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Bringing Green Card Holder's Mother to US

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Hello, My wife is Filipino and I am US Citizen. We would like to know if she can petition for her mother to the US? I am not sure what visa that would be under. My wife has her green card. Will that allow her to petition for her mother to come live with us? What if anything is possible to accomplish this for my wife?

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Hello, My wife is Filipino and I am US Citizen. We would like to know if she can petition for her mother to the US? I am not sure what visa that would be under. My wife has her green card. Will that allow her to petition for her mother to come live with us? What if anything is possible to accomplish this for my wife?

thank you,

Michael Cote'

Only US citizens can petition for a parent. You also can't petition for her mother because US citizens can't petition for in-laws.

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green card can only petition for husband, wife, unmarried children under 21, unmarried son or daughter of any age, parents you must be a united citizen to apply for them.

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Nothing

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Hello, My wife is Filipino and I am US Citizen. We would like to know if she can petition for her mother to the US? I am not sure what visa that would be under. My wife has her green card. Will that allow her to petition for her mother to come live with us? What if anything is possible to accomplish this for my wife?

thank you,

Michael Cote'

ditto, only USC can file for parents.

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Once she becomes a citizen she can petition them for an IR-5 visa. That will take close to a year. Is she eligible for citizenship soon?

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I am the USC, husband is adjusting from B2.

ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS

08.06.2010 - Sent off I-485
08.25.2010 - NOA hard copies received (x4), case status available online: 765, 131, 130.
10.15.2010 - RFE received: need 2 additional photos for AP.
10.18.2010 - RFE response sent certified mail
10.21.2010 - Service request placed for biometrics
10.25.2010 - RFE received per USCIS
10.26.2010 - Text/email received - AP approved!
10.28.2010 - Biometrics appointment received, dated 10/22 - set for 11/19 @ 3:00 PM
11.01.2010 - Successful biometrics walk-in @ 9:45 AM; EAD card sent for production text/email @ 2:47 PM! I-485 case status now available online.
11.04.2010 - Text/Email (2nd) - EAD card sent for production
11.08.2010 - Text/Email (3rd) - EAD approved
11.10.2010 - EAD received
12.11.2010 - Interview letter received - 01.13.11
01.13.2011 - Interview - no decision on the spot
01.24.2011 - Approved! Card production ordered!

REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS

11.02.2012 - Mailed I-751 packet to VSC
11.08.2012 - Checks cashed
11.10.2012 - NOA1 received, dated 11.06.2012
11.17.2012 - Biometrics letter received for 12.05.2012
11.23.2012 - Successful early biometrics walk-in

05.03.2013 - Approved! Card production ordered!

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Only US citizens can petition for a parent. You also can't petition for her mother because US citizens can't petition for in-laws.

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thanks for your help. If she can't petition? Can her mother come here on a work visa and stay with us? My wife has two more years to become a US Citizen.

thank you

Michael

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Sure, she has a job offer?

Nice thing about work visa's is that the Employers Lawyer does all the work and incurs the cost.

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Hello,

thanks for your help. If she can't petition? Can her mother come here on a work visa and stay with us? My wife has two more years to become a US Citizen.

thank you

Michael

What sort of work does she do? Most work visas require an advanced degree in a field that's short of qualified employees in the US, and she has to find a company to sponsor her. There are some temporary visas for less skilled work or for work training, but those specifically prohibit the applicant from having any intention of immigrating. She might have a tough time convincing a consular officer she doesn't intend to immigrate given that her daughter is an LPR who will be eligible for US citizenship in two years.

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12/29/2009 - Married in Oakland, CA!

08/18/2010 - AOS Interview - APPROVED!

05/01/2013 - Removal of Conditions - APPROVED!

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