BRINGING ADULT CHILD TO US

[Craig-n-Jacquie 0]

Hi There,

I just recently moved to the US after finishing the immigration process CR1. I'm just waiting for my green card which should arrive soon. My adult daughter(age 22) unmarried, wants to immigrate to the US. Looking for advice and suggestions on the manner and if it's possible that I'm able to file for her.

Thanking you in advance,

Jacquie

[jkelly07 120]

hello, i would suggest you read the guides on this page to bring siblings to live in the u.s after you read some of the guides, you can ask us some questions,

[Canadiandggal 49]

hello, i would suggest you read the guides on this page to bring siblings to live in the u.s after you read some of the guides, you can ask us some questions,

shes not bring a sibling over...

Heres what i found for you

If you are a U.S. citizen and the father or stepparent of the child or son or daughter, you must file the following with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services:

Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative

A copy of your birth certificate or U.S. passport

If you were not born in the U.S., a copy of either:

your Certificate of Naturalization or Citizenship or

your U.S. passport

A copy of the child's birth certificate showing the child's name and the names of both parents

A copy of civil marriage certificate showing the names of both parents, or proof that a parent/child relationship exists or existed (if you are petitioning for a stepchild, your marriage to the child's parent must take place before the stepchild's 18th birthday)

A copy of any divorce decrees, death certificates, or annulment decrees that establish the termination of any previous marriages entered into by you or your spouse

Fathers petitioning for a child born out of wedlock must provide evidence that a parent/child relationship exists or existed. For example, the child's birth certificate displaying the father's name, evidence showing that the father and child at some point lived together, or that the father held out the child as his own, or that he has made financial contributions in support of the child, or that in general his behavior evidenced genuine concern for and interest in the child. A blood test proving paternity may also be necessary.

If anyone's name has been legally changed (if it differs from the name on his or her birth certificate), evidence of the name change must be submitted.

If you are a U.S. citizen and the adoptive parent of a child or son or daughter who lived with you in your legal custody for two years while a child, you must file the following with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services:

Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative

A copy of your birth certificate or U.S. passport

If you were not born in the U.S., a copy of either:

your Certificate of Naturalization or Citizenship or

your U.S. passport

A copy of the child's birth certificate showing the child's name

A certified copy of the adoption decree (the adoption must have taken place before the child reached the age of 16, with only one exception: if you adopted the child's sibling who had not yet reached age 16, the older sibling must have been adopted before reaching the age of 18)

The legal custody decree if you obtained custody of the child before adoption

A statement showing the dates and places your child has lived with you, and proof that your child has lived with you and has been in your legal custody for at least two years

If anyone's name has been legally changed (if it differs from the name on his or her birth certificate), evidence of the name change must be submitted.

Lawful Permanent Residents

If you are a lawful permanent resident applying to bring an unmarried, minor child or an unmarried son or daughter to the United States to live and you are the mother of the child, you must file the following with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services:

Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative

A copy of your alien registration card

A copy of the child's birth certificate showing your name and the child's name

If anyone's name has been legally changed (if it differs from the name on his or her birth certificate), evidence of the name change must be submitted.

[Canadiandggal 49]

Who is Eligible to Be a Sponsor?

A U.S. citizen may petition for:

A child (unmarried and under 21 years of age)

An unmarried son or daughter ( 21 years of age and older)

A married son or daughter of any age

A U.S. citizen's unmarried, minor child is considered an immediate relative, does not need a visa number, and is eligible to receive an immigrant visa immediately. Otherwise, sons and daughters of U.S. citizens will be eligible for a visa when their priority date is listed on the Department of State's Visa Bulletin .

If your unmarried, minor child was admitted or paroled into the U.S., he or she may file the Form I-485, Application to Register for Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, at the time you file your Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative.

A lawful permanent resident may petition for:

A child (unmarried and under 21 years of age)

An unmarried son or daughter ( 21 years of age and older)

[HeatDeath 430]

According to the December 2010 Visa bulletin: http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5197.html

The current date for an unmarried child over 21 [Category F 2 B] is June 2005. That means that once you file for your daughter, it will take about 5 years for her to get to the front of the line. If she marries during that period she will lose her place in line, as married children of Permanent Residents aren't eligible at all.

If you later become a citizen, on the other hand, the current date for married children of citizens [Category F 3] is June 2002, and the current date for unmarried children of citizens over 21 [Category F 1] is February 2006. So if you become a citizen it will speed up her visa availability by about 6 months. But if she then marries, she will fall back] in the line about 3 years, but won't fall out of the line.

So you can file for her, but you're looking at a 4-5 year wait.

[Flames9_RN 359]

Yep, by my reading, once they are over 21--it takes awhile!!

