I-130 sponsorship question

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Jul 18th 2004, 7:50 pm

Martin Akehurst

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I-130 sponsorship question

After looking a the Shusterman's site following their post on
newsletters, I noticed that on their I-130 section it said the visa can
be petitioned by a US Citizen OR lawful resident.

Have I been misinformed in the past (not by this newsgroup)?

I have a step-sister (same mother different father) who is legally Green
Carded and resident in the US. Can she petition me for an I-130?

Thanks folks
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Mart

Jul 18th 2004, 8:24 pm

Joachim Feise

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Re: I-130 sponsorship question

Martin Akehurst wrote on 7/19/2004 0:50:

    > After looking a the Shusterman's site following their post on
    > newsletters, I noticed that on their I-130 section it said the visa can
    > be petitioned by a US Citizen OR lawful resident.

That depends on the category.

    > I have a step-sister (same mother different father) who is legally Green
    > Carded and resident in the US. Can she petition me for an I-130?

No. To sponsor siblings, a person has to be a citizen (family category 4,
see http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi_bulletin.html)

-Joe