Instructions For Petition For Qualifying Family Member Of A U-1 Nonimmigrant (Form I-929) (Page 2 of 5) in pdf

E. A mother: Submit a copy of your birth certificate

What Documents Do You Need to Demonstrate

showing your name and your mother's name. Also submit

Your Status?

evidence of any legal name change if the names on the

birth certificate do not match the names on the petition.

Provide the following documents to demonstrate you are

eligible to file this petition:

F. A father: Submit a copy of your birth certificate showing

A. If you are a permanent resident, you must file your

the names of both parents. Also give a copy of your

petition with a copy of the front and back of your

parent's marriage certificate establishing that your father

Permanent Resident Card. If you have not yet received

was married to your mother before you were born, and

your card, submit copies of your passport biographic

copies of documents showing that any prior marriages of

page, and the page showing admission as a permanent

either your father or mother were legally terminated. If

resident, or other evidence of permanent resident status

you are filing for a stepparent or adoptive parent, or if you

issued by USCIS.

are filing for your father and were not legitimated before

your 18th birthday, also see D, G, and H.

B. If your Form I-485 is pending, you must submit a copy of

your approval notice for your Form I-918, Petition for U

G. Stepparent/stepchild: If your petition is based on a

Nonimmigrant Status, and a receipt notice showing that

stepparent-stepchild relationship, you must file your

your Form I-485 has been filed with USCIS.

petition with a copy of the marriage certificate of the

stepparent to the child's natural parent showing that the

marriage occurred before the child's 18th birthday. If you

or the child's natural parent were ever previously married

What Documents Do You Need to Demonstrate

to other people, submit copies of documents showing that

a Family Relationship?

any prior marriages were legally terminated. Evidence of

any legal name changes must also be submitted.

Certain documents are required to be submitted with this

petition to show that a relationship exists between you and

H. Adoptive parent of adopted child: If you and the person

your relative. In all cases, submit a recently taken clear

you are filing for are related by adoption, you must submit

photograph of the family member for whom you are filing,

a certified copy of the adoption decree(s) showing that the

and if you are filing for:

adoption took place before the child became 16 years of

A. A Husband or wife: Submit the following documentation:

age.

1. A copy of your marriage certificate;

If you adopted the child's sibling, you must submit a copy

of the adoption decree(s) showing that the adoption of the

2. If either you or your spouse were previously married,

sibling occurred before that child's 18th birthday.

copies of documents showing that all prior marriages

were legally terminated; and

In either case, you must also submit copies of evidence that

each child was in the legal custody of and resided with the

3. Evidence of any legal name change.

parent(s) who adopted him or her for at least 2 years before

or after adoption. Legal custody may only be granted by a

B. A child and you are the mother: Submit a copy of the

court or recognized government entity and is usually

child's birth certificate showing your name and the name of

granted at the time the adoption is finalized. However, if

your child.

legal custody is granted by a court or recognized

government agency prior to the adoption, that time may

C. A child born in wedlock and you are the father: Submit

count to fulfill the 2-year legal custody requirement.

a copy of the child's birth certificate showing both parents'

names and your marriage certificate.

D. A child born out of wedlock and you are the father: If

the child was not legitimated before reaching 18 years of

age, you must file your petition with copies of evidence

that a bona fide parent-child relationship existed between

the father and the child before the child reached 21 years

of age. This may include evidence that the father lived

with the child, supported him or her, or otherwise showed

continuing parental interest in the child's welfare.

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