Legal Question in Immigration Law in Virginia

I am a United States Citizen. I have completed a petition for my husband and he has his permanent residency. He has children from a previous relationship in Santo Domingo, D.R. We want to petition for the children to have U.S. residency. Both my husband and I will petition for them. The children's mother in the Dominican wants to know what type of paperwork she will have to sign, allowing the children to come to the U.S.? Does she have to sign custody to me and my husband (the biological father) or does she just sign paperwork to allow them to travel internationally?

Thank you!


Asked on 5/31/10, 7:23 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Luba Smal Smal Immigration Law Office

If children are of an appropriate age and your husband has legal proof of him being a biological father, you as a US citizen can petition for your step-children. This is also provided that your husband had included information about his children into his immigration paperwork.

As a mimimum, mother of the children will have to agree to children's moving permanently to the United States to reside with their father. If they have never been married, there could be a number of issues to consider.

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Answered on 5/31/10, 10:41 pm


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