Mother in law

[joseph.rafter 2]

My wife enters the US NOV 21 on and IR-1 visa ...now its time to start the paperwork for my mother in law.

What would be the first form i file for her immigration visa.

Thank You

Edited November 16, 2014 by joseph.rafter

[Merrytooth 5,748]

When your wife becomes US citizen, then she can petition for her mother.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

You can't file for your mother in law , your wife has to when she is a USC in 3 + years

[joseph.rafter 2]

Than i will file for her tours visa

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

You can't do that either, she has to do it herself, and show ties to her home country (good job, husband who will stay behind, etc)

[Ian H. 207]

Hi,

You personally cannot petition your mother in law or file for a tourist visa for her.

When your wife becomes a USC, then she can petition for her mother. She can apply for citizenship when she has 3 years minus 90 days as an LPR, which would be in August 2017. Once she has the certificate in her hand and has taken the oath, then she can petition for her that same day.

As for the tourist visa, your mother in law has to qualify completely by herself. She has to prove that she has sufficient ties to her home country that will compel her to return home.

Letters of support and the like have no merit in tourist visa cases so there really is nothing that you can do on your end other than helping her complete the paperwork and/or pay the visa application fee.