Recent content by ricka01

wow! I am sorry that I did not mention it before. His name changed as part of the adoption; he got rid of his biological father's name, and took my (and his mom's) name. As the adoption was very recent, his green card still has his former name on it. Sorry about the confusion. Rick

Thanks for your reply. No, his mom (my wife) is not a citizen (her Green Card expires in 2 years - no reason to wait to apply for citizenship, guess) His Green Card will expire in about 18 months (this is actually is second Green Card; his first one was some kind of short-term provisional...

Hello everyone, I searched but not sure if I found the answer to this. I am a born U.S. citizen, and married my Brazilian wife 10 years ago, and got green cards for her and her son, who was 8 at the time). Anyway, his dad is horrible, and would not give consent to an adoption. So we waited...