Legal Question in Immigration Law in California

if my petition approved for my wife can she bring my minor children to US also?


Asked on 9/07/09, 11:54 pm

3 Answers from Attorneys

Luba Smal Smal Immigration Law Office

Only if you are a permanent resident (Green card holder), then your minor unmarried children can apply for visas too (as they'd be included into the I-130 petition).

If you are a US citizen, you have to file separate petition for all your children (both minor and adult).

Web: www.law-visa-usa.com

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Answered on 9/08/09, 11:15 am
Joseph La Costa Joseph La Costa, Attorney at Law

If you are USC then your minor children are to and need to get their citizenship. where are you located?

If in California, call me @619-922-5287

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Answered on 9/08/09, 11:36 am
Alice Yardum-Hunter Alice M. Yardum-Hunter, a Law Corp.

Neither answer above is entirely correct.

A permanent resident can include under 21 year old children in the petition of their spouse, so separate petitions are not required.

If you are a U.S. citizen, your children might be U.S. citizens already. If they are, then they should be applying for certificates of citizenship or U.S. passports from the U.S. embassy/consulate abroad. If they are not citizens already, then you'd file separate petitions for them.

To learn which way to go with their cases, feel free to get in touch at 818 609 1953, [email protected] or visit me at http://www.yardum-hunter.com. Until we begin working together, please don't take this as case specific legal advice. As you can see, variables affect advice.

Best regards,

Alice Yardum-Hunter, Certified Specialist, Immigration & Nationality Law, State Bar of CA and "Super Lawyer" 2004-2009, Los Angeles Magazine

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Answered on 9/09/09, 6:16 pm


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