As an LPR married to a USC can I bring my brother to US?

[Cam54 84]

As an LPR married to a USC can I bring my brother to US? or will I have to wait until im a citizen? what are the estimated timespans on these visas?

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

You have to be a citizen first, and then it takes around a decade for a brother. He would have to wait for an available visa number. Google the "visa bulletin" for the date of petitions they are currently working on in the sibling category. Good luck.

[Mollie09 1,543]

As Harpa said, only citizens can petition siblings. Once you become a citizen, you can petition your brother.
According to the latest visa bulletin, USCIS is now processing petitions filed on or before January 1st 2002 for siblings of US citizens from all countries except the Philippines and Mexico.

[Cam54 84]

You have to be a citizen first, and then it takes around a decade for a brother. He would have to wait for an available visa number. Google the "visa bulletin" for the date of petitions they are currently working on in the sibling category. Good luck.

wow!

thats way longer than I ever imagined!

As Harpa said, only citizens can petition siblings. Once you become a citizen, you can petition your brother.

According to the latest visa bulletin, USCIS is now processing petitions filed on or before January 1st 2002 for siblings of US citizens from all countries except the Philippines and Mexico.

so do those countries get theirs quicker or take longer?

[aleful 1,905]

hi

yup, over 12 years and as other have said you have to be a USC to petition for parents and siblings

[Mollie09 1,543]

wow!

thats way longer than I ever imagined!

so do those countries get theirs quicker or take longer?

They take longer, for Mexico is on or before January 1st 1997 and Philippines is January 22nd 1991.

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/law-and-policy/bulletin/2014/visa-bulletin-for-august-2014.html

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

wow!

thats way longer than I ever imagined!

so do those countries get theirs quicker or take longer?

Those countries are "oversubscribed," which means there are too many people coming from those places. There is a law that no one country can make up a certain percentage of the immigration population, though I don't remember what they number is. PI and MEX have too many.

Of course, there is no limit on immediate relatives, but a sibling is not an immediate relative, so that category gets reduced.