[Canadian/American 3]

Does anyone have any actual experience sponsoring their adult child for a Visa? Any stories on how it went or how long it took or if they could move here anyway before then? How can you be a proper mom when your son needs you and you can't let him move home just because home is in the US? Is there anyway to apply for a Visa when he came and stayed to live with you?

I miss my boys so much and they miss me!

thanks for any input.

[Krikit 1,165]

Moving from the Canada Regional Forum to Bringing Family Members of Permanent Residents to America Forum.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

An adult ( person over 21) is considered to have their own life. One of the things you have to balance when you move , to a new state or a new country , is it's effects on your family. Your adult relative may be able to get a student visa if he can afford it but there is no visa to move here before the approval of the visa they are eligble for. LPR's are at the back of the visa line because USC's get the first position. With the rotten economy many adults are staying put in their home ocuntry and the lines are a little faster.

[Canadian/American 3]

An adult ( person over 21) is considered to have their own life. One of the things you have to balance when you move , to a new state or a new country , is it's effects on your family. Your adult relative may be able to get a student visa if he can afford it but there is no visa to move here before the approval of the visa they are eligble for. LPR's are at the back of the visa line because USC's get the first position. With the rotten economy many adults are staying put in their home ocuntry and the lines are a little faster.

I think families are too disconnected and with everyone 'having their own life' where is the old fashion way of having family close when you need it. Obviously I considered the impact on my family when I moved. I didn't ask for someone to judge my want to have my son move closer, only for the experience of someone who has gone through an actual application and real times, not the estimated times based on numbers etc.

My children are important to me, they are adults and YES I want them close and 5 years is too long for this process. I could have one son near me, he could meet a woman here, get married and then I could have grandchildren close by too.

So did anyone actually go through the I-130 process for a F1 applicant? If so what was YOUR experience with time.

Thanks.... a loving mom

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

I think families are too disconnected and with everyone 'having their own life' where is the old fashion way of having family close when you need it. Obviously I considered the impact on my family when I moved. I didn't ask for someone to judge my want to have my son move closer, only for the experience of someone who has gone through an actual application and real times, not the estimated times based on numbers etc.

My children are important to me, they are adults and YES I want them close and 5 years is too long for this process. I could have one son near me, he could meet a woman here, get married and then I could have grandchildren close by too.

So did anyone actually go through the I-130 process for a F1 applicant? If so what was YOUR experience with time.

Thanks.... a loving mom

Those are not "estimated times based on numbers". There are annual numerical limits for each category of family preference visa. This means that there is a quota that cannot be exceeded in any year, and an additional limit on the maximum percentage of applicants in any category from any single country. The beneficiary cannot get a visa until a visa number is available for them, and that won't happen until their priority date is current.

This isn't simply a matter of bureaucratic processing. Only a limited number of visas will be issued each year. How long your son will have to wait depends on how many people are waiting in front of him.

Other people's experience will be totally irrelevant to you. The progression of the cutoff dates is constantly changing. Just a little over a year ago the waiting time for the spouse or minor unmarried child of an LPR was only a few months. It's retrogressed since then, and now it's over 2 years. The waiting times people quote you now are based on the current visa bulletin, but those times could get shorter or longer before your son's priority date becomes current. The wait time now is 7 years for someone filing today.. This time of year in 2006 it was 5 years. This time next year it might only be 4 years. This is why someone elses experience is not relevant to you. How long it will take depends on when you file, and what happens to the cutoff dates between now and when a your son's priority date finally becomes current. That depends entirely on how fast they use up the visa numbers.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

I think families are too disconnected and with everyone 'having their own life' where is the old fashion way of having family close when you need it. Obviously I considered the impact on my family when I moved. I didn't ask for someone to judge my want to have my son move closer, only for the experience of someone who has gone through an actual application and real times, not the estimated times based on numbers etc.

My children are important to me, they are adults and YES I want them close and 5 years is too long for this process. I could have one son near me, he could meet a woman here, get married and then I could have grandchildren close by too.

So did anyone actually go through the I-130 process for a F1 applicant? If so what was YOUR experience with time.

Thanks.... a loving mom

Yes it is old fashioned to have family close. I grew up in a house that had been in the family for hundreds of years in a town where one tenth of the town were relatives. Family is something we had to balance, along with quality of life and job potentials. It isn't easy and you make choices. Because the US can't support all the immigrants that would like to be here there are rules that attempt to fairly allow people into the US. Sometime the rules seem very unfair when they hit you individually. Maybe if you stay near the common border visits ill be easier. Many are half a world from family and can't easily cross the US border so have much deeper problems with being separated.