Please Help with I-130 Question

[GarynMarie 0]

Hi everyone Well this is it-My first official Question for our Visa Journey. How would I answer Question #22 on the I-130 Form. It would seem that because my wife is not in the United States that this question would not apply to her and I would simply write N/A. But in the instructions I have from "***removed***" it states that their is an exception for K3/K4 applicants. It says to write: "Plan to obtain a K-3 visa abroad and adjust status in the U.S.". Fill in the city you plan to adjust status and write the consulate you will return to if needed. If this is the case what city would we plan to adjust status in and what consulate would we return to if needed. I am from wWisconsin and thats where Marie will be living also after coming here on a K-3 Visa. She lives in the Philippines right now. Oh yeah and also-another quick question. On question #17 it says to List Husband/Wife and and all children of your relative. I put my name down of coarse because I am my relatives Husband, but my question is would I write my daughters name also. She is from a previous relationship (not marriage) and lives with me full time. She is in fact now Maries stepdaughter, so would she be Maries child in the eyes of the immigration office or should I just leave my daughters name out of it to keep the form as simple as possible. Thanks everyone ahead of time-God Bless-Gary-I will start my timeline soon

[aussiewench 9]

The I-130 whilst it is necessary to be filed in order to file the I-129F petition for the K-3 visa, is also a path of its own as it is a path to the CR-1 visa. Follow the example form given here on VJ and put the city and country of consulate in the second section of question 22. At this early stage you really do not want to lessen your options as anything can happen during these processes. That can be handled at a later date.

See the example I-130 form http://www.visajourney.com/examples/INS-Form-I-130.pdf

Edited for spelling

Edited August 27, 2006 by aussiewench

[simple_male 1]

Hi everyone Well this is it-My first official Question for our Visa Journey. How would I answer Question #22 on the I-130 Form. It would seem that because my wife is not in the United States that this question would not apply to her and I would simply write N/A. But in the instructions I have from "***removed***" it states that their is an exception for K3/K4 applicants. It says to write: "Plan to obtain a K-3 visa abroad and adjust status in the U.S.". Fill in the city you plan to adjust status and write the consulate you will return to if needed. If this is the case what city would we plan to adjust status in and what consulate would we return to if needed. I am from wWisconsin and thats where Marie will be living also after coming here on a K-3 Visa. She lives in the Philippines right now. Oh yeah and also-another quick question. On question #17 it says to List Husband/Wife and and all children of your relative. I put my name down of coarse because I am my relatives Husband, but my question is would I write my daughters name also. She is from a previous relationship (not marriage) and lives with me full time. She is in fact now Maries stepdaughter, so would she be Maries child in the eyes of the immigration office or should I just leave my daughters name out of it to keep the form as simple as possible. Thanks everyone ahead of time-God Bless-Gary-I will start my timeline soon

Your first part was answered by Aussie. I will answer your 2nd question about Question # 17. Yes, you are her husband, so you put your name down there. You will list only her child(ren), if she has any. You don't list your daughter.

[knowledge 0]

Hi everyone Well this is it-My first official Question for our Visa Journey. How would I answer Question #22 on the I-130 Form. It would seem that because my wife is not in the United States that this question would not apply to her and I would simply write N/A. But in the instructions I have from "***removed***" it states that their is an exception for K3/K4 applicants. It says to write: "Plan to obtain a K-3 visa abroad and adjust status in the U.S.". Fill in the city you plan to adjust status and write the consulate you will return to if needed. If this is the case what city would we plan to adjust status in and what consulate would we return to if needed. I am from wWisconsin and thats where Marie will be living also after coming here on a K-3 Visa. She lives in the Philippines right now. Oh yeah and also-another quick question. On question #17 it says to List Husband/Wife and and all children of your relative. I put my name down of coarse because I am my relatives Husband, but my question is would I write my daughters name also. She is from a previous relationship (not marriage) and lives with me full time. She is in fact now Maries stepdaughter, so would she be Maries child in the eyes of the immigration office or should I just leave my daughters name out of it to keep the form as simple as possible. Thanks everyone ahead of time-God Bless-Gary-I will start my timeline soon

We just send our 1-130 last week and searched and searched for the q. 22 and did not find; i was confused by the word " if the spouse is not eligible,"...then second part mentionning the consulate...I was scratching my head for 2 days...trying to understand what they meant...then i found the Instructions of the I-130, somewhere they explain that form is to determine the eligibility of the spouse...then well to put the story short, we finally put: N/A- in the part: spouse is not in the US, and for the 2nd part we put see sheet attached and wrote on it: that we did not understood the 1st part of the 2nd phrase of q.22 but we understand that the form is an application to determine the eligibility and if it was to a consulate, we precised the city...

Overall, if we are confused, maybe it's because it does not apply to our case...except the consulate question...not ther est...then i discovered the wavers forum with difficult stories of people who have overstayed, etc...and then i thought maybe this question is for this type of cases...Don't know but this is what we wrote...

If anyone has more deeper understanding of sometimes such confusing questions...