Permanent Residents or US citizen any pro or con ?

[tomcat 0]

We are In the process in filing a I-130 for my wife son and she is a Permanent resident status and I'm a US citizen.

Is there any pro or con if we file it from a US citizen or as my wife Permanent Resident status and more or less scrutiny, processing time ?

[Kim Mertens 54]

Following this one

Edited June 16, 2015 by Kim&Clint

[Hypnos 6,576]

If the child was under 18 when the marriage took place, and remains under 21 now, the US citizen stepparent should file since a visa number is always available for immediate relative of a US citizen, which includes stepchildren.

If the LPR natural parent files instead then there will be an additional wait time of a year or so.

Edited June 16, 2015 by Hypnos

[tomcat 0]

If the child was under 18 when the marriage took place, and remains under 21 now, the US citizen stepparent should file since a visa number is always available for immediate relative of a US citizen, which includes stepchildren.

If the LPR natural parent files instead then there will be an additional wait time of a year or so.

Yes he is actually 18 and unmarried ,

The point of my is the US citizen filing is actually a larger paper requirement as the Permanent Resident {Mom } pretty much the just the birth certificates

And are the process time the same so your saying it will take longer if mom files? , more securitized ?

Edited June 16, 2015 by tomcat

[Hypnos 6,576]

Broadly, yes. But an LPR filing for a child must wait for the priority date to become current before a visa can be issued; at the time of writing the current wait time for a newly-filed petition would be approximately 20 months. A US citizen filing would not have to wait.

[tomcat 0]

Broadly, yes. But an LPR filing for a child must wait for the priority date to become current before a visa can be issued; at the time of writing the current wait time for a newly-filed petition would be approximately 20 months. A US citizen filing would not have to wait.

I had that feeling , what would keep them from filing for everybody and their brother

thanks for the heads up