CitizenWheelz

Good one! Thanks for the clarification!

I am also trying to be straightforward here. The i130A form must be filled and submitted regardless if the beneficiary lives abroad or here in the United States, you both sign it only if you both are living here in the United States. Now, in regards to busy parents with kids, I believe this is what lawyers or people who know their stuff are here for. I personally wouldn't try to fill out the forms on my own if I knew I won't have the time to read and learn, this can create delays in the entire process. In my case, I did all the paper work for my parents to come here to the United States, for my wife and kid because 1: I couldn't afford a lawyer and 2: because I had enough time and was willing to learn.

I believe you are over thinking your situation. Pardon me if I am wrong, I could be wrong but I believe that if your current medical condition has nothing to do or is not related to drug abuse, mental or physical disorder with a history of harmful behavior or Infectious diseases that might pose a risk to the general public. You don't have nothing to worry about. Now, regarding the vaccines that are required before entering the United States I believe there isn't much you can do here, you need to go to your medical examination, explain your situation regarding the vaccines and they will determine which vaccines you need based on your current medical situation, records, and also based on the requirements from US Embassy in your home country in order to grant you the immigrant visa. If the medical examination determines that you need some vaccines before the visa interview and you still for some medical or personal reasons cannot take these vaccines then this will be a problem, most likely they will denie the visa. Good luck and keep us posted.

Thanks! I will make sure to use priority mail for returning the GC, great tip, thanks! We don't have any travel plans or need for proof for permanent resident for now but we will definitely use the passport stamp if needed. Also, can i make info pass appointment in case passport stamp expires and proof of permanent resident is needed? Or i90 receipt together with color copy of 2 year GC is good enough?

Yes i made a digital and hard copy of the 2 year green card. Both color copies. I still don't understand how USCIS can get it wrong and won't follow their manual. I called USCIS 2 times and spoke to a level 2 officer before paying for the green card and before the Green Card showed as produced and i though for a moment that perhaps we will be getting the right green card but not, 2 year GC was sent out to us :(

Yes, i read the instructions as well and i guess the best way to do this is to file by regular mail and send the GC along with it. That's why i asked if there was a benefit in filling online and wait for the RFE. Thanks again for your response. I guess getting my wife state ID was a smart move, since we will be returning her green card soon.

Hi, Thank you for the response. Can you please tell me more about not sending the actual physical green card when filling i90? I was about to send the physical 2 year green card along with a cover letter explaining that my wife had her consular interview just few days before our 2 year marriage celebration, therefor her immigrant visa showed as CR1 but she entered the United States with her immigrant visa about 1 month after our 2 year marriage. I already took my wife to a local motor vehicle and applied for state ID, my wife does not have a need to travel in the future, even if she does, i guess she can still use her passport stamp that serves as 1 year resident. Other than that, do you think is better to file i90 online and keep the 2 year gc until they send a RFE? Thanks

Just quick update regarding my wife's green card. Today after 6 weeks of waiting for the green card to arrive we finally received. And guess what? We received the 2 year green card instead of the 10 year green card, even though my wife arrived to the USA 1 month after our 2 year marriage. Looks like USCIS is still making mistakes and they still follow whatever the CBP (port of entry) writes upon arrival to the united states. In this case, CBP did not want to listen to us and decided to process my wife as conditional resident, instead of permanent resident. I guess my only option now is to file for i90, correct? Can i expedite this i90 process? I already took my wife to local motor vehicle and apply for a state ID because we will be returning this green card soon.

CRBA should be pretty quick if you have all the evidence and paperwork they ask for. I don't know about other countries but I did my child CRBA in Peru and all was done under 4 weeks since the date of appointment until receiving child US Passport. I did my child's CRBA after one month of birth, perhaps this somehow helped the case. As previously said by other members here, 6 months (immigrant visa validity) should be more than enough to get the child CRBA if the child qualifies for it.

As others members said, the question is clear as crystal water. If you read the instructions for each form you will not be confusing at all. If you the US Citizen is petitioning for your parents or any other family member here in the United States or outside the United States, they are subject to the public charge, period. Why? Because they will be getting a green card and they are not US Citizens yet. Only US Citizens and other type of applicants such as vawa or asylee are not subject to the public charge. Will your mother have US Citizenship with this application? No Is your mother adjusting status through asylee or vawa? No. So that means she is subject to the public charge. Does it means that she will need public charge? No necessary, especially if you the us citizen or the sponsor (if you happen to have an sponsor) meet the income requirement. Only some petitions or applicants are not subject to the public charge, such as vawa and asylees applicants. Read the question carefully, the questions is simply asking whether your petition falls under the public charge category or not, in this case it does since is a family based petition, is not asking you if the applicant will be a public charge or if the applicant will need welfare because if you or your family meet the necessary income than there is no public charge or walfare need here. The correct answer here would be Yes for 61 and then answer the rest for the household members and income requirements. 👋

I will correct myself here but I won't delete my original response in case the info is useful for other people. I completely misunderstood your situation, looks like your wife does not have her visa yet and your child was already born. To answer your question, if you are completely sure that your child does not qualify for a CRBA then the best option will be to file for IR2 (the regular i130 form) and try to expedite it, someone with more experience can guide you regarding this in case is possible to expedite. Original response: Does your wife already has her immigrant visa with her? Physically? If so, was the visa issued the same, before or after the child was born? I believe If the visa was issued before the child was born then you should be able to bring your wife and your kid, the infant can travel without a visa. Just make sure to bring your child birth certificate at the port of entry here in the US. Also, I don't think the interview date is important, what matters is the date of the visa was issued, sometimes or many times the visas are issued days after the actual interview date.

Part 3, Family member 1 and 2 should be empty. Family 2: Your step child should have her or his own i864 form. No need to include it in this part of the form. Your step child is not a derivate from your wife's immigrant visa application. (apply the same rule and logic for your step child i864 form). Family 1: Your wife is already included in Part 2, so no need to include it again in part 3.

Like others already replied, don't enter anything in Part 3. Part 3 is about information regarding the immigrant that you the sponsor will be sponsoring and this should be only your wife (already named in part 2) not your step child since your step child is not a derivate beneficiary of your wife's immigrant visa application. Read the instructions before filling up the i864 form, you don't want to re submit it and get it wrong again, this will delay your wife's case at NVC. Take your time to learn, read and look for help if necessary. Good luck.

If you filed i130 for each of them and i864 for each of them then the only thing that could be wrong is what they marked. Part 3 question 2. It should be empty since your stepchild is not a derivate beneficiary.

I forgot to add that if you are the only sponsor for your wife and step child, make sure you financially qualify (i864) for both of them.