Parents of Permanent Resident

[blandas 0]

I have now been a permanent resident since 2005 and my parents are considering moving from the UK to the USA.

Is there a special procedure i can use (being a permanent resident) or do they have to run the paperwork on their own as UK citizens wanting to emigrate ?

Thanks

Alex

[payxibka 10,047]

I have now been a permanent resident since 2005 and my parents are considering moving from the UK to the USA.

Is there a special procedure i can use (being a permanent resident) or do they have to run the paperwork on their own as UK citizens wanting to emigrate ?

Thanks

Alex

As an LPR you can petition for an immediate family memeber but the beneficiaries are subject to quota limits. The quota limits can add many years before a visa number is available. A USC is not subject to these quotas. It looks like you can naturalize sometime next year.... That would be the quickest.

Edited August 5, 2008 by fwaguy

[YuAndDan 153]

As an LPR you can petition for an immediate family memeber but the beneficiaries are subject to quota limits. The quota limits can add many years before a visa number is available. A USC is not subject to these quotas. It looks like you can naturalize sometime next year.... That would be the quickest.

??? How does an LPR file for parrents??? I-130 specifies who an LPR can file for:

Who May File Form I-130?

2. If you are a lawful permanent resident of United States, you may file this form for:

A. Your husband or wife;

B. Your unmarried child under age 21;

C. Your unmarried son or daughter age 21 or older.

Who May Not File This Form I-130?

8. A grandparent, grandchild, nephew, niece, uncle, aunt, cousin, or in-law.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-130instr.pdf

There is no quota based immigrations for parants of an LPR.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/ty...types_1306.html

Yes, you first MUST naturalize and become a US Citizen. Only US citizens can file an I-130 for their parents, and US citizens CANNOT file for In-Laws, so having your spouse file it wont work.

[Boiler 46,109]

On what basis would they qualify to emmigrate on their own?

[YuAndDan 153]

On what basis would they qualify to emmigrate on their own?

Yep, they have to be sponsored is some way, this is usually done by a son or daughter that is a US citizen.

[Boiler 46,109]

Work and Investment are the obvious alternates, but OP never mentioned quite how they have other options.