Married Sons/Daughters Over 21 With Kids

[Lace 0]

If someone is a USC and wants to bring their son and daughters who are OVER 21 and with kids how long is the process? I thought it was about a year but as I'm reading over it seems to be 10+ years.

My wife became a USC and is sponsoring her mother to the US. We thought it be quicker to sponsor her mother first. Have her mother become a USC and than have her mother sponsor her siblings. We were looking at a 7 year time frame. All her siblings are married, over 21, and has children. Would it be quicker for her to just petition her siblings now and let it take it's course? Would her niece and nephew accompany her brothers and sisters if they are under 21?

Is the process time the same for sons and daughters over 21, married, and has children the same as if they are under 21 and unmarried? Thanks.

[aleful 1,905]

If someone is a USC and wants to bring their son and daughters who are OVER 21 and with kids how long is the process? I thought it was about a year but as I'm reading over it seems to be 10+ years.

My wife became a USC and is sponsoring her mother to the US. We thought it be quicker to sponsor her mother first. Have her mother become a USC and than have her mother sponsor her siblings. We were looking at a 7 year time frame. All her siblings are married, over 21, and has children. Would it be quicker for her to just petition her siblings now and let it take it's course? Would her niece and nephew accompany her brothers and sisters if they are under 21?

Is the process time the same for sons and daughters over 21, married, and has children the same as if they are under 21 and unmarried? Thanks.

you are correct.

the 1 year timeframe is for unmarried children under 21 of a USC, they are considered immediate family, just as spouses of a USC and parents of a USC.

children over 21, whether they are married or unmarried aren't, so they have a very long waiting time, as well as siblings.

a person can have more than one petition, so both can file for them, your wife can and her mother can file another one once she is a USC if she decides to.

[Lace 0]

Thanks aleful,

That's what I was afraid of. Ten years is a long time but still not too late. Cambodia is a lost cause and it's not looking to get better anytime soon. We're more concern about bringing her little niece and nephews over to give them a chance and a better life. They're all under 7 now so not too late.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

For your wife to apply the current wait for a sibling is about 11 years . For the mother , she would have to come (1 year) beome a USC ( 5 years) then petition them and wait ( 10 years ) for a total of about 16 years. Either way your niece and nephew will be in their late teens or possible too old to travel with their parents is the wait periods extend in the next decade.