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fruitcake   31

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Posting for a friend.

 

I need help understanding my friend’s situation. Please help.

 

My friend’s father wanted to come to the US. My friend is a US citizen, let’s call her Camille, and she lives in New Jersey. Camille said she does not have the means to support her father to come to the States. Camille’s Aunt, a US Citizen, lives in Oregon, offers to help pay for the processing fees and flight fare for Camille’s father. Her Aunt and her father are related. Her Aunt also offers that her father may live in Oregon to find work.

 

I thought that sounds illegal? You file a petition for your father, somebody else pays for the fees, and does not live with you? I think she is in a risky situation.

 

My question is, is that possible? Is that legal? Has anybody done that? Please share your input about this situation and share your experience when you brought your parents to the US.

 

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Sounds like the aunt would be the joint sponsor for I assume her brother.  That is perfectly legal, so both your friend and the aunt will need to fill out I864s for the father/brother.  This is fairly common, the aunt could also file an I130 for her brother, but that will take 20-25 years, however your friend's I130 will be much faster, and there is no law saying that the intending immigrant has to live with the primary sponsor of the I130.

 

 

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@fruitcake, there are more costs than you indicated.  In addition, someone will have to commit to financially sponsoring (as a joint sponsor) the father as a new immigrant.  Perhaps Camille will be in a better condition to sponsor her father when the time arrives as this will be a 2 year, or longer, process.  But based on what you posted, I don't see anything illegal. People use joint sponsors all the time.

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Crazy Cat   41,399

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2 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

Sounds like the aunt would be the joint sponsor for I assume her brother.  That is perfectly legal, so both your friend and the aunt will need to fill out I864s for the father/brother.  This is fairly common, the aunt could also file an I130 for her brother, but that will take 20-25 years, however your friend's I130 will be much faster, and there is no law saying that the intending immigrant has to live with the primary sponsor of the I130.

 

 

Agree 100%

"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 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

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.

______________________________________

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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Seems quite normal

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***A non-contributory comment removed***

"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 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

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.

______________________________________

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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