What about mom?

Azul says on Jul 18, 2007, 12:25:

I thought that you had to be a citizen to sponser someone......

las cosas caen por su propio peso

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Jul 18, 2007, 12:34:

I think so too. Might take six years at the minimum (five to get citizenship, a year or more to file a petition for the mother)

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f6141...

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Jul 18, 2007, 12:37:

This link (to a pdf file) says that permanent residents can only petition for a spouse and for unmarried children.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/B1.pdf

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aztec says on Jul 18, 2007, 12:42:

And you file and wait and wait and wait. For us it has been 11 years after filing! Recently given the opportunity to pay again so we can file another form on his behalf.

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ColombianoGringo says on Jul 18, 2007, 13:30:

I believe that non-spouse or child family visas fall into the category that requires an available visa number. There are a finite number of certain types of visas(these included) that can be issued in a given year. Since there are so many applications for these visas, you will most likely wait a very long time for a visa number to become available. I don't believe that this guarantees the visa. It simply means that you will be allowed to apply once a number becomes available.

I am not sure that my explanation is completely accurate. Consequently, I would recommend you do some reading on VisaJourney,.com

Good luck,
CG

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Gator says on Jul 19, 2007, 06:39:

No petition for a parent unless she, the petitioner, is a US Citizen.

"Credidi pretio parvo emere et magno vendere tibi in animo fuisse!" .

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capncap says on Jul 19, 2007, 11:08:

Hey I really appreciate it you guys. I heard that with a k- fiance visa the time to become a citizen is cut down to 3 years? and some say it takes a year to a year and a half to get a visa for a parent thereafter. I am careful not to try to apply one persons experiences in my situations (for example the person who said 1-11/2 years could be applying for a visa for a person from a european country for all I know). Does anyone out there have a positive experience in bringing over a parent from Colombia after becoming a naturalized citizen?

Thanks-

PS: Colombiano Gringo- I have read some of your other posts and responses to a couple of boneheads on other pages of this site, and I have to say I respect your intellect.

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msaucey says on Jul 19, 2007, 11:32:

Your wife needs to be a U.S. Citizen to petition for her mother to live permanently in the U.S.

I am a U.S. Citizen and Petitioning for:

My mother.
If you are applying to bring your mother to live in the United States, you must file the following with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (please note: if you have been legally adopted, you may not petition for your birth parent):

Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative (if you are filing for both parents, you must file a separate petition for each parent)
A copy of your birth certificate showing your name and your mother’s name
If your name or your mother’s name is different now than at the time of your birth, you must provide evidence of the legal name change.
If you were not born in the United States, a copy of either
your Certificate of Naturalization or Citizenship or
your U.S. passport

Also, she must prove that she can support her mother at 125% above the mandated poverty line, by filling out an Affidavit of Support...

I know there's a waiting list, all perment residency have a waiting list, some people have been waiting for about 10 years...

http://www.uscis.gov

I was able to get my grandmother to visit me on a Visitor Visa, I had to write a letter of invitation, highlighting that I will be taking care of any medical expenses, so that she doesn't become a burden to the U.S. economy as well as list locations that we would visit and spending our tourist money in the U.S.... You may try something similar in the interim, she just has to go back every 6 months.... My grandmother's visa is valid for the next 5 years, so it took a few tries getting everything approved, but now she can come and go....

Have fun through the process... It will be a pain, but if everything works out your wife will be happy....

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

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Gator says on Jul 19, 2007, 18:46:

The K-1 visa does not help: "I heard that with a k- fiance visa the time to become a citizen is cut down to 3 years?"

If the marriage does take place and permanent residency is applied for through AOS and granted then the time to APPLY for citizenship is reduced to three years after permanent residancy is achieved..

"Credidi pretio parvo emere et magno vendere tibi in animo fuisse!" .

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