young brothers and sister abandon

[sister79 0]

I have a question of how to bring the younger siblings over to the states, I am a US citizen, and my Mother recently passed away, and my Father left the kids for another, and I wish to bring the younger ones here either by student or a different visa, thanks for any help available

[aaron2020 11,651]

If your siblings are over age 18, there is nothing you can do to help them. They are adults for immigration purposes. You could file for them if you are a US citizen, but it will take 23 years.

If the children are unmarried and under age 18, you will need to prove abandonment by the father. I have no idea how you can prove that. You may need police reports, affidavits from child services in the Philippines. USCIS and the US Embassy is going to need official and legal paperwork to show abandonment. You may be able to bring them to the US temporarily on non-immigrant visas. This means paying for public school. You will need a good lawyer to help with this.

Edited January 1, 2010 by aaron2020

[Zen Den 18]

I have a question of how to bring the younger siblings over to the states, I am a US citizen, and my Mother recently passed away, and my Father left the kids for another, and I wish to bring the younger ones here either by student or a different visa, thanks for any help available

you can petition for them as relatives, just check the uscis.gov website to know how to go about it.

just a tip, bringing siblings over to the US takes a lot of waiting, it might be more practical to have a relative look after them if they are minors and help them from here

[Dakine 26]

File I-130s for them. Takes 22+years but time flies. Check on it but I think they should'nt marry.

Edited January 2, 2010 by Dakine

[aleful 1,905]

how old are they? you didn't say.

[sz110 0]

what are you guys talking about? 20+ years? never heard of that before

i'd say it usually takes 10 to 13 years, never 20+ thats crazy and hope not correct

[kokobearus 4]

what are you guys talking about? 20+ years? never heard of that before

i'd say it usually takes 10 to 13 years, never 20+ thats crazy and hope not correct

well it is correct, as of now, the NVC is only processing the F4 category(sibling to sibling petition) for the Philippines with the priority date og 1886. So yea it is 20 plus years waiting time. Check the priority dates in nvs website

[aaron2020 11,651]

what are you guys talking about? 20+ years? never heard of that before

i'd say it usually takes 10 to 13 years, never 20+ thats crazy and hope not correct

You're wrong. It can take Filipinos up to 23 years to petition for siblings. Look at the Visa Bulletin for current priority dates.

[Dakine 26]

what are you guys talking about? 20+ years? never heard of that before

i'd say it usually takes 10 to 13 years, never 20+ thats crazy and hope not correct

May 1987 as of Jan Visa Bullentin. 22 + years

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin...letin_4597.html

And yeah that sucks.

Edited January 4, 2010 by Dakine