I'm a US citizen My mom is a greencard holder

[patrickfoxx 0]

Im a US citizen and my mom is a greencard holder, who should file for my siblings that are over 18 but not married and my sibling that was born august 1995 not 18 but close to.Please respond is needed

[Que Saudade 284]

My first thought would be who can file the affidavit of support on their behalf?

Please see this link for more information about filing

Edited August 17, 2012 by Que Saudade

[Hypnos 6,576]

If you petitioned for your siblings then that would be under the F4 preference category and would involve a wait of approximately 11 years, assuming no retrogression.

If your mother filed for your siblings then that would put any children under the age of 21 in the F2A category and would involve a wait of approximately two years for their priority date to become current.

if your mother filed for children over the age of 21 they would be placed in the F2B category and would have a wait of approximately 8 years.

[winnie george 67]

Read through this to know how long it will take when you decide who is going to file for them ...... https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processingTimesDisplay.do

and like what QUE SAUDADE said first think of who will able to file the affidavit of support for them

GOOD LUCK

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

another consideration is the chances that one of the over 21 siblings might want to marry. If they marry before your mothers becomes a USC then they aren't petitionable by your mom. If you do the sibling petition then they can marry. If money is no problem then both petition, because if the petitioner dies then they are out of luck.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Time to petition:

1. USC petitions for siblings - 11 years.

2. LPR petitions for unmarried child under 21 - 3 years.

3. LPR petitions for unmarried child over 21 - 8 years.

If the unmarried child gets married while the parent is still an LPR, the petitions are automatically revoked (meaning - no visas). An LPR can never have a petition for a married child.

If you can afford it, there is nothing preventing both of you from filing. A beneficiary can have a petition filed by you and another one filed by mom. Whichever is quicker would be the one to go with.