Sibling visa-New Rules

[Catgirl 0]

It's been a while since the last time I was here. We did the visa journey 5 years ago when I came to the states and have since gotten a citizenship. I'd like to bring my sister and her kids from the UK to live here. One of her daughters is 19. If I file now will still be eligible when they process their application?

What will change with the new Immigration Bill as far as siblings are concerned?

Also, I own a business here in the states. Would I be able to bring my sister as an employee on a work visa? I run a European spa and my sister is an aesthetician with European qualifications?

Thank you very much in advance for any advice you may have.

[Hypnos 6,578]

The current wait time for F4 preference (sibling of a US citizen) is approximately twelve years. You cannot petition for your nieces and nephews, your sister would need to petition for them on her own behalf whenever she was finally able to immigrate to the US. The current wait time for F2B (unmarried children of LPRs over the age of 21) is approximately eight years, so it would be approximately twelve years for your sister and twenty years for her children, from now.

I believe the immigration legislation that just passed the Senate eliminated the F4 preference, but I haven't read the final draft so I'm not completely sure on that.

[aaron2020 11,651]

It takes about 12 years for a US citizen to petition a sibling. Children who turn 21 years old during the wait may not be able to immigrate with mom. The 19 years old will definitely age out. Once mom immigrates to the US, she can file for unmarried children. For an unmarried child over 21, it would be 8 years.

The new immigration bill eliminates the the ability to petition a sibling. Immigration reform may not pass or the bill can be changed, so it's impossible to tell you what might happen.

To get a work visa for your sister, you would need a Labor Dept certification where you would provide proof that your business could not find a US worker and therefore needed to bring in the talent from abroad. It will be next to impossible for you to claim that your business could not find a qualified aesthetician in the US.

[Catgirl 0]

Thank you!

[Visa Grant 78]

The New Immigration bill is going to eliminate the siblings category after 18 months of the enactment of the bill. Meanwhile you can go ahead and file the petition for your sister now. Even if the bill is passed into law, your sister will also be considered for the merit based category immigrant visa..

Good Luck..

[Parwana 0]

The New Immigration bill is going to eliminate the siblings category after 18 months of the enactment of the bill. Meanwhile you can go ahead and file the petition for your sister now. Even if the bill is passed into law, your sister will also be considered for the merit based category immigrant visa..

Good Luck..

Do you think the new law will pass that ban USC to apply for their siblings, you mentioned of 18 months period, can you send me a summary of this bill I can not find it ? Thank you

[Visa Grant 78]

Do you think the new law will pass that ban USC to apply for their siblings, you mentioned of 18 months period, can you send me a summary of this bill I can not find it ? Thank you

CIR Bill Summary

The bill is passed in the Senate and it has to go through the House before making it to the US president to sign it to become a Law..

Good Luck.

[bewildering 9]

Section 2307. Allocation of Immigrant Visas

Family-Sponsored Visas. Eighteen months from the date of enactment, the allocation of immigrant visas will be amended as follows: (1) the cap on immigrant visas to adult unmarried sons and daughters will be 35 percent of the worldwide family-sponsored level; (2) caps on immigrant visas for married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens who are 31 years of age and under at the time of filing will be 25 percent of the worldwide family-sponsored level; (3) caps on immigrant visas for unmarried sons and daughters of legal permanent residents will be 40 percent of the worldwide family-based level. This section strikes the availability of immigrant visas for siblings of U.S. citizens.

Goodbye F4 visa

[Parwana 0]

CIR Bill Summary

The bill is passed in the Senate and it has to go through the House before making it to the US president to sign it to become a Law..

Good Luck.

Thanks Visa Grant,

I read about this - looks like this will take a while since it has to be passed through the House which looks to me by January 2014 . To my knowledge the proposal will not be accepted just for the fact that this will allow illegal immigrant to be more attracted to US by thinking lets stay here one day they will pardon us and we all going to be citizens. Republicans are drafting their own proposal and I think they will fight . Another point I read on this bill is they will bar PR to file for their spouses and children... though challenge.

