QUESTION
I am on ssdi and me and my Philippine girlfriend would like to get married and move her and her son to the united states
Asked on Jan 08th, 2020 on Immigration - Texas
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I am on ssdi and i live willingly with my mother and father and my 2 children who i am a single father to and my mother has legal custody of them and i have all rights as well to my children as their mother just abandoned them and signed them over to my mother and i paid for a lawyer to help me and my mother get my children together and we all live together and take care of each other and i have been dating my Philippine girlfriend for about 1 year and 3 mos and myself as well as my mother and kids and father want nothing more to move her and her son here to the us with us or even me her and het son to our own place whichever so we can get married. We have no clue on how we could even do this or what out possible options are and just need some help and if we can just talk to someone that is willing to give us some help in our situation and maybe help or point us in the right direction this would be so helpful. My entire family and even her family in the Philippines are seeking help
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Hi Jason.. Yes it can happen. First, have you physically met your girlfriend within the last two years? Second, are you a US citizen? Third, since you are on SS disability, you may need a joint sponsor who can submit his/her tax returns to show USCIS that his income meets the minimum threshold. The minimum amount needs to be at least 125 percent of the poverty level based on your household size. So add up all the people who live in your household now plus your girlfriend and the children she will accompany her to the US, and multiply by 1.25. If all the aforementioned factors can be met, you can sponsor her for a fiancé K visa which takes a little less than a year and then she can adjust status to get her green card after she travels to Texas and gets married to you. Consider working with an attorney. Some of us, including myself, charge a very affordable flat fee for the entire case process. I enter an appearance of attorney of record in the case by filing the G28 form. Counsel in any state can represent you both.
Answered on Jan 09th, 2020 at 4:55 AM