laws regarding the petitioning of parents (split topic)

[ImagineMe 35]

I needed to make sure laws didnt change as I saw something regarding new changes for immigrants passed this past April.  So the wife still has to be a USC and I as her husband, a US citizen, cannot apply for them as well? Is the new change that she as an LPR can now file for him instead of waiting to become a US Citizen?

Edited September 22, 2021 by ImagineMe

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

12 minutes ago, ImagineMe said:

I needed to make sure laws didnt change as I saw something regarding new changes for immigrants passed this past April.  So the wife still has to be a USC and I as her husband, a US citizen, cannot apply for them as well? Is the new change that she as an LPR can now file for him instead of waiting to become a US Citizen?

Nothing has changed on who can sponsor whom. Not sure what legislation you are talking about. Only a citizen can sponsor parents.

[ImagineMe 35]

This section that passed in April. Maybe I'm just not reading it right. But that is why I am clarifying.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

The bold bit in what you highlighted - the only part that talks about sponsoring parents - only refers to relatives of citizens - it is the IR categories referred to in bold. Below that is the list of non IR categories, some of which can be sponsored by LPRs and others by citizens. 

 

I don’t see anything in that extract that is different from before in terms of who can sponsor who, again I don’t know what is “new” about this.

Edited September 22, 2021 by SusieQQQ

[aaron2020 11,651]

1 hour ago, ImagineMe said:

I needed to make sure laws didnt change as I saw something regarding new changes for immigrants passed this past April.  So the wife still has to be a USC and I as her husband, a US citizen, cannot apply for them as well? Is the new change that she as an LPR can now file for him instead of waiting to become a US Citizen?

The law has not changed in a long time.  

Only US citizens can petition for a parent.  An LPR can not file for a parent.  No one can petition for an in-law.  

[aaron2020 11,651]

1 hour ago, ImagineMe said:

This section that passed in April. Maybe I'm just not reading it right. But that is why I am clarifying.

That's not a change in the law.  

What you circled explicitly says "If you are the spouse, minor child or parent of a US CITIZEN."

[Ryan H 3,812]

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[HRQX 4,145]

On 9/22/2021 at 3:01 PM, ImagineMe said:

Click on the link below the bolded text and then you'll see:

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You are an immediate relative if you are:

• The spouse of a U.S. citizen;
• The unmarried child under 21 years of age of a U.S. citizen; or
• The parent of a U.S. citizen (if the U.S. citizen is 21 years of age or older).