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August 22, 2011 | 3:36 pm
The red-headed step-child gets a green card
Posted by Cedric M. Shen
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I’ve previously written about family-based green cards and immediate relatives. Namely, a US citizen parent may sponsor a non-citizen child under the age of 21 for a green card. But what about step children? With divorce and re-marriages becoming more and more common, it’s only natural to expect situations in which a US citizen parent wants to sponsor a step-child under the age of 21. The good news is that this is possible, with a caveat. The general rule is that a step-parent may sponsor a step-child for a green card if the marriage creating the parent-child relationship took place before the child turned eighteen. This means that the petitioner/step-parent has to have married his or her second spouse prior to the beneficiary’s 18th birthday. If the petitioner/step-parent marries after the beneficiary’s 18th birthday, but before the 21st birthday, then the beneficiary is not eligible for “immediate relative” status even though he/she would have been but for the step-parent relationship.
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Could someone please enlighten me as to why “red-head” has anything to do with immigration law and step children?
“Red-headed step-child” is an idiom. Thought it dovetailed nicely. Plus, red and green go well together. No?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=red+headed+stepchild