US Immigration from Philippines

I've already submitted documents for Immigrating Spouse's I-864 and DS-260, which documents are needed for Stepchild for DS-260? I've already uploaded his I-864. What other documents are needed?

I know I need to Submit:

1. Passport Bio Page

2. Birth Certificate

3. Passport Photo

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Hi Folks,

I just got married over the weekend & am in the process of updating my benefits to include my wife & updating my W-4 forms. I am planning to go with "Married Filing Jointly" even though my wife will likely not work for the first couple of years that she is here. She has two children still in the Philippines. Her oldest will be staying with his father while her youngest (4 years old) will be coming over next May on a K-2 Follow To Join VISA. My question is...do I add him as a dependent for my W-4? I am currently supporting him financially in the Philippines. Or do I add him as a dependent next May when he enters the US?

On a different note...do I need to adopt him for him to be able to stay in the US? Are there benefits for this or reasons I shouldn't? Do I need to adopt him to add him on to my medical benefits for my work or can he be added as a step child? Would we need the consent of his father if I decided to adopt him?

Any insight on all of this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Kawika

Hi Folks,

My wife & I were married yesterday and I am looking for the best way to take care of her name change. Supposedly here in Texas a name change is allowed after marriage but I haven't been able to find any kind of guide on what exactly needs to be done to make all of this happen. I filed for her SS card as suggested here in the forums once she arrived, so I plan to submit a form to update her name for her new SS card. She does not have a Texas ID or driver's license as of yet, so is there any where else that I would need to update her name change? Perhaps with the Philippines embassy so that her passport can be updated? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Kawika

My wife applied for removal of conditions in September of 2021. She received the 4 year extension letter in Aprilish. We just returned from a 5 week trip to the Philippines. While going through immigration the kind immigration officer informed us that the expiration date of her GC had already been updated to 10 years in the system and we should be receiving the card soon. I have informed delivery and nothing from USCIS was sent while we were gone and my neighbor picked up our mail--nada. I guess we will see if our "inside info" is correct or not about receiving the 10 year GC soon.