Bringing in-laws into the US?

[driver 9]

Is my wife's sister considered my sister if filing?

My wife's sister/husband spent 3 months in the US with us during/after our wedding. I was looking into how I could help them to come over, but it looks like my wife would need to be a citizen first, then sponsor?

They are up for coming to the US to study English (they could probably afford to be students for 2 or 3 years). Is that a faster path (and removes the burden on me for sponsoring)?

They are from South Korea.

[Boiler 47,491]

No

Yes

[Indy90 21]

If they can get student visas (and I imagine that it wouldn't be that hard from South Korea), that would be a much better option. Petitioning siblings can be a very long process because unlike spousal reunification, there are only so many slots available for siblings. Right now, depending on the country, you can expect to wait upwards of 20 years.

[driver 9]

If they can get student visas (and I imagine that it wouldn't be that hard from South Korea), that would be a much better option. Petitioning siblings can be a very long process because unlike spousal reunification, there are only so many slots available for siblings. Right now, depending on the country, you can expect to wait upwards of 20 years.

Where can I see the wait times for each country? I just read in some other posts that the Philippines is something like 22 years!

If they had money for investment in the US (starting a business) would that be a better option (they still want to attend school - but they would also prefer to put their money to work instead of burning it)?

[Boiler 47,491]

The Visa Bulletin.

Your wife would need to be a citizen for it to be relevant.

[payxibka 10,048]

If they had money for investment in the US (starting a business) would that be a better option (they still want to attend school - but they would also prefer to put their money to work instead of burning it)?

do they have a half million dollars to invest?

siblings are 10.5 years except for Mexico (15+ yrs) & PI (21+ years)

http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5019.html

[driver 9]

do they have a half million dollars to invest?

That might be possible, what are the stipulations for investment? From what I read they need to "create 10 jobs in the US" or something like that? So they need to open a restaurant (something like that?)....

[payxibka 10,048]

That might be possible, what are the stipulations for investment? From what I read they need to "create 10 jobs in the US" or something like that? So they need to open a restaurant (something like that?)....

google "E" investment visas... there are a couple of flavors

[Justine+David 218]

they can also try for a work visa or the diversity lottery...