My wife's sister wants to come here from Philippines

[shirtlee 7]

My wife is now a naturalized US citizen. I will be sponsoring my step daughter, so my wife is seeking to sponsor her younger sister.  Her sister is a computer graphics architect university graduate who can hand-draw anything. She is 25, no kids.  She will be a nanny and housekeeper for us. Can I get some advice, please, about how long this will take and what category she falls under, etc? thanks.

Edited March 10, 2021 by shirtlee

[HRQX 4,145]

9 minutes ago, shirtlee said:

Can I get some advice, please, about how long this will take and what category she falls under, etc?

Your wife files I-130 and then waits many years. F4 preference category can take 20+ years.

[Boiler 45,670]

F4

 

People getting near the front have been waiting 19 years and there are many more in the line now.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

Siblings are F4 category, regardless of age or marital status, and this is not going to get your sister in law here in any kind of time frame that allows for short or even medium term planning. it has been taking around 20 years for Philippines. Likely to take longer in the future than the past. 
 

Separately, aside from the length of time this will take it’s pretty sad that a graduate like that would be acting as a nanny or housekeeper, why would she not look for a job she was qualified to take whenever she can get here? If she’s that qualified she could maybe explore a work visa of some sort, get her here much faster if she can find an employer to sponsor her and with may I say far superior work.

Edited March 10, 2021 by SusieQQQ

[SalishSea 17,928]

1 hour ago, shirtlee said:

My wife is now a naturalized US citizen. I will be sponsoring my step daughter, so my wife is seeking to sponsor her younger sister.  Her sister is a computer graphics architect university graduate who can hand-draw anything. She is 25, no kids.  She will be a nanny and housekeeper for us. Can I get some advice, please, about how long this will take and what category she falls under, etc? thanks.

By the time she gets here, you won't be needing a nanny.

[shirtlee 7]

thanks, folks. So what are our other options? Can an employer want her? can she get a student visa?

[Boiler 45,670]

57 minutes ago, shirtlee said:

thanks, folks. So what are our other options? Can an employer want her? can she get a student visa?

Certainly Employment is a possibility, study well obviously not cheap and temporary however many do useit as a way to get Employment.

[shirtlee 7]

thanks again. Can you tell me how we do the college thing?  I know that even illegals can get pell grants and college loans. I also know that the N Guard will take her as an ROTC candidate, and make her a US citizen witihin 6 months, after her BASIC and AIT. is over with. cause we checked on all that for my wife.

[Boiler 45,670]

To join the Armed Forces she would need to be a Permanent Resident at least. So first step first.

 

She would do the college thing, well I am sort of assuming you may be helping with the finances. Student Visa Is a F1. Pretty sure every University has an International Admissions Office.

 

 

 

 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

17 minutes ago, shirtlee said:

thanks again. Can you tell me how we do the college thing?  I know that even illegals can get pell grants and college loans. I also know that the N Guard will take her as an ROTC candidate, and make her a US citizen witihin 6 months, after her BASIC and AIT. is over with. cause we checked on all that for my wife.

As an international student she will have to show she is able to meet the full cost of college apart from any university funding to get a visa. Neither Pell grants nor federal loans will be available to her, she is not a resident. You would need to take out/be guarantor for any other loans for an international.

No idea about ROTC as my understanding was military fast track to citizenship was 3 years not 6 months, and you had to first have a green card anyway.

 

Edited March 10, 2021 by SusieQQQ

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

Looking up ROTC they state you have to already be a citizen to enrol in one of those programs. (I suspect a green card holder would be ok for some though I haven’t explicitly seen this) but no not a fast track in at all for her.

 

She should look into the various employment options, but it will take some effort to get a sponsor, but would be well worth it if she manages it.

 

Edited March 10, 2021 by SusieQQQ

[carmel34 3,639]

1 hour ago, shirtlee said:

Can you tell me how we do the college thing?

She would need an F-1 student visa, but to get approved she needs to convince the officer at the interview that she will return to her home country after graduation, in other words, strong ties to her home country.  If you pay for everything (look into foreign student tuition rates, be ready for sticker shock), and she plans to stay with you (she cannot work as your nanny on an F-1), it would be harder for her to overcome the immigrant intent hurdle.  F-1 visas are for temporary study in the US, not for family reunification.  She can always apply for one, but she should do so on her own merits.  Of course, when she completes her program she will have to return home, or if she can find an employer in the US willing to sponsor her, she could try for an H1B visa.  Good luck!

Edited March 10, 2021 by carmel34

[mushroomspore 3,044]

11 hours ago, shirtlee said:

My wife is now a naturalized US citizen. I will be sponsoring my step daughter, so my wife is seeking to sponsor her younger sister.  Her sister is a computer graphics architect university graduate who can hand-draw anything. She is 25, no kids.  She will be a nanny and housekeeper for us. Can I get some advice, please, about how long this will take and what category she falls under, etc? thanks.

Best bet would be for her to look for a US employer willing to sponsor a work visa. Student visas are not for immigration.

[shirtlee 7]

she is a BS in computer graphics and archetecture, Very lovely and shy. A virgin at 25, speaks, reads and writes English very well. Once she's in ROTC at the college, she'll find a guy, no problem and can then be here as a spouse. . Also, the National guard will make her a citizen after 6 months, give her money to go to college, pay for her tuition and fees, which lets her keep her 6k per year of Pell grant (or so I'm told)   she gets 10k of her 20k sign on bonus after  6 months, the rest after  3 years. The Army intelligence branchs wants people who speak tagalog, due to the massive fundamentalist Muslim presence in the Phills.

[Boiler 45,670]

1 minute ago, shirtlee said:

she is a BS in computer graphics and architecture, Very lovely and shy. A virgin at 25, speaks, reads and writes English very well. Once she's in ROTC at the college, she'll find a guy, no problem and can then be here as a spouse. . Also, the National guard will make her a citizen after 6 months, give her money to go to college, pay for her tuition and fees, which lets her keep her 6k per year of Pell grant (or so I'm told)   she gets 10k of her 20k sign on bonus after  6 months, the rest after  3 years. The Army intelligence branches wants people who speak tagalog, due to the massive fundamentalist Muslim presence in the Phills.

I am sure the Army do.

 

So she is going to find a spouse at College get her Green Card and then join the Army?