bringing daughter of LPR questions

[RHill051 0]

Hello everyone, I have been browsing through the forums for a couple hours now with little added information. I am having some trouble figuring out how to keep my wife's sister here. (Also i'm sorry if i am repeating an existing question)

Basically this is the situation. I am a Us Citizen born here. My wife is from Russia we follow'd all the proper channels to get her here using the k-1 fiance visa. she has her citizenship now and her mother and sister came this past january when we had a baby, to visit. We have had a few changes in our living situation and would like for her mom and sister to stay to help take care of our new baby. From what my wife has researched her mother can apply for a green card and it should only take 6 or so months to get.(is this true) but what happens to her daughter? i've read that if my wife applies for her sister to stay it will take years. but if her mom apply's will it be much faster. Also is there any way that her sister can stay here with her mother while all this happens? She is only 10 years old and her parents are divorced. I would like to figure out what to do so we can start the proces as quickly as possible.

Also if her mom gets her green-card and apply's for her daughter to immigrate to the US to live with her AND she cant extend her visa for 2-3 years can her mom go back to russia with her while the paperwork is processed? There isn't anyone in russia who can take care of her if she isn't allow'd to stay here in the US while all the paperwork is processed so her mom will have to go with her. Can her sister apply for an extension on her 6 month stay?

[Hypnos 6,578]

Your mother-in-law can file for adjustment of status as an immediate relative of a US citizen, but the daughter cannot.

Your mother-in-law could petition for the daughter once her green card is approved, but the daughter would need to return to Russia at the end of her authorised stay, and it would be a two year wait from the time the mother-in-law petitioned to when the daughter's priority date would become current.

A green card is for living in the US, so if your mother-in-law obtained a green card and then left the US to stay in Russia whilst waiting for her daughter's priority date to become current then this may risk the mother-in-law's green card. She could obtain a re-entry permit prior to departing the US, which would allow her to remain outside the US for up to two years, but she may need to demonstrate to CBP when she attempts to return that she has maintained her residence in the US (maintained a US bank account, filed US taxes, paid rent on an apartment, etc.).

Edited April 13, 2013 by Hypnos

[Mariana2012 89]

How old is the daughter? Adoption might be an option if she is s minor....