Green Card for Parent in US on Visitor Visa

[nickygc 0]

My mother visiting me now on visitor visa (B2) and I became citizen recently and would like to sponsor green card for my mother (while she is in US). Her I -94 expires by end of April 2015. I am filling immigration forms (submitting both I130 and I485 at same time as she is in US). I have the following questions.

Please help responding to them:

I-130:

1. In part C: If First name contains 2 words and does not fit in the box (while filling in PDF), can we write the remaining letters using pen (hand written remaining letters)?

2. In part C: Should i use India Address or USA address of the beneficiary?

I-485:

3 .Part 1: Do we need to fill US address or India address

4. Part 2 Option: Which option should we check as my mother is in US on business and applying simultaneously I-485?

5. Interpreter’s Statement and Signature: She can sign in English and can under English little bit. I will read and explain her each and every question in our native language and answer based on her response.

If that is the case, Can I write my name and sign under “Interpreter’s Statement and Signature”?

6. If I sign as “Interpreter’s Statement and Signature”, Do I need to fill Part 6 also?

Gurus, please respond to the above questions.

[tonyb919 107]

I am not to sharp on all the laws, but on the surface it looks like visa fraud. I am no customs officer but it looks like this was a long term plan to do this after she entered the US on a tourist visa.

[nickygc 0]

It is not Visa fraud.. We can sponsor parents and is allowed as per immigration laws.

Gurus, please respond.

[Boiler 43,394]

Well if it was she got in so that issue has passed.

[Sean86 31]

Hate when people try to skip lines while others who do the right thing wait longer. Would not help anyone like him.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Get off your high horses.

The law allows for the adjustment. If you don't like it, then petition Congress for immigration reform.

Where is your proof this is "fraud" or not doing the right thing? All you have is anger at being separated and taking it out in someone who you think is cheating. There is no cheating if the law allows them to do it.

[tonyb919 107]

With the OP's mother B2 visa expiring end of April and none of the required forms have been filed yet, how likely is it that the petition will not be approved before the I94 expires and the B2 visa holder falls "out of status" granted the visa holder stays in the US beyond the expiration date.

Will this trigger a totally different set of issues?

Enlighten me GURUS, I like to learn.

[amartins 11]

Get off your high horses.

The law allows for the adjustment. If you don't like it, then petition Congress for immigration reform.

Where is your proof this is "fraud" or not doing the right thing? All you have is anger at being separated and taking it out in someone who you think is cheating. There is no cheating if the law allows them to do it.

I agree with this so much. Thank you for writing it! OP is correctly making use of the laws and regulations available, and good on him for it. We have an expression in Hebrew which is 'so the jealous ones can drop dead', but that sounds a bit harsher in English.

I-130:

1. In part C: If First name contains 2 words and does not fit in the box (while filling in PDF), can we write the remaining letters using pen (hand written remaining letters)?

This is the only question that I can comfortably answer for you, OP, as our surname is also too long for the PDF. You have two options: if you're computer savvy at all, just type the first name as an annotation and size it so that it fits in the box.

If you're not that savvy, then just print it out with the space blank, and handwrite in the name in extremely clear printing.

[Boiler 43,394]

She is an immediate relative, she could be out of status for 20 years and still adjust.

[Ontarkie 13,902]

~~Moved to AOS from Tourist Visa, from Bringing Family Members of US Citizens to America- as the OP's mother is already in the US~~