List children if not subject to condition removal?

[mike777 0]

Hi, I'm in the process of filling out our I-751 for my wife and I come to section 5, "Information about your children." We do now have two children, but they are born here (US), so the aren't subject to any conditional removal, so I'm inclined to think I don't need to fill them out on this form. Or do they want children listed regardless? Again, I'm really inclined that this is only meant that if I'm removing conditions on my children, which I'm not, so I think I'm going to leave them blank...

But if someone can clarify this, that would be great.

Thanks.

[Gosia & Tito 199]

Hi, I'm in the process of filling out our I-751 for my wife and I come to section 5, "Information about your children." We do now have two children, but they are born here (US), so the aren't subject to any conditional removal, so I'm inclined to think I don't need to fill them out on this form. Or do they want children listed regardless? Again, I'm really inclined that this is only meant that if I'm removing conditions on my children, which I'm not, so I think I'm going to leave them blank...

But if someone can clarify this, that would be great.

Thanks.

Form says list ALL your children, next to it, you have a box to describe their immigrations status if in the US, write 'US citizen'

[N M 96]

Form says list ALL your children, next to it, you have a box to describe their immigrations status if in the US, write 'US citizen'

Yep, that's what I did. Our daughter is a USC (born here), but I still listed her and wrote "US Citizen" in the box.

Edited December 3, 2011 by N M

[HeatDeath 430]

I'm sorry for the rant but this really bugs me.

I've seen this question asked about the I-129F, the DS-230 and DS-156, the I-485, and now the I-751 - for every form where it says "List your children", people have asked "Do I have to list all of my children?"

YES, you do! All of them, all the time, on every single form that asks, unless there is clear, unambiguous language on the form itself, right above where you would fill that part in that says otherwise.

There is no implicit rule or allowance to "only put them if they're under 18" or "only put them if they're immigrating". Leaving them off is omitting an enormously important, salient, and important piece of identifying information about yourself, let alone them! I've seen people ENORMOUSLY complicate their lives and the lives of their children by leaving them off forms, particularly those earlier in the immigration process, because they made completely unwarranted assumptions about whether or not they needed to list all of their children.

You have no implicit right to privacy from USCIS [at least not if you wish to immigrate to the US], and even if you did, that privacy would not extend to hiding an entire immediate relative from them!

It's simple people, you list ALL of your children unless there is clear, unambiguous language on either the form or the form instructions saying otherwise! [And as far as I know, there never is.]

[mike777 0]

I'm sorry for the rant but this really bugs me.

I've seen this question asked about the I-129F, the DS-230 and DS-156, the I-485, and now the I-751 - for every form where it says "List your children", people have asked "Do I have to list all of my children?"

YES, you do! All of them, all the time, on every single form that asks, unless there is clear, unambiguous language on the form itself, right above where you would fill that part in that says otherwise.

There is no implicit rule or allowance to "only put them if they're under 18" or "only put them if they're immigrating". Leaving them off is omitting an enormously important, salient, and important piece of identifying information about yourself, let alone them! I've seen people ENORMOUSLY complicate their lives and the lives of their children by leaving them off forms, particularly those earlier in the immigration process, because they made completely unwarranted assumptions about whether or not they needed to list all of their children.

You have no implicit right to privacy from USCIS [at least not if you wish to immigrate to the US], and even if you did, that privacy would not extend to hiding an entire immediate relative from them!

It's simple people, you list ALL of your children unless there is clear, unambiguous language on either the form or the form instructions saying otherwise! [And as far as I know, there never is.]

Whoa, settle down there. See? that's why I asked. Better to ask than to assume. I hope you can see my reasoning though, as to why I asked. As they are not the ones that are having their conditions removed - so why would they need to be listed on that form.

Thanks for the responses, though. I'll be sure to list them.