stepmother won't sign the affidavit of support

[nolram 0]

hello to everyone i've been lurking on this forum for a week, i'm from philippines and i have a friend who have some problem about their petition. His father was petitioned thru k3 visa by her 2nd wife who is a USC and he arrived in the u.s last 2003. My friend(over 21 years) old and his younger brother who is a minor were applied for petition by their stepmother, But last 2009 their father and their stepmother got separated. And now they need to file the affidavit of support but the petitioner is hiding and don't want to file the affidavit of support. What can they do now? is there other way to file the affidavit of support? Their father is a green card holder now.

[LIFE'SJOURNEY 970]

Hello to everyone I've been lurking on this forum for a week, I'm from Philippines and I have a friend who have a problem with their petition. His father who was petitioned thru a k3 visa by his 2nd wife (who is a USC). The father arrived in the US in 2003. My friend(over 21 years) old and his younger brother who is a minor were petition for by their stepmother. But, in 2009 the father and the stepmother separated. Now they need to file the affidavit of support but the petitioner the step-mother is hiding and don't want to file the affidavit of support.

What can they do now? Is there another way to file the affidavit of support? Their father is still a green card holder .

If the step-mother doesn't want to continue the petition then the petition is DEAD.

[jhp 10]

hello to everyone i've been lurking on this forum for a week, i'm from philippines and i have a friend who have some problem about their petition. His father was petitioned thru k3 visa by her 2nd wife who is a USC and he arrived in the u.s last 2003. My friend(over 21 years) old and his younger brother who is a minor were applied for petition by their stepmother, But last 2009 their father and their stepmother got separated. And now they need to file the affidavit of support but the petitioner is hiding and don't want to file the affidavit of support. What can they do now? is there other way to file the affidavit of support? Their father is a green card holder now.

I dont find any way bcaz petitioner has to be principal sponserer (may have co sponserer but need sponser letter from principal )

[nolram 0]

is it possible for their father to continue the petition?

[aleful 1,905]

hello to everyone i've been lurking on this forum for a week, i'm from philippines and i have a friend who have some problem about their petition. His father was petitioned thru k3 visa by her 2nd wife who is a USC and he arrived in the u.s last 2003. My friend(over 21 years) old and his younger brother who is a minor were applied for petition by their stepmother, But last 2009 their father and their stepmother got separated. And now they need to file the affidavit of support but the petitioner is hiding and don't want to file the affidavit of support. What can they do now? is there other way to file the affidavit of support? Their father is a green card holder now.

ditto, now that she's separated, she has no obligation to file for stepchildren since she is no longer with their father. the petition is dead.

since their father is a LPR, he can file for them, but it will take a very long time if the are over 21. and they must stay unmarried while he is a LPR.

[nolram 0]

thanks for all of you who answered. they are separated but not legally. they are trying to contact the stepmother to just finish the whole petition. does the petition have an expiration?

[Jojo92122 1,924]

thanks for all of you who answered. they are separated but not legally. they are trying to contact the stepmother to just finish the whole petition. does the petition have an expiration?

The I-130 will not "expire." It will be invalid if the stepmother divorces the father.

It's the stepmother's choice to continue the process. NO ONE CAN FORCE HER TO DO IT. She is not required to complete the process. She can abandon the process if she wants.

Given what you have stated, there is no way this lady will continue the process. If she continues the process, she will be financially responsible for the immigrants while the Affidavit of Support is in force. No reason for her to do this if she is separated from the father.

[aleful 1,905]

thanks for all of you who answered. they are separated but not legally. they are trying to contact the stepmother to just finish the whole petition. does the petition have an expiration?

yes, she has to file the affidavit within a year, if there isn't any movement on the case, after a year it will be considered abandoned and they will close the case.

[Jojo92122 1,924]

is it possible for their father to continue the petition?

No.

[aleful 1,905]

is it possible for their father to continue the petition?

no, as said he has to file a totally different petition that will take a very long time.

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

Why doesn't the father naturalize? He's been a LPR for 8 years.

[Glyn and Kathy 288]

I wouldn't sign it either if I were no longer with the father. He could have filed for citizenship ages ago, and taken care of it on his own.