New to process I-130 for married brother and spouse

[fabulous02 1]

Hello! Its been about 15 years since I dealt with immigration stuff, so forgive me for being rusty!!

 

After losing our only living Parent, my brother and I would like to live closer. So I’m trying to get his stuff going. I see that I need to fill in 1-130 and provide needed documentation, but I don’t see anything else that I need to fill in for him or his spouse. When do I pay the fees and when do I provide financial info and stuff? The guides aren’t clearing things up for me, so I would appreciate any guidance. We’re from India so I’m curious if anyone knows how long the current wait times are?

[PaulaCJohnny 713]

3 minutes ago, fabulous02 said:

Hello! Its been about 15 years since I dealt with immigration stuff, so forgive me for being rusty!!

 

After losing our only living Parent, my brother and I would like to live closer. So I’m trying to get his stuff going. I see that I need to fill in 1-130 and provide needed documentation, but I don’t see anything else that I need to fill in for him or his spouse. When do I pay the fees and when do I provide financial info and stuff? The guides aren’t clearing things up for me, so I would appreciate any guidance. We’re from India so I’m curious if anyone knows how long the current wait times are?

Are you. US citizen correct?

If so you need to check the F4 visa.

The waiting time for India is about 15+ years. How know they are taking cases from 2005, 18 years ago.

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2022/visa-bulletin-for-march-2022.html

 

Start your search about how to apply and etc here https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration.html

 

Good luck 

[Boiler 45,731]

Spouses and children only come into it when the priority date is current, just file for him now.

[nelmagriffin 150]

Greetings!

reference: Family Immigration (state.gov)

[fabulous02 1]

8 hours ago, PaulaCJohnny said:

Are you. US citizen correct?

If so you need to check the F4 visa.

The waiting time for India is about 15+ years. How know they are taking cases from 2005, 18 years ago.

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2022/visa-bulletin-for-march-2022.html

 

Start your search about how to apply and etc here https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration.html

 

Good luck 

Thank you for your response. Yes I am a US citizen. Wow, I didn’t realize the wait was that long for a sibling. Do you know if that’s also dependent on the country of origin? My brother might have an opportunity through work to come to Canada and work there for a while. Do you know if that might expedite this process?

[Boiler 45,731]

The visa bulletin link above shows that it does vary by Country.

 

Where he works is irrelevant.

[Chancy 6,242]

4 hours ago, fabulous02 said:

Do you know if that’s also dependent on the country of origin? My brother might have an opportunity through work to come to Canada and work there for a while. Do you know if that might expedite this process?

 

In general, it depends on the applicant's country of birth.  Even if your brother acquires Canadian (or any other) citizenship in the future, the F4 visa wait time for India will still apply in his case.

 

[PaulaCJohnny 713]

6 hours ago, fabulous02 said:

Thank you for your response. Yes I am a US citizen. Wow, I didn’t realize the wait was that long for a sibling. Do you know if that’s also dependent on the country of origin? My brother might have an opportunity through work to come to Canada and work there for a while. Do you know if that might expedite this process?

Exactly what @Chancy said. The visa is not based on his residency, is based on his nationality. 
Even for other countries the wait is not lesser that 10 years.

 

 

[Boiler 45,731]

Nobody is getting a F4 in 10 years, well who has not applied sometime ago.

 

I would expect the minimum would be a minimum for 20 years and go up from there for new applicants.