Is adjustment of status to be done separately for each child?

[Dragonsarereal 14]

hi there!

Yes, one more question please! Got married in June and now my husband is preparing the papers for adjustment of status. All good so far, but today, after much reading he said that actually my 16 y.o. daughter needs to file a separate adjustment of status and thus pay the full fee, doubling the expense.

What a shock! I didn't realise that as up to now all the forms included her as she is a minor.

Could anyone confirm if this is the case?

Thanks all!

 

[powerpuff 6,697]

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Yes, your husband is correct. It is its own separate application.

[Dragonsarereal 14]

THANK YOU. Thankfully I don't have several children. But when (In two years) we renew the green card do we still have to pay another $1,000+?

[powerpuff 6,697]

I think you mean removal of Conditions, not renewal as that’s different process.

 

“If you have dependent
children who acquired conditional resident status on the same day as you or within 90 days thereafter, then include the
names and Alien Registration Numbers (A-Numbers) of these children in Part 5. of Form I-751 in order to request that
the conditions on their status be removed as well. If you have dependent children who did not acquire conditional resident
status on the same day as you or within 90 days thereafter, or if the conditional resident parent is deceased, then those
dependent children must each file Form I-751 separately to have the conditions on their status removed.”

 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-751instr.pdf

 

 

 

[Dragonsarereal 14]

Thank you! Oh well, such is life, I guess! Who knows, maybe the new President will simplify the process? I mean, most of it can be conducted totally online and in a much shorter time....dream on...