Mark M.

Thank you! This is definitely still faster than 5-7 years for sponsorship from my mom or 15-20 years from me or my sister.

We will try all the available routes possible and definitely acknowledging that it may not all work.

Thank you! I think we will have to go to the B-2 visa route and on top of that move forward with my mom sponsoring my brother for a long term plan/solution.

Thank you! B-2 visa is about one to three week wait time, but that only solves our problem for 6 months, which is the maximum time my brother can stay, if even granted the B-2 visa. But we’ll take what we can get. Also, our priority is to keep her in the US where she gets easy access to health care.

Hello VisaJourney folks, I posted seeking help last year to get guidance on how to obtain an ADIT stamp for my mom who lost her green card. She lost her green card during a health episode that put her in the care of a psychiatrist to this day. She was able to obtain the ADIT stamp successfully. Unfortunately, her health has not shown significant improvements to date and she has continued to need support throughout the day most specifically during medication administration. We are also scheduling doctor appointments with a neurologist and other specialists for memory care as she has shown early onset dementia symptoms. My sister and I both have children and full time jobs, and it’s been a challenge to manage everything and stay afloat. We will be doing everything to support my mom, and one of the things we thought about is to try and bring my brother to the US to be my mom’s primary caregiver. My brother is turning 37 years old in Sept, not married, and has no kids. He is willing to pause his life to come and support my mother and us. I am in the process of obtaining guidance from immigration firms who offers free consultations for now as I don’t know what route I’ll need to take to make this happen. I also want to make this as cheap as possible. I’m hoping that someone on here have gone through the same process and has been successful, and I would greatly appreciate if you can shed a light on what steps and routes you took. I also welcome everyone who knows and have related experiences to share them. Thank you all in advance! Some items for consideration: 1. My mom is a permanent resident waiting for the replacement card. She currently has an ADIT stamp. 2. One attorney suggested that my mom as a permanent resident can sponsor my brother and the current wait times is 5-7 years. 3. We are also thinking of applying for my mom’s naturalization if this will help any. She met all the requirements and is eligible for a few years now. 4. My sister and I are US citizens. Sponsoring siblings current wait time is 15-20 years. 5. We are hoping to get my brother here as soon as possible, and we aren’t sure what visa would be most appropriate, and if there is a specific visa category for this purpose. Thank you!

Thank you all so much for providing insights and sharing your knowledge and experience! I’ll be submitting my mom’s naturalization application in the next few months.

Hi all, I just want to give an update on this. I was able to get the ADIT stamp very smoothly. They did not need or asked anything at least for my mom’s case. They just needed the application for the replacement green card, I-90. The only struggle was the part of making the appt. In order to make an appt you’ll need to call the call center and be placed in the queue to be called by an immigration officer. They can call as early as 7am local time, so you’ll have to be watching your phone all the time. If you miss the call you will need to call back the call center and be placed again in the queue. The immigration officer when you get the call will determine if you need an appt or they can simply mail the ADIT stamp to you. My mom was scheduled an appt since her address had a discrepancy (I used my address in her app as I wasn’t to receive all communications).

@B C thank you for that information. In my case, I’m trying to get my mom to be able to travel as soon as possible. It seems that filing an GC replacement (I-90) and getting an ADIT stamp would be the fastest waiting time over waiting for the naturalization be granted. Or is filing N-400 would also allow you to get an ADIT stamp for travel purposes?

@mam521 thank you so much! I will make sure to read all the details and information from USCIS website to not miss anything important. I’m mostly thinking a couple of months for her to be back home to see if that would help her condition. She’s 7 years in as a PR so I believe two months should be ok, but I’ll check the details of citizenship requirements. Unfortunately, I couldn’t wait for the citizenship to be filed and granted before I take her back home. Also, I don’t believe I can file for the citizenship without the physical card (GC), I do not have a copy of it.

Thank you, all! I was thinking, to be cost effective, I’m going to file the I-90 and get the ADIT stamp so she can travel. She’ll then receive the replacement green card (hopefully faster than 23 months), then I’ll work on her citizenship application maybe next year or so. This way, I’m only paying for replacement green card and ADIT stamp and don’t need to pay for citizenship application until later. Also, with the police report, this is needed for the ADIT stamp and not the actual I-90 application, correct?

Hello visajourney folks, thank you for everyone who’s contributing information on this site. I have somewhat of an odd situation that I’m hoping to get some information for. I wonder if anyone else may have gone through the same. I also didn’t see specific category for this, so posting here. My mom is a permanent resident and is eligible to apply for citizenship since 2021. She is currently residing in the US. Given there was no rush to apply, we waited until now to start the process. Unfortunately, my mom caught Covid and developed a mental disability that she’s still suffering. After going through all her stuff, we realized her green card is lost. We thought that it would help her health if she’s able to come back to our home country for a couple of months so I looked into the process to request a new green card. I knew it was gonna take some time, but was surprised the wait time is currently 23 months. I looked up wait times for citizenship and saw it was 8 months processing time, so was hoping to submit this instead. Am I able to submit this for my mom even if she lost her green card? Is the physical card needed at any point of the process? I was also wondering if there’s some kind of assistance and way to request expedited processing for a green card replacement due to medical reasons? Thank you so much!