Steve

G'day

I have recently become a naturalized USC and want to sponsor my 19 y.o.
Australian daughter so she can come to America and live with me and my
USC wife. What is the best and fastest way of doing this? Do I start
proceddings from here or is DCF through Sydney the better way? I
travelled the Sydney DCF road but that was to get married and move
here.

Any help and where to find it will be greatly appreciated.

Steve

Folinskyinla

Hi:

She is now your "immediate relative" -- except for some details, the route for her green card is the same as by marriage. She is still your "child" as she is still under 21.

To my knowledge, Sydney is still one of the few consulates that allows DCF and I see no reason why it couldn't be used for all immediate relatives [which includes your parents].

Folinskyinla

Hi Deb:

The 18 year limit is in relation to creating the "step-child" relationship -- the marriage that creates the relationship must take place before the child turns 18.

Age 18 also relates to derivative naturalization.

In this case, the NATURAL father has just naturalized -- so as long as his daughter is unmarried and under 21, she is HIS child. [BTW, I am assuming that he is in the category of fathers who qualify as such under the definition of the parent/child relationship inherent in the immigration defintion of "child" -- which may be a complicating issue].

Just Jenney

You asked this question (albeit under a different username) only two weeks ago.

Did you look at the links Meauxna provided you at that time? I just took a glance at them and they seem to offer a wealth of information directly related to your questions.

~ Jenney

Elvira

Hiya Big Sister - this is spooky!!!

Are you keeping track of all of us????

fatbrit

I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.

Just Jenney

Not keeping track, just looking things up when they sound like déjà vu.

It seems like there are many people who start a thread to ask a question, but instead of checking back on that thread to see what responses they might have received, they simply post a NEW thread with the SAME question. For some reason this phenomenon seems to almost always happen with those posting from Usenet; not sure if that's a coincidence or not.

In this case the OP got several great links from Meauxna just two weeks ago. Between them, they probably have all the answers he's looking for. If he had actually looked at those links he would've realized that and not started this thread.

I suppose it's a bit of a pet peeve when people on here -- like Meauxna -- make the effort to provide good feedback only for it to be ignored. That's annoying.

~ Jenney

Elvira

Hey girl, don't you think you might want to lighten up just a little every now and again - it was a joke...

Elvira

Fullest possible use, hmmmm.... And your post implies you're a conscious entity!

I can certainly think of possible applications...

fatbrit

This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.

Elvira

All right then - what sauce are you on?

ian-mstm

Bloody brilliant!

Ian

Folinskyinla

Hi Jen:

There is nothing wrong in asking a question twice. ["Measure twice, cut once"]. IMHO, this thread can now be considered "hijacked." Pity, the OP has some well taken questions.

fatbrit

AFAIK, there is no limit to size of a thread. And if there is, we're certainly a long way off it. The OP will no doubt post follow-up questions if he desires.

Just Jenney

But why ask the question a second time before considering the resources given to you when you ask the first time?

The OP got some great links in his older thread where he asked these same questions before. I pointed this out to him in my response to him up above. I certainly wouldn't call that "hijacking" the thread.

~ Jenney