Hello

[baldjim 0]

without openeing a can of worms for myself ,I am a 50 year old English man ,I have a 21 year old daughter who is an American citizen she is not very well and wants me to move over to the states to help look after her she has spent a year in England and cannot settle here and is very unhappy ,how hard would it be for me to get a working visa or a green card thanks very much for any help ..jim ps I am worried that if I go the wrong way about this i may be refused entry to America to see my daughter

[Amy and Nick 37]

I believe as an American citizen she can sponser a parent, but I believe it takes a long time. Im not sure if expedites can be applied for in the case of parents.

Quicker options would be student, investor, or employment visa,

Would you have the funds to qualify for an investor visa?

Do you happen to work for a company that has branches, or a sister company in the USA...

[YuAndDan 153]

Not hard at all, your daughter should be able to file an I-130 for an immigrant visa for you, there is no limitations on this so should process through the system in the same amount of time as a spouse visa.

Daughter files:

• I-130
  
• Her birt Cert showing family relationship
  
• Evidence of US Citizenship (Copy US Birth cert, copy of Naturalization Cert, or copy of her passport)
  
• G-325A
  
• More see guide below..
  

MORE: http://www.visajourney.com/content/immigration-parents

Moving this to Bringing Family of US citizen forum...

[Inky 1,111]

Depending on what the illness is and how bad it is she may also be able to apply for an expedite, which would mean her getting evidence ( letters from doctors etc ) and writing a letter with that evidence requesting an expedite for the petition to bring you to the states faster to help care for her. It may work, may not, its up to the USCIS if they will grant the expedite, also depends on how bad her situation is.

[baldjim 0]

Thanks for all your replies

my daughter was taken from England when she was 5 ,her mother married an American and she was adopted I have been told if this is the case she cannot petition for her birth father to come to the states ..is this correct ???

as you can imagine my heart has sank since I have been told this ..please does any one know this it is very important my daughter has mental health problems and has fallen out with step father and her biological mother ,I am all she has and she really needs my help

[Jojo92122 1,925]

Thanks for all your replies

my daughter was taken from England when she was 5 ,her mother married an American and she was adopted I have been told if this is the case she cannot petition for her birth father to come to the states ..is this correct ???

as you can imagine my heart has sank since I have been told this ..please does any one know this it is very important my daughter has mental health problems and has fallen out with step father and her biological mother ,I am all she has and she really needs my help

Adoption cuts all legal ties to the natural parent. In the eye of the law, you and your daughter are not related. She can never petition for you.

You said she was "taken from England when she was 5, her mother married an American and she was adopted." Did you give her permission to immigrate to the US? Did you sign off on the adoption? Did you challenge the adoption? If you agreed to the adoption, then there is nothing you can do now. In addition, a challenge may be too late since she is now an adult.

To qualify for a work visa, you need to have a US company sponsor you for a work visa. You cannot petition for a work visa and then come to the US looking for a job. It doesn't work that way. You need a US employer who needs certification from the Dept. of Labor that the US employer cannot find a US person qualify for the job and that is why the employer needs a work visa for a foreign worker who is qualified to do the work. In practice, this is extremely hard given the current job market in the US.

Sorry to have to give you all this bad news.

[baldjim 0]

Adoption cuts all legal ties to the natural parent. In the eye of the law, you and your daughter are not related. She can never petition for you.

You said she was "taken from England when she was 5, her mother married an American and she was adopted." Did you give her permission to immigrate to the US? Did you sign off on the adoption? Did you challenge the adoption? If you agreed to the adoption, then there is nothing you can do now. In addition, a challenge may be too late since she is now an adult.

To qualify for a work visa, you need to have a US company sponsor you for a work visa. You cannot petition for a work visa and then come to the US looking for a job. It doesn't work that way. You need a US employer who needs certification from the Dept. of Labor that the US employer cannot find a US person qualify for the job and that is why the employer needs a work visa for a foreign worker who is qualified to do the work. In practice, this is extremely hard given the current job market in the US.

Sorry to have to give you all this bad news.

thanks for the reply ,I lost touch with my daughter and never gave any permission I never saw my daughter for 12 long years ,she was just taken away from me and the mother married some one else ,fathers never had any rights in those days ..so basically thats that ouch

Edited December 22, 2010 by baldjim

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

I would guess that your daughter was adopted under constructive abandonment clauses. By not looking up her for an extended time they assume you have abandoned her

[Amy and Nick 37]

Im sorry to hear this, but I guess you need to figure out another way to get there.

I return to my original questions.

Do you happen to work for a company that has branches in the US. DO you have enough money to qualify for an investment visa. Do you have a sought after skill for employment.

This may be an odd question, but could the OP adopt his daughter? If she is an adult, and is estranged from her adoptive father, can she be re-adopted to make the OP qualify for a family based visa?

[Jojo92122 1,925]

Im sorry to hear this, but I guess you need to figure out another way to get there.

I return to my original questions.

Do you happen to work for a company that has branches in the US. DO you have enough money to qualify for an investment visa. Do you have a sought after skill for employment.

This may be an odd question, but could the OP adopt his daughter? If she is an adult, and is estranged from her adoptive father, can she be re-adopted to make the OP qualify for a family based visa?

Adopting his daughter would not work at all for immigration purposes. She presumably gained US citizenship when she was adopted by her US citizen step-father. She cannot use her US citizenship gained through adoption to petition for her biological father. You can see the potential for using children as pawns to gain an immigration benefit when someone does not meet a qualifying family relationship by another connection.

[Amy and Nick 37]

Adopting his daughter would not work at all for immigration purposes. She presumably gained US citizenship when she was adopted by her US citizen step-father. She cannot use her US citizenship gained through adoption to petition for her biological father. You can see the potential for using children as pawns to gain an immigration benefit when someone does not meet a qualifying family relationship by another connection.

Good point. I guess the *easiest* is probably going to be some kind of work or school based visa?