IR2 for stepson

[photo4ron 0]

My wife of almost 5 Years has a son that will be 18 this Nov. 24. I have filed an I-130 for my stepson to come to the United states to live with us. In the process we recieved an e-mail....................

MISSING DOCUMENT LIST FOR: SAVILLA, SEAN PAUL ANDREW GERVACIO

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

______CUSTODY PAPERS:______________________________________________

Please submit evidence that you have been granted custody of this

child. Copies of original court custody documents are acceptable.

In addition to the above, in cases of joint custody or remaining

rights of a non-custodial parent, applicants must also submit a

notarized statement from the non-custodial parent granting

permission for the child to immigrate to the U.S.

No interview will be scheduled until ALL of the information requested has been returned to the National

Visa Center.

I called NVC about this saying that I was the stepfather and that I had no custody papers. They said that the notarized statement from his natural father saying he has permission to immigrate to the U.S. is all I needed but I have a hard time believing what they say. His father didn't have resources to type up a statement, so I typed one up for him to sign and get notarized. When I typed it up it was dated June 29 2009, but they had it notarized on June 26, 2009

I would appeciate any feed back on this thanks

Ron Strickland

[NArocks 13]

A letter Notorized from the father will suffice as far as the NVC is concerned. This was an RFE we received also when I applied for my step sons in 2007.

[PinayAmerican4 0]

[Hello, Why not to try to resubmit the application and the petitioner is your wife. anyway your wife is a green card holder. But you may have to explain to the immigration about the case. Get an infopass and bring all the docs. Its better you and your wife will be present in the immigration office. Its better to do it now while the child is still under 21 y/o. Good luck.

[-mitch- 3]

isnt it faster to have the US citizen stepfather file the petition??? it will take years for LPR's petition to be current and there's a chance that the child will aged out...

im guessing you are doing the right thing its just that you have to maybe redo the notarized concent from the biological father. shun from submitting 2 applications for the same recepient. it will cause delays or even denials....

an infopass would be great and a safe step.