Question Details: my mom is moving to united states with a green card it is possible for me to join her later with a green card and iam 23 yrs old am i eligible
2007-12-08 16:48:38 · 8 answers · asked by john 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
You may qualify for an F2-4 visa (unmarried son or daughter of a legal permanent resident). At the moment, those beneficiaries with a priority date (receipt date) of Oct 15, 1998, are receiving their visas now. It's roughly a nine year wait.
Once your mother becomes a legal permanent resident, she can file form I-130 on your behalf. If you stay single, you'll eventually be interviewed by a visa officer for a F2-4 visa.
If she naturalizes, the I-130 can be converted to either F1-1, unmarried son or daughter of a U.S. citizen, or F3-1 married son or daughter of a U.S. citizen. The waiting periods for those classifications are six and seven plus years respectively.
Your best bet is to get a receipt date now and if she becomes a U.S. citizen by naturalization, you'll move up in line because you'll move to a classification with a shorter waiting time.
2007-12-09 04:07:57 · answer #1 · answered by Fred S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes years to get a green card this way. Your priority will improve once your mother becomes a citizen. If you are over 21 and married a green card holder can't file for you at all.
2007-12-08 18:18:50 · answer #2 · answered by freebird 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You cannot apply for anything. IF your mother qualifies, earns enough to support herself, all existing dependents, plus you, she can file a petition for an unmarried child over 21. Waits for a visa in the F2B category depend on your citizenship, & range from 8-20 years.
If you are married, or marry while waiting on your petition to become current, your mother will have to be a US citizen before she can sponsor your immigration.
2015-07-25 04:01:59 · answer #3 · answered by ibu guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
merely voters can sponsor immigrants. If she turns right into a citizen and if she has adequate earnings to sponsor the son, and if he continues to be single, and if her petition is authorized, then the son will wait till his extensive form comes up, reckoning on what us of a he's from and how long the line is. ought to take a decade or greater after she turns right into a citizen earlier he ought to go into.
2016-10-10 21:33:47 · answer #4 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends.
If your mother got her green card through sponsorship by her sibling, then you might qualify under Child Status Protection act depending upon when the petition for your mother was filed, when it was approved, how long was the wait, how old were you when the petition was filed. It is complicated math formula.
If she is getting her green card through marriage to US citizen or through employment, or even asylum, then you will not qualify since you are over 21.
Madan Ahluwalia
Attorney
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2007-12-08 17:05:14 · answer #5 · answered by Raja 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
No, you are eligible. Just the wait time is horrible since you are over 21, your "priority" level moves down. A lot.
2007-12-08 17:39:23 · answer #6 · answered by Amber 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes
2007-12-08 16:55:43 · answer #7 · answered by Your boy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The child of a greencard holder could be petitioned by latter if qualified.
2007-12-08 21:04:48 · answer #8 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