Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition

When this applies to you

• You were granted refugee or asylum status within the last 2 years
• You want to bring your spouse or unmarried child under 21
• The relationship existed before you received your status
• You can provide proof of the relationship

Documents you'll need

You upload these while filling out the form. You can start now and add them as you go.

• Evidence of your status as a refugee or asylee in the United States

  For example the decision granting you asylum (asylum office or immigration judge), or your Form I-94 showing your admission as a refugee. If you have since become a permanent resident, also include your Green Card, front and back.

• A recent full-frontal passport-style photo of the beneficiary, in the envelopeOptional

  A clear, recently taken photo that meets passport photo specifications.

• Your marriage certificate
• Your spouse's birth certificate
• Evidence that each of your prior marriages legally ended

  Divorce decree or death certificate of the prior spouse.

• Evidence that each of your spouse's prior marriages legally ended

  Divorce decree or death certificate of the prior spouse.

• The child's birth certificate, showing the child's name and your name

  For a stepchild: the birth certificate showing the name of the child's natural parent, your spouse.

• Your marriage certificate with the child's mother
• Evidence that prior marriages, yours or the child's mother's, legally ended (if either of you was previously married)Optional
• Evidence that the child was legitimated, or that a bona fide parent/child relationship exists between you

  Legitimation by civil authorities, and evidence of emotional and financial ties to the child and of your genuine interest in the child's welfare. For example: money order receipts, canceled checks showing financial support, income tax returns claiming the child as a dependent, medical or insurance records, school records, correspondence with the child, notarized affidavits of people who know about the relationship.

• Your marriage certificate with the child's natural parent
• Evidence that prior marriages, yours or the natural parent's, legally ended (if either of you was previously married)Optional
• A certified copy of the adoption decree
• Evidence that you resided together with the child for at least two years
• A certified copy of the court order granting you legal custody
• Evidence of any legal name change (if applicable)Optional

  If the names on the certificates do not match those on the petition: marriage certificate, court order, name change decree…

• If a certificate is not available: the civil authority's statement and secondary evidence (if applicable)Optional

  A statement from the civil authority certifying that the document is not available, with a religious record (baptism or comparable rite within 2 months after birth), a school record or a census record. Failing that, two sworn affidavits from people living at the time who have personal knowledge of the event, with their full name, address, date and place of birth, relationship to you, and full details of the event and how they know about it.

• A copy of both sides of the beneficiary's Form I-94 (if any)Optional
• For each entry into the United States: the I-94 and/or the passport pages showing all entry and exit stamps
• Evidence supporting the humanitarian reasons for your late filing
• Write by hand, on the printed form, the beneficiary's name and address in the language of their country (Part 2, Item 22, page 5)Optional

  Legibly, in black ink. Without this address, interview notices may be significantly delayed.

• Have the beneficiary sign and date Part 6 by hand (page 9)Optional
• Certified English translations of your foreign-language documents (if applicable)Optional

  A full translation, with the translator's signed certification that it is complete and accurate and that they are competent in both languages. DHS recommends adding their printed name, the date and their contact information.

• Your attorney's or accredited representative's Form G-28 (if required)Optional

How the filing works

• 11 guided sections in your language. We only ask the questions that apply to you.
• Your answers are saved as you go, so you can stop and come back
• We fill the official USCIS PDF and you sign it online