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Hello,

I've got some conflicting information and not sure what to do.
I am (70 years old) a US greencard holder (eligible for citizenship in more than 4 years) and trying to do a petition for my daughter who is 44 years old and lives in Sweden. She is divorced and has 2 children.

Due to a bad situation with her ex husband, she & I will NOT bring her 2 children (age 10 and 12) to the states. The petition will ONLY be for my daughter.

Question 1:

Can I still petition for her despite her being divorced and/or having 2 children?

Question 2:

I currently do not have any income. Can my son be solely on the affidavit of support?

Question 3:

If answer to Q 2 above is Yes, does my income need to match and be enough NOW when starting the application? Or in few years?

Thank you so much!!!

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1. yes u can 

2. u are the main sponsor ( even though u have no income)  ur son will be the joint sponsor ( he need to have qualified incomes enough for that) https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p

3. make sure u file for tax for the past 3 years. 

 

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Yes

 

Yes 

 

No

 

The children are included by default at this stage now they may well age out but anyway that is something for consideration when her Priority Date is current 

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56 minutes ago, Hopeworld said:

Hello,

I've got some conflicting information and not sure what to do.
I am (70 years old) a US greencard holder (eligible for citizenship in more than 4 years) and trying to do a petition for my daughter who is 44 years old and lives in Sweden. She is divorced and has 2 children.

Due to a bad situation with her ex husband, she & I will NOT bring her 2 children (age 10 and 12) to the states. The petition will ONLY be for my daughter.

Question 1:

Can I still petition for her despite her being divorced and/or having 2 children?

Question 2:

I currently do not have any income. Can my son be solely on the affidavit of support?

Question 3:

If answer to Q 2 above is Yes, does my income need to match and be enough NOW when starting the application? Or in few years?

Thank you so much!!!

Is your son a US citizen or green card holder?

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Boiler   45,451

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10 minutes ago, Hopeworld said:


Hello, he is a US citzen. Both he and I live in USA. Thanks

Has he also petitioned her?

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12 minutes ago, Hopeworld said:


Hello, he is a US citzen. Both he and I live in USA. Thanks

 

My son petitioned for me and his father. We were given greencards 10 months ago.

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So he has yet to petition his sister?

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4 minutes ago, Boiler said:

So he has yet to petition his sister?

Well he did start the petition for her a year ago.
But there's been no response at all yet so there's no initial response.
He paid for it but if I can do my application instead, he will terminate/cancel his.

Thanks for the help btw!!

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4 minutes ago, Hopeworld said:

Well he did start the petition for her a year ago.
But there's been no response at all yet so there's no initial response.
He paid for it but if I can do my application instead, he will terminate/cancel his.

Thanks for the help btw!!

That is good, he should certainly not cancel his one, he should have received a receipt however.

 

Just go with whichever comes first.

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They will not be young when she moves

 

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By the time her PD is current, her children will be adults or close to it, so they might decide they want to move as well.

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16 hours ago, Hopeworld said:

She is divorced and has 2 children.

Due to a bad situation with her ex husband, she & I will NOT bring her 2 children (age 10 and 12) to the states. The petition will ONLY be for my daughter.
 

 

You can petition for her, form I-130, can be filed online.

 

Her family has to be listed in the form.  They do not need to immigrate with her.

 

Her category will be F2B.  It will take 8 to 9 years, perhaps longer.

 

Your son should keep his petition active, as a backup.  Sibling F4 takes over 15+ years.

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