sponsoring brother - unknown date

[sciencenerd 56]

This may be a strange question, but I haven't been able to find an answer to it. My wife recently got approved for permanent residency and will be applying for citizenship in 3 years. My question is actually about her brother. He is autistic and in all likelihood will end up with us if anything ever happens to his (and my wife's) mother. We are trying to figure out how to properly plan for this likely scenario. I understand that it will be about 10 years for her brother's priority date to come up after we can file, but I'm more concerned about after that. Hopefully, this will not be something that comes up for many, many years (my wife's mom is only 59 now), but we probably won't have much notice when it's necessary. Her brother needs 24 hour supervision and we are basically the only family. What can we do to prepare for this?

Some specific questions:

- once her brother is approved (probably in 15 years-ish), how long does he have to move down here? (can he be approved and then just move down here at the point when his mom can no longer care for him?)

- once his priority date comes up, can we postpone things until he needs to come down here?

- are there alternative options for this type of situation, especially if (God forbid), something happened to his mom prior to his priority date coming up? We would need near-immediate approval to ensure he is safe and cared for.

I don't want to be morbid, but with the time required for immigration, we are trying to make sure we have some plan that won't leave him without any care or supervision in Canada. We definitely want to allow him to live in Canada with his mom for as long as possible. This is obviously very long term planning, but it is impossible for us to know exactly when he will need to be able to move here, whether next month or in 30 years. I don't understand how to work with immigration for this type of situation.

Any information or advice would be appreciated.

[payxibka 10,045]

I am thinking that the one way to make things faster might be a legal adoption.... not sure if that is an option for you if/when the time comes?