F2B sponsored by perm res parents or F4 citizen sibling?

[twodoodles 0]

Is is faster for permament resident parent to sponsor their child (Canadian, over 21 unmarried, currently in the US on valid F1) or for a US citizen to sponsor an over 21 unmarried sibling?  

[appleblossom 3,255]

10 minutes ago, twodoodles said:

Is is faster for permament resident parent to sponsor their child (Canadian, over 21 unmarried, currently in the US on valid F1) or for a US citizen to sponsor an over 21 unmarried sibling?  

 

Much faster for a LPR to petition a child. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-for-february-2025.html

[Boiler 46,215]

With such long wait times good insurance free r everyone who can to file

[mitzab 300]

A U.S. permanent resident sponsoring an unmarried adult child (F2B category) is significantly faster than a U.S. citizen sponsoring a sibling (F4 category). The F2B process typically takes 5 to 7 years, while the F4 category can take 15+ years due to longer backlogs. Since the child is already in the U.S. on an F1 visa, they may have options to adjust status once their priority date becomes current, making the F2B route the better choice.

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4 hours ago, mitzab said:

A U.S. permanent resident sponsoring an unmarried adult child (F2B category) is significantly faster than a U.S. citizen sponsoring a sibling (F4 category). The F2B process typically takes 5 to 7 years, while the F4 category can take 15+ years due to longer backlogs. Since the child is already in the U.S. on an F1 visa, they may have options to adjust status once their priority date becomes current, making the F2B route the better choice.

Those figures are very optimistic, people that applied ~19 years ago (F4) and ~9.5 years ago (F2B) are only now eligible for visas. But the wait times are getting longer and longer going forward. Bear in mind F4 category has only moved forward 3 years in the past 10 years, and F2B 10 months in 3 years. I think that @Boiler’s general rule to manage expectations is to double the amount of time on the current bulletin, so 20/40 years ish. 
 

So I’d strongly advise the OP to only use family sponsorship as a back up (particularly as there’s a risk Trump scraps it), and as well as his/her relatives petitioning, should try for OPT followed by an employment based visa.