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Anyuta   0

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What is the immigration procedure for bringing over a mentally challenged relative? The situation is as follows. I am a US citizen since Nov. 2006. I successfully petitioned for my mother who was granted permanent residence last week (the whole process took less than 4 months). My mother has a mentally challenged brother who is still in Russia. Their father (my grandfather) passed away in March and her brother was left all by himself. Luckily, some relatives took him in temporarily until my mom comes back to Russia and figures something out. My mom is her brother's legal guardian. I looked on the INS website and did not find anything specific to these kind of situations. Has anyone heard of similar situations or know where to research? Please help us if you know anything about this.

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tom&tata   2

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It would be your mother after she becomes USC, petition for her brother. I am not sure if any specific medical condition allows for other path of visa.

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homesick_american   1

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Carrying on from what tom&tata said, your mother has to wait to become a US citizen before she can apply to bring her brother to the United States.

He would fall into the fourth preference category (F4) which is the lowest.

According to the latest visa bulletin from the Dept of State, the priority date for F4 visas at the moment is from June 1996. They are in for a very long wait...probably close to fifteen years, and that's assuming that you can still apply for siblings once she becomes a USC. The current immigration overhaul that they're proposing would eliminate that family immigration category.

Good luck.

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kitkat1 Experienced

kitkat1   5

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very detailed answer already supplied here

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;#entry939772

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