Family reunification--can someone please explain?
Jul 20th 2004, 1:14 pm
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Family reunification--can someone please explain?
Hi everybody,
I keep hearing left and right in my community about some kind of
family reunification law that one could apply to get here or stay
here.
I am confused what exactly does family reunification mean? For a US
citizen, I believe family reunificaiton would mean the possibility to
bring the parents over here. A citizen can petition for a brother but
the wait is 10+years. Can a citizen petition for the brother/sister
who is in US, and can the brother/sister wait here until a visa is
available? Does the brother/sister need to maintain legal status in
the mean time?
Is there some family reunification law that expires this year in
September and troguh which a Citizen/LPR can bring his parents over
here?
I would greatly appreciate if someone could answer this questions.
Many thanks
Corina
I keep hearing left and right in my community about some kind of
family reunification law that one could apply to get here or stay
here.
I am confused what exactly does family reunification mean? For a US
citizen, I believe family reunificaiton would mean the possibility to
bring the parents over here. A citizen can petition for a brother but
the wait is 10+years. Can a citizen petition for the brother/sister
who is in US, and can the brother/sister wait here until a visa is
available? Does the brother/sister need to maintain legal status in
the mean time?
Is there some family reunification law that expires this year in
September and troguh which a Citizen/LPR can bring his parents over
here?
I would greatly appreciate if someone could answer this questions.
Many thanks
Corina
Jul 20th 2004, 8:48 pm
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Re: Family reunification--can someone please explain?
Corina wrote on 7/20/2004 18:14:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I keep hearing left and right in my community about some kind of
> family reunification law that one could apply to get here or stay
> here.
I don't know what your community is smoking, but there is no such law.
It is always the best to ignore rumors.
> I am confused what exactly does family reunification mean? For a US
> citizen, I believe family reunificaiton would mean the possibility to
> bring the parents over here. A citizen can petition for a brother but
> the wait is 10+years. Can a citizen petition for the brother/sister
> who is in US, and can the brother/sister wait here until a visa is
> available? Does the brother/sister need to maintain legal status in
> the mean time?
Teh sibling would have to maintain legal status on his or her own. With
the wait time (12+ years), that's pretty much impossible.
> Is there some family reunification law that expires this year in
> September and troguh which a Citizen/LPR can bring his parents over
> here?
There is nothing new nor expiring. Citizens could always and continue
to be able to petition for their parents, provided that the US citizen
child is at least 21.
-Joe
> Hi everybody,
>
> I keep hearing left and right in my community about some kind of
> family reunification law that one could apply to get here or stay
> here.
I don't know what your community is smoking, but there is no such law.
It is always the best to ignore rumors.
> I am confused what exactly does family reunification mean? For a US
> citizen, I believe family reunificaiton would mean the possibility to
> bring the parents over here. A citizen can petition for a brother but
> the wait is 10+years. Can a citizen petition for the brother/sister
> who is in US, and can the brother/sister wait here until a visa is
> available? Does the brother/sister need to maintain legal status in
> the mean time?
Teh sibling would have to maintain legal status on his or her own. With
the wait time (12+ years), that's pretty much impossible.
> Is there some family reunification law that expires this year in
> September and troguh which a Citizen/LPR can bring his parents over
> here?
There is nothing new nor expiring. Citizens could always and continue
to be able to petition for their parents, provided that the US citizen
child is at least 21.
-Joe
