Family Petition

Who commonly uses it. A U.S. citizen or permanent resident petitioning for a spouse, parent, child, son or daughter, or brother or sister to immigrate.

Official form and instructions: USCIS — I-130. Clarenor is not affiliated with USCIS.

• 21 intake questions written for this form — not a generic questionnaire. The questions are grouped into 5 sections.
• A document checklist of 9 items, each explained, with 4 marked required.
• Automatic saving. You can start now and come back later; nothing is lost.
• A consistency check. We compare your own answers and documents against each other and show you anything that does not add up.
• A human Case Guide review on the Reviewed and Full Service packages: a person reads your answers and documents and tells you what is missing.
• Escalation rules specific to this service. 6 circumstances that need a person are flagged for human review rather than decided by software.

The relationship

• What is the relationship between the petitioner and the beneficiary? REQUIRED
• What is the petitioner's status? REQUIRED
• Is the beneficiary inside the United States or abroad? REQUIRED

Petitioner details

• Petitioner full legal name REQUIRED
• Petitioner date of birth REQUIRED
• Petitioner A-Number (if any)
• Petitioner country of citizenship or nationality REQUIRED

Beneficiary details

• Beneficiary full legal name REQUIRED
• Beneficiary date of birth REQUIRED
• Beneficiary country of birth and citizenship REQUIRED
• Where does the beneficiary currently live? REQUIRED

Marriage and prior relationships

• If the relationship is a marriage, when and where did the marriage take place?
• If this is a marriage, how and when did you meet?
• Has either party had a prior marriage? REQUIRED
• If yes, give the details
• If this is a marriage, do you currently live together?

History

• Has the petitioner ever been arrested, cited, detained or convicted of any crime? REQUIRED
• Has the beneficiary ever been arrested, cited, detained or convicted of any crime? REQUIRED
• Has any immigration petition been filed for either party before? REQUIRED
• Has the beneficiary ever been in removal, deportation or exclusion proceedings? REQUIRED
• Has the beneficiary ever been in the United States without lawful status, or overstayed? REQUIRED

Seeing the questions before you start is deliberate. You should know what you are being asked and why before you pay for anything.

• Petitioner government-issued photo identification Required
• Proof of the petitioner's citizenship or permanent residence Required — Birth certificate, passport biographic page, naturalization certificate or Green Card.
• Beneficiary government-issued photo identification Required
• Marriage certificate (spouse petitions) (not required for everyone)
• Birth certificate (parent or child petitions) (not required for everyone)
• Evidence the relationship is genuine Required — For a marriage: joint lease, joint bank statements, photographs together, insurance, correspondence.
• Additional relationship evidence (anything you have) (not required for everyone)
• Divorce decree or death certificate for any prior marriage (not required for everyone)
• Certified court records for any arrest or charge (not required for everyone)

Documents are stored privately and are never publicly accessible. Only you and the Case Guide working on your case can open them, and you can replace or delete anything you upload.

1. Choose a package. You see exactly what each includes and what it does not before you pay.
2. Answer the questions. Save at any point and return later.
3. Upload your documents against the checklist.
4. Pay. Payment is what places your case with a Case Guide. You are not charged before this step, and you pay the government fee separately to USCIS.
5. A Case Guide reviews your case for completeness and consistency and tells you what is missing.
6. You revise if asked, then a final readiness review completes the case.

Why this price. The most document-intensive service: two parties, relationship evidence, and often prior marriages. Priced highest, consistent with how the market prices family petitions.

USCIS filing fees are not included and are paid by you, directly to USCIS. Clarenor never collects a government fee on your behalf. Each package states its full refund terms on the service page.

We do not assess whether a marriage is genuine, and we do not decide admissibility. Unlawful presence, a prior removal order, or a previous denial raises questions that only an attorney can properly answer, so those cases are flagged and you are told so directly.

Clarenor does not file your application: you file it yourself. We do not represent you before USCIS and we do not provide legal advice.

If this matches your situation, you can see the packages and begin. If you are not sure whether this is the right form, contact us and a person will help you work it out.