How can i bring my wife and my child to US after i got US citizen?

[Khema 0]

Hello Everyone i am new here so i need some advices about my case. I just got citizenship last week so now i want to bring my wife and my  child to US what kind of form that i need to file ? and can my child automatically become a US citizen if he was born before i got citizenship?

thank you for your help

Edited March 12, 2022 by Khema

[Mike E 11,739]

1 hour ago, Khema said:

Hello Everyone i am new here so i need some advices about my case. I just got citizenship last week so now i want to bring my wife and my  child to US what kind of form that i need to file ? and can my child automatically become a US citizen if he was born before i got citizenship?

thank you for your help

See https://www.visajourney.com/guides/

 

Once your son enters the USA on his immigration visa, if you have physical and legal custody of him your wife and you can apply for USA passport and passport card for him.  Do not pay the green card fee for him.  
 

After he gets his passport and passport card, file N-600 so that he has an original evidence of USA citizenship Independent of your naturalization certificate 

[JeanneAdil 6,498]

u follow the guides above for CR1 for wife and CR2 for child/ separate petition for each plus $535 fees for each

 

and no,  he is not a citizen as he was born before your citizenship

 

my understanding is he would have been if he had a green card at the time

The child may be a U.S. citizen if ALL these things are, or were, true at the same time:

1. The child is under 18 years old.

2. The child is a legal permanent resident of the U.S. (has a green card)

 

 

[Khema 0]

4 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

u follow the guides above for CR1 for wife and CR2 for child/ separate petition for each plus $535 fees for each

 

and no,  he is not a citizen as he was born before your citizenship

 

my understanding is he would have been if he had a green card at the time

The child may be a U.S. citizen if ALL these things are, or were, true at the same time:

1. The child is under 18 years old.

2. The child is a legal permanent resident of the U.S. (has a green card)

 

 

Thank you for you advice i forgot mention that my son is under 18 so can he become a US citizen?

[Khema 0]

12 minutes ago, Mike E said:

See https://www.visajourney.com/guides/

 

Once your son enters the USA on his immigration visa, if you have physical and legal custody of him your wife and you can apply for USA passport and passport card for him.  Do not pay the green card fee for him.  
 

After he gets his passport and passport card, file N-600 so that he has an original evidence of USA citizenship Independent of your naturalization certificate 

Thank you for your replying what should i do if my son and my wife is not in US ? 

[JeanneAdil 6,498]

apply the I 130 for each separately and follow the post that Mike E gave for the  N 600 after your child arrives

[Mike E 11,739]

1 hour ago, Khema said:

Thank you for your replying what should i do if my son and my wife is not in US ? 

As I wrote:

 

See https://www.visajourney.com/guides/

 

[Khema 0]

On 3/12/2022 at 1:29 PM, JeanneAdil said:

apply the I 130 for each separately and follow the post that Mike E gave for the  N 600 after your child arrives

Ok thank you for your advice but if I apply I-130 for each separately, when I submit the form do I need to put all files in two separate packages or just combine in one packege?

[Mike E 11,739]

15 minutes ago, Khema said:

Ok thank you for your advice but if I apply I-130 for each separately, when I submit the form do I need to put all files in two separate packages or just combine in one packege?

Mail each package separately.  These are separate petitions.  

 

If you want both beneficiaries to come to the USA together, then wait for both I-130s to be approved before uploading NVC documents for each. Then wait for both to be document qualified (DQ) before filing DS-260 for each. They should ask the embassy to be interviewed on the same day or together. 
 

Hopefully the visas will be issued with overlapping validity. If not, one will have to come first, and then go back to bring back the other. 
 

Please do not apply for N-600 for your child until he has a US passport and passport card.  

Edited March 16, 2022 by Mike E

[Khema 0]

29 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Mail each package separately.  These are separate petitions.  

 

If you want both beneficiaries to come to the USA together, then wait for both I-130s to be approved before uploading NVC documents for each. Then wait for both to be document qualified (DQ) before filing DS-260 for each. They should ask the embassy to be interviewed on the same day or together. 
 

Hopefully the visas will be issued with overlapping validity. If not, one will have to come first, and then go back to bring back the other. 
 

Please do not apply for N-600 for your child until he has a US passport and passport card.  

Alright Mike big thank for your sharing. I have some question about submitting documents, can I submit all documents at the first time that I submit to USCIS? Example like form I-864, DS-260 etc.

[Mike E 11,739]

1 hour ago, Khema said:

Alright Mike big thank for your sharing. I have some question about submitting documents, can I submit all documents at the first time that I submit to USCIS? Example like form I-864, DS-260 etc.

For an immigration visa I-864 is filed as part of consular processing. DS-260 is an online form that is submitted during the consular phase.  
 

You need to read the guides I linked