Green card for children
Family · IR2 / F1 / F2B / F3
Green cards for children of U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Every version starts with Form I-130 — the right category depends on the child’s age, marital status, and the parent’s status, which is exactly what the free check sorts out.
The forms
The family relationship petition — it proves the qualifying relationship between you and your relative.
The green card application itself — registering permanent residence from inside the U.S.
The affidavit of support — the sponsor’s promise that the immigrant will have financial support.
Why this route
Age, marital status, and the parent’s status pick the category — but a category exists for each combination.
They are immediate relatives: no annual limit, no Visa Bulletin wait.
The Child Status Protection Act can freeze a child’s age on paper, so a case filed in time is not lost to a 21st birthday.
With their own rules about timing and custody — the check asks the right questions.
Requirements
The steps
Filed by the parent, one petition per child.
Immediate relatives move straight to the green card stage; preference categories wait for their date.
Adjustment or consular processing, with the child’s documents and — where applicable — the age-protection math done for you.
How it works
In English, Spanish, or Portuguese. The software puts your answers on the official USCIS forms.
Your evidence is sorted into a numbered exhibit index, and every field, signature, and document is checked for completeness.
Download the assembled packet and file it yourself — or have an independent licensed attorney review and file it for you.
Pricing
Your exact technology fee depends on your petition type and is shown during the free eligibility check, before you pay anything. USCIS filing fees are set by the government and paid by you directly to USCIS.
Questions
If you are married to a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, a marriage green card may be your path — inside or outside the U.S. The free check asks about your situation and shows the exact forms, documents, and government fees for your case.
Spouses, parents, children, and siblings each have their own petition paths, and which ones are open depends on whether the petitioner is a citizen or a permanent resident. Pick the relationship in the chooser, or let the free check identify the right petition from your answers.
The K-1 fiancé visa is the path for bringing your fiancé to marry in the U.S. Its page explains the requirements and documents, and the free check confirms whether it fits your situation.
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Green card for children