I-130 Petition for my Sister in Germany

[R&OC 380]

Dear all,

 

My sister and I have discussed a possible I-130 sponsorship. My guesstimate is that this will take about 10 years or am I overly optimistic?

 

 

[milimelo 5,000]

Currently at 16 years and waiting for my sister - she's in Europe. Petition and forget about it. 

[Boiler 48,637]

Filing now sometime in late 2040s?

[appleblossom 5,746]

5 hours ago, R&OC said:

Dear all,

 

My sister and I have discussed a possible I-130 sponsorship. My guesstimate is that this will take about 10 years or am I overly optimistic?

 

 

 

Massively over-optimistic, sorry. 

 

If you look at the current Visa Bulletin, those that applied in January 2008 are just now becoming eligible for visas - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2026/visa-bulletin-for-january-2026.html 

 

So it's been 18 years for them. But the backlog increases all the time, it's not linear. So for example, if you go back 5 years and look at the January 2021 bulletin, the date was October 2006. Meaning that in 5 years, it's only moved forward 15 months. 

 

I'd assume 25+ years personally, but file asap and get her in line, then you can see what happens and where her life is at when the time comes.