What would be faster? Getting my uncle (USC) to sponsor my parents or waiting til I get citizenship to do it myself?

[L_n_O 3]

Hey all

I'm in the process of getting my 10 yr GC and am really bummed that I can't sponsor my parents to move to the US til I'm a citizen.

They're 59 & 60 yrs old...

I do have an uncle who lives in NJ (he's my mom's brother) and was considering asking him if he'd be willing to sponsor him... yes, I do realize that means he'd be financially responsible blah-blah-blah and i'm sure that'll be fine...

But my question is, what do you think would be faster? Him sponsoring them now as siblings and being put at the bottom of the list.... or me waiting til I have citizenship (probably two years from now!) and sponsoring them myself?

Lizelle

Edited April 20, 2010 by Lizelle_n_Oliver

[SweetApple08 2]

Hey all

I'm in the process of getting my 10 yr GC and am really bummed that I can't sponsor my parents to move to the US til I'm a citizen.

They're 59 & 60 yrs old...

I do have an uncle who lives in NJ (he's my mom's brother) and was considering asking him if he'd be willing to sponsor him... yes, I do realize that means he'd be financially responsible blah-blah-blah and i'm sure that'll be fine...

But my question is, what do you think would be faster? Him sponsoring them now as siblings and being put at the bottom of the list.... or my waiting til I have citizenship (probably two years from now!) and sponsoring them myself?

Lizelle

Wait until you are a citizen then they get IR visas.

Through the USC brother it takes about 10-13 years. Not worth trying that route.

[milimelo 4,544]

Hey all

I'm in the process of getting my 10 yr GC and am really bummed that I can't sponsor my parents to move to the US til I'm a citizen.

They're 59 & 60 yrs old...

I do have an uncle who lives in NJ (he's my mom's brother) and was considering asking him if he'd be willing to sponsor him... yes, I do realize that means he'd be financially responsible blah-blah-blah and i'm sure that'll be fine...

But my question is, what do you think would be faster? Him sponsoring them now as siblings and being put at the bottom of the list.... or me waiting til I have citizenship (probably two years from now!) and sponsoring them myself?

Lizelle

Don't bother with uncle's petition - that would take 10 years.

Get your citizenship next year, right now it takes only couple of months start to finish for N400. Have everything prepared for parent's I-130 petitions and mail it off as soon as you get your hands on the certificate. They should be done with everything in under a year.

[jhunjhun 7]

You are eligible to file for your citizenship next year since you were married to U.S. Citizen. You don't have to wait 5 yrs from the date of your resident, only 3 yrs.

[L_n_O 3]

You are eligible to file for your citizenship next year since you were married to U.S. Citizen. You don't have to wait 5 yrs from the date of your resident, only 3 yrs.

I'm aware of that. I was trying to estabilish how long it would take in comparision to filing for my citizenship in 2011 and then WAITING for that to come through AND THEN filing for my parents vs. my uncle filing for them today...

But it looks like it's many many years if my uncle was to do it?