Recently naturalized wife wants to bring parents to US - Questions

[jg121783 3,921]

So I have been doing a lot of research on what it would take to bring my wife's parents to the US and so far I think I have some answers but I also have some questions. What I know is we need to do an I-130 for both of her parents. What I'm wondering is how similar this process is to applying for a spousal visa like we did with my wife. I know we will need basic documents like my wife's naturalization certificate, parents marriage certificate and parents birth certificates (I'm assuming this one). Those are the things I know. Here are my questions:

 

What other documents that I didn't list will be needed?

 

Does my wife need to provide proof of income like I did when petitioning for her? If so are the income requirements the same?

 

What are the fees to file the I-130s? Can this be filed online?

 

What is the average processing time when filing for a parent? The same as a spousal visa? Slower? Faster?

 

My wife's brother is 17. If we file before he turns 18 (in December) can he be included with my wife's parents? How does that process work?

 

Will my wife's parents have to go for an interview? If so can they bring someone along to translate for them as they aren't fluent in English? If my wife's brother was included in the process he is fluent in English if he was allowed to attend the interview. Otherwise would they be allowed to have someone attend to translate for them?

 

Anyways that's all I have for now. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Boiler 47,502]

There is no we, she is the one who can petition her Parents.

 

She should start by reading the Guides, pretty simple.

 

You file for each parent individually, ne derivatives. Probably quicker for her Parents to sponsor son when they get here. She can file under F4 now as well. More the merrier.

 

The Consulate will be able to understand local languages. But they have plenty of time to get at least partly fluent.

 

[appleblossom 4,464]

2 hours ago, jg121783 said:

So I have been doing a lot of research on what it would take to bring my wife's parents to the US and so far I think I have some answers but I also have some questions. What I know is we need to do an I-130 for both of her parents. What I'm wondering is how similar this process is to applying for a spousal visa like we did with my wife. I know we will need basic documents like my wife's naturalization certificate, parents marriage certificate and parents birth certificates (I'm assuming this one). Those are the things I know. Here are my questions:

 

What other documents that I didn't list will be needed?

 

Does my wife need to provide proof of income like I did when petitioning for her? If so are the income requirements the same?

 

What are the fees to file the I-130s? Can this be filed online?

 

What is the average processing time when filing for a parent? The same as a spousal visa? Slower? Faster?

 

My wife's brother is 17. If we file before he turns 18 (in December) can he be included with my wife's parents? How does that process work?

 

Will my wife's parents have to go for an interview? If so can they bring someone along to translate for them as they aren't fluent in English? If my wife's brother was included in the process he is fluent in English if he was allowed to attend the interview. Otherwise would they be allowed to have someone attend to translate for them?

 

Anyways that's all I have for now. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Assuming your wife got an immigrant visa via her home consulate then it’s pretty much the same process, same timescale, same fees etc. So follow the same guide you did last time - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition.html

 

As Boiler has said their child can’t be included so they’ll need to be prepared to be apart from him for a long time (his will take much longer as he’s not an immediate relative - probably at least 10-15 years). 

Edited June 15 by appleblossom