siamak_s

from what country are they? anyway you look at it, her brother will be 21 when anyone can apply for him, and it will take years. she can still apply for her brother. he can have more than one petition at the same time.

There is a confusion on your part. even though she would apply for her parents, the petitions are separate, children under 21 aren't derivatives, so even if he was under 21, and she filed for her parents, her brother couldn't come with them. she would have to file a separate petition. he never could get the GC at the same time that his parents would.

her parents would first have to come to the US as LPR, get their GC and file for their younger son. he never can could have come with them anyway.

derivative status is when USC parents filed for married children, or USC siblings file for married siblings.

parents with younger children aren't derivative, the USC must file separate petitions. one for each parent and one for each sibling.

She also has a 10 year old sister, does this mean she won't get a greencard either?

My wife got her Permanent Resident status on Nov, 04, 2009. She can apply for her citizenship on Nov, 04, 2012. Her brother turns 21 on April, 03, 2013.

What are our options for being able to get him here? Originally we figured she would get her greencard and then her citizenship early enough that she would be able to apply for her parents and when her parents get it their children under 21 get it with them. But now it looks like we might miss that deadline and I know a sister applying for her brother takes a really long time

What are our options?

Hello good people of VJ!

My Fiancee recently had her interview and they told her to pick up her visa at the US Embassy in one week.

Her mom wants to attend our wedding. My questions are the following:

What does she have to do? Apply for the B2 visa by mail? Should I apply for her over here in the US? Should she apply at the embassy? There is no embassy in the country she resides in, so going to the Embassy will be very costly to her.

Realistically, how likely is it she is going to get the visa?

She is married, 40, a citizen of Iran, and not wealthy. She also has 2 other children other than my Fiancee. She resides in Iran.

Me and my fiance don't talk so much on the phone. We just chat all day, we have more than 1 conversation daily, plus emails in between, so the need for talking on the phone is not really there. And plus, I don't see why we have to spend lots of money on phone calls when this works great for us as method of keeping in touch.

Also, we have been together for 4 years, seen eachother 12 times (lived together in different periods of 1, 4 and 6 months at a time + several vacations of 1-3 weeks + a few weekends when he was stationed in Germany) all of these documented with boarding passes & passport stamps.

I also have compiled an album containing 80+ pictures, I have my engagement ring + written letters sent by snail mail.

Do you think I'll have a problem at the interview because of lack of phone records?

Just finished our interview today. We were the same way, barely talked on the phone, it was always on yahoo messenger. We never printed out a single log, they never asked for it. No phone bills, no chat logs.