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I'm a US Citizen. I have a brother that used to live in HK, but recently made the move to the UK via his BNO Visa. He needs to wait another year in order to apply for a British Citizenship. In the mean time, I wanted to file a petition to have him and his wife immigrate to the USA. The end result will have them both on a dual citizenship of UK and US, and living in the US.

 

My question is, does filing the I-130 now affect my brother's (and his wife's) British Citizenship process in any negative way? I want to start the process now, as I know it will take a long time for the petition to go through (10+ years I believe?).

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19 minutes ago, DMenace83 said:

as I know it will take a long time for the petition to go through (10+ years I believe?).

More than 20 years, probably.  F4 Cases submitted on 1 August 2007 are just now obtaining visa numbers.  It appears to have moved about 3 months over the last year.  I would file as soon as possible.

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28 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

More than 20 years, probably.  F4 Cases submitted on 1 August 2007 are just now obtaining visa numbers.  It appears to have moved about 3 months over the last year.  I would file as soon as possible.

 

That's what I want to do, but I'm wondering if it will affect his British citizenship process in any negative way. Will they know he's also trying to get a US citizenship/residency?

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1 hour ago, DMenace83 said:

 

That's what I want to do, but I'm wondering if it will affect his British citizenship process in any negative way. Will they know he's also trying to get a US citizenship/residency?

I don't think it will affect his British citizenship process.  Any US immigration uber an F4 visa is far, far down the road.

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

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Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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4 hours ago, DMenace83 said:

I'm a US Citizen. I have a brother that used to live in HK, but recently made the move to the UK via his BNO Visa. He needs to wait another year in order to apply for a British Citizenship. In the mean time, I wanted to file a petition to have him and his wife immigrate to the USA. The end result will have them both on a dual citizenship of UK and US, and living in the US.

 

My question is, does filing the I-130 now affect my brother's (and his wife's) British Citizenship process in any negative way? I want to start the process now, as I know it will take a long time for the petition to go through (10+ years I believe?).

Will take far longer than 10 years.

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7 hours ago, DMenace83 said:

 

That's what I want to do, but I'm wondering if it will affect his British citizenship process in any negative way. Will they know he's also trying to get a US citizenship/residency?

This is a question to a British immigration lawyer. But it shouldn't in theory.

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