

 

Has she lived 2 years in the USA after she turned age 14? NO

 

Are any kids born before June 11, 2017? Yes. 

 

Are any kids adopted? NO.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

Ok so the kids are not citizens, and she will need to apply for an immigrant visa for each of you, by filing an i130 petition for each of you. See the guides at the top of the page. It will probably take at least a year at this stage.

 

If the children are still under age 18 at entry on their immigrant visas they will automatically become US citizens at that point (assuming you will live in the US with their citizen mom as part of the household). You will be able to apply to naturalize after 3 years if you remain married to your wife for that length of time.