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My step son has a valid PR status. In Oct 2019 he went to uruguay with the intention of returning to the USA within 6 months. Due to fears of travel during covid, he has been delaying travel and now its been a year and a month. He has a ticket for this weekend to return, will they deny him entry to the USA? Normally after a year you would need to get a new visa but are they being at all flexible due to the covid pandemic? If they do refuse him entry, what happens? 

Wow that makes me SO happy! Here I was thinking I had to spend 1000.00 and I don't yeeeehaaaawwww!   Thank you!!

I am a US citizen and brought my stepson here on an IR2 Visa. He is over 21 but was under 21 when I originally submitted the application and so his age was frozen and he is still considered a child. When I brought my fiancé here, he had to adjust his status for 1000. In reading the website, it seems like my stepson will automatically get the green card and that I only have to pay "USCIS Immigration Fee." Am I reading this right? Do I not need to fill out a form I-485 ?

Thanks!

Hi! I'm trying to fill out this affidavit of support for bringing my step son over from Uruguay and I am a US Citizen. I am filing for I-864ez under only my income.

It is asking for my income for the last three years and I am confused as what to put. My taxes were filed jointly with my husband, and so the income amount on our tax forms are a reflection of both of our incomes as one lump sum.

Should I try and figure out what only my income was, or do I just include the total of both of our incomes as stated on our taxes? I am not including my husband on the affidavit of support form because my income alone would qualify and it's easier to fill out the form with just one sponsor.

Any help would be appreciated,

Thank you,

Jamie

Thank you for your help! How do i figure out how long it will take for this process?

I did not add him to the K-1 and he was under 18 when I married his father.

So I can only file an I-130 as a step parent and he must wait for a visa to be available? Is there a long wait when he is the step child of am American citizen?

Hello,

I am a us citizen and brought my husband from Uruguay on a K-1 Visa. My step son would now like to come live with us and he is under 21 and not married. I am a little confused when reading about the K-4 Visa. Is he eligible to come on a K-4 while waiting for the I-130 to be processed? USCIS.GOV says:

A child may be eligible for a K-4 visa if:

• He or she is unmarried, under 21, and the child of a qualified K-3 nonimmigrant visa applicant

and

Note: In order for a K-4 who is a step-child of a USC to immigrate as a relative of the USC step-parent (whether through adjustment of status in the United States or an immigrant visa abroad) the marriage between his or her parent and the USC must have occurred before his or her 18th birthday.

But my husband didn't come on a K-3...does that mean my step son cant come on the K-4? Other info I'm reading seems to indicate that he would be eligible as I married his father before he turned 18, he isn't married, and he is under 21.

He is in a bad way in his country and very alone and is desperate to come as quickly as possible to be with his father and I. What is the fastest way to get him here? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

-Jamie

wow really? Thank you so much ill google it!

Help! My husband just found out his father is dying and we quickly used points to book a flight on the only available date, in six days! We then realized that his passport is expired and he is flying to Uruguay from Wisconsin. Can he still fly there if his passport is expired? What to do??

No, first you will pay the AOS (Affidavit of Support) & IV (immigrant Visa) Fees ($88 & $404 respectively) to NVC.

Then you will submit the I-864 (AOS) Packet & the DS-230 (Immigrant Visa Application.) Packet to NVC.

For IR (Immediate Relative) Visas there is not Adjustment of Status as they are grant LPR Status upon Entry.

Here is the guide for bringing children.

Thank you...you have been so very helpful!!

Each stage requires it's own documentation.

For the I-130 you only need to prove that you are a US Citizen and have a Petition-able Relationship with the beneficiary.

Your USC Status is proved either by a US Issued Birth Certificate, US Passport or Naturalization Certificate.

The relationship is usually accomplished by proving you're married to the child's legal/biological parent (so you provide your marriage certificate) and the child's birth certificate to prove the parent/child relationship.

That's all that you need for the I-130.

You are correct your husband can apply for him as an LPR but then there won't be an immediate Visa Number available and he'll have to wait a few to many years for one. Your husband would also have to file an I-130.

I think maybe you are confusing as few things. Depending on how your husband arrived (K-1 or CR/IR Visa) his son may have qualified for FTJ (Follow to Join) benefits within 1 year of your husband's visa issuance.

If you were already married before he arrived then you could have filed an I-130 for each of them and brought the child at the same time.

If you husband was in the US by other means and you AOSed him in country then you could have started the I-130 process before your husband's AOS was approved or either of you could have filed an I-130 anytime after your husband was approved.

My husband came on a K-1 visa, we then married, and applied for an AOS. That was three years ago. All I've done now for his son is submit the I-130. Im confused mostly about what happens next, when he will be able to come, and how much more money and how many more forms I am going to have to fill out. I thought it was as easy as fill out the I-130, he gets a visa and comes here. I figured I might have to do an AOS once he was here...but now I dont really know what happens next.

In a nutshell...

You as the USC will file an I-130.

Once the I-130 is approved it will move to NVC where you'll pay an AOS Fee and IV Fee. You'll also submit an I-864 and DS-320 packet for your stepson.

Upon Case Completion at NVC the file will be forwarded to the consulate for Consular Processing.

