Permanent Resident

[oscarg 0]

Ok i am totally clueless.... so it turns out that today i read somewhere that a Permanent Resident can also sponsor relatives... (WHAT????!!!!!) something i thought was EXCLUSIVE of citizens. Well, my mom and dad are both residents and i am being sponsored through my brother (he's a citizen). I have been waiting since 98 and still have a long ways to go apparently! I am now 19. My mom has been going to English classes like crazy because she wants to be a Citizen before i turn 21 and therefore sponsor me. Well, i was wondering if it is true that my mom could petition me (as a resident) to get my green card. If so, how long (approximately) will it take to get it (im under 21)?

To sum it up... my citizen brother is sponsoring me but it takes too long. Can my resident mom sponsor me and get it done in like a year or two (instead of 18 years through my brother?)

Thanks!

[pianojangee 0]

Permanet Resident can only sponor their sponsor and minor children, unmarried under 21 years of age. It would be Family Preference 2B and is still under visa number quota system though, 17 years of waiting if you are Mexico citizen.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/B1eng.pdf

If your parent files petition for you, it will take it will be still years of waiting for your petition to be approved which you will aged out. http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin...letin_4438.html

Also, after your mom becomes a citizen, she can petition under Family Based 1 preference which doesn't have age limit, but still has 17 years of waiting for you Family Preference 4th has a bit shorter wait which is about 12 years of wait. But I'd suggest to consult with immigration attorney. Good luck.

Ok i am totally clueless.... so it turns out that today i read somewhere that a Permanent Resident can also sponsor relatives... (WHAT????!!!!!) something i thought was EXCLUSIVE of citizens. Well, my mom and dad are both residents and i am being sponsored through my brother (he's a citizen). I have been waiting since 98 and still have a long ways to go apparently! I am now 19. My mom has been going to English classes like crazy because she wants to be a Citizen before i turn 21 and therefore sponsor me. Well, i was wondering if it is true that my mom could petition me (as a resident) to get my green card. If so, how long (approximately) will it take to get it (im under 21)?

To sum it up... my citizen brother is sponsoring me but it takes too long. Can my resident mom sponsor me and get it done in like a year or two (instead of 18 years through my brother?)

Thanks!

Edited March 28, 2009 by pianojangee

[payxibka 10,047]

certainly not a K-1 question... moving to proper forum

[aaron2020 11,651]

As an LPR your mother can petition for you if you are not married. It would be in the F2a family preference category; LPR petitioning for spouse and unmarried children under 21 years old. The wait is approximately 7 years. However, in 7 years you would be 26 and no longer eligible in the F2a category. You would be in the F2b; LPR petitioning for unmarried child over 21, which has a 17 years wait - even longer than your brother petitioning for you in the F4 category. Even if your mother becomes a US citizen, a USC petitioning for a Mexican child has to wait 17 years.

Your quickest way to the US through a family member is still your US citizen brother petitioning for you. The current wait in this category is 14 years.

Edited March 28, 2009 by aaron2020

[oscarg 0]

As an LPR your mother can petition for you if you are not married. It would be in the F2a family preference category; LPR petitioning for spouse and unmarried children under 21 years old. The wait is approximately 7 years. However, in 7 years you would be 26 and no longer eligible in the F2a category. You would be in the F2b; LPR petitioning for unmarried child over 21, which has a 17 years wait - even longer than your brother petitioning for you in the F4 category. Even if your mother becomes a US citizen, a USC petitioning for a Mexican child has to wait 17 years.

Your quickest way to the US through a family member is still your US citizen brother petitioning for you. The current wait in this category is 14 years.

Ok thanks. Well, thats a bummer... had we know this, my mom would of sponsored my 10 years ago and i would already have my green card by now. but why do u say the wait is 14 years? When i received the approval of my I-130, we were told it was 10 years. Has it changed? Or is this date just an approximate?

[aaron2020 11,651]

As an LPR your mother can petition for you if you are not married. It would be in the F2a family preference category; LPR petitioning for spouse and unmarried children under 21 years old. The wait is approximately 7 years. However, in 7 years you would be 26 and no longer eligible in the F2a category. You would be in the F2b; LPR petitioning for unmarried child over 21, which has a 17 years wait - even longer than your brother petitioning for you in the F4 category. Even if your mother becomes a US citizen, a USC petitioning for a Mexican child has to wait 17 years.

Your quickest way to the US through a family member is still your US citizen brother petitioning for you. The current wait in this category is 14 years.

Ok thanks. Well, thats a bummer... had we know this, my mom would of sponsored my 10 years ago and i would already have my green card by now. but why do u say the wait is 14 years? When i received the approval of my I-130, we were told it was 10 years. Has it changed? Or is this date just an approximate?

There is no way to predict how long it will take to get an immigration visa. It can only be guessed at based on those getting visas today. You need to familiarize yourself with the Visa Bulletin; http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin...letin_1360.html. When an I-130 is filed, there are many people already waiting in line. Some of them will not qualify for a visa for one reason or another. Some will add children and spouses along the way so people behind them have to wait further. No one can predict all these circumstances so there is always fluctuation in the waiting time in any particular category.

You are in the F4 category from Mexico. From the Visa Bulletin, you can see that Mexicans with I-130 filed on or before April 22, 1995 are just now getting their visas in the F4 category. That means they have been waiting 14 years. Your wait will vary as the visa bulletin does not move in sync with the calendar. Sometimes, the current priority date advance two months and others not at all. Since we cannot predict the future, we can only go by what is happening now to guess at the future move in the priority date.

Priority date is the date that the I-130 is received by the USCIS.

Edited March 29, 2009 by aaron2020