CASE: I-130 and Consular Processing for Petitioner’s two minor stepdaughters
LOCATION: Petitioner: Maryland; Beneficiaries: Philippines
Our client is a U.S. citizen who married a Filipina in Maryland. Thereafter, he filed an I-130 Petition for his wife and his wife eventually obtained a green card. However, his two stepdaughters did not get green cards at the time his wife adjusted her status. His two minor stepdaughters were residing in Philippines. Apparently, they did not know that the Petition could have also been simultaneously filed for his stepchildren.
Once his wife got her green card, our client filed the I-130 petition on behalf of his two stepdaughters in the Philippines. He filed the I-130 by himself and the USCIS issued an extensive RFE in October 2010. Upon the issuance of RFE, our client contacted our firm and sought for legal assistance from us.
We initially set up an appointment with our client at our Washington DC office. He is the CEO of his own company and apparently did not have time to go to DC, so we drove to Columbia Maryland and met him there to discuss the case. He retained our office immediately, and our office started to work on the Response to RFE and Packet 3 and 4 for his stepdaughters.
Our office filed the Response to RFE on November 24, 2010. In the Response brief, our office fully explained that the marriage between our client and his wife is bona fide and explained why his wife and step-daughters’ petitioners were not filed concurrently. Everything went smoothly, and the daughters’ I-130 and immigrant visa interview was scheduled on May 4, 2011 at the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines. The U.S. Embassy in Manila eventually approved the immigrant visas for his stepdaughters.
Our client’s step-daughters are now here in the United States reunited with their mother and step-father.
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