When can Mom-In-Law file

[PhiLandShiR 18]

Hello Everyone,

We filed for my Mother-in-Law to come over here and received our NOA1 for the I-130.

Now we wait for the application to be forwarded to NVC.

In the mean time we are getting the DS-230 forms signed and mailed back to us here in the US.

My question now is this:

How soon can MiL file for her youngest daughter?

I see from the I-130 form, the only information needed from Mom is her 'A' number.

I would expect she will have that assigned from NVC shortly.

Can she file once she has that?

It would be before she has had her interview in Manila however....

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Phil

[sunandmoon 450]

Hello Everyone,

We filed for my Mother-in-Law to come over here and received our NOA1 for the I-130.

Now we wait for the application to be forwarded to NVC.

In the mean time we are getting the DS-230 forms signed and mailed back to us here in the US.

My question now is this:

How soon can MiL file for her youngest daughter?

I see from the I-130 form, the only information needed from Mom is her 'A' number.

I would expect she will have that assigned from NVC shortly.

Can she file once she has that?

It would be before she has had her interview in Manila however....

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Phil

she cannot file until she becomes a Permanent Resident.

[apple21 953]

Mom can only file i-130 AFTER she receives her green card.

How old is the daughter? Is she single or married?

F2A category (Unmarried Child below 21 of a Lawful Permanent Resident) has a waiting time of 2-3 years.

F2B category (Unmarried Son/Daughter over 21 of a Lawful Permanent Resident) has a waiting time of 11 years.

Edited March 5, 2013 by apple21

[Darnell 8,478]

One Day after she hits a USA POE. <EOM>

[PhiLandShiR 18]

Daughter will turn 20 this July.

Daughter is still single.

I have looked everywhere but have not found any solid timeline that states MiL needs to wait till she gets here to file.

I want to get the paperwork moving as fast as possible because of the ticking clock for the daughter.

-Phil

Mom can only file i-130 AFTER she receives her green card.

How old is the daughter? Is she single or married?

F2A category (Unmarried Child below 21 of a Lawful Permanent Resident) has a waiting time of 2-3 years.

F2B category (Unmarried Son/Daughter over 21 of a Lawful Permanent Resident) has a waiting time of 11 years.

[sunandmoon 450]

I suggest reading the instructions for the i-130. http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-130instr.pdf

she has to be a LPR before she can petition for her child. an A# number goes not give LPR status. it is simply an alien registration number. your MIL first needs to obtain her visa, then enter the USA before she can petition her child. don't do anything that would delay the process for the daughter.

[PhiLandShiR 18]

I did read that. Very carefully in fact, when we applied for MiL.

I guess we will need to wait till we can get copies of her passport stamps showing entry.

-Phil

I suggest reading the instructions for the i-130. http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-130instr.pdf

she has to be a LPR before she can petition for her child. an A# number goes not give LPR status. it is simply an alien registration number. your MIL first needs to obtain her visa, then enter the USA before she can petition her child. don't do anything that would delay the process for the daughter.

[sunandmoon 450]

I can understand you concern. for the daughter the wait now is close to 2 1/2 years (F2A). hopefully that will improve. even with CSPA, it's possible the daughter will age out.

[apple21 953]

Daughter will turn 20 this July.

Daughter is still single.

I have looked everywhere but have not found any solid timeline that states MiL needs to wait till she gets here to file.

I want to get the paperwork moving as fast as possible because of the ticking clock for the daughter.

-Phil

If MIL files i-130 now, what evidence does she have to show her LPR status? Your wife waited until after her oath taking to file for her mom, right? Its basically the same thing. Daughter has to show proof she's a USC, mom has to show proof she's LPR.

[Darnell 8,478]

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