please help- CR-1 in Manila

[seventeen hearts 0]

hi everyone,

i am married to a USC we've been living for 3 years now but we got married last 2010 i am a single mommy to a 3 year old boy last 2011 i gave birth to my second child my husband's daughter we have no problem on her paper because she is american citizen now after we apply for her CRBA. my husband is planning to file a i-130 can he still file while his here in here Philippines? what do we have to do for the first step? and he is retired US Navy retired. do we have to file a separate i-130 for me & to my son.

any reply would be much appreciated.

thank you.

[canadian_wife 1,822]

http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1

Follow the guides, one packet for you, one for your child.

File the CRBA for the child that has claims to US citizenship now.

good luck

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

**** Moving from CR-1 to DCF forum as OP's USC husband lives abroad with her ***

Yes your husband will need to file two I-130, pay two fees etc. He can file directly with the US embassy in Manila

[seventeen hearts 0]

hi thank you guys for the info btw what papers do we need to include with the i-130? all documents must be originally or copies are find?

my daughter she has her us passport already and we are waiting for her ss# coming first week of January.

[canadian_wife 1,822]

Read the guides, it is all in there

good luck

[seventeen hearts 0]

hello there,

some things confused me. we tried to fill out the form of i-130 and got questions there asking for his alien registration card what is that mean? is that important? thank you

[seventeen hearts 0]

hello

i am married to US C and we live together for 3 years now here in Cebu we have kids the eldest is my child before we get married and the youngest is his child we have no problem on her because we file the CRBA for our daughter last October this year and was approved last November so she is AMERICAN now but i have some few questions:

1. is it gonna be hard for us to bring my 3 year old son?

2. how do we start to file the i-130 because i really don't have any idea i just keep searching till i found this site

3. and for my son what is his cover letter for i-130 are we the same? can we put together the file in one packet? or it has to be separate?

this coming January we are going to manila can we just walk in to the embassy? without any appointment?

thank you very much.

any reply very much appreciated.

[canadian_wife 1,822]

If it doesn't apply to him then write n/a. The I130 is used for various visa classifications, not all questions will apply

Also look at the example forms

good luck

[Tahoma 2,292]

You may want to check into the requirements for filing an I-130 packet at the U.S. Embassy Manila's USCIS field office. This is known as Direct Consular Filing (DCF).

You can read an overview about DCF here on visa journey: My link.

Here's the link for the DCF forum on visa journey: My link.

Here's the link to the U.S. Embassy Manila's USCIS field office: My link.

Edited December 29, 2012 by Tahoma