General Timelines for Family-based Greencard for Tanzanian citizens

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Hi,

 

My husband is a Tanzanian citizen. His brother, who is a US citizen has just sent in the application for family-based GC for us. Any idea what timelines we are looking at? My parents-in-law got theirs in 6 months.

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13 minutes ago, Pankti said:

Hi,

 

My husband is a Tanzanian citizen. His brother, who is a US citizen has just sent in the application for family-based GC for us. Any idea what timelines we are looking at? My parents-in-law got theirs in 6 months.

Sibling visas take about 12 - 15 years.

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1 hour ago, NuestraUnion said:

Sibling visas take about 12 - 15 years.

Thank you. Just wanted to understand how long would adjustment of status take.

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1 minute ago, Pankti said:

Thank you. Just wanted to understand how long would adjustment of status take.

That is different. You would not be adjusting status.

Edited January 26, 2018 by NuestraUnion

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1 minute ago, NuestraUnion said:

That is different. Your siblings would not be adjusting status.

We are already in the US on H1 VISA. Would there still be no adjustment of status? Thanks.

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Ah, I see. You never mentioned that before.

 

The problem is that you would have to remain legal status in order to adjust from. If it takes 15 years that means you will have to be on a H1B in the US for 15 years. My understanding is H1Bs a maximum time of stay in the US like 6 years or so. So your plan to remain in the US would not work because eventually you will be out of status.. You will eventually have to return to your country. But after that, if you are able to get another H1B you can try.

Edited January 26, 2018 by NuestraUnion

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1 minute ago, NuestraUnion said:

Ah, I see. You never mentioned that before.

 

The problem is that you would have to remain legal status in order to adjust from. If it takes 15 years that means you will have to be on a H1B in the US for 15 years. My understanding is H1Bs a maximum time of stay in the US like 6 years or so. So your plan to remain in the US would not work. You will eventually have to return to your country. But after that, if you are able to get another H1B you can try.

Thank you. This was helpful.

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4 minutes ago, Pankti said:

Thank you. This was helpful.

Your welcome.

 

I think I understand your situation now. You mentioned earlier that your parents-in-law case only took 6 months. Was that because they are in the US also? If so, that makes since because US citizens can adjust status for parents and children that are in the US. But they can't do the same for siblings.