Can my son join us after our GC?
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Yes he is 14. Since at the time we were enrolled for the dv (2008) no mention was made of him, we were cautioned not to do so after we won. The rules of the game state clearly that we will be eliminated if the name of a child is added except the child was born after we had enrolled for the dv. Which is not the case.
Jackolantern
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You would have to file for him under the family-based 2A category, and there is a 5-year wait in that category.
How feasible is it for him to obtain a visitors visa and visit during summer holidays for example? When do you start the count down to the 5 years?And finally during the count down period when is it most appropriate to file at the end or some time before the end of the five years. These five years sound a real long wait.
Jackolantern
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Probably impossible, given that he is a minor and his parents now live permanently in the US.
When you file the I-130 for him, which you can do right now. But since you were required to list all your children on the DV application even if you didn't plan to bring them to the US with you, filing for him could result in you being deported for lying on the DV application. So get a lawyer before you decide to file for him.
It is not really a countdown period; the queue has 5 years worth of people waiting in it, there is no mandatory waiting period per se. Depending on how fast they process people in the upcoming years, it could take somewhat more or less than 5 years for you.
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Hello guys,
i received my Gc this afternoon and discovered i am still full of mixed feelings: Happy for our cards but really haunted by the fact that i left my son behind. It sounds to me like i have traded my son for greener pasture isn`t it? What a shame!!!
The note accompanying my green card states: "you can sponsor the immigration of certain relatives -see form I-130 for information". I quickly rushed to find out what this form is all about and discovered that the 5 year wait is not indicated or differently put, it sounds like i could apply for my son right now!!!
But then when i remember Jackolantern`s advice on this issue i really really quiver. Says Jackolantern:
" When you file the I-130 for him, which you can do right now. But since you were required to list all your children on the DV application even if you didn't plan to bring them to the US with you, filing for him could result in you being deported for lying on the DV application. So get a lawyer before you decide to file for him."
Its like one is pulled up between the devil and the deep blue sea.
i received my Gc this afternoon and discovered i am still full of mixed feelings: Happy for our cards but really haunted by the fact that i left my son behind. It sounds to me like i have traded my son for greener pasture isn`t it? What a shame!!!
The note accompanying my green card states: "you can sponsor the immigration of certain relatives -see form I-130 for information". I quickly rushed to find out what this form is all about and discovered that the 5 year wait is not indicated or differently put, it sounds like i could apply for my son right now!!!
But then when i remember Jackolantern`s advice on this issue i really really quiver. Says Jackolantern:
" When you file the I-130 for him, which you can do right now. But since you were required to list all your children on the DV application even if you didn't plan to bring them to the US with you, filing for him could result in you being deported for lying on the DV application. So get a lawyer before you decide to file for him."
Its like one is pulled up between the devil and the deep blue sea.
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Jackolantern
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You can file the I-130 application now, but it will still take approx. 5 years before your son would be given an immigrant visa (if they would even approve it in your circumstances) because they have to process the queue of people who are already waiting. The 5-year waiting period is the time you can expect to wait after you apply before your son can immigrate; it's not about waiting 5 years before you apply. And 5 years is not written into law, that just happens to be the length of the backlog at this time. They are now approving green cards for people who filed their I-130 in this category in 2003.
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Triple Citizen
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I was cautioned by friends most of whom had moved to the US on dv tickets. I later read it on myself ( i cannot remember the site) and it was clearly stated that all adjustments to family status done after applying for dv may lead to the disqualification of the winner except such a change took place after you had enrolled for the dv. This simply implies you could add dependent (spouse or child) to your file if you got married or had a child after you had played the dv. But if on the contrary any of the above persons existed but you only indicate after you have the dv you will be disqualified. Hope i am right.
Jackolantern
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Why was the son left out in the first place?
Now you did a false information in your application (have no son in the time you actually have). The consequences to that is not that simple. What are you going to do when you apply for citizenship 5 years ahead. Are you going to hide him again or are you going to say I remembered him now. The only way is to fix this. You have to say the truth and say that frankly to the USCIS. If some false information discovered even after citizeship, every thing will be revoked.
A relative played for us. At that time he did not have a picture for my son and did insist on having it because he thought we could get him on the roll at any time along the line if we were preselected and this is where we are on the story.
Jackolantern
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I suppose you meant "did NOT insist"?
Painful lesson learned: Never blindly trust a relative or even a lawyer to handle your legal or financial matters without doing the work to understand the situation and the rules to the best of your ability. You are the one who will suffer if they screw up, not them.