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First off thanks to God for making this happen for my parents letting them be approved to come to the U.S

Thanks visajourney forum for another immigration success for my parents.

Hi I am a US Citizen and I sponsored my parents to come to the U.S

I just found out they got approved in the interview which is great.

I have my little brother who lives with my parents back at their country and I am trying to figure out how I could get him to come to the U.S He is 12 years old.

So the options I know so far are:

1 If I sponsor my brother it could take up to 11 years approx

2 My parents will live in the US and after 5 years and after getting us citizenship they could sponsor my little brother then which may take an extra year for processing.

Are there any other ways that my parents or myself could bring my little brother without these lengthy timeframes.

Please let me know of any other methods please if anyone knows of a better.

All your help is greatly appreciated.

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  alphajon said:
First off thanks to God for making this happen for my parents letting them be approved to come to the U.S

Thanks visajourney forum for another immigration success for my parents.

Hi I am a US Citizen and I sponsored my parents to come to the U.S

I just found out they got approved in the interview which is great.

I have my little brother who lives with my parents back at their country and I am trying to figure out how I could get him to come to the U.S He is 12 years old.

So the options I know so far are:

1 If I sponsor my brother it could take up to 11 years approx

2 My parents will live in the US and after 5 years and after getting us citizenship they could sponsor my little brother then which may take an extra year for processing.

Are there any other ways that my parents or myself could bring my little brother without these lengthy timeframes.

Please let me know of any other methods please if anyone knows of a better.

All your help is greatly appreciated.

Congrats on the parents.

1. About right for the time line.

2. Yes - that is about right for the timing.

No other legal ways to bring him here sooner, other than marriage to an USC (for love mind you), work visa, or student visa.

You could sponsor now, and things might change down the road and you would get the visa sooner than 11 years.

It won't lose you anything in time, and if your parents get the USC, then they could go ahead to sponsor your brother.

My Advice is usually based on "Worst Case Scenario" and what is written in the rules/laws/instructions. That is the way I roll... -Protect your Status - file before your I-94 expires.

WARNING: Phrases in this post may sound meaner than they were intended to be. Read the Adjudicator's Field Manual from USCIS

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  alphajon said:
First off thanks to God for making this happen for my parents letting them be approved to come to the U.S

Thanks visajourney forum for another immigration success for my parents.

Hi I am a US Citizen and I sponsored my parents to come to the U.S

I just found out they got approved in the interview which is great.

I have my little brother who lives with my parents back at their country and I am trying to figure out how I could get him to come to the U.S He is 12 years old.

So the options I know so far are:

1 If I sponsor my brother it could take up to 11 years approx

2 My parents will live in the US and after 5 years and after getting us citizenship they could sponsor my little brother then which may take an extra year for processing.

Are there any other ways that my parents or myself could bring my little brother without these lengthy timeframes.

Please let me know of any other methods please if anyone knows of a better.

All your help is greatly appreciated.

No legal way of getting him an immigration visa that is faster than your parent petitioning for him. A non-immigration visa (visitor or student) will be impossible to get given the fact that both parents are immigrating to the US. No one is going to believe this child will return to his home country when the parents are both her as immigrants - thus there is no way to overcome the presumption of illegal immigration.

This is the fastest method of getting your brother over here while having one parent care for him. One parent immigrates to the US. That parent files immigration petitions (one for each person) for the other spouse and the child in the F2a category; LPR petitioning for a spouse or an ummarried child under 21. Currently, those with petitions filed before Dec. 22, 2004 are eligible for visas (before June 22, 2002 for Mexicans). The other parent remains in the foreign country to care for the child. Four to five years later, the other parent and the child (if he/she is still under 21 years of age as determined under the Child Status Protection Act) immigrates to the US. I think this is the best way to do it.

 
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