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Not sure if I’m in the right place so please bear with me.  Ok so my situation is as follows.  My wife came to the U.S. from Thailand in June 2018 on a k1 visa and we married in August 2018.  She has her green card now. She has a 10 year old daughter that we want to bring here also.  The daughter wasn’t included on the k1 visa application.  My questions are what visa would we use to bring her here and what is a realistic timeline from start to visa in hand.

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Yes, sounds like she is young, just need evidence she is your step daughter.

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Well you can petition her to immigrate as a step parent.

 

When you say not included, presumably she was mentioned as children need to be declared immigrating or not.

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10 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Well you can petition her to immigrate as a step parent.

 

When you say not included, presumably she was mentioned as children need to be declared immigrating or not.

Yes she was mentioned as children but not immigrating at that time.

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Lets see if a Mod will move this to the correct forum.

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No need a Mod will move this to bringing family member of USC

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~~Moved to Bringing Family Members of USC, from Bring Family of PR- The OP is able to petition as a step parent.~~

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35 minutes ago, Ontarkie said:

~~Moved to Bringing Family Members of USC, from Bring Family of PR- The OP is able to petition as a step parent.~~

Ok if I petition as a step parent what document do I use and what is the realistic time from start to finish?

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7 minutes ago, sd3fan said:

Ok if I petition as a step parent what document do I use

You file I-130 to start IR-2/CR-2 process: https://www.visajourney.com/guides/us-immigration-guide-for-children/ see "Step-parent (step-mother or step-father)" row. I-130 can be filed online or by mail: https://www.uscis.gov/i-130

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what is the realistic time from start to finish?

About 13 to 18 months. Also, does she have full legal custody of the child?

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19 minutes ago, HRQX said:

You file I-130 to start IR-2/CR-2 process: https://www.visajourney.com/guides/us-immigration-guide-for-children/ see "Step-parent (step-mother or step-father)" row. I-130 can be filed online or by mail: https://www.uscis.gov/i-130

About 13 to 18 months. Also, does she have full legal custody of the child?

She has a paper saying she has custody but the fathers name is on the birth certificate and the daughters last name is that of the father.  They were never legally married and the daughter has always lived with my wife’s mom.  That’s the reason we didn’t include her on the k1 visa.  I was sure that the father had to sign off on her leaving the country because of the birth certificate but now I’m not sure.

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Sounds like you need a Thai Family Lawyer to sort things out.

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No

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

 
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