Family member to US

[John&Juvy 36]

My Filipina wife and I are interested in bringing her young neice, 3, here to the US. I am a US citizen, my wife a permanent resident about to get the 10 year first extension on her green card. There are some circumstances making this urgent. Can we bring her over as a relative, and for how long if done quickly. Would adopting her formally change the process (of course I know it would) and allow expedition? We will return to PI permanently as residents next 3-5 years but we'd like to get her out now.

[Boiler 46,121]

Adoption may or may not be possible, but it would be the only route.

I doubt it will happen quickly.

[aleful 1,905]

My Filipina wife and I are interested in bringing her young neice, 3, here to the US. I am a US citizen, my wife a permanent resident about to get the 10 year first extension on her green card. There are some circumstances making this urgent. Can we bring her over as a relative, and for how long if done quickly. Would adopting her formally change the process (of course I know it would) and allow expedition? We will return to PI permanently as residents next 3-5 years but we'd like to get her out now.

ditto,

is she an orphan? you would have to find out what are the adoption requirements in the PI, adoptions always take a long time.

you can't file a petition for a niece, so you would have to adopt her.

[justashooter 430]

USCIS wants to see any adopted children living with adoptive parents for 2-3 years in home country before they will allow immigration benefits for adopted children. if it were any other way many people would be adopting solely intent upon receiving immigration benefits, which would be a fraudulent path.

[Boiler 46,121]

Not necessarily.

Looks like it was not quite that urgent.