Wife Approved, Process for her Daughter?

[TimyMaggie 0]

Hope this is the appropriate forum for this...

Everything went very smoothly for my wife's K3 visa in Ciudad Juarez in Mexico back in June. However, we hit a snag.

My step daughter (wife's daughter) is ten years old. Everything I read in preparation for the visa interview stated she DID NOT need a passport for the visa interview process and to subsequently travel to the U.S. However, when my wife and step-daughter went for the medical, they said a passport was mandatory for all persons getting a medical exam, no matter the age! My wife and I freaked out for a second, but we went through the process for just my wife and decided to figure out my step daughter's visa situation later.

So does anyone know the process I must go through for my step daughter? What forms do I need to start filling out in this situation? We have since got my step daughter a Mexican passport. My wife already has her visa and everything is fine for her.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Tim

[Dakine 26]

Hope this is the appropriate forum for this...

Everything went very smoothly for my wife's K3 visa in Ciudad Juarez in Mexico back in June. However, we hit a snag.

My step daughter (wife's daughter) is ten years old. Everything I read in preparation for the visa interview stated she DID NOT need a passport for the visa interview process and to subsequently travel to the U.S. However, when my wife and step-daughter went for the medical, they said a passport was mandatory for all persons getting a medical exam, no matter the age! My wife and I freaked out for a second, but we went through the process for just my wife and decided to figure out my step daughter's visa situation later.

So does anyone know the process I must go through for my step daughter? What forms do I need to start filling out in this situation? We have since got my step daughter a Mexican passport. My wife already has her visa and everything is fine for her.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Tim

Did you put the childs name on the I-129F of you wifes? If so the daughter can get a K4 visa. I "think" you can even if you didn't put her name on it.

You'll have to file a I-130 for the child to adjust status later. Sooner you file the better.

Also file a DS 156 and DS 157 and pay the $131

Edited August 10, 2009 by Haole

[TimyMaggie 0]

Thanks so much for the advice Haole! Yes I put my step daughter's name on all visa forms I sent in originally as we had intended for her to come here. So I will look at the K4 and then adjust staus with an I-130, DS 156 and DS 157 ASAP.

Thanks very much!

Tim

Edited August 10, 2009 by TimyMaggie

[Dakine 26]

Thanks so much for the advice Haole! Yes I put my step daughter's name on all visa forms I sent in originally as we had intended for her to come here. So I will look at the K4 and then adjust staus with an I-130, DS 156 and DS 157 ASAP.

Thanks very much!

Tim

Yeah Tim. Get her medical first. I don't know how you guys get visa interview appointments in Mexico or where and how you pay for the DS 157.

I imagine you know since you've been thru it all with moms.

Daughter will have to have a approved I-130 [moms should already have one] to adjust status and get her GC when in the US. You can file for AOS moms and the kid after they get here.

$1010 for mom and $600 for the kid.

Edited August 11, 2009 by Haole