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Filed: EB-5 Visa Country: Brazil
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12 hours ago, Bambi & João said:

Ok well we don't intend to put him in a nursing home. He is pretty healthy and active at the moment so it isn't something we forsee. Our intention is also not tp stay in Michigan either. My husband and I plan to move to Tennessee in the next year. I am from here and I am a bigger wimp about the cold than he is and he came from Rio where it is always summer-like! 🤣

No to mention we would not speak English, so living in a nursing home and not able to communicate would be very hard for him. Being a Brazilian living in the US, I would suggest to plan for him to learn English. I know he is an older person, but try to get him involved in activities that make him to leave the house to learn the language and meet new people. The cultural shock will be hard, but it will be better in the long term. He might try to replicate his life in Rio here, by watching Brazilian channels on TV, reading books in Portuguese and speaking Portuguese with his son, but in this way he will never learn English and make new friends. The more independent he becomes the better it will be for you and your husband.

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Argentina
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hi

 

maybe in the future consider moving to Miami, it has a very large Brazilian community, fourth language after Spanish, English, Hatian Creole and Portuguese

 

as said even if he is very healthy at this time, until he comes and he lives here, anything can happen health wise

 

 

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Brazil
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Thanks! We talk to him on Skype regularly and my husband has been teaching him English. In Brazil my husband actually taught English as a second language so that should not be too big of an issue. We try to speak both languages on Skype. 

 

I have heard that about Miami. Actually one of my husbands best friends visit there a lot. 

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February 21, 2013 He proposed in Rio de Janeiro at Ipanema Beach Post 9!!!!!

May 1, 2013 Petition mailed to USCIS
May 3, 3013 Petition Received by USCIS
May 7, 2013 NOA 1
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September 13, NOA2 received
October 10, 2013 files sent to NVC
October 18, 2013 file received by NVC and I was given case number over the phone.
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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Argentina
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Its so nice that you guys want to take care of your father in law. In the meantime he can always visit you guys if he has a tourist visa. Anyways if your in law is wealthy as you mentioned, maybe he can try an investor visa. I don't know how that works.

Filed: EB-5 Visa Country: Brazil
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Just now, Sunnyland said:

Its so nice that you guys want to take care of your father in law. In the meantime he can always visit you guys if he has a tourist visa. Anyways if your in law is wealthy as you mentioned, maybe he can try an investor visa. I don't know how that works.

Investor visa will take some time to be approved too. Between 12/18 months for the USCIS phase and then the NVC and the Consulate.

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Wales
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9 minutes ago, jostermacedo said:

Investor visa will take some time to be approved too. Between 12/18 months for the USCIS phase and then the NVC and the Consulate.

Year in total.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Filed: EB-5 Visa Country: Brazil
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4 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Year in total.

More than that I'm afraid. First, the investor will have to prepare all the docs to show where the money comes from. Then he/she has to find an investment to be made either directly or through a regional center. The Regional Center will qualify the potential investor, who will need to have much more than the $500K to be a qualified investor. Then the money will have to be sent to a escrow account and the paperwork will be sent to the immigration lawyer hired by the investor. The lawyers will then prepare and file the I-526 petition. Based upon the USCIS processing time website, they are processing cases from November 2015, so the waiting period will be close to 21 months.

 

In short: 3 months to prepare all the paperwork (5 years of tax documents, proof of origin of money, translations, hiring an immigration lawyer, select the investment project etc.), 21 months at USCIS, 3 months at NVC and 3 months for the Consulate to schedule the interview. Total: 2 years and 6 months.

 

I would suggest them to wait for the son to be a Citizen and file the immediate relative petition.

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Wales
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Oops EB5

 

Seems to be quicker than a year from the cases I have followed, also ,most unlikely in this case.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Filed: EB-5 Visa Country: Brazil
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6 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Oops EB5

 

Seems to be quicker than a year from the cases I have followed, also ,most unlikely in this case.

It can be faster, but it will depend on the quality of the project documentation, the quality of the documentation proving the source of the investment proceeds, and the country where the Consular part of the process will be done.

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Brazil
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He was planning to apply for citizenship anyway so I think that is what we will do! 

February 13, 2011 I met the love of my life!!

February 21, 2013 He proposed in Rio de Janeiro at Ipanema Beach Post 9!!!!!

May 1, 2013 Petition mailed to USCIS
May 3, 3013 Petition Received by USCIS
May 7, 2013 NOA 1
September 11, 2013 Text and email saying USCIS APPROVED
September 13, NOA2 received
October 10, 2013 files sent to NVC
October 18, 2013 file received by NVC and I was given case number over the phone.
October 22, 2013 marked as IN TRANSIT
October 23, 2013 Consulate received and later that same day marked as READY
October 31, 2013 Packet 3 &4
November 27, 2013 INTERVIEW DATE!!!

