Passports for stepchildren (beneficiaries) - at what stage are they needed?

[leeen21 27]

I will soon be submitting three I-130s for my husband and my two stepdaughters. His passport expires in about a month and should be easy to renew. However, the two girls (age 12 and 15) do not have passports, so we are going through the process of getting theirs.

 

Can I submit the I-130s with his expiring passport and without theirs, as long as we'll have them by the NVC/pre-interview stage? Once we have them, can we add them as "addendums" to our application? I just don't want to hold up the process while we wait to receive their passports.

 

 

[Crazy Cat 41,976]

1.  You can submit the I-130s.  They will need valid passports for the interview.

2.  There are no addendums for immediate relatives of US citizens.  Each will require a separate I-130, and each will be a separate case.  

 

You have many months to wait before the interview.

Edited May 5, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[leeen21 27]

12 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

1.  You can submit the I-130s.  They will need valid passports for the interview.

2.  There are no addendums for immediate relatives of US citizens.  Each will require a separate I-130, and each will be a separate case.  

 

You have many months to wait before the interview.

1. Phew! We’ll definitely have them by interview time.

 

2. Right, I know that - I’ve prepared 3 separate I-130s for each of them. I worded my question incorrectly. What I meant was, I’ve heard of petitioners sending additional documents after the I-130 is submitted - for example, a copy of the petitioner’s updated passport after a name change. My question was if we’ll need to send those afterwards, or if we’ll just wait for the NVC stage and present them when needed at/before the interview.

 

And I know, there’s so much wait time in front of us 😫 I’m encouraged by everyone here who has made it to the other side of this process - I can’t wait until we’re there!

[Crazy Cat 41,976]

1 minute ago, leeen21 said:

My question was if we’ll need to send those afterwards, or if we’ll just wait for the NVC stage and present them when needed at/before the interview.

I would just wait......

[arken 4,197]

You don't even need to send the copy of your spouses's passport for i130 unless you are sending its pages marked with stamps for some travel evidences. It'll be required during DS-260 processing at NVC and the subsequent interview. Just provide info or bring it at the time, no amendments or addendum needed.