i want to bring my wife and my child to usa?

Question

iam a dual citizin orginaly from sudan ,, i came to usa 1998 till 2000,, then i went to sudan ,, then i get back to usa JUN/2/2006
my wife and my child still in sudan,, what i have to do to bring'em
here to live with me i heard that i have to fiil form i-130 or somethings like that,, and i have to have over 20000$,, i dont know what to do ,or how long it going to take to bring'em here to usa
to live with me i miss my child she is now 11 month old
living in sudan is to hard so please help me,, or find to me some one that can help me,,,please

Answer 1

If you already have a US citizenship, then you will not have a problem in bringing them here.
All the paper work and instructions on how to do it are on the US Citizenship and Immigration Services website http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
To file the I-130 form is less than $200. You will have to file 2 of them. Then you will have to buy the tickets. That are all the expenses. You will have to send all the filed forms to your wife and she will take them to the US Embassy in Sudan. On that website, you can find the address of your local Immigration agency. Go there, and they will explain you all the process. It is not that complicated. The only big expense will be the air-tickets, which you can purchase here and they will pick them up at the airport in Sudan. Whoever told you the $20,000 thing is a lunatic. You do not need a lawyer.

Answer 2

Go the the American Immigration site, posted below. You need to apply through the proper procedures to bring your wife and child to the USA. It's not going to be easy, but I'm sure whatever it takes will be worth it if you really love them and want them with you. In fact, your child may even be able to qualify for US citizenship through you, being her father. Look into this with US Immigration, too. I would actually give them a call after you have checked out the website, or even go into an US Immigration office to get all the help you need. I wouldn't hire a lawyer right away, if I were you, until I have gotten all the information possible beforehand. Please do it the legal way and don't try to bring them over illegally because that would only cause future problems and heartbreak to you all. Better to do it right from the start! Good luck!

Answer 3

If you are a Us citizen it shouldn't be a problem for you to bring you family to USA, call INS at 1-800-375-5283 and ask what you need to do, which are the forms you need to fill out, and how much is the filling fees. you DO NOT NEED a lawyer, the INS costumer service representatives can answer ANY question you might have regarding this so you can be with your family. Do it and do it now, don't waste any more time, you will see how easy the process is once you start.

Good luck!

Answer 4

If you truely are a US Citizen, then your daughter is one also. You need to have her birth and parentage registered with the US State Department (go to the nearest embassy/consulate).

Your wife can come here on a K-3. She would get that visa at the US State Department too. She can live and work in the USA until her permanent resident status is approved. (First she will get a conditional resident status for 2+ years while processing her permanent status).

How did you obtain US Citizenship?

Answer 5

child custody is a sticky subject. I would talk to a lawyer before you do anything. If you have an order signed by a US judge then you can take your child back freely. Any lawyer Worth his papers should be able to get this done for you, as long as you are gainfully employed. I can't imagine an american judge ordering that an american baby live in a third world country.

Answer 6

About 2 years ago an acquaintance and citizen of an African nation approached me with a similar question.

I offered to write letters for him addressed to our representatives in our state house and senate, then similar letters to our national representatives in Congress. I also wrote to the immigration officials that were involved in my friend's situation. Every letter contained all of the particulars relevant to the problem. I made no mention of any positive result that might have been derived directly or indirectly from reuniting the family.

Don't know what really worked but the approval for the man's family (wife, 2 children) to join the husband was granted in about 5 weeks.

Answer: {with no guarantee) write as many letters to as many "important" personages as you can. If you are not proficient in English, ask someone else to write them for you.

Good luck.

Answer 7

Please forgive my honesty, but I will not lie to you in order to make you feel better.
Ten+ years ago I worked with, but not for, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (as it was called 10 yers ago), as a translator/interpretor, and have seen the workings of the INS. Prospective immigrants from Europe had much less waiting time than prospective immigrants from Africa or other Third-World countries. Also persons with a certain college degree or profession which was needed here in the US were preferred, like nurses etc., they usually waited only 2-6 month for their visa.
Now, if your wife had come to the US to visit you before you got married, you would have been better off. You could have gotten married here in the US, and she could have requested a permanent visa after the fact. US Immigration doesn't like that at all, but it works and it would not have taken you ca. eight, yes 8 years to move your spouse and child here.
Much luck to you my friend.

Answer 8

Make up your mind, are you an American or a Sudanian, ffs, if you're an American, so is your wife and child! Yes, you have a procedure you must go through, call an immigration office near you, or the Mayor's office in your town for info, and they will direct you in the right direction.

Answer 9

I believe that "first" you have to have a "job", and an income that shows you can afford to support your family.
"Second" try to get all the proper answers from Immigration, since you say you have citizenship; assumably in the USA?

Answer 10

seek for an attorney's help thats the most legal way you could do.