December 16, 2013 FINALLY APPROVED!!!!!!

December 18, VISA IN HAND!!!!

Flight to USA January 15, 2014

Arrives in Michigan January 16, 2014 at 11:27 AM!!!!

Married in Lapeer, Michigan on February 21, 2014 Exactly 1 year after we were engaged!!

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Colombia
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18 hours ago, f f said:

all it takes is a slip on an icy path to break the hip which would most likely require more care than you can provide.

I really don't understand this sentiment from Americans. In probably 75% or maybe even 90% of the world children take care of their aging parents. Period. Through broken bones, the worst diseases, the worst emotional issues, even dementia, people all over the world take care of their parents throughout their lives. These parents are surrounded by loved ones until they die.

 

Here in America, if a baby boomer is faced with taking care of an aging parent and one health thing occurs, it's off to the nursing home for dear old Dad. In fact, most times there doesn't even have to be a health care issue. If Mom dies and Dad doesn't cook, then it's off to an assisted living facility.

 

And it's millennials who have the bad reputation for being selfish and needing their own safe space. Sheesh. As a tail end baby boomer myself, I've always been embarrassed by my generation.

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CR1 completed/POE : 2015-07-13     N400 interview: 2018-08-16 - Albuquerque
ROC started : 2017-04-14 CSC     Oath ceremony: 2018-09-24 – Santa Fe

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Brazil
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As I said before, that is not our intention at all. My daughter worked in a nursing home and the stories she told made me hope to never use one for my parents or in-laws. I know people who take care of their parents and never think twice. Since i work from an office in my house, I think that the chance of us caring for a parent is very good!

February 13, 2011 I met the love of my life!!

February 21, 2013 He proposed in Rio de Janeiro at Ipanema Beach Post 9!!!!!

May 1, 2013 Petition mailed to USCIS
May 3, 3013 Petition Received by USCIS
May 7, 2013 NOA 1
September 11, 2013 Text and email saying USCIS APPROVED
September 13, NOA2 received
October 10, 2013 files sent to NVC
October 18, 2013 file received by NVC and I was given case number over the phone.
October 22, 2013 marked as IN TRANSIT
October 23, 2013 Consulate received and later that same day marked as READY
October 31, 2013 Packet 3 &4
November 27, 2013 INTERVIEW DATE!!!

December 16, 2013 FINALLY APPROVED!!!!!!

December 18, VISA IN HAND!!!!

Flight to USA January 15, 2014

Arrives in Michigan January 16, 2014 at 11:27 AM!!!!

Married in Lapeer, Michigan on February 21, 2014 Exactly 1 year after we were engaged!!

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Colombia
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Kudos to you. The care with which you speak of your father in law and your desire to have him live with you is commendable.

Marriage: 2014-02-23 - Colombia    ROC interview/completed: 2018-08-16 - Albuquerque
CR1 started : 2014-06-06           N400 started: 2018-04-24
CR1 completed/POE : 2015-07-13     N400 interview: 2018-08-16 - Albuquerque
ROC started : 2017-04-14 CSC     Oath ceremony: 2018-09-24 – Santa Fe

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Wales
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1 hour ago, Russ&Caro said:

I really don't understand this sentiment from Americans. In probably 75% or maybe even 90% of the world children take care of their aging parents. Period. Through broken bones, the worst diseases, the worst emotional issues, even dementia, people all over the world take care of their parents throughout their lives. These parents are surrounded by loved ones until they die.

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That same 75% etc seem happy to abandon said parents and move to the US.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Colombia
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38 minutes ago, Boiler said:

That same 75% etc seem happy to abandon said parents and move to the US.

Haha, that's some serious overstatement. About 1 million people immigrate to the US every year, out of 6 billion who reside outside of the US. Even if you take the collective immigrants for the past 20 years, that's only a fraction of 1% of the world's population. So I'll give you that small percentage and re-state that 74.67% of the world seem to honor their parents enough to have them live out their days with them.

Marriage: 2014-02-23 - Colombia    ROC interview/completed: 2018-08-16 - Albuquerque
CR1 started : 2014-06-06           N400 started: 2018-04-24
CR1 completed/POE : 2015-07-13     N400 interview: 2018-08-16 - Albuquerque
ROC started : 2017-04-14 CSC     Oath ceremony: 2018-09-24 – Santa Fe

 
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