Which would process faster mother filing for child or Sibling filing for sibling?

[Beegirl 21]

Hello I had a general question, my mother and I are both US citizens and looking to bring over my sister to the US with us. However she just turned 22 so she’s not the quickest filing. I was wondering which would process faster 

 

My mother filing for her as an unmarried child over 21

 

or

 

Me filing for her as a sibling

 

Yes Im aware of the processing tool on USCIS but I wanted to get some opinions here as well.

[NorthByNorthwest 351]

31 minutes ago, Beegirl said:

My mother filing for her as an unmarried child over 21

 

or

 

Me filing for her as a sibling

 

Unmarried child over 21 = F1 - at least 9 years once petition is approved, will she stay unmarried that long? If she marries she moves to F3 which adds 6+ years.

Sibling = F4 - at least 17 years once petition is approved.

 

Dates from latest visa bulletin: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-january-2024.html

 

In other words - your mother petitioning will most likely be faster. Hopefully your mother is in good health but a lot can happen in the 10+ years the process will take - safest bet would be for the both of you to petition. There is no issue having multiple petitions for the same person.

 

 

[Dashinka 24,489]

A parent filing is faster as @NorthByNorthwest showed, but it is not a bad idea for both you and your mother to file separate I130s.

 

Good Luck!

[Boiler 45,470]

Another vote for both filing. You never know and I appreciate that at least and + were mentioned in the time estimates just wanted to stress those aspects.

[Timona 4,207]

To add on @NorthByNorthwest, depends on country too. Philippines and Mexico have the longest wait times

[Beegirl 21]

6 hours ago, NorthByNorthwest said:

 

Unmarried child over 21 = F1 - at least 9 years once petition is approved, will she stay unmarried that long? If she marries she moves to F3 which adds 6+ years.

Sibling = F4 - at least 17 years once petition is approved.

 

Dates from latest visa bulletin: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-january-2024.html

 

In other words - your mother petitioning will most likely be faster. Hopefully your mother is in good health but a lot can happen in the 10+ years the process will take - safest bet would be for the both of you to petition. There is no issue having multiple petitions for the same person.

 

 

Thank you.

The visa bulletin only lists China, India, Philippines, and Mexico. Is there a way to see other countries?

 

Im wondering if there’s a big enough variation between countries. 
 

 

[Boiler 45,470]

2 minutes ago, Beegirl said:

Thank you.

The visa bulletin only lists China, India, Philippines, and Mexico. Is there a way to see other countries?

 

Im wondering if there’s a big enough variation between countries. 
 

 

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[powerpuff 6,697]

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[Dashinka 24,489]

2 hours ago, Beegirl said:

Thank you.

The visa bulletin only lists China, India, Philippines, and Mexico. Is there a way to see other countries?

 

Im wondering if there’s a big enough variation between countries. 
 

 

All the other countries are listed in the first column.

[NorthByNorthwest 351]

16 hours ago, NorthByNorthwest said:

Unmarried child over 21 = F1 - at least 9 years once petition is approved, will she stay unmarried that long? If she marries she moves to F3 which adds 6+ years.

Sibling = F4 - at least 17 years once petition is approved.

 

Dates from latest visa bulletin: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-january-2024.html

 

In other words - your mother petitioning will most likely be faster. Hopefully your mother is in good health but a lot can happen in the 10+ years the process will take - safest bet would be for the both of you to petition. There is no issue having multiple petitions for the same person.

 

I should correct myself - I wrote "after petition is approved" above but the priority date starts as soon as your I-130 petition is properly filed/accepted. The timer for visa availability will run concurrently with the petition approval. However...

 

17 hours ago, Beegirl said:

Yes Im aware of the processing tool on USCIS but I wanted to get some opinions here as well.

 

The processing tool only shows how long it takes for the petition to get approved, but it's really the visa bulletin that tells the story of when a visa will be available.

 

I also forgot to mention that the dates in the bulletin have not moved much in recent years. For example in the three years between January 2021 and January 2024 the F1 Priority Date for all chargability areas has only moved from 15 Sep 2014 to  01 Jan 2015, and in the same time F4 PD has only moved from 08 Oct 2006 to 22 May 2007 so there's a huge backlog - that's why there's so much uncertainty with the timelines. You have to look at the bulletins over time to get a sense for how the categories are getting processed.

[Ryan H 3,812]

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