Bringing Parents to US

[prassu 0]

Hello!

 

I am thinking to apply for my parents to be able to come to USA on Green card. I am a US citizen. They already have visitor VISA, is it better to ask them to enter using their VISA and apply for their green card when they arrive or is it better to get the process started while they are still back home? It will be a couple of months before they can come, in this case is it good to get the process started and they can come over while their I130 is in progress? If they came around the time when their I130 is still pending would be difficult to enter the country? Also, can I buy one way ticket while I130 is pending.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

thanks.

[Boiler 46,121]

The first is illegal.

 

Do they intend to work in the US?

[prassu 0]

22 minutes ago, Boiler said:

The first is illegal.

 

Do they intend to work in the US?

I don't think any of it is illegal? Yes, they intend to work after case is approved.

[geowrian 22,338]

22 minutes ago, prassu said:

I don't think any of it is illegal? Yes, they intend to work after case is approved.

It is fraud to enter on a tourist visa with intent to stay. A tourist must enter with intent to return home.

 

You can file the I-130 for them while they are inside or outside the US so they can interview for an immigrant visa abroad later, but the wording in your post suggested they come to the US and stay, which is the issue.

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

On 6/25/2018 at 11:33 PM, prassu said:

Hello!

 

I am thinking to apply for my parents to be able to come to USA on Green card. I am a US citizen. They already have visitor VISA, is it better to ask them to enter using their VISA and apply for their green card when they arrive or is it better to get the process started while they are still back home? It will be a couple of months before they can come, in this case is it good to get the process started and they can come over while their I130 is in progress? If they came around the time when their I130 is still pending would be difficult to enter the country? Also, can I buy one way ticket while I130 is pending.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

thanks.

Are you sure you're a US citizen? 

Previous posts indicate conditional resident status with i751 pending. 

 

On 6/26/2018 at 12:09 AM, prassu said:

I don't think any of it is illegal? Yes, they intend to work after case is approved.

It is illegal to enter the US on a tourist visa with intent to stay. A one-way ticket just affirms that intent. 

[geowrian 22,338]

OP seems to have disappeared and not logged in since discovering the news. Happens a lot in these types of posts.

[prassu 0]

13 hours ago, WeGuyGal said:

Are you sure you're a US citizen? 

Previous posts indicate conditional resident status with i751 pending. 

 

It is illegal to enter the US on a tourist visa with intent to stay. A one-way ticket just affirms that intent. 

Yes. Both of the cases are now approved.

 

Ok. I did not know that it is fraud. I have seen so many other people who have done this, thank you for the help.

[Ontarkie 14,499]

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[James007 6]

Prassu..,,

 

Hello, your parents can come as much as they want with their VISA but they can't stay here. It is very important that your parents leave before the visa expires. Because you don't want them to overstay the visa. If that happens it would be a big problem. But you can start the paperwork and they can come visit but have to leave before the visa expires.