Where do i start to file for visitor visa for my wifes nephew?

[Jadsdad02 0]

I am a us citizen, My wife is a permenant resident, which i used visa journey to help with the k1 journey, and it made it very easy. We would like her nephew to come visit. He is 12, and lives with my wifes aunt and uncle. We would like for him to visit for 2 months. My wife actually took care of him most of his life, and we would like to adopt him eventually. Any help on how to get started, and/or a guide would be great, or a link to this answer. He is out of school for 2 months, april - may. He is in the philippines. Thanks for any help.

[Boiler 46,238]

Something the Aunt and Uncle would do, I take it that they are the legal guardians? Anyway all on the local consulate web site.

[aaron2020 11,651]

To visit, he will need to apply for a visitor visa and need to provide proof of strong ties to the PI to overcome the presumption that all visa applicants intend to immigrate to the US. The strong ties will depend on who are his legal guardians or parents.

To bring him to the US as an adopted child, you would need to show that he's an orphan and you must live with him in the PI for 2 years before he can qualify for an immigration visa as your adopted child.

If it was easy to adopt a family member and immigrate that person to the US, most of us would have done it.

Best of luck.

Edited July 10, 2016 by aaron2020

[arken 4,197]

Seems very unlikely he will get a visitor visa under the circumstances you described. However, if you want him to apply for one, the application process is quite simple if you look at the us embassy website of his country. The most important thing he has to show his ties to his country to convince the CO that he will return back.

Edited July 10, 2016 by arken

[Unlockable 7,315]

If the parents are alive then adopting him for immigration is pretty much impossible. USCIS is extremely strict on adoption requirements for immigration.