What Visa get's my wife (GC)'s sister and her niece to US?

[David Holmes 13]

Got my Filipina wife here to US last year on a GC and we already have 2 babies born here (1 month and 13 months). We have our hands full and are getting no sleep.

We would like to bring her sister and her sister's daughter (16) here to help with the babies.  Ideally for a few years at least.  Three questions:

What visa type would we apply for?
Who is the petitioner?  Me, the US Citizen, or my wife, the GC holder?
Is the wait time longer than getting my wife here (that was about 1.5 years)?

Thanks everyone, I love this website.
 

[SteveInBostonI130 3,471]

12 minutes ago, David Holmes said:

Got my Filipina wife here to US last year on a GC and we already have 2 babies born here (1 month and 13 months). We have our hands full and are getting no sleep.

We would like to bring her sister and her sister's daughter (16) here to help with the babies.  Ideally for a few years at least.  Three questions:

What visa type would we apply for?
Who is the petitioner?  Me, the US Citizen, or my wife, the GC holder?
Is the wait time longer than getting my wife here (that was about 1.5 years)?

Thanks everyone, I love this website.
 

 

Not possible.

 

They can come to visit, by applying for a B2 tourist visa.  They would apply for the visa themselves.  Bear in mind,  childcare is considered work and they are not allowed to work on a B2.

 

If you want your SIL to immigrate to the US, your wife will need to become a USC and then can file a I-130 for them.  Your SIL's category will be family preference, F4. The wait for a visa in that category is about 20 years for the Philippines.

[Chancy 6,243]

8 minutes ago, David Holmes said:

We would like to bring her sister and her sister's daughter (16) here to help with the babies.  Ideally for a few years at least.

 

No such visa available for your SIL and her daughter to stay in the US for a few years and work as your children's carers.  At least not while your children are still babies.

 

Tourist visa is for visiting, no authorization to work.  Also, the allowed duration of stay for each entry on a tourist visa is at the discretion of CBP.  Default is 6 months, but we've seen others granted much shorter stays.

 

[Palawan 131]

18 minutes ago, David Holmes said:

Got my Filipina wife here to US last year on a GC and we already have 2 babies born here (1 month and 13 months). We have our hands full and are getting no sleep.

We would like to bring her sister and her sister's daughter (16) here to help with the babies.  Ideally for a few years at least.  Three questions:

What visa type would we apply for?
Who is the petitioner?  Me, the US Citizen, or my wife, the GC holder?
Is the wait time longer than getting my wife here (that was about 1.5 years)?

Thanks everyone, I love this website.
 

If she has parents they could probably get a tourist visa but the wait time is long for interview.

 

My good buddy who wife if from Philippines had the father come first on tourist visa and he stayed for 6 months when his daughter had a baby, and then the mother came and she had to stay for like almost a year due to Covid and not being able to go back home.

[Boiler 45,764]

When your wife becomes a USC she can petition her Sister but you would be looking at 30 odd years

[nastra30 2,300]

22 minutes ago, David Holmes said:

Got my Filipina wife here to US last year on a GC and we already have 2 babies born here (1 month and 13 months). We have our hands full and are getting no sleep.

We would like to bring her sister and her sister's daughter (16) here to help with the babies.  Ideally for a few years at least.  Three questions:

What visa type would we apply for? - No such visa. Though they can apply for tourist visa to visit; not to work.
Who is the petitioner?  Me, the US Citizen, or my wife, the GC holder? - Nobody can petition them now. But when your wife becomes a USC she can petition sister and this will take 20+ years.
Is the wait time longer than getting my wife here (that was about 1.5 years)? - When your wife becomes a USC she can petition sister and this will take 20+ years.

Thanks everyone, I love this website.

Don't you have your own family members that can help? or you may want to start looking into child/day care.

[Boiler 45,764]

OP wants cheap child care

 

ASAP

[powerpuff 6,744]

~~ Topic moved from Tourist Visas to Bringing Family Members of GC holders - the spouse is a GC holder; the intention is for the her relatives to immigrate, not visit as tourists. Friendly reminder that tourist and student visas are NOT for immigration and working ~~

[Crazy Cat 41,985]

Just now, Palawan said:

I never saw where OP asked about working, he asked about helping out with a newborn.

Childcare is considered work.   

[Palawan 131]

3 minutes ago, Nat&Amy said:

OP never mentioned that the sister wanted to study. Therefore, why are we even talking about student visas? I don't think we should be advocating it as a "means to work in the US", that's all.

If you read the OP Title : "What Visa get's my wife (GC)'s sister and her niece to US?"

Student visa would be the quickest and easiest visa from Philipppines, US EMbassy in Manila promotes it almost daily, and the prioritize it if you file for it.  

 

[Nat&Amy 623]

Just now, Palawan said:

If you read the OP Title : "What Visa get's my wife (GC)'s sister and her niece to US?"

Student visa would be the quickest and easiest visa from Philipppines, US EMbassy in Manila promotes it almost daily, and the prioritize it if you file for it.  

 

Except that before OP had explained he wanted them to be in the US to help with the children. Not to study. Not to travel around. 

 

Is there a visa for that purpose? To keep them here for a "few years" taking care of children? No. Definitely not a student visa. The fact you know people that have obtained and (possibly misused) one does not justify recommending it as a legal means to come work in the US.

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

Does nobody else have a problem with wanting to get a 16 year old to come from the other side of the world to help look after babies? The niece was expressly included for this purpose in the OP.

[Ontarkie 14,322]

~~Nearly two pages of posts removed due to derailing posts and posts suggesting to use a Student Visa to by pass long wait times and immigration laws.~~

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

1 hour ago, Palawan said:

 

 

When my wife got here back here a few years ago, she had a cousin that was in Florida on a student visa, she worked at a hotel so yes it's very possible to work if you want on a student visa.

Student visa is limited to working 20 hours a week on campus, your friends and relatives  doing illegal work is not a basis for suggesting things to others on VJ.

[David Holmes 13]

2 hours ago, nastra30 said:

Don't you have your own family members that can help? or you may want to start looking into child/day care.

I do not