Moving Relatives To The US
Feb 1st 2005, 6:41 pm
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Moving Relatives To The US
My husband is in the process of becoming a Citizen, we plan on sponsoring his mother and father who presently live in the UK. The process seems pretty straight forward BUT he has a sister (she is 22) who is unmarried and lives with his parents, she is dependent upon them for support. My husbands father was told by an "immigration lawyer" that there are ways of getting her to the US without having to file a petition for a sibling which takes years and years. Has anyone heard of this or have any suggestion? We are really at a loss with this one.
Amanda (US) & Matt (UK)
K-1 Route
Beginning to End
02/01 - 01/05 (received 10 yr greencard)
Amanda (US) & Matt (UK)
K-1 Route
Beginning to End
02/01 - 01/05 (received 10 yr greencard)
Feb 1st 2005, 6:57 pm
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Re: Moving Relatives To The US
Being a citizen, he can apply to bring siblings over, but they don't take priority, and by sound of things, would take years, 5-12 years I read on the forum...
Feb 1st 2005, 9:53 pm
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Re: Moving Relatives To The US
Ask the lawyer to clarify and post here what he says.
MY wife and I are citizens and she wants to bring her sister over from the UK. We have been told on numerous occasions by some very qualified people that the timeframe is now aprrox 15 years... Someone recently posted their success at this by filing in 1992 so 13 years from THEN !!!
So sorry, if his sister is relying on "physical" support from the parents then it looks like none of what you want to do can be done.
MY wife and I are citizens and she wants to bring her sister over from the UK. We have been told on numerous occasions by some very qualified people that the timeframe is now aprrox 15 years... Someone recently posted their success at this by filing in 1992 so 13 years from THEN !!!
So sorry, if his sister is relying on "physical" support from the parents then it looks like none of what you want to do can be done.
Feb 2nd 2005, 11:59 am
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Re: Moving Relatives To The US
What if she were to come in on a student visa and go to school for the next (5) years until his parents became citizens, so they could sponser her?
Feb 2nd 2005, 11:27 pm
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Re: Moving Relatives To The US
>Subject: Moving Relatives To The US
>From: Colleywobbles member5192@british_expats.com
>Date: 2/1/2005 2:41 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <[email protected]>
>My husband is in the process of becoming a Citizen, we plan on
>sponsoring his mother and father who presently live in the UK. The
>process seems pretty straight forward BUT he has a sister (she is 22)
>who is unmarried and lives with his parents, she is dependent upon them
>for support. My husbands father was told by an "immigration lawyer"
>that there are ways of getting her to the US without having to file a
>petition for a sibling which takes years and years. Has anyone heard of
>this or have any suggestion? We are really at a loss with this one.
>Amanda (US) & Matt (UK)
>K-1 Route
>Beginning to End
>02/01 - 01/05 (received 10 yr greencard)
She can marry a nice American boy or she can come on a work visa (H, L, etc)
if she qualifies.
>From: Colleywobbles member5192@british_expats.com
>Date: 2/1/2005 2:41 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <[email protected]>
>My husband is in the process of becoming a Citizen, we plan on
>sponsoring his mother and father who presently live in the UK. The
>process seems pretty straight forward BUT he has a sister (she is 22)
>who is unmarried and lives with his parents, she is dependent upon them
>for support. My husbands father was told by an "immigration lawyer"
>that there are ways of getting her to the US without having to file a
>petition for a sibling which takes years and years. Has anyone heard of
>this or have any suggestion? We are really at a loss with this one.
>Amanda (US) & Matt (UK)
>K-1 Route
>Beginning to End
>02/01 - 01/05 (received 10 yr greencard)
She can marry a nice American boy or she can come on a work visa (H, L, etc)
if she qualifies.
Feb 5th 2005, 1:19 pm
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Re: Moving Relatives To The US
That could work, yeah. But you never know what the wait for children over 21 will be like in 5 years. It's likely to go up...
Originally Posted by Colleywobbles
What if she were to come in on a student visa and go to school for the next (5) years until his parents became citizens, so they could sponser her?
