Follow-to-join visas

[St's 0]

Hi, I am a newbie in this site. My friend recommended it to me.

I came to the US in August and got married in September. Today, we went to an Immigration office to get the requirements in applying for the adjustment of status. Does my husband have to apply for a I-130 form when I had the approved I-129F? From my understanding I-130 is only when we both got married in my country (Philippines). In our case, I got in wit a fiance visa (K1) and got married within 90 days. The lady at the immigration office handed me a I-130 form and that's another like almost 400USD in fees.

Furthermore, I have a four-year old son who has been approved in the I-129 petition but is still in the Philippines. I am planning to take him here in March after his first school year. From my understanding, the petition that he has been approved of is valid for one year from the time I received my visa which is in July 2008. So that poses NO problem in taking him here in March. However, this morning I learned that I have to take my son here in the States within 90 days also? I don't remember reading anything about this on the USCIS website. I hope someone with a similar case can enlighten me on this. The printout of a document I have states it very clear that: "SUCH FOLLOW-TO-JOIN K2 VISAS CAN ONLY BE ISSUED WITHIN ONE YEAR FROM THE TIME THE PARENT WAS ISSUED THE K1 VISA.."

Thank you in advance. . . God bless!

[Ngoc-Anh 1]

Not sure about the Philippines, but usually a approved K1-Visa is only good for 6 months. You might want to check on that in regards of your son!

As for you you actually only need to file I-485....Adjustment of Status.

Check out this guide:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;page=k1k3aos

Good luck!

[Ling Ling 22]

Hi, I am a newbie in this site. My friend recommended it to me.

I came to the US in August and got married in September. Today, we went to an Immigration office to get the requirements in applying for the adjustment of status. Does my husband have to apply for a I-130 form when I had the approved I-129F? From my understanding I-130 is only when we both got married in my country (Philippines). In our case, I got in wit a fiance visa (K1) and got married within 90 days. The lady at the immigration office handed me a I-130 form and that's another like almost 400USD in fees.

Furthermore, I have a four-year old son who has been approved in the I-129 petition but is still in the Philippines. I am planning to take him here in March after his first school year. From my understanding, the petition that he has been approved of is valid for one year from the time I received my visa which is in July 2008. So that poses NO problem in taking him here in March. However, this morning I learned that I have to take my son here in the States within 90 days also? I don't remember reading anything about this on the USCIS website. I hope someone with a similar case can enlighten me on this. The printout of a document I have states it very clear that: "SUCH FOLLOW-TO-JOIN K2 VISAS CAN ONLY BE ISSUED WITHIN ONE YEAR FROM THE TIME THE PARENT WAS ISSUED THE K1 VISA.."

Thank you in advance. . . God bless!

Please fill in your timeline....it will help others to assist you, and it will help others to have reasonable expectations about timelines.

I-129f is a petition to apply for a visa, not a visa application.

Now that your son's petition has been approved, has his visa application also been approved?

If his visa application was approved, then you have 90 days for him to enter on the visa.

If only the petition was approved, then you have 1 year to apply for his visa.

Good luck, and please

[payxibka 10,047]

Hi, I am a newbie in this site. My friend recommended it to me.

I came to the US in August and got married in September. Today, we went to an Immigration office to get the requirements in applying for the adjustment of status. Does my husband have to apply for a I-130 form when I had the approved I-129F? From my understanding I-130 is only when we both got married in my country (Philippines). In our case, I got in wit a fiance visa (K1) and got married within 90 days. The lady at the immigration office handed me a I-130 form and that's another like almost 400USD in fees.

Furthermore, I have a four-year old son who has been approved in the I-129 petition but is still in the Philippines. I am planning to take him here in March after his first school year. From my understanding, the petition that he has been approved of is valid for one year from the time I received my visa which is in July 2008. So that poses NO problem in taking him here in March. However, this morning I learned that I have to take my son here in the States within 90 days also? I don't remember reading anything about this on the USCIS website. I hope someone with a similar case can enlighten me on this. The printout of a document I have states it very clear that: "SUCH FOLLOW-TO-JOIN K2 VISAS CAN ONLY BE ISSUED WITHIN ONE YEAR FROM THE TIME THE PARENT WAS ISSUED THE K1 VISA.."

Thank you in advance. . . God bless!

1) Adjustment of Status Form is the I-485 - Fee = $930 per applicant + $80 biometric per applicant if required

2) Stop learning there.... you have 1 year from date of issue of your K-1 to have the K-2 issued.