Addition of a child after filing I-130 form

[msuleman387@gmail 0]

Hi,

I have two questions.

 

1- I am a permanent resident of USA and I have my citizenship interview in next month. My wife lives in Pakistan, and we are married since May 2021.

I applied for her I-130 form on Aug 2021 and now we have a two-month-old baby-girl as well. My case still is in USCIS. I still not let the USCIS know about my childbirth. 

My question is when and how should I let them know about our childbirth. So, that we can have our child in that case as well.

 

2- Will our petition be faster after my citizenship?

Thank you,

Edited October 18, 2022 by msuleman387@gmail

[Boiler 45,693]

At the moment your child is a derivative of your wife's petition, once you naturalise your daughter will need her own I 130 so it will take longer.

[nastra30 2,288]

1 hour ago, msuleman387@gmail said:

Hi,

I have two questions.

 

1- I am a permanent resident of USA and I have my citizenship interview in next month. My wife lives in Pakistan, and we are married since May 2021.

I applied for her I-130 form on Aug 2021 and now we have a two-month-old baby-girl as well. My case still is in USCIS. I still not let the USCIS know about my childbirth. 

My question is when and how should I let them know about our childbirth. So, that we can have our child in that case as well.

 

2- Will our petition be faster after my citizenship?

Thank you,

+If you remain a permanent resident then you can add your child to mum's petition as a derivative at the NVC stage. That is after USCIS has already approved the petition.

+If you go through with and complete naturalization, your child will need a separate I-130 petition, and will no longer be a derivative on mum's petition.

+Visa numbers are always available for immediate relatives of USC so at least wrt availability of visa numbers being a USC is good. The concept of 'fast' though depends on many variables like USCIS approval times, NVC processing, consulate workload, etc.

 

 

 

 

[Dashinka 24,609]

In my opinion, probably best to not naturalize until after the F2A process is finished for your wife and child.  You avoid having to file another I130 for your child, and having to slow down your wife's process at NVC to allow your child's to catch up.  After they get their F2A visas, and come to the US, then naturalize and your child will also gain citizenship as a derivative.  Timing wise, I think it is a wash either way since the F2A category is also current.

 

Good Luck!

[Chancy 6,241]

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