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lee72508 Newbie

lee72508   0

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Hello,

My name is Leo,26 single and from Philippines.

I have these questions and hopefully you can advice me what to do.

I have a sister in California and she has been living there for almost 14 years now.

So these are my questions and i hope you can advice me what is best to do.

Im planning or we are planning to go to the US but i dont know what to do first.

1) What should i apply or what kind of visa

2) How long is the processing?

3) Where is easier to process,my mother or mine? then if mother,how long or years would it take?more likely

4) If my sister will apply for a petition for me,how long do i have to wait until its done.

5) Is there any other way to make processing quicker or easier?

I hope you can advice ...I will be checking my emails for your responses...Thank you...

Leo

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RICARDO4EVA2   195

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Welcome to VisaJourney

Current cut off date F2A - Current 

Brother's Journey (F2A) - PD Dec 30, 2010


Dec 30 2010 - Notice of Action 1 (NOA1)
May 12 2011 - Notice of Action 2 (NOA2)
May 23 2011 - NVC case # Assigned
Nov 17 2011 - COA / I-864 received
Nov 18 2011 - Sent COA
Apr 30 2012 - Pay AOS fee
Oct 15 2012 - Pay IV fee
Oct 25 2012 - Sent AOS/IV Package
Oct 29 2012 - Pkg Delivered
Dec 24 2012 - Case Complete
May 17 2013 - Interview-Approved

July 19 2013 - Enter the USA

"... Answer when you are called..."

RICARDO4EVA2 Mentor

RICARDO4EVA2   195

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Hello,

My name is Leo,26 single and from Philippines.

I have these questions and hopefully you can advice me what to do.

I have a sister in California and she has been living there for almost 14 years now.

So these are my questions and i hope you can advice me what is best to do.

Im planning or we are planning to go to the US but i dont know what to do first.

1) What should i apply or what kind of visa

2) How long is the processing?

3) Where is easier to process,my mother or mine? then if mother,how long or years would it take?more likely

4) If my sister will apply for a petition for me,how long do i have to wait until its done.

5) Is there any other way to make processing quicker or easier?

I hope you can advice ...I will be checking my emails for your responses...Thank you...

Leo

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1) To Immigrant visa? Your US Citizen sister's petition it would be FB F4 and if your mom it would be FB F1 if a US Citizen or FB F2B if she had a green card.

2) F4 = 23 years , F1 = 16 years or F2B = 12 years.

3a) Think I'm lost but your mom is living in the Philippines too and you want to know how long if your sister petition for her? If yes - it will take 8-10 months (without delays)

3b) If your mom come here then petition for you it will be QUICKER.

4) If your sister apply for you it will take about hmmm 23 years

5) There would be no way make processing case quicker or easier. You will be categorized in the Family Based Visas and so you will have to wait until a visa is there for you.

Current cut off date F2A - Current 

Brother's Journey (F2A) - PD Dec 30, 2010


Dec 30 2010 - Notice of Action 1 (NOA1)
May 12 2011 - Notice of Action 2 (NOA2)
May 23 2011 - NVC case # Assigned
Nov 17 2011 - COA / I-864 received
Nov 18 2011 - Sent COA
Apr 30 2012 - Pay AOS fee
Oct 15 2012 - Pay IV fee
Oct 25 2012 - Sent AOS/IV Package
Oct 29 2012 - Pkg Delivered
Dec 24 2012 - Case Complete
May 17 2013 - Interview-Approved

July 19 2013 - Enter the USA

"... Answer when you are called..."

lee72508 Newbie

lee72508   0

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Welcome to VisaJourney

Thank you Ricardo for that quick response.

Yes my mom is still here in the Philippines,She has a passport already.

So you said it would take 8 months for her...Then if she arrived there,so how many years my mom has to wait for her to apply to get me? then how long would be the the processing?

Please advice...thank you very much...

By the way,may i know why you know these stuffs? did you have experience or youre working in an immigration?

THank you sir...

RICARDO4EVA2 Mentor

RICARDO4EVA2   195

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Thank you Ricardo for that quick response.Yes my mom is still here in the Philippines,She has a passport already.

