Family - What Family Members May Accompany Me To The United States If I Am Approved?

Generally, family members that may accompany you to the United States include your spouse and unmarried children under the age of 21 who were with you at the refugee interview.

If your spouse or unmarried children under the age of 21 were not with you at the time of your interview, they will generally be able to follow you to the United States, but you will have to file a Form I-730, Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition, for each of them within 2 years of your arrival.

In either case, your dependent relative must also be admissible to the United States and must not have engaged in persecution of others. Other relatives may qualify for resettlement in the United States if they have access to the USRAP and have their own refugee claims.

Your case may include your spouse, child (unmarried and under 21 years of age), and in some limited circumstances, other family members. You may include a same-sex spouse in your application if you and your spouse are legally married.

As a general matter, USCIS looks to the law of the place where the marriage took place when determining whether it is valid for immigration law purposes.

Same-sex partners who are not married but who are qualified to access the USRAP under one of the three designated worldwide processing priorities may have their cases cross-referenced so that they can be interviewed at the same time and, if approved by USCIS, resettled in the same geographic area in the United States.

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Source: USCIS