IR5 for parents -Nigeria

[coforever 40]

Hi all, I just became a US citizen two weeks ago and I am ready to file for my parents , my case is pretty straight forward and I am still married with my US citizen husband and naturalized via 3 years rule(i485,i765,n400 all self filed and no issues)

My question is

1. do I need a lawyer for this process?
2. Is it complicated or different? Since different steps are involved?

3. Anyone that recently did this from Nigeria what was your timeline?

 

thanks in advance for responding 

 

[OldUser 9,932]

17 minutes ago, coforever said:

 

My question is

1. do I need a lawyer for this process?

Typically not needed

18 minutes ago, coforever said:

2. Is it complicated or different? Since different steps are involved?

It's doable if you learn how the process works

[OldUser 9,932]

19 minutes ago, coforever said:

 

3. Anyone that recently did this from Nigeria what was your timeline?

 

 

Probably around 2-3 years before they set their foot on US soil.

[JeanneAdil 7,083]

Your USC wife can walk you thru the process 

its the same I 130 petition and steps she went thru to bring u here

 

guides above will also assist

 

no need for a lawyer / just complete all documents when needed and meet the income requirement

[coforever 40]

12 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

Your USC wife can walk you thru the process 

its the same I 130 petition and steps she went thru to bring u here

 

guides above will also assist

 

no need for a lawyer / just complete all documents when needed and meet the income requirement

Thank you for responding , but am the wife, my USC husband did k1 visa and used a lawyer and when I came in, I filed the adjustment of status myself and other things myself 

[appleblossom 4,436]

4 minutes ago, coforever said:

Thank you for responding , but am the wife, my USC husband did k1 visa and used a lawyer and when I came in, I filed the adjustment of status myself and other things myself 

 

You really don't need a lawyer unless there are any complicated circumstances. Follows the guides on here as said above, and here is the official one which gives you a step by step overview of the whole process. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition.html

 

 

31 minutes ago, OldUser said:

Probably around 2-3 years before they set their foot on US soil.

 

Given the backlog at Lagos, I'd say maybe 3-4 years unless things speed up - hopefully they will by then though. 

Edited May 15 by appleblossom

[Boiler 47,487]

When I see Lagos I tend to think issues, presumably no late filed Birth Certificate?

[coforever 40]

8 minutes ago, Boiler said:

When I see Lagos I tend to think issues, presumably no late filed Birth Certificate?

I don’t understand, there is no issues on my end, my both parents are on my birth certificate as I just immigrated 5 years ago, 

Do you mean my parents birth certificate? 

2 hours ago, appleblossom said:

 

You really don't need a lawyer unless there are any complicated circumstances. Follows the guides on here as said above, and here is the official one which gives you a step by step overview of the whole process. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition.html

 

 

 

Given the backlog at Lagos, I'd say maybe 3-4 years unless things speed up - hopefully they will by then though. 

Thank you 

[Boiler 47,487]

I just gave an example of where the birth certificate was issued many years after the birth

[JeanneAdil 7,083]

20 hours ago, coforever said:

Thank you for responding , but am the wife, my USC husband did k1 visa and used a lawyer and when I came in, I filed the adjustment of status myself and other things myself 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-130instr.pdf

 

Always a good idea to read thru the I 130 instructions before submitting them online 

 

Each parent needs a separate I 130 with proper fee 

at the NVC stage each parent will need the 2 fees paid to fill out the I 864 and ds 260 for each parent to become DQ (document qualified)

NVC and Lagos will work together to schedule the 2 interviews