"StephenH via ImmigrationKB.com" wrote in message
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| David L. Beem wrote:
| >"StephenH",
| >> Right now we are at the point where we are about to fill out the
| >> DS-230 forms, but we are scared that her daughter will not be
| >[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
| >> just for my wife. Is there something on the DS-230 to fill out that
| >> would allow her daughter to be accepted to follow my wife to the US?
| > No, each immigrant visa only is for the one person it was filed for.
| >Your stepdaughter will need an I-130 filed for her too. Both the K-1
| >(fiance(e) of U.S. citizen) and K-3 (spouse of U.S. citizen) have
derivative
| >visas (K-2 and K-4 respectively), but they are defined as non-immigrant
so
| >your wife cannot go back to a K-3 once she is an immigrant.
| > David
| > David@IBMMuseum.com
| Thank you David, for the info. Now since the girl is not my daughter but
my
| wifes how can I file for a I-130, or would my wife have to after she gets
| here?
|
Since you married the mother, the daughter became yours too and you can file
I-130 for her also.
|