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Green card for children

What are the steps?

The case moves in a fixed order, and most of the steps are paperwork done carefully. Answer simple questions, and the software builds each filing in its place.

The steps

How the case runs

  1. Form I-130

    Filed by the parent, one petition per child.

  2. The line, if there is one

    Immediate relatives move straight to the green card stage; preference categories wait for their date.

  3. The green card stage

    Adjustment or consular processing, with the child’s documents and — where applicable — the age-protection math done for you.

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Green card for children

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