1-130 I-485 adult son in Canada, mother naturalized US citizen living in USA

[HereWeGoAgainV2.0 7]

Good day all.  I've been reading the guides etc for bringing my adult son into the USA after becoming a naturalized citizen myself last year.  I am very sad to see that this process could take up to 10 years or longer ?   I found a thread differentiating between adult son/daughter that are already here ??   I believe it said that they file a I-485 for a green card and I file the I-130 as his sponsor.    I can't seem to find more confirmation of this process.  Can anyone shed further light on this ?   Can He be in the USA living and working while we wait the 10+ years ?  Thanks so much, 

[Crazy Cat 44,615]

7 minutes ago, HereWeGoAgainV2.0 said:

Good day all.  I've been reading the guides etc for bringing my adult son into the USA after becoming a naturalized citizen myself last year.  I am very sad to see that this process could take up to 10 years or longer ?   I found a thread differentiating between adult son/daughter that are already here ??   I believe it said that they file a I-485 for a green card and I file the I-130 as his sponsor.    I can't seem to find more confirmation of this process.  Can anyone shed further light on this ?   Can He be in the USA living and working while we wait the 10+ years ?  Thanks so much, 

How would he maintain legal status for the entire time?  Is he in the US right now?

[HereWeGoAgainV2.0 7]

Thank you for your response, Crazy Cat.   That's my confusion - his legal status.     No, he's in Canada.    I've been diving around various threads in VJ and in .gov sites and came across that one thread that talked about doing both if he was here.   I just didn't see how that would work if it's supposed to take 10 years.   I will drive around some more and see if I can find it again.   I saw that there are only 23,000 visas for this F1 group and many more for every other group like 100,000 more for one other.   I don't see the sense in any of this .   I think I also saw the employment visas were moving along much more swiftly.    What is a parent to do to bring our family back together again.   ??  

[Crazy Cat 44,615]

6 minutes ago, HereWeGoAgainV2.0 said:

What is a parent to do to bring our family back together again.

File an I-130 and wait.  That is all a parent can do.

Edited June 15 by Crazy Cat

[HereWeGoAgainV2.0 7]

I found this about them coming into USA while waiting for I-130.   So this does not apply ?

 

Can my child come to the United States to live while the visa petition is pending?

If you are a U.S. citizen, once you file Form I-130, your child is eligible to apply for a nonimmigrant K-4 visa. This will entitle him or her to come to the United States to live and work or go to school while the visa petition is pending. To petition for this benefit, you may file Form I-129F. However, you are not required to file Form I-129F and your child does not require a K-4 visa. Your child may wait abroad for immigrant visa processing. Seeking a K-4 visa can be a method for him or her to come to the United States more quickly. For more information, see the “K3-K4 Visa” page.

If you are a lawful permanent resident (Green Card holder) and you have filed Form I-130 for your child on or before December 21, 2000, your child may be eligible for the V visa classification if more than three years have passed since the I-130 was filed. For more information on V visas, see the V Nonimmigrant Visas page.

For more information, visit the Adjustment of Status within the United States page and Consular Processing overseas page.

[Crazy Cat 44,615]

2 minutes ago, HereWeGoAgainV2.0 said:

I found this about them coming into USA while waiting for I-130.   So this does not apply ?

 

Can my child come to the United States to live while the visa petition is pending?

If you are a U.S. citizen, once you file Form I-130, your child is eligible to apply for a nonimmigrant K-4 visa. This will entitle him or her to come to the United States to live and work or go to school while the visa petition is pending. To petition for this benefit, you may file Form I-129F. However, you are not required to file Form I-129F and your child does not require a K-4 visa. Your child may wait abroad for immigrant visa processing. Seeking a K-4 visa can be a method for him or her to come to the United States more quickly. For more information, see the “K3-K4 Visa” page.

If you are a lawful permanent resident (Green Card holder) and you have filed Form I-130 for your child on or before December 21, 2000, your child may be eligible for the V visa classification if more than three years have passed since the I-130 was filed. For more information on V visas, see the V Nonimmigrant Visas page.

For more information, visit the Adjustment of Status within the United States page and Consular Processing overseas page.

No.  A K-4 only applies subject to a K-3 parent.

[HereWeGoAgainV2.0 7]

When I follow the links I get lost in the weeds as it starts talking about "my spouse" and "their children".  Plus my son is over 21, so by USCIS standards not "a child".  Sigh

[Crazy Cat 44,615]

I would consider a dual intent employment visa.

[appleblossom 4,506]

5 hours ago, HereWeGoAgainV2.0 said:

 I believe it said that they file a I-485 for a green card and I file the I-130 as his sponsor

That would still take pretty much as long, as he’d still need to wait for his PD to become current before he could file the I-485. Him being in the US wouldn’t change that. 

I assume you didn’t file for him when you were a green card holder, is he married? 
 

It’s a decade or so, but he can explore other visa options in the interim, if he’s eligible for an employment based green card then it can be MUCH quicker (got mine in 5 months). But that will depend on what he does and if he has skills in demand in the US. 
 

Good luck. 

Edited June 16 by appleblossom

[Boiler 47,531]

TD some very popular among Canadians.

[Lemonslice 5,255]

11 hours ago, Boiler said:

TD some very popular among Canadians.

Depending on his profession, yup.

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/employment/visas-canadian-mexican-usmca-professional-workers.html

[HereWeGoAgainV2.0 7]

Thanks to all.  I will check into the TN visa. ☺️