How to bring wife childrens to U.S

[Jacnie 0]

52 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

You never know what will happen in the future. 

With the current ban, the number of F2a cases waiting for visas are increasing.  Increase demand with limited annual numbers of visas means we will likely see a retrogression.  Back in 2009, there was a 5 years wait for a current PD in the F2a category.  

I'm not a betting man, I would rather lock in a child's CSPA age at under 21 in the IR category rather than take a chance in the F2a category under current circumstances.  

How can i lock  age for the older child that have 19.

[aaron2020 11,651]

4 minutes ago, Jacnie said:

How can i lock  age for the older child that have 19.

You can't lock in the age for the older child.  Whether this child will benefit from CSPA is unknown until her Priority Date is current and she has an approved I-130.

You can lock in the younger child's age at the time of filing by being the USC stepparent petitioner.  

 

 

Edited August 14, 2020 by aaron2020

[Jacnie 0]

17 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

You can't lock in the age for the older child.  Whether this child will benefit from CSPA is unknown until her Priority Date is current and she has an approved I-130.

You can lock in the younger child's age at the time of filing by being the USC stepparent petitioner.  

 

 

Oh ok thank you.

[Jacnie 0]

1 hour ago, aaron2020 said:

You can't lock in the age for the older child.  Whether this child will benefit from CSPA is unknown until her Priority Date is current and she has an approved I-130.

You can lock in the younger child's age at the time of filing by being the USC stepparent petitioner.  

 

 

If we decide to file for both child's together can both of them be on same i130 ?(in case wife filed for them).

[Lil bear 4,283]

22 minutes ago, Jacnie said:

If we decide to file for both child's together can both of them be on same i130 ?(in case wife filed for them).

No 

[aaron2020 11,651]

55 minutes ago, Jacnie said:

If we decide to file for both child's together can both of them be on same i130 ?(in case wife filed for them).

No.  You must file separate I-130 for each child.  Each child will have her own I-130 and each will have her own case.  There is no way to file for them together.  You can mail their I-130s in together in one envelope, but they will be treated as separate cases after that point.  

Edited August 14, 2020 by aaron2020

[Jacnie 0]

2 hours ago, aaron2020 said:

No.  You must file separate I-130 for each child.  Each child will have her own I-130 and each will have her own case.  There is no way to file for them together.  You can mail their I-130s in together in one envelope, but they will be treated as separate cases after that point.  

Thank you.

[aaron2020 11,651]

3 minutes ago, Jacnie said:

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Make sure you have separate checks.  And separate piles of documents for each I-130.  NOTHING WILL BE SHARED BETWEEN THE TWO CASES.  THEY ARE COMPLETELY SEPARATE AND MUST HAVE THEIR OWN SETS OF DOCUMENTS.  

[Jacnie 0]

On 8/14/2020 at 11:02 PM, aaron2020 said:

You're welcome.

Make sure you have separate checks.  And separate piles of documents for each I-130.  NOTHING WILL BE SHARED BETWEEN THE TWO CASES.  THEY ARE COMPLETELY SEPARATE AND MUST HAVE THEIR OWN SETS OF DOCUMENTS.  

We finished the form i130 for older daughter. Can someone tell me what others documents needs to be filed apart from this list?

form i130
child birth certificate
copy of passport(wife)
copy of greencard(wife)