Adjustment of status vs consular processing..please please advise

[shata 0]

Hi all,

I am a US citizen and want to sponsor my parents green card. However I am confused which path to go with. Should I opt for consular processing (in mumbai, india) or adjustment of status by bringing them over here on visitor visa. Which one takes less time based on your experience.

 

Thanks

 

[Cathi 5,771]

10 minutes ago, shata said:

Hi all,

I am a US citizen and want to sponsor my parents green card. However I am confused which path to go with. Should I opt for consular processing (in mumbai, india) or adjustment of status by bringing them over here on visitor visa. Which one takes less time based on your experience.

 

Thanks

 

Entering the U.S with a visitor visa with the INTENT to STAY and ADJUST status, is visa fraud. Period. End of story. The only way to bring them here is to sponsor them with an immigrant visa. Full stop.

You've already established intent merely by posting this. If they come with a visitor visa and adjust status, they will be denied and have a permanent ban to the U.S.!! Don't even attempt it.

[SalishSea 17,928]

1 hour ago, shata said:

Hi all,

I am a US citizen and want to sponsor my parents green card. However I am confused which path to go with. Should I opt for consular processing (in mumbai, india) or adjustment of status by bringing them over here on visitor visa. Which one takes less time based on your experience.

 

Thanks

 

Not a legal option for you.  Petition them for visas, and prepare to wait in the queue, like everyone else.  

 

That idea is why people from India who legitimately want to visit find it hard to get tourist visas.

[Me and her 279]

Listen to the advice given.  You cannot apply for a visitor visa for your parents with intent to stay.  The CO will ask them.  If they lie, then they would be subject for denial and permament ban.  It is there for a reason.  Further, they must show strong ties back to India.  

[Daphne . 1,888]

No need to be confused because you only have the consular option available. Misusing the tourist visa to have them enter with the intent to adjust status is a no-no. 

[Dashinka 24,596]

As others have stated, AOS is only an option if they are already here inside the US and their plans changed.  No one here will advise you to follow any other route than consular processing given what you stated in your OP.

 

Good Luck!

Edited October 6, 2023 by Dashinka