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I'm have PR status in the USA, have been living and working here for a year or so. I am not eligible for citizenship until March of 2020.

I would like to be able to bring my girlfriend down to the USA, or at least have the option of her living and working down here.

In addition, I have four sisters and one brother who have expressed some interest in coming to live and work in the USA.

May I sponsor any of them in with only my current PR status, or must I wait and become a citizen first? I'm not sure if I am able to sponsor siblings and my fiancé in or if that a privilege afforded to only a wife or husband and parents.

Thanks!

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No you may not. You need to be a citizen to petition siblings or a fiancée.

You can marry your girlfriend now and file I-130 petition for your spouse. She'll need to wait around two years to get a visa in F2A category.

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I'm have PR status in the USA, have been living and working here for a year or so. I am not eligible for citizenship until March of 2020.

I would like to be able to bring my girlfriend down to the USA, or at least have the option of her living and working down here.

In addition, I have four sisters and one brother who have expressed some interest in coming to live and work in the USA.

May I sponsor any of them in with only my current PR status, or must I wait and become a citizen first? I'm not sure if I am able to sponsor siblings and my fiancé in or if that a privilege afforded to only a wife or husband and parents.

Thanks!

Legal permanent residents can only file for spouses or their children.

Only us citizens can apply for siblings and fiancé. Note that the wait for siblings is very long

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Nigeria
Timeline
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As stated you can only petition a wife or child and you have to wait about 2 years for a visa. Depending on where you are from sibling that are currently getting visas have waited 13 to 23 years. The wait is expected to continue to increase in the coming years.

This will not be over quickly. You will not enjoy this.

Filed: Timeline
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My father is also PR and sponsored me in, so I'm assuming my adult siblings would also qualify for an F2B visa. It looks like in September they will be processing F2B applications made in February of 2010, so I'm assuming it will be about 6-7 years for them to get PR status if they were to apply immediately, although that could obviously change.

Does anyone know what would happen were my father to pass away before that 6-7 year waiting period is up? Would his wife (who is a US citizen but is not the mother of his children) be able to become their sponsor and would they retain their original application date?

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One of the requirements for a petition to be re-instated is that at least one beneficiary or derivative is currently living in the USA at the time of the petitioner's death. Otherwise the case is closed.

I wouldn't worry about this unless it's something that is a very real possibility (is your father terminally ill?)

Note that the wait times increase each year. So although the people receiving their F2B visas now waited around 7 years, people who file today will be waiting probably more than 10 years. For siblings, those receiving visas now waited 13 years or so, but people filing today can expect waits upwards of 20 years (closer to 40 for Philippines). Every year there are more applications received than there are visa numbers available so the line gets longer.

Edited by JFH

Timeline in brief:

Married: September 27, 2014

I-130 filed: February 5, 2016

NOA1: February 8, 2016 Nebraska

NOA2: July 21, 2016

Interview: December 6, 2016 London

POE: December 19, 2016 Las Vegas

N-400 filed: September 30, 2019

Interview: March 22, 2021 Seattle

Oath: March 22, 2021 COVID-style same-day oath

 

Now a US citizen!

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No, my father is not terminally ill, just overweight and almost sixty. There is a possibility he may not be around by the time a F2B visa that is applied for today comes due.


Were he to pass away during the process, would his wife (a US citizen but not the mother of any of his five other children) be able to assume the role of visa sponsor?

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Wales
Timeline
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Sounds like his wife could petition the younger ones.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

 
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