[OKflyboy 35]

Thanks Visa Grant,

I read about this - looks like this will take a while since it has to be passed through the House which looks to me by January 2014 . To my knowledge the proposal will not be accepted just for the fact that this will allow illegal immigrant to be more attracted to US by thinking lets stay here one day they will pardon us and we all going to be citizens. Republicans are drafting their own proposal and I think they will fight . Another point I read on this bill is they will bar PR to file for their spouses and children... though challenge.

They were going to remove the limits for spouses and minor children of LPRs. Meaning no wait for visa number, just like immediate relative of a USC.

When I read the draft a couple of months ago, I noticed a line that I understood like they were going to allow dependents (minor children) of immediate relatives of USCs to come on derivative visas. Maybe that line did not make it into the final draft. About time someone up there figured out that leaving minor children behind thousands of miles away is not an option, though.

[Visa Grant 78]

Section 2307. Allocation of Immigrant Visas

Family-Sponsored Visas. Eighteen months from the date of enactment, the allocation of immigrant visas will be amended as follows: (1) the cap on immigrant visas to adult unmarried sons and daughters will be 35 percent of the worldwide family-sponsored level; (2) caps on immigrant visas for married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens who are 31 years of age and under at the time of filing will be 25 percent of the worldwide family-sponsored level; (3) caps on immigrant visas for unmarried sons and daughters of legal permanent residents will be 40 percent of the worldwide family-based level. This section strikes the availability of immigrant visas for siblings of U.S. citizens.

Goodbye F4 visa

First - The Senate Bill is not pased - In other words, there's a good chance that nothing is going to change....the F4 category will not be eliminated..

Second - There is Section 2305 before this..

Section 2305. Reclassification of spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents as immediate relatives

This section amends the definition of `immediate relative' to include a child or spouse of an alien admitted for lawful permanent residence. This allows for the automatic conversion to immediate relative designation for pending petitions filed on behalf of a spouse or child of a lawful permanent resident.

This section provides allocations for family-based immigrant visas for the period beginning on the date of enactment until 18 months after enactment. It caps unmarried sons or daughters of lawful permanent residents at 20 percent of the worldwide family-sponsored level; caps immigrant visas for married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens; and caps immigrant visas for brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens at 40 percent of the worldwide family-sponsored level.

Keep "Bewildered"

[bewildering 9]

First - The Senate Bill is not pased - In other words, there's a good chance that nothing is going to change....the F4 category will not be eliminated..

Second - There is Section 2305 before this..

Section 2305. Reclassification of spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents as immediate relatives

This section amends the definition of `immediate relative' to include a child or spouse of an alien admitted for lawful permanent residence. This allows for the automatic conversion to immediate relative designation for pending petitions filed on behalf of a spouse or child of a lawful permanent resident.

This section provides allocations for family-based immigrant visas for the period beginning on the date of enactment until 18 months after enactment. It caps unmarried sons or daughters of lawful permanent residents at 20 percent of the worldwide family-sponsored level; caps immigrant visas for married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens; and caps immigrant visas for brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens at 40 percent of the worldwide family-sponsored level.

Keep "Bewildered"

No.

Everything I have read about the bill says:

"The bill would bar citizens from sponsoring their siblings and would allow them to sponsor married sons and daughters only if those children are under age 31."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/12/senate-immigration-bill-explained_n_3427682.html

This was a democratic bill. I doubt the house republicans are going to reinstate the family ties.

[Parwana 0]

No.

Everything I have read about the bill says:

"The bill would bar citizens from sponsoring their siblings and would allow them to sponsor married sons and daughters only if those children are under age 31."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/12/senate-immigration-bill-explained_n_3427682.html

This was a democratic bill. I doubt the house republicans are going to reinstate the family ties.

Ditto on Visa Grant !

The link you have posted ''Bewildered'' is just a newspaper NOT a gov, so you are wrong!

Its a bloody cloudy and miserable day today lol oopps maybe I was born in a cloudy place

[Visa Grant 78]

No.

Everything I have read about the bill says:

"The bill would bar citizens from sponsoring their siblings and would allow them to sponsor married sons and daughters only if those children are under age 31."

This was a democratic bill. I doubt the house republicans are going to reinstate the family ties.

The bill becomes a law after it is signed by the US president..

[Hypnos 6,578]

If it's passed by the House and Senate.