Family Based Immigration
General Information
Immediate relatives
You may be qualified to apply for a US green card through your parents, children, spouse, or siblings. Whether you can apply immediately or will have to wait depends upon the family relationship you share with the beneficiary. Immediate relatives of US citizens include parents, spouses, and unmarried children under 21. Immediate relatives may file residency petitions without delay
Preference categories:
Other relatives, apart from "immediate relatives", must wait for an immigrant visa number to become available according to the following categories:
- First Preference: Unmarried, adult sons and daughters of U.S. citizens. Adult means 21 years of age or older.
- Second Preference: Spouses of lawful permanent residents, their unmarried children (under twenty-one), and the unmarried sons and daughters of lawful permanent residents.
- Third Preference: Married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens.
- Fourth Preference: Brothers and sisters of adult U.S. citizens.
Wait times will vary according to the Visa Bulletin.
Download the following (Microsoft Word Documents):
Visas
NON-IMMIGRANT
IMMIGRANT
LABOR CERTIFICATION
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