how am i going to petition my sister/parents?

[i'm-in-love 1]

Hello everyone

I just got here in US last year of December. My husband and i want to get either my parents or sister here with us, but we don't know how are we going to do it and we aren't sure if we can petition my family since we just filed my AOS recently. Answers is highly appreciated. Thank you.

[Tygrys 143]

You (as a couple) cannot petition.

You personally will be able to petiion when you become an US citizen.

Edited May 20, 2012 by Tygrys

[reginakrys 33]

Green card holders can only petition for their spouse or children. You have to become a USC before you can petition either your parents or your sister. Your parents will fall into the IR-5 category, and the waiting time is about the same as spousal visas - around 8 months to 1 year. Siblings, on the other hand, have numerical limits on the visas given out each year. The current priority date for the F4 category form the Philippines is still January 1989, which means you have 20-ish years, including the wait for you to become a US citizen.

http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5692.html

[Cathi 5,616]

you are the only person who can petition for them. And not until you become a US citizen

[andrea4prez 1]

Green card holders can only petition for their spouse or children. You have to become a USC before you can petition either your parents or your sister. Your parents will fall into the IR-5 category, and the waiting time is about the same as spousal visas - around 8 months to 1 year. Siblings, on the other hand, have numerical limits on the visas given out each year. The current priority date for the F4 category form the Philippines is still January 1989, which means you have 20-ish years, including the wait for you to become a US citizen.

http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5692.html

I hope you can help me...

my hubby will be a USC before the year ends or hopefully early 2013...he wants to petition his mom but the thing is she has a sister who is 19 years old...what is the best thing to do? will the wait for a minor child be 20 years too?