Success Stories: I-130 Petition approved at USCIS for Filipino child of U.S. citizen who was born out-of-wedlock
Photo by Hoi An Photographer on Unsplash. A U.S. citizen may petition for their children to immigrate and obtain permanent residency in the United States.
We recently received an approval at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) of an I-130 Petition for Alien Relative for a national of the Philippines who is the minor child of a U.S. Citizen who was born out of wedlock. Congratulations to our clients!
If a child’s parents are not married at the time of their birth, they are considered a “child out of wedlock.” Such a child can generally immigrate through their mother without any special considerations; however, if the child immigrates through their father, there are additional requirements. The father must either provide a bona fide parental relationship with the child before the child turns 21 years old; or prove that the father had “legitimated” the child under the law of the child’s or the father’s domicile.
The beneficiary is a teenager who is the minor child of a U.S. citizen. He was born out of wedlock to his U.S. citizen father and his Filipina mother. In this case, we submitted documentation that demonstrated a bona fide parental relationship between the beneficiary child and his petitioning father and the petition was approved without a request from evidence from USCIS! Now, the beneficiary will be consular processing at the U.S. Consulate in Manila. Learn more about the next steps for consular processing after your I-130 application is approved and timing considerations.
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