Applying for my mother

[karem12 0]

Im a US citizen and my mom is here in the US. She is europen citizen, so they gave her 3 months to stay.

Im applying for her, but am not sure if to file I-130 and I-485 at the same time.

Another question is: she is borned Colombian, but has European citienship. Would she have to renounce to one of her citizenships?

THANKS!!!

[payxibka 10,044]

Im a US citizen and my mom is here in the US. She is europen citizen, so they gave her 3 months to stay.

Im applying for her, but am not sure if to file I-130 and I-485 at the same time.

Another question is: she is borned Colombian, but has European citienship. Would she have to renounce to one of her citizenships?

THANKS!!!

that would be the way.... the I-130 determines her eligibility as an Immediate Relative and the I-485 is the process to register her as a RESIDENT.

FWIW, residency and citizenship are two very different things... The possibility of US citizenship for your mother is many years away...

Edited February 8, 2010 by payxibka

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

In terms of citizenship, when the time comes: that will depend on her other countries' citizenship laws; some allow triple citizenship, others do not. I know my kids have US. Irish and Swiss citizenship without any problems.

Edited February 8, 2010 by Penguin_ie

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Here is the citizenship list: http://www.800citizen.com/dualCitizenship.htm

As long as the other country allows dual citizenship then obtaining US citizenship will not affect her other ones.

As stated above, she will still have a while before she can apply for citizenship and she doesn't NEED to, she can continue quite happily as an LPR for many years.