US Immigration from Ukraine

Hi all, I am posting this for my very good friend. Trying to help her with bringing her mom to the US.

She is a 29 y.o., she was born United States, and grew up in Mexico. Currently she lives in Los Angeles, and she is fully a US citizen with a passport.

Her mom is a Mexico national, with a tourist visa into the US at the moment.

My friend wants to sponsor her mom in order to bring her to the US. To my understanding that is a for I-130, correct ?

Also, I see some information online that I-485 can be filed for her mom at the same time, is this correct ? Do you guys recommend doing it or not?

What USCIS office processes these cases - NBC ? And what is the timeline ?

Another question - her mom is 61 y.o. and she is fully economically dependent on her daughter, is this a reason to ask USCIS to expedite the case ? How would we need to go about this ?

Is there an income requirement for this type case ? If so, what is the minimum income requirement ? Asking about income because she is a artist and her tax returns allow here to deduct a lot of things - last tax return was with 140K income, and 115K of deductions (so she paid around $300 in taxes for the whole year). If this poses a problem - can another person act as an economical supporter ?
And please point me to the right section on this forum if you know where it is.

Hello all,

I read through the forum but could not find a topic for June 2024 filers of i130 for parents of USC.

My mother is in the USA, she has humanitarian parole and TPS as well. I filed i130 online on June 20th, 2024.

Is the process just file i-130 and i-485 concurrently? They currently live in the USA and I'm a bit confused what the process is.

Thanks everyone!

Hello dear community,

I need your help with an issue related to being out of the US for more than 6 months. I have read the previous posts but am still confused. Could you please check my timeline and highlight the problem if it's there:

• 05/19/2016 Green Card Issued
• from 2016 to 2019 was absent for (reenty permit) maximum stayed in the U.S for 2 months

• 03/27/2019 - 05/15/2019 issued the second reenty permit (in U.S.)

• 05/15/2019 - 10/11/2019 outside (148 days)

• 10/11/2019 - 10/18/2019 visited the U.S.

• 10/18/2019 - 09/09/2020 outside (326 days)

• until now in the U.S

I've been filing my taxes since 2016 even when I was out of the U.S.
I'm worried that being absent for 326 days might have zeroed out continuouse residence.
I understand that it is not easy to calculate all this dates, but I would be very grateful if someone could help me figure it out when +- to apply for citizenship.

Thank you in advance

Hi all,

I moved to the US in 2018 on a K-1 visa.

I then adjusted my status through a VAWA case and received a permanent resident card on 9/27/2021.

I believe I can apply for citizenship 3 years after receiving PR card based on a VAWA case, is that correct ?

If so, then it is this year in September and I am trying to learn about the process of applying for citizenship.

How does this process work ? Any specifics I need to know about in my case due to VAWA ? When can I apply ?

Thank you in advance!