So you said it would take 8 months for her...Then if she arrived there,so how many years my mom has to wait for her to apply to get me? then how long would be the the processing?

She can apply for you the same day she arrives in the USA.The processing would be about 11-12 years.

By the way,may i know why you know these stuffs? did you have experience or youre working in an immigration?

I'm very familiar with the family immigration process.

Current cut off date F2A - Current 

Brother's Journey (F2A) - PD Dec 30, 2010


Dec 30 2010 - Notice of Action 1 (NOA1)
May 12 2011 - Notice of Action 2 (NOA2)
May 23 2011 - NVC case # Assigned
Nov 17 2011 - COA / I-864 received
Nov 18 2011 - Sent COA
Apr 30 2012 - Pay AOS fee
Oct 15 2012 - Pay IV fee
Oct 25 2012 - Sent AOS/IV Package
Oct 29 2012 - Pkg Delivered
Dec 24 2012 - Case Complete
May 17 2013 - Interview-Approved

July 19 2013 - Enter the USA

"... Answer when you are called..."

RICARDO4EVA2 Mentor

RICARDO4EVA2   195

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Hi Jojo...i dont know what but i know she is a green card holder...can you advice me what to do?thank you

If your Sister is a green Card Holder ( Permanent Resident) then she will not be able to apply for you. She Must be a US Citizen.

Current cut off date F2A - Current 

Brother's Journey (F2A) - PD Dec 30, 2010


Dec 30 2010 - Notice of Action 1 (NOA1)
May 12 2011 - Notice of Action 2 (NOA2)
May 23 2011 - NVC case # Assigned
Nov 17 2011 - COA / I-864 received
Nov 18 2011 - Sent COA
Apr 30 2012 - Pay AOS fee
Oct 15 2012 - Pay IV fee
Oct 25 2012 - Sent AOS/IV Package
Oct 29 2012 - Pkg Delivered
Dec 24 2012 - Case Complete
May 17 2013 - Interview-Approved

July 19 2013 - Enter the USA

"... Answer when you are called..."

Brother Hesekiel Mentor

Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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If your Sister is a green Card Holder ( Permanent Resident) then she will not be able to apply for you. She Must be a US Citizen.

. . . and once she has become a US citizen and files on your behalf, you will have lost most of your hair on top of your head by the time you can travel to the US. You'll look very much like me.

Edited by Just Bob

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

RICARDO4EVA2 Mentor

RICARDO4EVA2   195

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. . . and once she has become a US citizen and files on your behalf, you will have lost most of your hair on top of your head by the time you can travel to the US. You'll look very much like me.

That's funny but true J... Its gonna cause hair loss after 12 plus years annnnnnnnd dealing with the process.

Current cut off date F2A - Current 

Brother's Journey (F2A) - PD Dec 30, 2010


Dec 30 2010 - Notice of Action 1 (NOA1)
May 12 2011 - Notice of Action 2 (NOA2)
May 23 2011 - NVC case # Assigned
Nov 17 2011 - COA / I-864 received
Nov 18 2011 - Sent COA
Apr 30 2012 - Pay AOS fee
Oct 15 2012 - Pay IV fee
Oct 25 2012 - Sent AOS/IV Package
Oct 29 2012 - Pkg Delivered
Dec 24 2012 - Case Complete
May 17 2013 - Interview-Approved

July 19 2013 - Enter the USA

"... Answer when you are called..."

sunandmoon Experienced

sunandmoon   450

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If your Sister is a green Card Holder ( Permanent Resident) then she will not be able to apply for you. She Must be a US Citizen.

if the sister is only an LPR, then she also can not petition the mom. at present time, the is no option for family based petition for the OP or his mom. the sister first would need to become a US Citizen.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=75783e4d77d73210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=75783e4d77d73210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

US Embassy Manila website. bringing your spouse/fiancee to USA

http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwh3204.html

aleful Veteran

aleful   1,905

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if the sister is only an LPR, then she also can not petition the mom. at present time, the is no option for family based petition for the OP or his mom. the sister first would need to become a US Citizen.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=75783e4d77d73210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=75783e4d77d73210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

ditto,

if your sister is only a LPR, a resident, she cannot petition for either one of you. First she has to become a US Citizen.

 
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