Petitioning while not a US citizen

[kg8183 1]

Hello,

I was just reading the guide for CR-1 and few things came to my mind.

1) The guide states that copies of birth certificate or copies of passport of US citizen should accompany I-130. I thought a Green Card holder can also submit a petition. Am I wrong?

2) My wife came to the US as a refugee and is currently a green card holder. She fled the country with her parents when she was 3 years old and after many years in a third country, she was admitted to the US as a refugee. Hence, she never had a passport from that country. The only document she ever had was the birth certificate which she has lost.

If she was to submit an I-130, what would you say she must do if she does not have a passport and a birth certificate?

FYI, we are aware that I-130 submitted by a LPR are subject to numerical limit for visa availability and, therefore, can take very long to be approved.

thanks

[Mononoke28 135]

Hello,

I was just reading the guide for CR-1 and few things came to my mind.

1) The guide states that copies of birth certificate or copies of passport of US citizen should accompany I-130. I thought a Green Card holder can also submit a petition. Am I wrong?

2) My wife came to the US as a refugee and is currently a green card holder. She fled the country with her parents when she was 3 years old and after many years in a third country, she was admitted to the US as a refugee. Hence, she never had a passport from that country. The only document she ever had was the birth certificate which she has lost.

If she was to submit an I-130, what would you say she must do if she does not have a passport and a birth certificate?

FYI, we are aware that I-130 submitted by a LPR are subject to numerical limit for visa availability and, therefore, can take very long to be approved.

thanks

A legal permanent resident can file an I-130 for his or her spouse and all they would need to send is a copy of their green card.

I am curious to know how you were able to get married if she's never had a copy of her birth certificate or passport?

Diana

[kg8183 1]

A legal permanent resident can file an I-130 for his or her spouse and all they would need to send is a copy of their green card.

I am curious to know how you were able to get married if she's never had a copy of her birth certificate or passport?

Diana

She presented her green card, social security card, driver's license and a travel document that was issued by Red Cross that has her name, birth date, birth location, and parents' names in it. We were told it was enough to issue the license.

Just to confirm. Green card alone (no passport and birth certificate) is enough for a LPR to file I-130, correct?

thanks