I-130 Processing time for Siblings.

[NancyNguyen 1,657]

Philippines has the longest wait for F-4 category, which is at least 23 years. They are processing those application filed in Sept 1991.

[Illiria 980]

Philippines has the longest wait for F-4 category, which is at least 23 years. They are processing those application filed in Sept 1991.

Kind of makes sense really, those from less infrastructuraly developed countries will tend to petition their family once they are able to where as someone from a more infrastructuraly developed country like the UK, for example, you will have less of them peitioning their family. By family I mean mother, father and siblings of the immigrant. This will lead to the wait time for petitioning these catagories to be increased in countries where a lot of petitions are being sought, particullary brother and sisters as there would statistically be more of them.

I know that would have happened in my husbands step mother case if the UK hadn't raised the amount you have to earn to sponsor someone, in fact once she found out about the change she tried to set my husband (who was my boyfriend at the time) up with one of her nieces.

OP: Does your sibling that can't be sponsored by the parents have other relatives to stay with while they wait for your petitioning of them? Can your parents once they get to the US send money back to help them get prepared for US life, such as English lessons, IT skills and maybe university or learning a trade depending on their interests and existing skills. This would then help them to adjust quicker once they do manage to get over to you. I know this doesn't really help with the wait but can be a good use of the time in between.

Edited March 2, 2015 by Illiria