Bringing my daughter

[Aiza20 1]

Hi everyone. I am newbie here and I'm glad that I found this community, hoping that somebody can help me. Anywies I am K1 visa (May-Dec. 2014). I got married, got greencard and now I am waiting for my remove conditions on green card. The process was really smooth for me,  everything was fall into place. Now, my question is, I have a 9 year-old daughter back in Ph and I want to get her (as soon as possible)and live with me and my husband here in California. Can anyone please tell me what form to get or step by step on how to do it?

 

Thank you for reading. 

[Boiler 46,124]

When did you marry? 

[NovaDC 270]

You could have brought your daughter with you when you came here in the US if you filed for a K2 visa. You can file petition for Form I-130.

Edited February 7, 2019 by NovaDC

[aleful 1,905]

hi

 

your husband can file for her, with the i130. the process can take a year or longer

 

if you file for her, the process will take over 2 years

 

 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

^ husband filing for stepchild will be fastest 

but nothing is “fast”

 

[Aiza20 1]

11 hours ago, Boiler said:

When did you marry? 

Feb 2015

[Aiza20 1]

11 hours ago, NovaDC said:

You could have brought your daughter with you when you came here in the US if you filed for a K2 visa. You can file petition for Form I-130.

You are correct but my mom wasn't ready for it. And thank you

[Boiler 46,124]

Just checking to see if you had another option, your husband should sponsor her, takes about a year or so.

[FluffyBalls 52]

Husband files the I130, she gets a 10 year GC in about a year (plus or minus some number of months...).

[accumbyte 149]

14 hours ago, NovaDC said:

You can file petition for Form I-130.

She can to start the F2A process but if her husband does it instead then it starts the faster IR-2 process: https://www.visajourney.com/content/child "A stepchild if the marriage creating the steprelationship took place before the child reached the age of 18"

[David & Diana R 1,005]

I would add that you will need a letter from the father allowing you to take her out of the country.  Good luck and God Bless, david

[geowrian 22,338]

1 hour ago, David & Zoila said:

I would add that you will need a letter from the father allowing you to take her out of the country.

Maybe or maybe not. Depends if the child is legitimized or not. If not, the mother has full custody and can travel w/o anything from the father in PH. other countries have other rules, obviously.

Edited February 7, 2019 by geowrian

[David & Diana R 1,005]

51 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Maybe or maybe not. Depends if the child is legitimized or not. If not, the mother has full custody and can travel w/o anything from the father in PH. other countries have other rules, obviously.

Yes, you are correct.  I mentioned this under the assumption that the father was listed as the father on the birth certificate.  If father not listed I guess you can just leave. 

[CEE53147 559]

On 2/7/2019 at 12:38 PM, Aiza20 said:

You are correct but my mom wasn't ready for it. And thank you

 

What does YOUR mom have to do with it?

[Aiza20 1]

On 2/8/2019 at 11:28 AM, CEE53147 said:

 

What does YOUR mom have to do with it?

She will miss my daughter so bad. My mom raise her and take good care of her in the PH. The father of my child is nothing to do with this and he's not on my child's birth certificate. I