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Hello all,

My wife and I recently got married. We want to bring her 25 yr old unmarried daughter to the US. We have yet to file for my new wife's resd. I want to bring her daughter in as my step daughter. Is this possible and if so how?

Thanks for your time and effort.

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She is too old to be adopted by you for immigration purposes. http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...000082ca60aRCRD

Your wife can petition for her once she has a green card and then can upgrade the petition when she becomes a citizen. http://www.uscis.gov/USCIS/New%20Structure...Guides/B1en.pdf

Current Visa Bulletin http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bull...letin_4611.html

It will be an 8 year wait for her to get a visa with your wife as an LPR. When your wife becomes a citizen it would shorten the wait.

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unfortunatly, you can't petition for her, she had to be under 18 before the marriage took place, she's 25.

Her mom will have to petition for her when she becomes a LPR, and she must remain unmarried, until she gets her GC or her mom becomes a USC and then she can marry.

from what country is she? Mexicans take a very long time, like 18 years, and there are other countries that have a longer wait.

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unfortunatly, you can't petition for her, she had to be under 18 before the marriage took place, she's 25.

Her mom will have to petition for her when she becomes a LPR, and she must remain unmarried, until she gets her GC or her mom becomes a USC and then she can marry.

from what country is she? Mexicans take a very long time, like 18 years, and there are other countries that have a longer wait.

First of all thanks for the replies.....so let me get this straight, the mother can't petition her if she is only a US residence and how many years does it take to become a citizen? They mother and daughter are both from Colombia....

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for your wife - 3.5 years (give or take a few months) from the time she first receives the green card, to becoming a citizen.

then, once yer wife is us citizen, is 'normal' immediate family processing times - usually under 12 months.

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