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A child may be eligible for the K-4 visa if he or she is unmarried, under 21, and the child of a qualified K-3 nonimmigrant visa applicant. [ 13 ] In order for the applicant to obtain the K-3 visa, the U.S. citizen spouse must file a Form I-129F listing the applicant as beneficiary (this is in addition to the pending Form I-130 petition).
When an applicant is a child, accompanied by or joining a parent, the child may be charged to the foreign state of either parent. When an applicant is born in a country where neither of the parents was born in or a subject of, may be charged to the country of either parent. For example, if child A is born during a family vacation in Mexico, but ...
The application process starts by filling out Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, [10] and after U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approves the petition, the foreign family member may apply for a green card. The green card application can be filed through the U.S. embassy or consulate in the applicant's home country.
To apply for a fee waiver, the applicant must submit Form I-912, Request for a Fee Waiver, along with the application form. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Fees paid for USCIS immigration forms are deposited in the Immigration Examinations Fee Account (IEFA) managed by the United States Treasury ; this account funds most of the USCIS budget.
In the United States, child support is the ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made directly or indirectly by an "obligor" (or paying parent or payer) to an "obligee" (or receiving party or recipient) for the financial care and support of children of a relationship or a (possibly terminated) marriage.
In the decades leading up to the 1970s child custody battles were rare, and in most cases the mother of minor children would receive custody. [5] Since the 1970s, as custody laws have been made gender-neutral, contested custody cases have increased as have cases in which the children are placed in the primary custody of the father.
The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) is one of the uniform acts drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in the United States. First developed in 1992 [ 1 ] the NCCUSL revised the act in 1996 [ 2 ] and again in 2001 [ 3 ] with additional amendments in 2008. [ 4 ]
Child support may be ordered to be paid by one parent to another when one is a non-custodial parent and the other is a custodial parent. Similarly, child support may also be ordered to be paid by one parent to another when both parents are custodial parents (joint or shared custody) and they share the child-raising responsibilities.