how long will it take for my petition to be approve, it was filed last year my mom been in the u.s. for 2 yrs.
473915
it wont be approve right away
375525
US citizens can file petitions for their parents, spouse, children, siblings.  Lawful Permanent Residents can file petitions for their spouses, children (single, divorced or widowed only - NO MARRIED CHILDREN).  File an I-130 Petition. Research the State Department Visa Bulletin. Be prepared for long waiting periods. Good Luck.
338966
go to ins.com, check for forms and there is a form for everything. this is a long process becuase you have to read and find the right form. the process itself takes anywhere from six months to 3 years..good luck
1115579
up to 2 weeks. call them or send a follow up letter to see if you could be of any help to them and to thank them for considering you. it goes a long way.
301622
In the visa your mother have, did she include you or get you a visa? Did she get a legal working visa or just a tourist visa? Maybe if you would be left behind and if she has already the financial capacity to petition you, then you can follow.. Your mom though has to establish residence first and yes apply for citizenship, then she can petition you. She could sponsor your travel too for a visit as long as all her papers are legal...And being left alone would make you more a responsible person I hope..you also have to understand that your mother would be making a lot of adjustments in the new country she would work in...just keep on rocking and praying\n\nmy son is a minor so it was easy to petition him..good luck and keep on praying and rocking
639287
It took me almost a year to get the whole process done here in Missouri.  They told me it would take two or three months, but the lawyer and the court kept messing everything up.  Worded the publication wrong in the newspaper, misplaced paperwork, etc.  Hope it goes quicker for your b/f.
495678
There is no time limit.  You must petition the courts (best get an attorney to help) to have this rectified.
835720
The previous answer is wrong.\n\nAfter you marry your girlfriend, you can return to the US and file a petition for her.  Since you are an LPR, her immigrant category is F2A, for which the backlog right now is about four and a half years.  Keep an eye on the monthly Visa Bulletin:\nhttp://www.travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_3086.html
748955
That depends on your location and circumstances and category you applied under! My green card only took a little under a year and a half!! I believe freedom is talking about citizenship ! That's something completely different!
303282
Quite honestly, the long way would be that your husband (hopefully a citizen) files a petition with Immigration and declares himself as the sponsor to get your mother-in-law in the US. The average wait time for such case can take years. However, another strategy that I am hearing a lot is to file a petition with immigration as a nanny for your children. \n\nThe best answer is by an immigration attorney. Ask around in your friend circle and find a good attorney.
1080286
what visa type do you have? if your CR-1 then you get it 2 weeks you arrived . If your on K visas then you have to get your temporary visa for 2 yrs. and get one or you can even get citizenship in 3 yrs. that si ofcourse if your still married to the same person who petitioned you. but the processing is not that long...
861704
2 years according to the company..Good Luckl
3792
It may take longer.\n\nHold tight to thst receipt, it is LEGAL PROOF of your status.
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I have some knowledge of how the INS works, but I've never petitioned for an adopted child, so my advice is kind of non-specific.  What I had to do, I did all with books and the internet and without lawyers, for the most part.\n\nMany sites on the internet offer packets of forms and instructions for applying for different visas and adjustment of status.  The reasons these are worth the money is that they provide clearer instructions than the INS does, and a clear listing of what forms and documents you need to have a complete package.  And some sites may actually have a package designed for your exact situation.\n\nThere's an immigration section on about.com, and a forum for questions like these.  That helped me a lot.\n\nDon't know your exact situation, but I'm thinking that your wife's status either (a) needs to be already adjusted to PR status-green card, or (b) the applications for both wife and son s/b done at the same time.  No way is the son going to get the GC before the mom.\n\nForms should be typewritten and very legible. Make copies and put them in a well-organized binder, so that you have them all at your fingertips when you bring the binder with you to any interview.\n\nThe same goes for supporting documents.  The more supporting documents, the better.  The goal here is to bury them with as many suppporting documents as possible, because this kind of tangible evidence of your marriage's legitimacy cannot be ignored. With a marriage-based GC, much of what you need is things showing bills in both names, property held in both names, joint bank accounts, etc.  Other than birth certificates, I'm not sure what you need for adoptive son.  Probably much the same, because the legitimacy of his right to be with you, the citizen, still hinges on the legitimacy of your marriage to his mom.\n\nFor each fee that you submit to the INS, pay with a money order FROM THE BANK NOT THE POST OFFICE.  The reason is, if you ever have to prove that the INS cashed it, you need a copy from the issuing agency.  Banks have to compete and they can find the proof quickly and send it to you.  The Post Office will take forever.  Btw, ask for this evidence/proof about one month after you submit your package to INS, so that it's already in your binder at interview time.\n\nAll correspondence should be sent Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, even if its to a PO Box. Private companies like Fedex won't deliver to a PO Box, but the Post ofice will, and they'll get a signature too.\n\nBe prepared to have your interview on very short notice.  All the timetables on the internet told us we would have to wait a year between submission date and interview date.  We had our interview 6 months after submission date, which NOT coincidentally was 2 weeks shy of our 2nd anniversary, which would have made my wife's GC permanent from the interview date if they had waited.\n\nWhen it came time to apply to make my wife's GC permanent, we submitted a ton of supporting documents, all the forms we needed, plus copies of everything that had been in the original petition for her temporary GC.  It was thick like a phone book.  Timetables for this said they were backlogged and would take two years to process our application.  But this "bury them with documentation" strategy worked in our case.  We got the approval letter for the permanent GC 13 months after we submitted the package, and never had a 2nd interview.\n\nUse lawyers sparingly.  What I did was save up my questions until I had about an hour's worth, then go to a lawyer for a $50 consult.  Lawyers can't help you at the interview, they can't even talk during the interview, but they don't want you to know this.  Mostly, they just have underlings type up the forms for you and charge you a fat fee.  If you are not good at navigating forms and bureaucracy, this could be worth it for you.\n\nGood luck.
26867
After the processing time (2-4 weeks) based on when the forms are submitted.
204104
I have already done this and maybe i can help you.  I am USA citizen and i brought my husband here.  First you need to file the I-130 forms, then you will wait no longer than 30 days and you will receive a receipt in the mail showing that immigration received this form and the pprs are in progress now, (I received my receipt in only 2 weeks!!!!).  Second you need to file the I-129F form, which is the petition for alien fiance(e) form.  This will make her elgible for a K-3 visa, which will allow her to come here to marry you and she can wait here until her regular visa becomes available.  You will just have to show proof that you all will marry.  I hope this helps, and below i will give you web addresses that will be very helpful to you during this process.  Good luck.
352345
It depends on the status of the matter it is a case to case basis. If the mother is an american citizen it is faster for the daughter to be petitioned.