Immigration Guides for Foreign Relatives

[Captain Ewok 1,891]

General Guide for Immigrating Children to the US.

Official USCIS FAQ for Permanent Residents bringing relatives to the US: https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-through-family/green-card-family-member-permanent-resident

Edited September 9, 2016 by Penguin_ie

[testingvancouver 2]

Links to GOV site are broken

[agmehta 1]

My mother filed for me in f2b and my priority date is 16/May/2003. Recently i sent my choice of agent form to nvc and they generated the iv processing fee bill. My mother has submited $70 fees for AOS processing & $400 for IV processing.

Should my mother now submit the Ds230 forms together with I864 ?

Also i read that they need police certificates and photographs and biographi page of passport..along with ds230. ?

OR

Shud i submit just the ds230 and my mother submit the I864 to NVC...and only police certificates shud be submitted to Mumbai embassy when interview letter comes.

Please advise..i am based in India-mumbai. How long does it take to get the Police certificates ?

regards

agm

[michaelttkk 0]

My mother filed for me in f2b and my priority date is 16/May/2003. Recently i sent my choice of agent form to nvc and they generated the iv processing fee bill. My mother has submited $70 fees for AOS processing & $400 for IV processing.

Should my mother now submit the Ds230 forms together with I864 ?

Also i read that they need police certificates and photographs and biographi page of passport..along with ds230. ?

OR

Shud i submit just the ds230 and my mother submit the I864 to NVC...and only police certificates shud be submitted to Mumbai embassy when interview letter comes.

Please advise..i am based in India-mumbai. How long does it take to get the Police certificates ?

regards

agm

From my understanding, you need to go to the police main station and ask for a police certificate. I don't know if there is fee for it but you can get it there.

All the best!

[madisonlilac28 0]

General Guide for Immigrating Children to the US.

Official USCIS FAQ for Permanent Residents bringing relatives to the US: http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/B1.pdf

Thank you very much for this information. You did a great job for this. Hope that more information will be posted in this thread.

[chrisjon 1]

My husband and I want to petition my 2 kids from the Philippines..My husband is a US citizen but currently employed in Kuwait.Can you pls give me an advice on how to start on their visa processing??thanks!!!

[Corinthians 7]

USCIS

Updated Guide Information Link:

http://www.uscis.gov/USCIS/Resources/A1en.pdf

[Athena13 10]

What about a green card holder wants to apply for relatives to visit (not immigrate)?And is there a different between temp GC holder and a GC holder?

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

What about a green card holder wants to apply for relatives to visit (not immigrate)?And is there a different between temp GC holder and a GC holder?

That would be a Tourism Visa (see this forum: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/143-tourist-visas/ ), not bringing them permanently. The GC holder cannot apply, the potential tourist family member needs to apply and qualify on their own.

[minae 5]

Hey,

Does this means as a conditional GC holder, I can't apply for IV for my parents? I will like to bring my mum on immigrant visa can I do that?

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

Hey,

Does this means as a conditional GC holder, I can't apply for IV for my parents? I will like to bring my mum on immigrant visa can I do that?

Not until you are a citizen.

[kandy 1]

hello, i have a simple question. i have a friedn who is resident of the US and got married recently. he wants to bring his wife along, but someone told him he cant till he becomes a citizen. is this true or there is a special visa for his wife without being a citizen?

Thanks,

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

hello, i have a simple question. i have a friedn who is resident of the US and got married recently. he wants to bring his wife along, but someone told him he cant till he becomes a citizen. is this true or there is a special visa for his wife without being a citizen?

Thanks,

He can petition for his wife the same way a US Citizen would (see Guides above), but there is a waitinglist for visas- currently, the wait is about 2.5 years.

[conkwan90 0]

Thank you for the information Very helpful indeed

[Jesse28 7]

My mom's I-130 got approved. She's been in the states since the early 80's, she now has to fill out form i-485 but we aren't sure what to put in part 2 of the application type. Please help.