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I am a US citizen filing for my father, who is Russian citizen located in Russia. 

One of the questions:

At which U.S. Embassy or Consulate location will the beneficiary apply for an immigrant visa?

I know that US Embassy is closed for public and does not process visitor and immigrant visas, so as far as know all cases are being redirected to Warsaw Embassy, Poland. However, the system would let me put Russia, Moscow as my Embassy of choice. Do I put Moscow or Warsaw?

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Hello everyone!

Could you please advise how it is better to bring to the US my mom and her 20-year old son (my half brother). Do I need to file for my mom and then my brother will be automatically included into the process? He will turn 21 in October 2021. Do we have enough time? How to speed up the process?

Or do I file for f4 sibling visa for him (but then it is like 15 years).

Or is it better to file for my mom and then once she gets her green card, she would file for him (but it is again like 15 years).

Thanks a lot!

I am a US citizen filing for my sister who is located in Russia.

As far as I understand, it will take around a year for my I-130 to be approved, but overall around 15 years before she can go to the interview and receive her permanent resident card and actually move to the US.

She has a US visitor visa that is valid two more years. Can she still travel to the US as a tourist during this time?

Will she be able to receive another tourist visa and travel?

She can't move to the US and wait for her status, right? Otherwise it will not be legal and she will not be able to work or receive a SS number, correct?

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I am a US citizen filling in I-130 online for my sister, who is located in Russia.

We have same parents on our birth certificates. However they divorced later and our mom has changed her last name (when she married her second husband). So my mom's last name in FULL NAME OF PARENT 1 section doesn't match my and my sister's birth certificates. Her current last name is different from her last name on our birth certificates.

Do I need to attach and translate her divorce license from our father and her marriage license with her new husband (whom she divorced as well by now)?

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I am a US citizen filing I-130 online for my my sister, who is located in Russia. I have difficulty completing the section "Information about beneficiary in their native written language I-130". Does it have to be just hand written Name and Address in Russian language on a piece of paper and just scanned? Or a bill in her name?

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Information about beneficiary in their native written language

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6 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

I’m assuming there’s rounding there lol

 

They will probably be ok to emigrate with the parents even with a longer time frame than current, they’ll gain some CSPA protection. 

)) they are 1.7 y.o and 5 m.o.

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Hi all!

I am a US citizen filing I-130 online for my sibling. I have questions regarding filing the form.

1. I am naturalized citizen, but I have lost my Certificate of Naturalization. The guide on VJ says I can provide my US passport, but on I-130 there is no such option.

2. I don't remember my A number. Is it important if I am a citizen now. Can I just skip this question?

3. My mother's last name is now different from that on my and my sister's birth certificate. In fact, she changed it twice. But there is no such question in I-130. So I just have to put in her current last name which differs from the name on birth certificates. It doesn't make sence. Do I need to provide her marriage and divorce certificates in "Additional Information"? 

Thank you!

Thank you all for replies! Does anyone know if processing is quicker online or via the center? Which center that would be?

3 minutes ago, Boiler said:

How old are the children currently.

1yo and 4month old

4 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

1. You can file while abroad but will have to be living in the US at the time of your sister’s final visa granting for it to be successful. These visas are for family reunification in the US. 

That means in about 10 years or so right? As far as I understand, the I-130 usually gets approved in about 1-2 years. Then the wait for visa number - another 10 years. Then I have to live in the US before she has her interview scheduled in Russia?

My sister is over 21 married and has two children. I assumed that they getting the F4 together with her right? 

Hi all!

I am a US citizen residing in Russia for several years now. I still have a driver’s license, credit cards, my husband has a home in the US. I want to file for my married sister (F4). I plan to return to the US with my sister.

Am I eligible to file for a sibling visa F4 while residing abroad?

Can my sister come to the US with a tourist visa and then as soon as she enters the country I could file I-130 as well as Adjustment of Status I-485? Can she then stay legally in the US and wait for her GC?

Would it be quicker to file for my mother, then she would file for my sister once she becomes a US citizen?

Do I indicate my Russian mailing address or the US one on I-130? Can my I-130 be declined because my physical address is abroad?

Is the opnline application the quickest route?

Thank you for your help!