Viable plan to petition my son and his mom/gf?

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3 minutes ago, Ontarkie said:

Once you enter the US you will get a stamp in your passport. That stamp is your temp green card and allows you to start a petition for you soon to be wife once you get married after your entry into the US. Do not get married before you get that stamp on your visa. 

 

After you get married you can petition for your new wife no need to wait to start. It will be two years before they can move to the US and be with you. 

so its shorter than i thought 😅 im so glad about this. my original thought was 5 years of wait.

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~~Mod hat on here guys please take the Conversation about about petitioning unmarried children to another thread. It is not hard to derail the main point of this thread.~~

[Auds 223]

2 hours ago, redmoon24 said:

so its shorter than i thought 😅 im so glad about this. my original thought was 5 years of wait.

Yes

 

so reach the US first.  Shortly in about a month your green card will arrive.

 

fly back as convinient and get married.  Petition after marriage.

 

After petition in about 2 years all will be done and they can be with you.

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9 hours ago, Russ&Caro said:

Redmoon24 this post is not a criticism of you, it's an open related question to the VJ community.

 

Why does USCIS require that an adult son/daughter must remain unmarried as they wait for their priority date for when their parent can sponsor them for an immigrant visa? This case shows that just as soon as the adult son/daughter gains a green card, they can immediately marry their partner and petition their "new" spouse. The original requirement for remaining single doesn't really slow down the chain of migration.

I raised exactly the same point last week on a similar thread. They have a child together. Any bets they were living together in a marriage-like relationship. They are just as married as my husband and me (and you and your spouse) save for a piece of paper declaring it. It's crazy. And then the minute the GC is in their paws, boom! They get married and petition the wife and child. So what's the point in insisting they remain unmarried?

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6 hours ago, redmoon24 said:

thank you so much for the information.

 

so is it 5 years + 2 years? 7 years of wait for us to be together in u.s.?

 

5 years for my naturalization and 2 years for their visa processing?  correct? or can the 2 years started within those 5 years? do i need to be citizen or just get my gc for their f2a?

No just your green card.  Then you must marry your girlfriend.  After marriage you will petition her, with your son as a derivative.  It will take about 2 years and they will both move at the same time.  As long as you marry after getting your green card, this is the fastest route to reunite your family.  

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4 hours ago, JFH said:

I raised exactly the same point last week on a similar thread. They have a child together. Any bets they were living together in a marriage-like relationship. They are just as married as my husband and me (and you and your spouse) save for a piece of paper declaring it. It's crazy. And then the minute the GC is in their paws, boom! They get married and petition the wife and child. So what's the point in insisting they remain unmarried?

That's how it is....  maybe someday the rules will make more sense.