Hi,
I'm writing on behalf of my younger brother, whose mother (our mother - a permanent resident) would like to file a petition I-130 for.
Our step-father previously filed an I-130 petition for him, which was denied because of the fact that the marriage occurred 4 months after he turned 18. Brother holds both a Jamaican and an Indian passport, was born in India, and has his US B1/B2 visa in his Indian passport. He had been in the US at the time the previous I-130 and concurrent I-485 were filed, and so we had to use his Indian passport while filling out the forms (because his I-94 was linked to his Indian passport). We did however, eventually send copies of his Jamaican passport during the process (such as the interview).
When his I-130 and I-485 were denied, he left the US and migrated to Jamaica, where he is planning on staying long-term. Our mother would like to file for him as a Jamaican national because he intends to surrender/give up his Indian nationality in a few years, but we're unsure about a few things:
I'm writing on behalf of my younger brother, whose mother (our mother - a permanent resident) would like to file a petition I-130 for.
Our step-father previously filed an I-130 petition for him, which was denied because of the fact that the marriage occurred 4 months after he turned 18. Brother holds both a Jamaican and an Indian passport, was born in India, and has his US B1/B2 visa in his Indian passport. He had been in the US at the time the previous I-130 and concurrent I-485 were filed, and so we had to use his Indian passport while filling out the forms (because his I-94 was linked to his Indian passport). We did however, eventually send copies of his Jamaican passport during the process (such as the interview).
When his I-130 and I-485 were denied, he left the US and migrated to Jamaica, where he is planning on staying long-term. Our mother would like to file for him as a Jamaican national because he intends to surrender/give up his Indian nationality in a few years, but we're unsure about a few things:
- Will it be an issue if we fill up the new I-130 with his nationality as "Jamaican" when he previously filed as an "Indian"? Or are we supposed to put "Jamaican/Indian" in the nationality section? Note that the G-325 doesn't have enough space to put two nationalities though. I was thinking we could just put "Jamaican" then add in the cover letter that he also holds an Indian passport.
- Should we include in his cover letter that his step-father had previously filed an I-130 for him, and that he had filed a I-485 and just write the receipt numbers?
- Do we use the old Alien number he received the last time he filed for the I-130/I-485, or should we leave it blank?