Green card question

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My wife and I are sponsoring my stepdaughter (I-130)as an under 21 unmarried child. We are in the I-864/DS-230 part of the process with the NVC.

Assuming the apps get approved and she passes the interview I'm wanting to know what kind of green card she gets and when. Is it a temporary GC which needs an AOS at some point? Or is it a ten year GC?

Thanks!

[Samoray 165]

My wife and I are sponsoring my stepdaughter (I-130)as an under 21 unmarried child. We are in the I-864/DS-230 part of the process with the NVC.

Assuming the apps get approved and she passes the interview I'm wanting to know what kind of green card she gets and when. Is it a temporary GC which needs an AOS at some point? Or is it a ten year GC?

Thanks!

If your wife is a citizen then her under 21 years old daughter will get an IR-2 visa valid for 10 years

I am not sure if your wife is a permanent resident, what would be the visa name and period

Edited November 10, 2010 by Samoray

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Right, and then she'll get a GC in the mail. But what I want to know is, is that GC a 10 year GC? Or does it need an adjustment of status after some time?

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Whoops! I'm so sorry! I realized my mistake just now. She is over 21. (and yes, my wife became a citizen while the I-130 app was in process)

[Samoray 165]

Whoops! I'm so sorry! I realized my mistake just now. She is over 21. (and yes, my wife became a citizen while the I-130 app was in process)

Well now it is different if she is over 21, it's called F1 Visa

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O.K. so say she passes the interview in Guangzhou, then she gets an F1 visa to come to the U.S? Then is the green card the next thing she gets?

[Darnell 8,479]

F1 visa? F-1 visa is for students, not foreign children of USCitizens.

I think is IR-5 visa, maybe even IR-2 ...

F1 corresponds to the 'priority date type' not the visa type. These things are referenced as visa categories, as well, in the Monthly Visa Bulletin - so I can understand the confusion.

anyway -

once she arrives, it'll be a 10 year green card that she receives in the mail. No further processing past the POE required. Can apply for SSN after 2 weeks in country.

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Great! Thanks!