Brother of a US citizen

[adam1 1]

I need help with the document that I should send with the I-130 for my brother and his wife and couple children,I'm US citizen.

Accourding to the instructions I only need to send my birth certificate,his birth certificate, I-130,$420 and prove of citizenship.

Do I need to send his marriage certificate his wife and children birth certificate????

thanks.

[George & Gina 29]

I need help with the document that I should send with the I-130 for my brother and his wife and couple children,I'm US citizen.

Accourding to the instructions I only need to send my birth certificate,his birth certificate, I-130,$420 and prove of citizenship.

Do I need to send his marriage certificate his wife and children birth certificate????

thanks.

Since you're only required to send photocopies with the I-130 to the USCIS I would suggest sending copies of the documents that you mentioned just to preclude possible receipt of an RFE. I looked over the instructions that pertain to your situation just as you did and and didn't see them mentioned either. It appears that the immigration of you brother's wife and children is implied by you petitioning him on the I-130. Just remember that you will be submitting a DS-230 (applying for a visa) for each of them once you get to the NVC stage of the process.

George

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Once you submit the items the long wait begins. The current wait for a visa number is nine years. Your brothers family may change in composition during that time. If his child is a teenage he may be too old to come with him by the time a visa number is available.

[adam1 1]

Thanks guys I will send everything to be sure. I know its a long time but His kids are only 3 and 5 years old, I think they should be covered as long as they are below 21 at the day of the interview. I'm acctualy doing this for them so they can go to college in the US.

[muskan4eva 0]

hasn't the processing time for brother/sister changed upto 4 yrs or something.??? the currant case being processed are 2006 according to the timeline..

[milimelo 4,563]

Approximately 8,5 years in this case if visa bulletin doesn't change. You're lucky brother is not from Philippines, that would be a 23+ yr wait...

[muskan4eva 0]

but if u look at the current processing times, it says USCIS is processing cases of 2006?? so it's like 4 yrs

[milimelo 4,563]

but if u look at the current processing times, it says USCIS is processing cases of 2006?? so it's like 4 yrs

Again, the only authority of relevance to sibling petition is the NVC bulletin - right here>>http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5212.html

Clearly says it's processing cases from 01 JAN 02 so that's almost a 9 year wait.

You can certainly dig around the USCIS processing dates, but they're not relevant if the visa number is not available for a long time... USCIS approves petition in 4 yrs or so YAY, THEN you get to wait some more...

[Visa Grant 78]

I have created an exclusive post for F4 category in this forum. You can click the below link and post ur queries there..

All F4s

[ndkv 0]

hi,

i want to sponsor for my brother too, but I'm not sure if I only file form I-130 alone for each of him and his wife?

or should I file I-485 for each of them as well?

thanks all

[Visa Grant 78]

hi,

i want to sponsor for my brother too, but I'm not sure if I only file form I-130 alone for each of him and his wife?

or should I file I-485 for each of them as well?

thanks all

You have to file just file I-130 only for your brother along with his Birth certificate(Photocopy) Only..

Go through the link i have provided in my previous post and ask ur queries and you will know more about the process..