Petiton for my child and her child?

[EstherD 0]

I'm a US citizen and I want to move back home. We live in the UK right now (but I'm not here legally). My daughter is 15 and not a US citizen. She also has a daughter.

I know I have to file I-130 and then 1-485 for my daughter, but I'm confused about my grand-daughter.

If I petition for my daughter does her daughter get derivative status?

I've read that if you're filing for an adult child then their children can get derivative status but I can't find any information on the children of a minor child.

Thanks for any help or advice you can give.

[Dakine 26]

I'm a US citizen and I want to move back home. We live in the UK right now (but I'm not here legally). My daughter is 15 and not a US citizen. She also has a daughter.

I know I have to file I-130 and then 1-485 for my daughter, but I'm confused about my grand-daughter.

If I petition for my daughter does her daughter get derivative status?

I've read that if you're filing for an adult child then their children can get derivative status but I can't find any information on the children of a minor child.

Thanks for any help or advice you can give.

How can your daughter not be a US citizen? Did you have her before you became a USC or what?

[EstherD 0]

She was born in the UK but I couldn't pass on my citizenship to her because I didn't live in the US for 2 years after my 14 birthday (left with my mother when I was 12). I never even knew that was a rule until I tried to get her a passport after she was born.