IR 5 Petition Process

[5thics 0]

My stepson haven't filed the form I 130 for me & his dad's petition and he wanted me to help him do the process. He is over 21, working and his father and I were married when he was just 13. As we go through the process I read from USCIS that we fall under the category of Immediate Relative under IR5 Visa. So I looked into the forms needed and needs to fill out Form I 130. So this is now the situation & question that needs to be answered:

My stepson (the petitioner and still single) and his brother used to have an apartment of their own. But when his brother decided to get married and the wife got pregnant they moved to the house of his brother's wife parents. The decision was made so that the parents could easily help the new parents on taking care of their newborn. However, my stepson (our petitioner)moved in with them to cut the cost of paying for the apartment and also wants to be with his brother since he is still single (he is paying for renting the room). The house were they live in has 4 rooms and still has one vacant. I know that the parents in law of my other stepson is just awaiting for their other children's visa priority and within 2 to 3 yrs they will be coming to the US to live permanently. If his dad and I gets there he plans to live with us so we're getting an apartment just for the 3 of us.

Now my question is, since my stepson is living with them during the filing of petition, what is the address are we going to use in Form I-130 for the question # 18. Address in the United States your relative intends to live. Is it fine to use for the meantime his current address where he is now? Or it would be detrimental for our petition to get an approval since my stepson doesn't have his own apartment at the moment. My husband's kinda skeptical of putting my stepson's current address because from what he heard US immigration officers are conducting ground checking for the place where the immigrant intends to live. He fears that the filing fee we are going to pay will be put to waste.

Please I really need your thoughts regarding this matter it would surely help us do this thing. Thank you so much to all who will share your experiences & ideas.

[velrich 50]

Hiss current address is fine.

It has happenend that people move after filing the I-130 and then when it is time to file the I-864 or DS-230 they have a different address.

It is not detrimental because people move all the time.

[Joshuaching 11]

My stepson haven't filed the form I 130 for me & his dad's petition and he wanted me to help him do the process. He is over 21, working and his father and I were married when he was just 13. As we go through the process I read from USCIS that we fall under the category of Immediate Relative under IR5 Visa. So I looked into the forms needed and needs to fill out Form I 130. So this is now the situation & question that needs to be answered:

My stepson (the petitioner and still single) and his brother used to have an apartment of their own. But when his brother decided to get married and the wife got pregnant they moved to the house of his brother's wife parents. The decision was made so that the parents could easily help the new parents on taking care of their newborn. However, my stepson (our petitioner)moved in with them to cut the cost of paying for the apartment and also wants to be with his brother since he is still single (he is paying for renting the room). The house were they live in has 4 rooms and still has one vacant. I know that the parents in law of my other stepson is just awaiting for their other children's visa priority and within 2 to 3 yrs they will be coming to the US to live permanently. If his dad and I gets there he plans to live with us so we're getting an apartment just for the 3 of us.

Now my question is, since my stepson is living with them during the filing of petition, what is the address are we going to use in Form I-130 for the question # 18. Address in the United States your relative intends to live. Is it fine to use for the meantime his current address where he is now? Or it would be detrimental for our petition to get an approval since my stepson doesn't have his own apartment at the moment. My husband's kinda skeptical of putting my stepson's current address because from what he heard US immigration officers are conducting ground checking for the place where the immigrant intends to live. He fears that the filing fee we are going to pay will be put to waste.

Please I really need your thoughts regarding this matter it would surely help us do this thing. Thank you so much to all who will share your experiences & ideas.

It should not be a problem as USCIS's interest is that the address is real. People in the US move around a lot and your son should be no exception. What would be detrimental to his petition is 'if the USCIS people check around physically or via government data bases and find your son "not living there"..