File your I-130 online, with up to 22 checks before USCIS sees it

Yes. Most petitioners file through a USCIS online account, and your finished I-130 works for that. You can also print the packet and mail it to the address we give you.

Most petitioners file without one. We ask about your status, your relationship and your history, check the answers against each other, and show you what needs attention before you file. Two exceptions belong with a lawyer first: an open immigration court case, and a past petition denied for fraud. If either shows up in your answers, we say so.

You do not have to decide. Form I-130A collects the beneficiary's address and employment history, and it belongs only in spouse petitions. If your answers show one, we add it to your packet and fill it from those same answers, so the two forms cannot disagree. If it does not apply, it never appears.

Yes, for a spouse or an unmarried child. Green card holders cannot petition for parents or siblings at all. One more difference: only a limited number of green cards go to relatives of green card holders each year, so your relative waits in a queue for their turn. A U.S. citizen's spouse, parent or young child skips that wait.

It depends on the relationship. Spouses, parents and young children of U.S. citizens count as immediate relatives, so once the petition is approved they can move straight on to the green card. Everyone else joins a queue: the government gives out a set number of green cards in each category each year, and brothers and sisters can wait years for their turn. An approved petition proves the relationship. It does not give your relative a green card, and it does not move them up the queue.

Proof of your citizenship or green card and proof of the relationship. For a spouse, add evidence that the marriage is real: a shared lease or mortgage, joint accounts, insurance, photos, and statements from people who know you both. Any earlier marriage needs the decree that ended it. We build the list from your answers. See the I-130 documents checklist

Yes, on every Immiva form including the I-130. You also see the full pre-filing report before you pay anything, so you know what you are buying. Read the guarantee terms

Immiva's fee is $149, paid once, after you have seen the report. It covers the finished form, the pre-filing report, your document list, and the filing instructions. The USCIS filing fee is separate and goes to the government.

No. Immiva is software. It turns the form into plain-English questions, fills the form from your answers, and checks those answers before you file. We do not give legal advice, and nothing here replaces a lawyer when your situation calls for one. The checks tell you when that is.