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H & B Apprentice

H & B   0

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: India
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My wife got her citizenship and already filed for her parents. Her brother and sister-in-law do not and will not take care of their kids. Her parents do. Can they adopt them now and petition them when they get approved? (They are under 18)

Naturalization at AZ

2012-02-15 : Submitted N400

2012-02-20 : NOA1

2012-02-21 : Check Cashed

2012-02-25 : NOA Received Priority Date 2/20/2012

2012-02-23 : Biometric Letter Mailed

2012-02-25 : Biometric Letter Received Appointment Date 3/12/2012

2012-02-27 : Early Biometrics Completed

2012-04-17 : Placed in line for Interview Scheduling

2012-04-17 : Interview Letter sent out

2012-04-23 : Interview Letter Received

2012-05-22 : Interview Date PASSED

2012-05-24 : Placed in line for Oath Date

2012-06-04 : Oath Date Sent

2012-06-21 : Oath Date

aaron2020 Grand Master

aaron2020   11,651

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No.

USCIS has very strict rules on adoptions and getting an immigration benefit.

This is how USCIS will view the adoptions. US citizen aunt cannot petition for a nephew or niece. LPR grandparents cannot petition for grandchildren. It takes 12 years for a US citizen to petition a sibling and her family. Adoption will be viewed as a shortcut to make the kids children so they can immigrate in 2-3 years. USCIS will view getting the immigration benefit as the sole purpose of the adoption.

OKflyboy Rising Star

OKflyboy   35

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Filed: F-2A Visa Country: Russia
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They can (if the laws of their country permit such adoption), but the adoptive parents will only be able to file for the adopted children's immigration after 2 years of legal custody.

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Ara & Anya - Tucson, Arizona

IR-5 for my (Anya's) mother
00 Filed: 03/08/2013

536 POE: 08/26/2014

Father

00 I-130 mailed to Phoenix Lockbox: 05/28/2014

455 POE LAX: 09/03/2015

Brother (9 years old, A2A through LPR mother)

I-130

00 Filed: 09/12/2014

03 Petition accepted at California Service Center, NOA-1 mailed: 09/15/2014

07 NOA-1 received; Priority date is 09/15/2014: 09/19/2014

176 RFE received: 03/07/2015

238 RFE response mailed to CSC: 05/08/2015

242 RFE response received at CSC; Decision to be made before 07/11/2015: 05/12/2015

308 Approved; NOA-2 mailed: 07/17/2015

314 NOA-2 received; Case sent to NVC: 07/23/2015

371 Welcome Letter received; Choice of Agent form submitted: 09/18/2015

374 AoS fee paid: 09/21/2015

416 IV fee paid; IV application submitted: 11/02/2015

452 IV and AoS packets mailed: 12/08/2015

455 Documents received at NVC; Waiting for CC: 12/11/2015

502 Case Complete; Wating for IL: 01/27/2016

504 Interview scheduled for 03/11/2016: 01/29/2016

523 Medical exam: 02/17/2016 Passed

546 Interview: 03/11/2016 PASSED!

549 Visa issued: 03/14/2016

588 POE LAX: 04/22/2016

 
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