Legal Question in Immigration Law in Washington

sponsoring parent: How long is the wait?

If I have US citizenship (got thru GC) and I want to sponsor my father & mother for USA Green Card(my father is currently an BURMESE Citizen) , is there any wait time after I become citizen before I can submit my father\'s GC application? And what is the process? And the approx processing time?


Asked on 2/08/12, 5:37 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Brian D. Lerner Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner, A Professional Corporation

February 9, 2012

Dear Sir/Madam:

Consulate Processing
Consulate Processing must be completed. This allows the petition to first be sent to the National Visa Center, and then the appropriate documents and package to go to the U.S. Consulate or Embassy. If done correctly, you will be able to enter as a Lawful Permanent Resident and will be in the U.S. in less than one year. Of course the time might be a bit less or more depending on the backlog of the U.S. Consulate or Embassy and whether or not a Waiver of Inadmissibility is needed.� 
As an immediate relative, if done properly it should go through relatively smoothly.

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Answered on 2/09/12, 1:15 pm


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