Home Forums Green Card & Citizen Petitioner on DS 260 Petitioner on DS 260 Name * Password * Email Petitioner: A U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident family member or employer (or the employer's agent) who files a family-based or employment-based immigrant visa petition with USCIS. Your I-824 follow to join application for wife is based on employment-based immigrant petition. Thus, employer should be petitioner since I-824 in this case is just by-product petition based on your employment-based petition. I agree to the terms of service Comment