Filing I-130 for my son who previously had a GC (and voluntarily gave it up). A couple questions. (Previously petitioned? A-Number?)

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Hello everyone!  I have found this forum to be a great resource in the past few weeks while going over this I-130 but have a couple questions that jump out at me now.

 

25 years ago, we received GCs, as did my son because he was underage at the time.  Fast forward to 2018, and he voluntarily gave it up to live in Canada due to a job, family, etc.

 

Now I am a citizen, and am filing an I-130 for him as he and his family would like to move and have a few questions:

 

1) There is a question that says "Has anyone else ever filed a petition for the beneficiary" and I am unsure how to answer this.  I don't recall the exact process/details due to the length of time that has passed, but we got our residency many years ago based on employment, and his because he was underage.   I suspect that that question is referring to a past I-130 application, which would not be true.  Am I correct in that it is asking about a previous I-130?

 

On a similar note, "Has the beneficiary ever been in Immigration Proceedings", watching videos, this question seems to only apply if losing the GC was non-voluntary, or required a judge, or some such? So No I guess?

 

2) Although he gave up his GC, I was informed by a lawyer that an A Number stays with someone for life. So this presumably should be included on the application.  Is this correct?  

 

3) "Was he EVER in the United States" "Passport number and Travel Number".  The question makes me think they are looking for a US Passport number (which he doesn't have).  Do we just use the Canadian passport and Canada as the country of issuance?

 

4) He is now married with a small child (became married before he gave up his GC).  His family's information is on the I-130 (Beneficiary Family information section), but how does that work exactly?  Does only my son get admitted and then he has to petition for his wife and son afterwards?  Or does it all happen in one fell swoop as it did 25 years ago (but as mentioned ,that was not via an I-130).

 

Thanks everyone for your time!  Sorry for the amount of questions (probably more to come as I get further into this!) I appreciate it.

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4 hours ago, Stangman81 said:

Hello everyone!  I have found this forum to be a great resource in the past few weeks while going over this I-130 but have a couple questions that jump out at me now.

 

25 years ago, we received GCs, as did my son because he was underage at the time.  Fast forward to 2018, and he voluntarily gave it up to live in Canada due to a job, family, etc.

 

Now I am a citizen, and am filing an I-130 for him as he and his family would like to move and have a few questions:

 

1) There is a question that says "Has anyone else ever filed a petition for the beneficiary" and I am unsure how to answer this.  I don't recall the exact process/details due to the length of time that has passed, but we got our residency many years ago based on employment, and his because he was underage.   I suspect that that question is referring to a past I-130 application, which would not be true.  Am I correct in that it is asking about a previous I-130?

 

On a similar note, "Has the beneficiary ever been in Immigration Proceedings", watching videos, this question seems to only apply if losing the GC was non-voluntary, or required a judge, or some such? So No I guess?

 

2) Although he gave up his GC, I was informed by a lawyer that an A Number stays with someone for life. So this presumably should be included on the application.  Is this correct?  

 

3) "Was he EVER in the United States" "Passport number and Travel Number".  The question makes me think they are looking for a US Passport number (which he doesn't have).  Do we just use the Canadian passport and Canada as the country of issuance?

 

4) He is now married with a small child (became married before he gave up his GC).  His family's information is on the I-130 (Beneficiary Family information section), but how does that work exactly?  Does only my son get admitted and then he has to petition for his wife and son afterwards?  Or does it all happen in one fell swoop as it did 25 years ago (but as mentioned ,that was not via an I-130).

 

Thanks everyone for your time!  Sorry for the amount of questions (probably more to come as I get further into this!) I appreciate it.

1. if he was a derivative then I’d assume no petition was filed for him specifically. 
 

2. Yes

 

3. Yes

 

4. His wife will also get an immigrant visa, possibly his son also depending on his age - given they’re at least 15-20 years away from visas, there is a chance his son will age out.