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I am trying to immigrate my 6 year old sister who has down syndrome. My parents have been approved to obtain visas to enter the US, but there is now way that my sister can be left behind. I got a letter for the National Visa Center indicating that there are no available visas for her category F4 (siblings of citizens), and that there could be an extensive wait. My question is: do disabled siblings have a different category to be classified, and if so what is the best way to approach this situation. INS has approved the I-130 form for her, but NVC said there are no Visas for her at the moment ( Received the letter from NVC 03/01/2013).

I would greatly appreciate any advise.

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I am trying to immigrate my 6 year old sister who has down syndrome. My parents have been approved to obtain visas to enter the US, but there is now way that my sister can be left behind. I got a letter for the National Visa Center indicating that there are no available visas for her category F4 (siblings of citizens), and that there could be an extensive wait. My question is: do disabled siblings have a different category to be classified, and if so what is the best way to approach this situation. INS has approved the I-130 form, but NVC said there are no Visas for her at the moment ( Received the letter from NVC 03/01/2013).

I would greatly appreciate any advise.

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Wow wait, did your parents plan on leaving her? Or what was the plan to begin with, it's not like your parents got their visas in a heartbeat, you guys must have talked about it no!

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There's no category for disabled persons. Sorry.

Dad can immigrate first (IR5), after he gets his green card he can file i-130 for Mom. She will be under the F2A category (Spouse of a Lawful Permanent Resident). Your sister will become a derivative of this petition. They will immigrate together. Waiting time for F2A visa is 2-3 years, which is shorter than F4.

This is the quickest way for your sister to immigrate.

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Wow wait, did your parents plan on leaving her? Or what was the plan to begin with, it's not like your parents got their visas in a heartbeat, you guys must have talked about it no!

No we did not want this to happen. I applied for all three at the same time (I-130) and they all got approved, but now only my sister has not been granted a visa. I am in the process of filling out affidavits of support, but i was waiting to hear back from NVC about my sister. So there are visas for my parents, but not for her at the moment.

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There's no category for disabled persons. Sorry.

Dad can immigrate first (IR5), after he gets his green card he can file i-130 for Mom. She will be under the F2A category (Spouse of a Lawful Permanent Resident). Your sister will become a derivative of this petition. They will immigrate together. Waiting time for F2A visa is 2-3 years, which is shorter than F4.

This is the quickest way for your sister to immigrate.

:wub:10-year GC holder :wub:

My Parents’ B2 Tourist Visa Application - APPROVED

 

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There's no category for disabled persons. Sorry.

Dad can immigrate first (IR5), after he gets his green card he can file i-130 for Mom. She will be under the F2A category (Spouse of a Lawful Permanent Resident). Your sister will become a derivative of this petition. They will immigrate together. Waiting time for F2A visa is 2-3 years, which is shorter than F4.

This is the quickest way for your sister to immigrate.

thanks for the quick reply. this is going to be a rough journey. But the route you pointed out will have to be highly considered!!! :(

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There's no category for disabled persons. Sorry.

Dad can immigrate first (IR5), after he gets his green card he can file i-130 for Mom. She will be under the F2A category (Spouse of a Lawful Permanent Resident). Your sister will become a derivative of this petition. They will immigrate together. Waiting time for F2A visa is 2-3 years, which is shorter than F4.

This is the quickest way for your sister to immigrate.

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NOA1 2/8/12
RFE 8/2/12
RFE reply 8/3/12
NOA2 8/16/12
NVC received 8/27/12
NVC left 8/29/12
Manila Embassy received 9/5/12
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There's no category for disabled persons. Sorry.

Dad can immigrate first (IR5), after he gets his green card he can file i-130 for Mom. She will be under the F2A category (Spouse of a Lawful Permanent Resident). Your sister will become a derivative of this petition. They will immigrate together. Waiting time for F2A visa is 2-3 years, which is shorter than F4.

This is the quickest way for your sister to immigrate.

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Sent I-129 Application to VSC 2/1/12
NOA1 2/8/12
RFE 8/2/12
RFE reply 8/3/12
NOA2 8/16/12
NVC received 8/27/12
NVC left 8/29/12
Manila Embassy received 9/5/12
Visa appointment & approval 9/7/12
Arrived in US 10/5/2012
Married 11/24/2012
AOS application sent 12/19/12

AOS approved 8/24/13

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I really hope that you can get your sister here asap. I also have a sister with downs. I think there should be some special spot for a sister who is handicapped. She obviously can't be left alone! unsure.gif

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try appealing to your senator for help. it will be a big plus on them. get the government involved... that might help..

they help families be united... spouses and fiance.. why not an immediate relative with needs

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Getting your representivie involved can't help here. There just is no separate visa class for you , and the wait for siblings is 11 years. Hving one parent emmigrate first is probably the best option. However is there a deriviate for F2A I though the father needed to file the I130 for the daughter as a unmarried child of LPR

This will not be over quickly. You will not enjoy this.

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I agree with the previous posters. My brother-in-law has autism and cannot care for himself (he's an adult). We asked our lawyer what our options would be if something were to happen to his mother who cares for him since he has no other family in Canada to take care of him. Our lawyer said that our only immediate option if that were to happen was to try for a humanitarian visa, but she said it was such a long shot it probably wouldn't even be worth it. She said we'd really just have to wait out the 10 years for a visa to become available and he'd have to stay in Canada during that time. If that's the case when someone with special needs has absolutely nobody to take care of them, I'm sure it would be no different when they do have living parents. I think having the parents immigrate one at a time is your best option. Good luck - I wish that it were different.

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