I just want to make sure that I got this right because I have been looking around and can't find any info. Because my daughter's expiry date on her permanant resident card is more than 3 months after mine, I have to file to remove conditions for her separately than mine? If so I wish that I had got hers on the same day as mine as the cost is so expensive!! Not only that, but it feels weird to be filing for removal of conditions for myself only!

Hello VJers!

This looks like a great place to crowdsource for information, regarding a tricky situation my husband and I find ourselves in. I'm a US citizen with dual australian citizenship. Both my parents and brother live in Australia.

The easy part is that I would like to petition to bring my parents over to the US.

The tricky part is that I would also like to bring my brother - who is an unmarried adult with a developmental disability.

Here is where we are having some trouble with planning: My brother obviously falls under a different immigration category than my parents. He cannot take care of himself alone, so he needs at least one of my parents to stay with him in Australia for some time. If I were to file I130s for both my parents, and assuming they are granted permanent residency - they would still need to be able to maneuver between Australia and the US, to look after him.

So, one of them would stay in the US while the other goes to Australia. For ~2 months each year, all three of them would be in the US (my brother on a visitor visa). This way, both parents would be in the US for at least 7 months in each year.

Does anyone know (or does anyone have experience already) whether this arrangement is possible under the obligations of the parent's visa? Can they maintain this for 5 years before they become citizens and are able to sponsor my brother as a legal permanent resident?

If anyone is wondering, we aren't planning to apply directly to sponsor my brother because we have been told by various parties that this is more of a crap shoot - and that there is no guarantee that he will get residency status. Previously, a USCIS officer told us that the government will not take his developmental disability into account (either for or against him) when processing his application.

Thanks in advance!

CK

Hello,

I'm filling out "Applicant's residence last five years" on the G-325A. Last year I spent 8 months traveling overseas on vacation. Should I write this on the form?

Also, for the past 3 years I've been self employed, doing contract work. Is it enough just to write "self employed" and leave it at that?

Thanks!

Hi! My conditional residency expires on march 11th 2010, I am just doing my removal of conditions forms now, I originally thought it expired in september next year but it's march. So have I left it too late? I hope not!!

Thanks to all my VJ family for the tremendous help and patience through out this whole process!! It was one huge headache but now the biggest relief we've ever felt Good luck to everyone else still plugging along, the wait will be worth it in the end