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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Brazil
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I am an US Citizen and will file for my mom to come here - she lives overseas.

After she gets interviewed by the US Consulate and gets her visa, how long does she have before she has to make her entry here?

Once she is here, I know we have to file I-485 to change her status, and get her a SID and bank accounts, but she needs to go back to her country to sell her assets and all that fun jazz (no, she cannot sell her house before). For how long can she stay abroad to do that? 6 months?

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Argentina
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I am an US Citizen and will file for my mom to come here - she lives overseas.

After she gets interviewed by the US Consulate and gets her visa, how long does she have before she has to make her entry here?

Once she is here, I know we have to file I-485 to change her status, and get her a SID and bank accounts, but she needs to go back to her country to sell her assets and all that fun jazz (no, she cannot sell her house before). For how long can she stay abroad to do that? 6 months?

she has 6 months to enter the US. you don't need to adjust status, she is coming with the visa and her GC will arrive in the US once she's here.

I believe you are confused with the K1, or K3 for fiances or spouses of USC, they are visas to enter the country and adjust status in the US.

your mom will have the interview for the visa at the Consulate, that's it. once she enters and gets her GC she is a LPR.

no further action required.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Brazil
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Oh really??? I thought we would need to change her status once she got here. This is most welcome news. :D

I guess I will start the process sonner rather than later - i confess i was affraid of the $985 fee to adjust her status.

Thank you so much!

Love conquers all.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Argentina
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Oh really??? I thought we would need to change her status once she got here. This is most welcome news. :D

I guess I will start the process sonner rather than later - i confess i was affraid of the $985 fee to adjust her status.

Thank you so much!

no, the i485 costs $1070, you're missing the biometrics fee plus other things.

but nope, she doesn't need to adjust status anymore.

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