Once I-130 is approved, if DS-260 is filed today, how long would it take?

[DesperateHouseWif 4]

Hi folks, I have some doubts on how to proceed. I am a green card holder, my husband is an American citizen. My kids (not my husband's kids!) live in Argentina. I have applied for the I -130 and they have been approved but then I put their process on hold given that their biological father didn't want to sign a consent letter authorizing them to obtain the green card too.

Things have changed now and he is willing to sing the consent letter to go with DS 260 questionnaire. Can anyone please help on how that letter should be written to be accepted? Can it be somewhat vague like "I approve my kids to obtain the permanent residency" or it has to be loud and clear that he is also approving their move to the USA?

Thanks!

[EmilyW 1,434]

Would this help?  Argentina International Travel Information (state.gov)

 

Special Entry/Exit Requirements for Minors: 
A parent or guardian traveling alone with a child under 18 who resides in Argentina must present to Argentine authorities a legalized permission letter in Spanish (Autorización de Viaje) from the nonaccompanying parent upon departure from Argentina. Either parent may prepare an authorizing letter for the other parent to travel abroad with the child in case of emergency. (Please see the Argentine immigration website for more information). A local notary public (called an escribano in Argentina) may prepare the autorización de viaje letter. If this notarized authorization is prepared in the United States, Argentine authorities will require an apostille from the United States in addition to the notarized authorization. Please see this link for more information about an apostille: Apostille Requirements. For children born in the United States and are residents in Argentina, Argentine Authorities will require the U.S. birth certificate to be apostilled and translated into Spanish by a certified translator.

[DesperateHouseWif 4]

Thanks, @EmilyW , but that's not the info I am looking for. What you posted is what the Argentine authorities need to let a minor travel abroad alone or with one of their parents. What I am looking for is what the US government is going to ask me about the permission I have to obtain their Green Card by myself, given that their biological father is Argentine and living in Argentina. It is not about the Argentine authorities but the American ones when they revise their DS 260 form.

Thanks anyways.

[EmilyW 1,434]

I posted that link as I assumed the US would want a document that is legally recognized in the country of origin, regardless of where a minor is travelling.  Good luck!

Edited August 23 by EmilyW

[OldUser 6,623]

12 minutes ago, DesperateHouseWif said:

Thanks, @EmilyW , but that's not the info I am looking for. What you posted is what the Argentine authorities need to let a minor travel abroad alone or with one of their parents. What I am looking for is what the US government is going to ask me about the permission I have to obtain their Green Card by myself, given that their biological father is Argentine and living in Argentina. It is not about the Argentine authorities but the American ones when they revise their DS 260 form.

Thanks anyways.

You'd share the same official document that allowed your kid to get outside Argentina with US authorities.

[DesperateHouseWif 4]

Wow, thanks. I thought it would be something different or more specific for the occasion! That helps and simplifies things a lot. 

[jan22 3,052]

The example is permission to travel.  Yours should also include a phrase to show it is travel for immigration purposes.  Doesn’t need to be more complicated than that.

[DesperateHouseWif 4]

Hi everyone,

I am a permanent resident who got my green card through my second husband, an American citizen. I am already living in the US. But my kids, ages 11 and 14, stayed in my home country because their father didn't want to sign the permission to get a green card. So we filed the I-130, and we all got approved; I moved on with my process and kept them on standby. Now, their father is willing to sign the permission, and I would be able to file DS-260 for them.  How long does this process take now? In my case, from the moment I filed DS-260 until I finally got the green card, it was about nine months, but what about these days in Argentina? I appreciate any help you can provide.

[Boiler 45,462]

Were the I 130s kept alive?

[Crazy Cat 41,828]

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[DesperateHouseWif 4]

49 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Were the I 130s kept alive?

Yes, we have kept them alive.