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Green Card for a Family Member of a Permanent Resident

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  • 07-01-2014 12:58am
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    cena
    Registered Users Posts: 10,023 ✭✭✭✭


    What do this mean? Does it not to be a father sister etc

    Permanent Resident Relative Becomes a U.S. citizen. If the permanent resident relative that petitioned for you becomes a U.S. Citizen, your preference category would change and a visa may be available sooner. This is because you would now be getting a green card as a relative of a U.S. citizen. For more information on getting a green card through a U.S. citizen relative, see the “Green Card for a Family Member of a U.S. Citizen” and “Green Card for an Immediate Relative of a U.S. Citizen” page


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    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    I don't understand what you are asking really. If a permanent resident petitions for you and that person has an 'upgrade' in status to citizen then the visa petition takes into account the 'upgrade'.

    If you click on the link in the text that you posted then it defines 'family member'. If your father was a US citizen then you'd stand a much better chance of having your visa approved than if it was a sister for example.


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    silja
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    Some visa categories, such as wife or unmarried adult child of a greencard holder, have yearly limits. That means there are usually waitinglists of several years- sometimes decades- to get such a visa, because more people apply every year than there are "visa slots". If the greencard holder becomes a citizen, then they move into a different category that either has no limit (wife), or a bigger limit (adult child), so the immigrant can get a visa faster.


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    rockonollie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,626 ✭✭✭rockonollie


    It's hard to tell what information you're looking for, could you clarify?

    To explain the green card process......someone who is a permanent resident in the US (Greencard holder but not citizen) can apply for a green card for their spouse or children.

    someone who is a US citizen can apply for a green card for their spouse, children or parents.

    Applications by US citizens for spouse/children (under-21) have higher priority and there is no limit for these types of greencards.
    Applications by permanent residents (non-citizens) are lower priority and USCIS limits the number of these greencards that are issued.

    Once you start getting into applications for other family members, the wait gets very long.

    Because of the prioritization and the limits on issuing greencards, applications by US citizens are processed much quicker than those made by resident non-citizens.

    Here's the current processing times at 1 of the processing centers, but bear in mind that this is the processing time for applications that are accepted (there's a wait list if they hit their annual limit in any category and you're application could sit for years before they start processing)



    Permanent resident filling for a spouse or child under 21- Currently 5 months (actually working ahead of schedule)
    U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21 - Currently 9 months
    U.S. citizen filing for an unmarried son or daughter over 21 - Currently 18 months
    Permanent resident filling for an unmarried son or daughter over 21 - Currently 18 months
    U.S. citizen filing for a married son or daughter over 21 - Currently 18 months
    U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister - Currently 22 months


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