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You can file immigrant petitions for your parents. Aside from your United States Citizenship, you will have to show proof of your blood relationships with your parents (your birth certificate listing both of them as your parents should suffice), and your ability to support them financially so that they will not become a public burden. For instance, if you live alone, you would have to show that your 2012 income was over $23,863; if you have already 1 dependent, your income has to be over $28,813, and so on. Before you begin spending money on the petitions, make sure that nothing prevents your parents from receiving immigrant visas (no history of United States Immigration law violations, no disqualifying criminal convictions, no communicable diseases, etc.) If everything will be done right, your parents should be able to join you in about 12-18 months.

You may apply for naturalization on Form N-400 if you have been a resident for at least the last 5 years. However, you must be physically present in the US for at least one-half of those 5 years. Due to your absences from the US between July 28, 2006 to April 13, 2009, the earliest that you can apply for naturalization is February 2013.