Brining my brother

[Bouanani 0]

Dear Visa Journey users,

I was adopted at the age 13 and later on I became US citizen , now I am trying to apply for my brother who is 32 yers old , my question is : do you think I am qulified to apply for my brother and his children?

[canadian_wife 1,823]

This is an interesting question, you are trying to bring your birth brother correct? but you were adopted as a child?

I assume you were not both adopted at the same time?

good luck

[LIFE'SJOURNEY 970]

adoption dissolved the birth relationship. You will not have a Birth Cert to prove relationship. Adoption creats a new Birth cert wih new parents.

Noe: adopted children cannot petition for their birth parents, the relationship is dissolved through adoption. All they have in common is DNA.

Edited February 9, 2013 by LIFE'SJOURNEY

[Boggy1974 124]

adoption dissolved the birth relationship. You will not have a Birth Cert to prove relationship. Adoption creats a new Birth cert wih new parents.

Noe: adopted children cannot petition for their birth parents, the relationship is dissolved through adoption. All they have in common is DNA.

This is interesting! I didn't know this -- Can you please post a link for further reading on this? Thanks!

[aaron2020 11,651]

This is interesting! I didn't know this -- Can you please post a link for further reading on this? Thanks!

Read the instructions for form I-130.

Think about it logically.

Your adopted parents could not bring you as someone else child. They had to adopt you. To let you now go back to bring your birth family would mean the adoption was just to get your family that could not be petition without the adoption. Nice try but no go with the US. When you are adopted, you have a new legal family. Your birth family has no legal relationship with you.i

[ndu26 114]

This is interesting! I didn't know this -- Can you please post a link for further reading on this? Thanks!

I was just thinking the same thing. Thats why I love VJ. will def read up on this one when I wake up.

Read the instructions for form I-130.

Think about it logically.

Your adopted parents could not bring you as someone else child. They had to adopt you. To let you now go back to bring your birth family would mean the adoption was just to get your family that could not be petition without the adoption. Nice try but no go with the US. When you are adopted, you have a new legal family. Your birth family has no legal relationship with you.i

you are right. logically it makes complete sense. will do some research still

[Boggy1974 124]

Read the instructions for form I-130.

Think about it logically.

Your adopted parents could not bring you as someone else child. They had to adopt you. To let you now go back to bring your birth family would mean the adoption was just to get your family that could not be petition without the adoption. Nice try but no go with the US. When you are adopted, you have a new legal family. Your birth family has no legal relationship with you.i

You're right...It's helpful to have folks like you here who break things down to the finest details.

[Boggy1974 124]

I was just thinking the same thing. Thats why I love VJ. will def read up on this one when I wake up.

you are right. logically it makes complete sense. will do some research still

Yes this makes sense. These are a links I found on the same topic: We learn something new everyday!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/291443-adopted-child-petitioning-biological-parent/

http://forums.immigration.com/showthread.php?284044-Biological-Parents-Petition-Adopted-Child

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080811030154AA95HFi

http://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/can-i-petition-my-biological-parents--406991.html

http://forums.immigration.com/showthread.php?222675-Can-I-Petition-My-Biological-Parents-Need-Your-Advice

[LIFE'SJOURNEY 970]

You can only have one legal family, therefore adoption dissolve one and create another.

Now on to he legal aspec, yes an adoption disolve your legal ties with your birth parents and siblings. When a child is legally adopted, a new BC is created with the adopted parents name as the parents. Inorder to see a BC with birth parents name, most of the time they need a court order or if the adoption was done as an open adoption.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

If the OP is referring to birth or other children adopted by their parents ( the people that adopted them ) then yes they could apply for those siblings although there is no common genetic material between them. They are not able to apply for any siblings full , or half from their birth parents. The adoption scam used to be used by distant relatives of someone in the US to bypass limits of family immigration. Auntie would "adopt" her niece/nephew would would turn around and try to get the bio family in as soon as possible.