immigration Q
Oct 22nd 2002, 5:02 pm
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immigration Q
hi everyone,
i am currently on a F1 visa and my parents got DV. They will be here in a couple of weeks. I am more than 21..is there anything i can file for. please do let me know. thanks
-ms
i am currently on a F1 visa and my parents got DV. They will be here in a couple of weeks. I am more than 21..is there anything i can file for. please do let me know. thanks
-ms
Oct 22nd 2002, 6:57 pm
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Re: immigration Q
Yes, they can file for you but the wait is long, you must stay in status, if
you become illegal they cannot help, unless they become US citizens.
"mechlife" wrote in message
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> hi everyone,
> i am currently on a F1 visa and my parents got DV. They will be here in
> a couple of weeks. I am more than 21..is there anything i can file for.
> please do let me know. thanks
> -ms
> --
you become illegal they cannot help, unless they become US citizens.
"mechlife" wrote in message
news:451689.1035306174@britishexpats-
.com...
> hi everyone,
> i am currently on a F1 visa and my parents got DV. They will be here in
> a couple of weeks. I am more than 21..is there anything i can file for.
> please do let me know. thanks
> -ms
> --
Oct 23rd 2002, 7:53 pm
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Re: immigration Q
"mechlife" wrote in message
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> i am currently on a F1 visa and my parents got DV. They will be here in
> a couple of weeks. I am more than 21..is there anything i can file for.
> please do let me know. thanks
Assuming you are not married, one of your parents (not you) can file Form
I-130, Relative Petition, asking the INS to classify you in a category for
immigration. Your category, unmarried son or daughter (over 21 years of
age) of a U.S. permanent resident, is "Family 2B." The date that INS
receives the petition is your "priority date," the date that you start
waiting in line for a visa number.
You would have to wait for the quota of visa numbers before you can apply
for permanent resident status and complete the process, in about 8 years or
more. See http://travel.state.gov-
/visa_bulletin.html to follow the progress
of the category.
If you remain unmarried, and your parent becomes a U.S. citizen (in about 6
years at the earliest), then your F2B I-130 petition will automatically
convert to F1, unmarried son or daughter of a U.S. citizen (over 21 years of
age), and you will retain the priority date. By that time, a visa number
may be available to you.
In the meantime, if you want to stay in the U.S., you must maintain valid
nonimmigrant status on your own. You get no benefit from the Relative
Petition. In fact, it counts against you if you seek a nonimmigrant status
which requires temporary intention.
What people usually do in your case is to keep going to school, and get
another degree or two, or get an employer to offer a job that qualifies for
H-1B status. H-1B status is available for a maximum duration of 6 years, so
that could carry you through the wait, if your parent becomes a U.S.
citizen. H-1B status allows dual intent, too.
news:451689.1035306174@britishexpats-
.com...
> i am currently on a F1 visa and my parents got DV. They will be here in
> a couple of weeks. I am more than 21..is there anything i can file for.
> please do let me know. thanks
Assuming you are not married, one of your parents (not you) can file Form
I-130, Relative Petition, asking the INS to classify you in a category for
immigration. Your category, unmarried son or daughter (over 21 years of
age) of a U.S. permanent resident, is "Family 2B." The date that INS
receives the petition is your "priority date," the date that you start
waiting in line for a visa number.
You would have to wait for the quota of visa numbers before you can apply
for permanent resident status and complete the process, in about 8 years or
more. See http://travel.state.gov-
/visa_bulletin.html to follow the progress
of the category.
If you remain unmarried, and your parent becomes a U.S. citizen (in about 6
years at the earliest), then your F2B I-130 petition will automatically
convert to F1, unmarried son or daughter of a U.S. citizen (over 21 years of
age), and you will retain the priority date. By that time, a visa number
may be available to you.
In the meantime, if you want to stay in the U.S., you must maintain valid
nonimmigrant status on your own. You get no benefit from the Relative
Petition. In fact, it counts against you if you seek a nonimmigrant status
which requires temporary intention.
What people usually do in your case is to keep going to school, and get
another degree or two, or get an employer to offer a job that qualifies for
H-1B status. H-1B status is available for a maximum duration of 6 years, so
that could carry you through the wait, if your parent becomes a U.S.
citizen. H-1B status allows dual intent, too.
