幾個月前上來問了關於回國領養小孩的問題,謝謝各位老師的幫助,現在小孩來到美國和我們共同生活了。由於我們現在485 pending, 所以我想確認一下以後小孩follow to join的問題。我在state gov的官網上看到關於領養的小孩是否可以follow to join的如下說明:
A child who qualified as "child" under the provisions of INA 101(b)(1)(E) subsequent to the principal alien's admission, but was adopted and was a member of principal alien's household prior to the adoptive parent's admission to the United States, is considered to have been acquired prior to the principal alien's admission.
我的理解是,拿到領養證,小孩就被認為是"was adopted"了,但要共同生活兩年後才可以被認為是"my child"。 所以隻要拿到領養證是在我拿到綠卡之前,就算共同生活兩年的完成在拿到綠卡之後,小孩都是可以follow to join的。我的理解對嗎?不過網上的這個例子讓我很困惑:
http://asianjournalusa.com/followtojoin-adopted-child-p7854-162.htm
我覺得裏麵的律師說的不對。是嗎?
還有一個問題,要是我拿到綠卡後換了工作,小孩還可以follow to join嗎?謝謝