If you are a US citizen, you can petition for a mother and a sister (separately for each of them, and under different visa categories). However, your mother will be able to immigrate to USA within a year, while your sister will need to wait abroad for additional 10-11 years (or longer, depending on her country of birth). Your mother cannot take a minor child with her. In her visa category, it's not allowed.

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I would need more information regarding your particular case before I could comment on it properly.

You indicate that you want to petition for your mother, but you did not make it clear if she is here in the US or abroad.

You also indicate that you want to petition for your half sister. However, you did not say whether she is here in the country or her age. How hold she is?

If you are a US citizen and you petition for your mother it should not take more than 14 months to conclude the process.

If your sister is the birth child of your mother, then when you file for your mother you can add her on to the petition as a family member.

If she was adopted, then your mother will have to provide documentation supporting the fact that it was a legal adoption.

Patricia Martin-Gibbons

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