confused about k2 visa for stepdaughter

[f f 725]

no it is faster for the usc to file. same form just no waiting for priority dates. and no one besides the 17 year old daughter can file for the child since you can not file for grand children or adopt just for the immigration benfit.

 

please read the i130 form and instructions

[Jojo92122 1,924]

20 minutes ago, f f said:

no it is faster for the usc to file. same form just no waiting for priority dates. and no one besides the 17 year old daughter can file for the child since you can not file for grand children or adopt just for the immigration benfit.

 

please read the i130 form and instructions

Yes, it's faster if the USC stepfather to file for the daughter.  The problem is that it drags this out to 3 years overall and cost more since two cases are required for mother and child to immigrate.  The stepdaughter would have to immigrate alone, get a Re-Entry Permit, and file another I-130 for a F2a case.

 

The smarter move is for the LPR mother to file so that it's only two years overall, cost less because it's one case and not two, and they immigrate together.

[Auds 223]

7 hours ago, JFH said:

We are going a little off-topic here but why would the baby need to be "partly fostered"? And how does a child become "partly fostered"? Either a child is in foster care or they are not. There has been nothing to suggest that the mother is unable to parent her child. She may only be 17 but many of us were born to teenage mothers (myself included). And there is probably a father on the scene too. Why are you suggesting the baby should be taken away from the birth parents? Who said they are not able to care for their child? 

Hmm - if she does her CR2 baby cannot join mother.

 

mother can make trips home to be with baby but not too long for correct as she must continue her residency to apply for baby.

 

 

but yes LPR mum filing may be the best solution.  As she is still 17 all should be done before 21.

 

 

Edited May 16, 2017 by Auds

[f f 725]

I agree with you I thought you were having the usc file for the grand child.

 

say a snappy comment and realize I misunderstood the post before :/