Liability of sponsorship as a spouse?

[Kyle6811 22]

I am sponsoring my wife. She will likely enter with a cr1, which means she should be able to become a U.S. citizen after 3 more years from entering. She wants to sponsor her brother to come here as well. Does anyone know what my (as her spouse) liabilities are if she were to sponsor him without me? 

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33 minutes ago, Kyle6811 said:

I am sponsoring my wife. She will likely enter with a cr1, which means she should be able to become a U.S. citizen after 3 more years from entering. She wants to sponsor her brother to come here as well. Does anyone know what my (as her spouse) liabilities are if she were to sponsor him without me? 

 

It would be 35+ years before her brother could come anyway, but if your wife makes enough to sponsor her brother on her own, then you wouldn't have any liability. 

Edited July 30 by appleblossom

[Kyle6811 22]

10 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

It would be 35+ years before her brother could come anyway, but if your wife makes enough to sponsor her brother on her own, then you wouldn't have any liability. 

Jesus is the wait that long?

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7 minutes ago, Kyle6811 said:

Jesus is the wait that long?

 

Yep. I originally said 25 years but then I saw your profile so I amended it to 35 years as Mexicans have a much longer wait. 

 

There is only a small amount of sibling visas available each year, so there's a huge line ahead of you for them. The Visa Bulletin will be what your wife needs to look at to give her an idea, as you can see in category F4 (siblings of USC's), those who applied in 2001 are only now eligible to get visas. Add on the time for your wife to become a USC, and additional time as the line gets longer each year due to more and more people applying, and I'd say at least 35 years personally. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-july-2024.html

[Kyle6811 22]

18 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

It would be 35+ years before her brother could come anyway, but if your wife makes enough to sponsor her brother on her own, then you wouldn't have any liability. 

I’ve heard of many people getting their green card faster by simply applying, is that a better route?

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1 minute ago, Kyle6811 said:

I’ve heard of many people getting their green card faster by simply applying, is that a better route?

 

Sorry, not sure what you mean by 'simply applying'? With siblings there's no way to speed it up, as above it's a numerically limited visa category with far more applicants than visas available each year, so it's just a case of waiting his turn. 

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***Moved to Bringing Family Members of US Citizens to America forum as OP is asking about wife's sibling***

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34 minutes ago, Kyle6811 said:

I’ve heard of many people getting their green card faster by simply applying,

What does that mean?

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58 minutes ago, Kyle6811 said:

Jesus is the wait that long?

Siblings are not immediate relatives so only a limited number are granted per year and you can imagine the backlog that would create. Also, it’s pretty amazing that sibling sponsorship is even allowed; it’s pretty much unheard of in most countries.

1 hour ago, Kyle6811 said:

Does anyone know what my (as her spouse) liabilities are if she were to sponsor him without me? 

Consulates routinely ask for spouses of sponsors to sign I-864A so look into that

 

[Kyle6811 22]

6 minutes ago, powerpuff said:

Siblings are not immediate relatives so only a limited number are granted per year and you can imagine the backlog that would create. Also, it’s pretty amazing that sibling sponsorship is even allowed; it’s pretty much unheard of in most countries.

Consulates routinely ask for spouses of sponsors to sign I-864A so look into that

 

Sounds good, thank you everyone!

[Kyle6811 22]

Admin, please lock this topic, I have my answers.

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Thread closed per OP’s request.