Question about filing for your mom

[katalaya 44]

Hi, everyone not sure if I’m in the right forum. A friend of mine wants to bring her mom to the US. But she is pregnant now. Her husband is the only one working now. Would that affect the filing for her mom? (In terms of dependent) She was thinking about filing now. When it gets approve how long the mom has to wait before going to the embassy to apply for visa? Please help!!!!!

[JeanneAdil 6,610]

The friend needs to be a USC to file for her mom 

and it is taking well over 12 months so not much help with the newborn but maybe as the baby grows up

as for a tourist visa,  she can't work and this means "can't care for the baby " and that visa is short lived (only a few months)

 

BTW if she is USC and can sponsor her mom,  the husband's income can come into play/ they need to check the poverty guidelines and the cost of the health care insurance they would have to provide for the mom

Edited February 7, 2021 by JeanneAdil

[katalaya 44]

9 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

The friend needs to be a USC to file for her mom 

and it is taking well over 12 months so not much help with the newborn but maybe as the baby grows up

as for a tourist visa,  she can't work and this means "can't care for the baby " and that visa is short lived (only a few months)

 

BTW if she is USC and can sponsor her mom,  the husband's income can come into play/ they need to check the poverty guidelines and the cost of the health care insurance they would have to provide for the mom

Thank you very much. Yes, the husband will help her. I didn’t mean a visiting visa, I meant, when she gets approve in the USA. She still has to go in the embassy in her country to get the visa to come here. So can she wait a bit in her country before moving with her application?

[JeanneAdil 6,610]

32 minutes ago, katalaya said:

Thank you very much. Yes, the husband will help her. I didn’t mean a visiting visa, I meant, when she gets approve in the USA. She still has to go in the embassy in her country to get the visa to come here. So can she wait a bit in her country before moving with her application?

It will take a year or so to even get that far for the interview to be scheduled and mom doesn't go to embassy to apply / the daughter applies here for mom using the I 130 form / mom has plenty of time to take care of her business in her country

[katalaya 44]

28 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

It will take a year or so to even get that far for the interview to be scheduled and mom doesn't go to embassy to apply / the daughter applies here for mom using the I 130 form / mom has plenty of time to take care of her business in her country

Thank you very much. I appreciate your help. I was just reading an article on the I130 application. It said that from the approve date the application doesn’t expire. You will just have to keep checking with NVC to update them or after a year you pay a fee. 

[Boiler 45,982]

I would not get too excited about that even pre Covid it was over a year, and now probably 2 years or so if she files now.

[JeanneAdil 6,610]

1 hour ago, katalaya said:

Thank you very much. I appreciate your help. I was just reading an article on the I130 application. It said that from the approve date the application doesn’t expire. You will just have to keep checking with NVC to update them or after a year you pay a fee. 

Yes,  you can stall the process at the NVC stage by not doing the AOS and ds 260 

and you would need to once a month inform NVC to keep the case open

but why ;?   as the process will take over a year /  some take 18 months just to get to the interview stage

 

[Pinkrlion 2,724]

She can apply for the I-130.  When she gets the letter of approval, she can wait up to one year to pay fee, pick an agent, and complete DS-260. 

 

JA Embassy is open and interviewing, so she really need to think about the timeframe of how long to interview after QD'd.  

[katalaya 44]

21 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

Yes,  you can stall the process at the NVC stage by not doing the AOS and ds 260 

and you would need to once a month inform NVC to keep the case open

but why ;?   as the process will take over a year /  some take 18 months just to get to the interview stage

 

🙂🙂 Thank you. You have been so informative. I appreciate it.🙏. Just asking necessary information. She will decide from there on.

[katalaya 44]

10 minutes ago, Pinkrlion said:

She can apply for the I-130.  When she gets the letter of approval, she can wait up to one year to pay fee, pick an agent, and complete DS-260. 

 

JA Embassy is open and interviewing, so she really need to think about the timeframe of how long to interview after QD'd.  

Thank you for your information. It is very helpful 

[angelbrown 195]

It all depends on how soon or later she wants her mom to come. JA embassy is open but still catching up on interviews. The IR5 category is still suspended but the I-130 can still be filed to start the process. Your friend is still looking at a long wait so they may want to look into at least starting the petition. The process was about 12 months pre-Covid. My guess now is if they file the petition now, they are looking at 18 months - 2 years or longer for her mom to come or even get the interview. They need to see if they meet requirements as far as the income. If the husband is the USC, he would be the one to apply as an LPR cannot file for a parent.

Edited February 8, 2021 by angelbrown

[Boiler 45,982]

2 minutes ago, angelbrown said:

It all depends on how soon or later she wants her mom to come. JA embassy is open but still catching up on interviews. The IR5 category is still suspended but the I-130 can still be filed to start the process. Your friend is still looking at a long wait so they may want to look into at least starting the petition. The process was about 12 months pre-Covid. My guess now is if they file the petition now, they are looking at 18 months - 2 years or longer. They need to see if they meet requirements as far as the income. If the husband is the USC, he would be the one to apply as an LPR cannot file for a parent.

Are you suggesting the Mother is the parent of both of them?

[angelbrown 195]

5 minutes ago, angelbrown said:

 

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Edited February 8, 2021 by angelbrown

[angelbrown 195]

5 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Are you suggesting the Mother is the parent of both of them?

Where did you get that idea? I’m assuming the OP is an LPR and her husband is the USC who filed for her. I could even be wrong in that assumption. But that was the way I read the post. 

[katalaya 44]

1 hour ago, JeanneAdil said:

Yes,  you can stall the process at the NVC stage by not doing the AOS and ds 260 

and you would need to once a month inform NVC to keep the case open

but why ;?   as the process will take over a year /  some take 18 months just to get to the interview stage

 

 

1 hour ago, Pinkrlion said:

She can apply for the I-130.  When she gets the letter of approval, she can wait up to one year to pay fee, pick an agent, and complete DS-260. 

 

JA Embassy is open and interviewing, so she really need to think about the timeframe of how long to interview after QD'd.  

 

2 hours ago, Boiler said:

I would not get too excited about that even pre Covid it was over a year, and now probably 2 years or so if she files now.

Thanks. Okay