That's the 30,000 ft overview...

So I will just pay the AOS fee and IV fee...does that mean I dont actually have to fill out those forms? Just pay the fees? What is "IV"?

Also, will my stepson be able to come here once the I-130 is approved? He wouldnt have to wait for this I-864 and AOS in his country, will he?

I appreciate all the responses

So I will just pay the AOS fee and IV fee...does that mean I dont actually have to fill out those forms? Just pay the fees? What is "IV"?

Also, will my stepson be able to come here once the I-130 is approved? He wouldnt have to wait for this I-864 and AOS in his country, will he?

I appreciate all the responses

My apologies; what is a DS-320 packet?

It looks like you are saying that I dont send the documentation with the I-130, but instead later with the I-864 but the instructions for the I-130 say to include those documents with that. The way I am reading it, I can either apply for his green card as my stepson with an I-130, as a US citizen, or my husband can apply for him as his child with the I-864 as a permenant resident. Did I read that incorrectly?

and the website keeps saying that I can include the AOS application with the I-130 so Im very confused...

The I-130 will be sent to NVC, where you will have to send then I-864, and requested foreign documents like birth cert, police cert, etc... and then sent to the home country for interview and issuance of a visa to step child.

Once step-child enters the USA using the IR-2 visa they will be automatically issued a green-card, no adjustment of status needed.

I was under the impression that you either file an I-130 or I-864? His father has been here 3 years on his Green Card, I thought I read that if it was later than 6 months, you needed to submit an I130. If my husband had been ehre less than 6 months, then I could have submitted an I-864. Did I read wrong or...?

I am trying to bring my stepson here from out of country. I am a US citizen. My husband and I were married (he is a perminent resident) before the child was 18. I filed an I-130. My question is, once the I130 is approved and a Visa is issued (I dont have to wait for a Visa # to become available), will I need to file an AOS afterwards? Or will the I-130 result in a green card?

Thank you!

Jamie

You'll be fine. Just get it sent in asap. It shouldn't take too long to get it together to send off. Personally I would send it asap and not worry if I accidentally leave out some evidence, they can always send a RFE and that's fine!

Well I dont get paid until next weekend. Will that be too late? Also, why do I have to pay biometrics fee again? We did that two years ago with the original? Is there some kind of grace period or something? I thought I read something about a court date if you didnt lift conditions...Im so worried

Help! I forgot to send the application to life my husbands conditions and his green card expires in a few days. Is he going to get deported? Should I send in the application now, even though its late or will I just lose the money?

Jamie

Hi,

I am just filing I-130s for stepsons who are only six years old (twins). What kind of visa should we be asking for?

Thanks!

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Same here- I am about to submitt I-130 for my unmarried step son under 21. I read that there is no "waiting in line" for the visa because I am a US Cit applying for my step son. But after that is approved, what happens? He just gets a visa issued and then comes here and then do I have to file an AOS?

Please help! Thanks, Jamie

Hello all - n00b here.

I am curious about this; I notice many of you got your Noa1 and 2'd very fast, like weeks after filing the I-129f. I filed mine on July 19 and just received my "notice of delivery receipt" dated July 30. How did you all get so lucky?

I think that it depends onthe country of your fiance and how organized your paperwork was and if you included everything needed. Also, if you had a lawyer do it, maybe they didnt send it in as fast as you thought.

Good luck!

Also, if I must submitt both the I485 and the I130, can I submit the I130 first, bring the son here, and then later submit the I485 once I have the money (meaning he would be here while we saved up $) ? And, am I right that he would be considered a minor child because he is under 21, unmarried, and became my stepson before he turned 18?

I brought my husband over on a K-1 visa and we married before his son turned 18. His son, my stepson, is 18 and unmarried and I would like to bring him from Uruguay to the USA. As I understand it, I can bring him over as a relative of a US citizen because my husband and I married before he was 18 and he is under 21 and unmarried. I am a little confused as to the cheapest way to bring him over. Must I submitt both an I130 for 355$ and a I485 for 1010$ ?

How much usually do consultation services cost? I just want to get an idea so I know what to expect.

My boyfriend is currently here on a Tourist Visa but his I-94 expires on Sept 30. We recently got engaged and I am wondering what would be our options and the best way for us to be together soon. Thanks!

Here are my options so far:

a) Let him go back to his country then just get married there early next year (Jan or Feb 2010). But only question is how long is the wait til he can come back to the USA.

b) OR Get married here in the US before his I-94 expires. Will he be able to wait here until the adjustment of status is approved or does he need to go back home first and wait there? How long does the AoS take and how soon can he visit his local country again so we can do the church wedding there?

thanks!

What country is he from? How long have you been together?

wouldn't I have still have to file an AOS with both the IR Visa and the FTJ Visa? Don't the visas both just get him here and then once he is here I would have to follow the same process after that?

NO, an IR visa comes eligible for greencard immediately upon entry and is automatic... no added processing

Wow that's great, thank you so much for all of your help!

-Jamie

wouldn't I have still have to file an AOS with both the IR Visa and the FTJ Visa? Don't the visas both just get him here and then once he is here I would have to follow the same process after that?