U.S. Family Immigration Lawyers Involving Children
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United States citizens and permanent residents are entitled to seek immigration benefits, such as permanent resident status, for their children. A child, for immigration purposes, is an unmarried person under twenty-one years of age and includes:
- A child born in wedlock;
- A stepchild, provided the child was under age eighteen at the time the marriage creating the status of stepchild occurred;
- A child legitimated under the law of the child's or father's residence or domicile, provided:
- the legitimization takes place before the child's eighteenth birthday and
- the child is in the legal custody of the legitimating parent or parents at the time of such legitimization;
- A child born out of wedlock, by, through whom, or on whose behalf a status, privilege, or benefit is sought by virtue of the relationship of the child to its natural mother or to its natural father if the father has or had a bona fide parent-child relationship with the person;
- An adopted child provided:
- the adoption was completed before the child’s sixteenth birthday,
- the parent or parents have accumulated two years of legal custody, and
- the child and the adopting the parent or parents have resided together for at least two years; or
- An orphan child.
For additional information about family based immigration and children, or to discuss your immigration matter with an experienced attorney, please contact us. We have helped generations of families with their immigration matters, and we want to help you.
