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Can I bring my neice,her husband, and son over from Bosnia?

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pinkaln   0

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I am very new to this so bear with me...I was wondering how I would be able to bring my niece, her husband, and their son to live permenantly in the US from Bosnia?

Is the lottery the only option we have? The things that I am reading are for immediate family only. Is there any advise you can give to let me know if there are other options?

Thank you in advance.

canadian_wife Grand Master

canadian_wife   1,823

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A niece is not considered an immediate relative so you cannot petition for them

Research the lottery for visas

Good luck

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I am very new to this so bear with me...I was wondering how I would be able to bring my niece, her husband, and their son to live permenantly in the US from Bosnia?

Is the lottery the only option we have? The things that I am reading are for immediate family only. Is there any advise you can give to let me know if there are other options?

Thank you in advance.

ditto,

you cannot file a petition for them, they aren't immediate family. If the country qualifies for this lottovisa that will start in October, then that's their only option. Unless they can find an employer willing to sponsor them, but that can take many years and to find one. That would be the only other option.

But no family petition.

Penguin_ie Grand Master

Penguin_ie   5,994

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Lottery is probably the best chance.

Assuming she is your direct niece (ie her mom or dad is your sibling), you could petition your sibling, and once they are here, they can petition her, but of course your sibling may not want to move to the USA.

If niece or her husband are highly skilled, a work visa may be an option.

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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NigeriaorBust   4,087

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Assuming both your niece and her husband meet the education/occupation requirements to file for a lottery visa they can each file. The chances are very very small of winning one , millions of applications and only 50k visas available each year. The next lottery period should be opening in about a month. Last year 67 visas were issued from Bosnia and the year before 72 .

This will not be over quickly. You will not enjoy this.

 
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