question about getting mom Perm Res to US

[Live By Faith 0]

Hello,

My mother in law is visiting us here in US on a visitor visa. We need to file for her to get Permanent residence before she heads back. She has a multiple entry visitor visa.

I went to the USCIS site to download appropriate forms and got really confused so thought to visit my trusted visa journey and get the real answers.

Please let me know which form to apply, it seems that my wife (US citizen now), can apply for I-130 along with I-864 (affidavit of support) for her, and then my mother in law can apply for I-485 (adjustment of status) even if she is gone back.

I am really confused by this process, please advise.

thanks....

[YuAndDan 153]

What do you wish to do?

Adjust status, or apply for an immigrant visa?

Applying for immigrant visa involves only filing an I-130 for the IR-5 visa, heading home to get stuff in order, and then interviewing for the visa when the time comes, this gets green-card upon arrival and costs in the $900 neighborhood for fees.

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

OR adjust status, this involves filing I-130, I-485, I-864, I-765, I-131 together at same time to USCIS and not traveling until having AP doc in hand from the I-131 filing. (Fee $1500 or so when adding in the I-485 fee.)

Use http://www.visajourney.com/content/immigration-parents as a basis for the I-130 part and follow this guide for the rest http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide2