K2 please help!

[jhammin 4]

Hi Vj's family.. Is there anyone here give me the complete link about getting my daughter here in US? I just got here last December 21, 2014. We recently sent my Adjustment of Status last March 2015. We are now waiting for my interview. But as advance knowledge i want to know where could i possibly get my daughter fast and be here with us in US? Please help me.

Thank you so much!

[Hypnos 6,576]

You have a very limited window to do this, so you should act swiftly. You only have one year from the issuance date of the principal K-1 visa to be able to obtain a K-2 visa under follow-to-join procedures.

If this is the route you wish to go down, and you have enough time, contact the embassy and let them know you wish to exercise follow-to-join benefits on an already-issued K-1. They will advise you on the next steps from there.

Edited August 14, 2015 by Hypnos

[jhammin 4]

You have a very limited window to do this, so you should act swiftly. You only have one year from the issuance date of the principal K-1 visa to be able to obtain a K-2 visa under follow-to-join procedures.

If this is the route you wish to go down, and you have enough time, contact the embassy and let them know you wish to exercise follow-to-join benefits on an already-issued K-1. They will advise you on the next steps from there.

Thank you. I really dont know what to do thou. Bc me and my husband plan to get my daughter 2 or 3 years from now bc she has to learn english first before going here. My daughter(6yrs old) currently studying in prestigious school in Cebu just to learn English! But as a mother i cant wait to see my daughter it so hard. But yea, im scared we cannot obtain k2 this time. By the way I am single mom before. And i miss my daughter a lot!

I just want to know after i get my Greencard, And by that time she knows to speak English as well. What should i do to get her here?

[Hypnos 6,576]

If you choose not to get a K-2, your husband could petition your daughter as her stepfather. It would be approximately a year or so from petitioning to her obtaining her immigrant visa.

[cristina16 81]

She is illegible to get k2. Procedure is the same as what you did when yoo processed your K1. Schedule for interview, fill up DS 160, do the medical at St Lukes, proceed to US embassy manila on interview date.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Hi,

Your daughter will learn English much faster here in the US than a school in the PI.

I came to the US at age 5 and there is a noticeable difference between my English and my older siblings' English.

My niece studied English in Vietnam for 4 years. She came here for 1 year of high school on a J-1 visa. Her English improved so much.

Best of luck on the K-2.

http://manila.usembassy.gov/follow-to-join.html

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

You can get her a K-2, but it must be issued within a year of your K-1 visa being issued. If you listed her on the I-129F petition, then this will be your easiest and fastest way to get your child here. If you wait years, then the USC stepparent will petition for her at that time via an I-130.

~ Moved from Bringing Members of Permanent Residents to America to K-1 Process - topic is K-2 follow-to-join ~

[aaron2020 11,651]

There is time to get everything done.

The K-2 must be issued by 11/14/2015.

If there is a father on the birth certificate, you will need his notarized written permission to allow the child to immigrate to the US or a court order.

Child will also need a passport.

[jhammin 4]

Thank you Everyone. I knew i never get wrong on VJ since the beginning of my journey. Im so lazy reading the uscis website and dont even understand some of it! Yay. Thank you. I take it from here. God Bless us all.

Anyway, The father's name is not included the Birth Certification of my daughter. Shame on him! Lol.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Anyway, The father's name is not included the Birth Certification of my daughter. Shame on him! Lol.

Good for you and your daughter. You have sole custody so you will not need his permission or a court order.

[Shauneg 762]

Thank you. I really dont know what to do thou. Bc me and my husband plan to get my daughter 2 or 3 years from now bc she has to learn english first before going here. My daughter(6yrs old) currently studying in prestigious school in Cebu just to learn English! But as a mother i cant wait to see my daughter it so hard. But yea, im scared we cannot obtain k2 this time. By the way I am single mom before. And i miss my daughter a lot!

I just want to know after i get my Greencard, And by that time she knows to speak English as well. What should i do to get her here?

What better way to learn a language than live in a country that speaks it, especially while she's still young. She won't pick nuanced differences in the way words are used in PI and here.

[jameson 1]

hi from Philippines... just wanna ask what if the father is listed on the birth certificate but the parents where not married? do I still need to get his permission or still have the sole custody in my child.. I don't have to shoe anything to embassy

[alvie21 0]

Hi i have same situation like yours jameson. But i included my daughter on my I-129f. I dont know if its possible for us to travel together. I really need help.

[jameson 1]

Hi...I did some research it say that here in Philippines even if the kids were recognize and used their father last name.. Still the custody is in the mother because their not married, you don't have to show anything.. Passport and birth cert of the child is only needed to travel..and its better if you will travel together with you kids..

[alvie21 0]

Thanks jameson. That is good to know. Atleast now i know what to do. Btw how was your case? I hope everyone esp with k2 will get approved. We got an rfe abt the imbra act. But my main goal is for my child to travel with me.