petetioning nephew!

[bradcherries 0]

can anyone help me on how to process on petetioning my nephew from philippines?suggestion would be highly appriaciated!

thanks guys.

[sachinky 465]

Not possible.

Nephews are not considered immediate relatives for immigration purposes.

[bradcherries 0]

so whats the best thing to process first? please help me.......ty

[~Johnny~ 27]

Not unless you're from the Ozarks in Arkansas and all nephews and nieces are VERY VERY closely related...

But seriously, it must be an immediate family member, such as brother, sister, mother, father. There really is no process that I'm aware of to bring cousins and non immediately family members over.

Edited April 21, 2010 by ~Johnny~

[bradcherries 0]

really?,geeeee. shes my sisters daughter and shes 8 years old now,so what would be the best thing to do first?

[~Johnny~ 27]

The only option you may have is to petition your sister, who could bring her daughter along as well.

[sachinky 465]

There's nothing you can do. You can only petition for your immediate relative and nieces/nephews don't qualify as one.

You can petition your sister first. She can then petition her daughter. It would take a very, very long time as the country of origin is Philippines.

Edited April 21, 2010 by sachinky

[LIFE'SJOURNEY 970]

Nephew can't be her sister's daughter

Did the OP state they are ROC, which makes them a PR....

Let's try with OP getting their citizenship first, that may shorten the time for petitioning of her sister.

[sachinky 465]

Right. Get your own citizenship first. And then you can worry about getting them over.

Which will take nearly 20 years, unless I miscalculated.

[LIFE'SJOURNEY 970]

I think this question and answer about bringing neices and nephews should be Pinned in the PHIL forum, I see this question being asked almost on a weekly basis.

[-B&T- 1]

can anyone help me on how to process on petetioning my nephew from philippines?suggestion would be highly appriaciated!

thanks guys.

US immigration policy allows only US citizens and/or lawful permanent residents to petition their sons and daughters. The nieces and nephews are not permitted to be beneficiaries of a petition for immigrant visa unless they are considered adopted children.

You may want to look into the possibility of judicially adopting your niece and then file for her immigrant petition as your adopted child and do this ASAP before she turn 16.

Honestly, you were wishing for an impossible thing as there were bunch of requirements for it if you check the adoption policies of the US and Philippines.

Good luck.

[sachinky 465]

Adoption is a lengthy process and there are many hoops to jump through.

[Boiler 45,662]

First question might be why you want to take him, or possibly her, away from their family.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Moved from the Removal of Conditions forum to Bringing Family Members of Permanent Residents to America forum as not a ROC question

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

You may want to look into the possibility of judicially adopting your niece and then file for her immigrant petition as your adopted child and do this ASAP before she turn 16.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought adoption for the purpose of immigration is considered fraud.

I mean, if you adopt and orphan or a family member who has been orphaned, abandoned etc then need to have them immigrate so you can care for them is okay but if they're in no immediate danger or risk in their current situation you can adopt them & then petition them.