Ian

I am hoping someone on this group can give me some pointers on Bringing my mother
over from the Uk to live with my wife and I in the US. I am a British Citizen with a
green card and my wife is a US Citizen. My mother is 76 years old and really has no
close family near her in the UK. My wife and I would really like to bring her over to
live with us. The only information I could find on the USDOJ immigration site seemed
to be refering to work visa's, and in that event I would not be able to sponsor my
mother in any case. However as she is 76 years old and we would be willing to support
her - she is obviously not going to work or claim benefits - does anyone know of a
way to do this, without it taking longer than her lifespan to get the approval?

Thanks in advance,

Ian

Shelley

Unfortunately, only a US citizen can sponsor a parent for immigration. You will have
to become a citizen first, then you can petition for an immigration visa for your
mother. Take Care. Shelley

"ian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > I am hoping someone on this group can give me some pointers on Bringing my mother
    > over from the Uk to live with my wife and I in the US. I am a
British
    > Citizen with a green card and my wife is a US Citizen. My mother is 76
years
    > old and really has no close family near her in the UK. My wife and I would really
    > like to bring her over to live with us. The only information I
could
    > find on the USDOJ immigration site seemed to be refering to work visa's,
and
    > in that event I would not be able to sponsor my mother in any case.
However
    > as she is 76 years old and we would be willing to support her - she is obviously
    > not going to work or claim benefits - does anyone know of a way
to
    > do this, without it taking longer than her lifespan to get the approval?
    >
    > Thanks in advance,
    >
    > Ian

Stephen C. Gall

"ian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > I am hoping someone on this group can give me some pointers on Bringing my mother
    > over from the Uk to live with my wife and I in the US. I am a
British
    > Citizen with a green card and my wife is a US Citizen. My mother is 76
years
    > old and really has no close family near her in the UK.

You need to become a US citizen in order to sponsor your mother for permanent
residence. Other than that, there's no immigration classification for people who
want to live in the US, long term, and who have sufficient means to live without
needing to work.

Since you're married to a US citizen, you would qualify for citizenship if you've
been married to her for at least three years and you've been a permanent resident for
at least three years. Otherwise, if you've been a permanent resident for at least
five years it doesn't matter how long you've been married.

Lastly, you WILL keep your British citizenship even after becoming a US citizen,
despite the fact that the US naturalization process includes a statement of
renunciation. That statement doesn't have any effect under British law. The US State
Department acknowledges this, and doesn't have a problem if you continue to deal with
Britain as a British citizen, as long as you deal with the US as a US citizen.

Stephen Gallagher