Nina Nina

Who said that he will lie on I130 application if he were to pursue immigration? There could be lot of reasons for him to stay away from his kids/wives, so please don’t be judgmental as you don’t know someone’s personal situation. If you can’t be helpful, please refrain from being sarcastic.

If he doesn’t have any of the 2 wives in US living with him nor he intends to bring them here, how is he practicing polygamy in US?

Moreover, during his visa interview he wasn’t asked if he has multiple wives.

There is no question on DS160 form that requires an applicant to mention if he has more than one wife. Moreover he wasn’t asked either during the visa interview if he has multiple wives.

Thanks for the response. In the article that you have shared I see that the person / refugee who was involved in polygamy had to inform USCIS that out of 2 wives which one he would like to be designated as the beneficiary wife for the purpose of immigration so similarly why can’t he mention that he wants my mom to be his designated wife and they can ignore the second one? Thought?

Hello, I am a US citizen and I am planning to sponsor my father for US Immigration. He is currently married with 2 women back home, my mother and my step mom. He doesn’t have any intentions of practicing polygamy here in the US. He doesn’t have any plans to bring any of his wives here either. He is currently in the US on visit visa. My questions are: 1) Is he eligible to apply for change of status from visit visa to immigrant, if I file I-130 and I-485 for him despite of having 2 wives outside US? 2) On form I-130, he has to disclose all the marriages (current, previous etc). Since both of his marriages are current he would have to disclose them as current marriages. Will this fact make him ineligible to get his green card and eventually US citizenship? If someone has gone through this situation please share your experiences. I would also appreciate if you can recommend attorneys who specialize in handling these types of immigration cases that involve polygamy. Thanks in advance!