bringing kids from Phil

[chas3121 0]

We have a friend that is working on bringing her young kids here from Phillipines. And was wondering how log it will take to get them approved.

[aaron2020 11,651]

It depends on several factors.

Who is petitioning for the kids? Is that person a US citizen? How old are the kids?

[johndecka 0]

We have a friend that is working on bringing her young kids here from Phillipines. And was wondering how log it will take to get them approved.

If she's USC,it could take between 8-16 months.

[chas3121 0]

the kids are under 11 years old, she is not usc the husband is. She is LPR

[Mononoke28 135]

Since her children were under 18 when she married the USC, her husband can petition them as their step-father. All he has to do is file form I-130 and that's it. It should take about 12 months or so.

Diana

[aaron2020 11,651]

Since her children were under 18 when she married the USC, her husband can petition them as their step-father. All he has to do is file form I-130 and that's it. It should take about 12 months or so.

Diana

Great answer.

[taj'samericanwife 0]

12 months to bring the child of a USC to the united states? even longer than a husband? that is horrible!

[NArocks 13]

In 2007 it took about 60 plus days to get our I-130 approved at the USCIS level, then on to the NVC the case goes, cases are going a lot faster now due to the shortcuts and ability to pay on line, why would 12 months be out of the question? Is it not better to expect a little more time and when they arrive quicker be happier? Or would people prefer someone to say it will take 6 months and then it takes 12 and they are devestated? It took us without shortcuts about 9 months to get the kids here as I ( USC ) petitioned them. We had 1 RFE at the NVC level. Make sure ducks are in a row and maybe it will take less, but however sometimes it takes a lot longer even for Children.,

Edited February 13, 2009 by NArocks

[taj'samericanwife 0]

what if he is the biological son of the USC? and could not satisfy one requirement to automatically give the US citizenship? how long would that take?

[aaron2020 11,651]

12 months to bring the child of a USC to the united states? even longer than a husband? that is horrible!

Not the child of a USC. This is a child of an LPR and the STEP-CHILD of the USC. The USC has no legal obligations under US laws to care for this child.

[aaron2020 11,651]

what if he is the biological son of the USC? and could not satisfy one requirement to automatically give the US citizenship? how long would that take?

If this was the USC father's biological child born in a foreign country, the father would need to register the child's birth at a US embassy or consulate before the child's 18th birthdate to confer US citizenship to the child. The child would be issued a US passport and travel to the US immediately as a US citizen. The time it takes depends on the embassy/consulate. I have read on this board and other boards that it can take a few days to a few weeks to get the passport.