Best way to bring step daughter to US who is unmarried and 18 living in another country

[pknick 34]

1 hour ago, Illiria said:

How old was she when you married? 

She was about to be 18 in few weeks before we got married. But as per the record she is 17. 

[pknick 34]

10 hours ago, Duke & Marie said:

Unless they get the k2 and land in USA in next 3 days, seems buggered.. I130 process it will have to be 🤷‍♀️ 

 

Only thing im left wondering is why didn’t the child travel in the last 12 months? 

 

 

This child is 18 now and wants to be with her grandma and finish the graduation but now mom wants her to complete her studies in US and she wants to pay for her college tuition fees and didn’t want depend on me, mom interview date for AOS is on Jan 9, 2020. Hopefully everything goes fine and she gets her GC. She is very confident she will get job to support my step daughter Tution fees... which I can support but didn’t want to argue or debate on her self respect... 

[RamonGomez 271]

12 minutes ago, pknick said:

Hi Ramon but did she come visit u on visitor visa while in the process going on 

No she was abroad throughout the entire process.

[Illiria 980]

1 hour ago, geowrian said:

 

 

Doh really should have my coffee before I post on vj 

[Illiria 980]

14 minutes ago, pknick said:

She was about to be 18 in few weeks before we got married. But as per the record she is 17. 

Thanks sorry I didn’t catch that in your earlier post - this is good as you can petition for her as a stepparent which is quicker than her mom doing it. 

[pknick 34]

1 minute ago, Illiria said:

Thanks sorry I didn’t catch that in your earlier post - this is good as you can petition for her as a stepparent which is quicker than her mom doing it. 

Take it easy Illiria 😊 we r all blessed for free advices for most of the dilemmas we go through in this immigration process... nothing wrong to post any... 

[Duke & Marie 1,389]

3 hours ago, pknick said:

This child is 18 now and wants to be with her grandma and finish the graduation but now mom wants her to complete her studies in US and she wants to pay for her college tuition fees and didn’t want depend on me, mom interview date for AOS is on Jan 9, 2020. Hopefully everything goes fine and she gets her GC. She is very confident she will get job to support my step daughter Tution fees... which I can support but didn’t want to argue or debate on her self respect... 

To be honest, the parents knowledge of the immigration system should have overrode the child’s wishes.. 18 or not, immigration isn’t easy or something a child of 17/18 knows much about..

[azblk 338]

The OP is her step parent. The marriage happened before she turned 18 so he can sponsor her as an immediate relative. He needs to file a i-130 with consular processing.

[NikLR 13,227]

On 12/9/2019 at 2:26 PM, azblk said:

The OP is her step parent. The marriage happened before she turned 18 so he can sponsor her as an immediate relative. He needs to file a i-130 with consular processing.

She aged out at age 18 for a step parent.  Mom will have to petition. 

[azblk 338]

8 minutes ago, NikLR said:

She aged out at age 18 for a step parent.  Mom will have to petition. 

This is not correct. The only requirement for step parents is that the marriage of parents took place before they(step child) turned 18 and that the parent and step parent are still married.

[Georgia16 2,858]

23 minutes ago, NikLR said:

She aged out at age 18 for a step parent.  Mom will have to petition. 

It's 21. The child (USCIS consider them a child until 21) has to be unmarried and the stepchild/step parent have to be established before the child turn 18.

 

https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-3481/0-0-0-4805.html

 

[NikLR 13,227]

12 hours ago, azblk said:

This is not correct. The only requirement for step parents is that the marriage of parents took place before they(step child) turned 18 and that the parent and step parent are still married.

 

12 hours ago, Georgia16 said:

It's 21. The child (USCIS consider them a child until 21) has to be unmarried and the stepchild/step parent have to be established before the child turn 18.

 

https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-3481/0-0-0-4805.html

 

I've seen it said the opposite, so than you @Georgia16 for the reference.